Luck and Caroline quickly packed some things with them in a small bag and they headed to the port, and to their surprise Gnomon was waiting for them there
"Hey Captain Gnomon what are you doing here?" Luck asked while he approached him
"Nothing special, I just got some complains by my robot saying that a certain someone that may or may not be with us is abusing it" Gnomon said as he stared at Caroline
Caroline noticed
"What? Are you jealous that I like your robot self more than you? You just have to realize that you are not a likable person" Caroline said with a look of superiority
"Fancy coming out of an annoying girl like you, why did you come here? Don't you have a house to destroy?" Gnomon replied with a smile
Caroline gave him the finger "Shut up dumbass and fly us to New York already!" Caroline demanded
'I didn't know that those 2 are this close' Luck thought as he watched them insult each other
"Gather around me!" Gnomon told them
Luck stood in front of Gnomon and Caroline used Luck to distance herself from Gnomon
"Now stand still..." Gnomon said, he then created his SMZ, and Caroline and Luck froze up in the air
"W-Wait... Weren't we supposed to take a plane to America?" Luck asked as he was floating
"Only the returning, Now that I think about it I should have told you that" Caroline said while laughing
'She is lucky I can't move' Luck thought as he glared at her
"Can you be silent for a moment? I'm trying to concentrate!" Gnomon said as he was looking at the stars inside his SMZ
"WHAT? DO YOU WANT TO CONCENTRATE? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! SPEAK LOUDER PLEASE!" Caroline yelled in order to distract him
Gnomon was frustrated and annoyed but he still managed to find the location of New York, he then grabbed Luck and Caroline and dragged them to a specific place on his SMZ
"Have a nice trip"
Gnomon said, he then broke his mana zone, Luck and Caroline found themselves at the top of a skyscraper, it was night and the lights of the city were so bright that it made the city look like it was day
"Whoa! That's incredible, I didn't realize cities can be this pretty!" Luck said as he looked at all of the bright lights, Caroline had a completely different vibe
"Why did this bastard place us in a skyscraper? I swear I will kill him!" Caroline exclaimed loudly
"Come on look at the bright side! This view is one of a kind"
Luck said as he dragged Caroline to the edge of the building, Caroline was stunned by the color the lights made, but the one thing that made amazed her, even more, was Luck's face
'Snap out of it! He doesn't like you' Caroline thought as she gently slapped herself with both of her arms
"Are you alright? Are you cold?" Luck asked
Caroline quickly denied, the two of them then sat on the edge and watched the nightlife of New York progress
"Isn't it time to go to our hotel to take a nap?" Caroline asked Luck after minutes of watching
"Yeah but we first have to create a mana zone, getting off the roof right now will bring questions to the people inside the building"
Luck told her as he got up but before he could start walking Caroline grabbed his arm
"Why take the stairs?" Caroline asked with a smile on her face
She then jumped off the building, still holding Luck's arm, while Luck and Caroline were falling from the sky, Luck was screaming loudly
"YOU ARE CRAZY!!!"
Caroline was laughing because of Luck's scared face, before they could crash to the ground Caroline used the element of space and started to fly into the bright city of New York, at this time Luck felt a way he never felt before, ever since he was a child he wondered how it is to fly as he was watching the bright blue sky but today this question of his was answered
"It's beautiful" Luck said as tears ran down his face, when Caroline noticed his tears she was worried
"Are you not feeling good? Do you want to land somewhere?"
"It's alright just fly us to the hotel" Luck said as he whipped his tears
"...Oh and make sure you take your time" He added in the end
Caroline then continued flying at a slower pace so the two of them can enjoy the ride, and after some minutes Caroline landed at the entrance of their hotel, Caroline and Luck broke out of a mana zone they created and entered the hotel, it was a big 5-star hotel with a very big and fancy lobby
"Whoa! Kamira went out of their way to book us a room here. I'm glad that I agreed to come here!" Luck said as he looked around
"Welcome Sir and Madam! We were expecting you!" A waiter told them, Caroline was amused
"Luck did you hear him? He called us "Sir and Madam", that's so cool!" She said as she shook Luck violently
"Of course! You are our well-respected guests, it's only logical that I would call you that, now excuse me for my verbosity, please follow me, I will guide you to your room"
The waiter said, he then guided them to their rooms, their room was on a very high floor, and to be exact the room was on the 23rd floor, their room resembled a small house, it was huge and also as fancy as the lobby, Luck thanked the waiter alone because Caroline was playing in a king's sized bed the room had
"Caroline that was rude! You could at least tell him a thank you" Luck said as he entered the room where the bed was
"Now that I think about it, where is my bed?" Luck asked as he looked around the room
"What bed? That's the only bed we have, I told Kamira to book us a separate bedroom but she told me that this hotel doesn't have any room like that available, so we have to stick with this" Caroline told him as all of her upper-body was hanging out of the bed
"I guess we have no choice but to sleep t-together, but before I sleep I'm going to take a shower" Luck said, he was a bit embarrassed
After Luck finished with his shower he returned, he was wearing a pair of pajamas that he created, Caroline was sleeping, she was sleeping right into the middle of the bed with her limbs opened like a starfish
'She has all this space to sleep but she decided to sleep in the MIDDLE? It doesn't matter, I will simply sleep on my side peacefully like a good boy'
Luck thought as he laid on the bed, he slowly fell asleep smelling the aroma of his bed
It didn't take long for them to wake up, the morning finally came in New York, and with the morning Luck and Caroline woke up, Luck had a morning cold since Caroline used all the blankets for herself
"Caroline, can I ask you something weird? I notice that you said that we are not allowed to use the elements if we are not inside a mana zone, but I have seen multiple examples where someone had used mana or the elements and not be inside a mana zone, and to be more specific, Gnomon used mana to talk to someone in Kenya and Floga used his element to light up a cigar, so what the deal with this "rule" ?" Luck asked as he got outside of the bed
"Great question! To be honest, this rule sounds more strict than it actually is, have you ever heard of the philosophical question of "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" that's the case with mana, you see people can use mana or the elements as long as no-one suspects them, for example, if I use a small amount of mana to lift a heavy weight then the rule won't count since people are not around, and even if they were they would simply assume that I'm stronger than they thought, the rule will only apply if I start blasting fire out of my hands and start burning things" Caroline said as she brushed her teeth
"And what happens to the people that break this rule?" Luck asked, he had a fixated look at Caroline
"Instant death..." Caroline replied with a cold voice
Luck was surprised to hear that
"Then why risk it?" He wondered out loud
"I don't know! Maybe is the thrill, or people use the elements out of habit, but to be honest your body gives you a small warning before using an element in front of a non-mana user" Caroline said as she entered the bathroom
'Kind of extreme to think about it, but Floga used his flames so easily back there, is he not afraid of dying?' Luck thought as he changed back to his normal clothes
Caroline came out of the bathroom shortly after she enteredÂ
"It's unfair!" She said as soon as she saw Luck
"What is it?" Luck asked confused, Luck was making coffee with the ingredients that the room had
"You asked me a question! Now it's my turn to ask you something, and you better answer me honestly!" Caroline demanded
"I guess I can do that!" Luck answered mindlessly
"When did you meet Hope?" Caroline asked with a serious look on her face
Luck felt weird that Caroline asked that
"Why do you care about Hope? She is long gone by now" Luck said as he turned to the coffee he was making
"There isn't a reason I just want to know" Caroline insisted
"Why don't you ask Destiny? She is a close friend of yours, I bet that she won't have a problem talking about her" Luck answered with a pinch of salt
"Why would Destiny know about her?"
"I don't know. But I think her sister may know her better than me!"
'Is Destiny Hope's sister?' She wondered
She completely forgot that James told them this on the meeting, not exactly forgot but it was hard to remember because she was focused on forgetting this traumatizing meeting
"Surprising isn't it?" Luck asked her with a smile
"I don't want to hear that from her, I want to learn about Hope from YOU!"
Caroline told him, Luck remained silent
"You said that you will answer! You can't take back your word" Caroline told him
Luck left out a sigh full of annoyance
"I also said to not ask me about Hope but you simply can't do that right? I guess it's normal considering the image I have created of her, I always tell you how great she was but I never told you how many flaws she had" Luck said, his words seemed vague for Caroline
"I don't care about her flaws, I only care about how you met her" Caroline replied
"Don't give me that! I know why you are asking about her..." Luck yelled, this surprised Caroline
The 2 of them remained silent until the coffee was done, Luck served Caroline her cup of coffee but she rejected it, Caroline simply got up and left the hotel room
'Did I make her mad?' Luck asked himself
He wasn't wrong to do so, but the answer was quite clear so he didn't waste a second
He put on his shoes and chased Caroline, but she was nowhere to find, he used the elevator to get to the exit
Once he got there he asked the receptionist if they saw Caroline, the receptionist saw her leave but it wasn't clear where she was going so Luck quickly ran outside and started running from the right side of the block and he also sent a clone of his to run from the opposite side he was running to
Since New York was such a crowded place no-one would notice the 2 Lucks, but it didn't make a difference, Luck couldn't find Caroline no matter how hard he tried, but after some running he sensed mana coming right before a turn, he accelerated, but when he turned past this turn he bumped to someone
"Watch it you prick!" An angry woman said to Luck
"I'm sorry I should ha..." Luck said but when he saw who it was he turned pale
"Luck? What are you doing here?"
Luck's mom asked confused, Luck couldn't move a muscle or talk, it was like his soul had left his body
"How are you here?" His mom asked louder, Luck snapped back to reality
"M-Mom I can explain" He said while he was stuttering
"You better!"
His mom told him as she dragged him to a coffee shop, the things that were about to happen worried Luck more than he wants to admit