After a disastrous argument, Caroline ended up running away, Luck tried to chase her but to his surprise, he bumped into his mom, she was coming back from work, right now Luck and his mom are sitting at a café, Luck had many things to explain
"A school trip you say? I don't remember our school having this kind of money" Luck's mother said as she looked him in the eyes
"The money is not theirs, you see a company came to make some educational lessons in our school and the top students got to visit their H.Q here in New York, that's why I'm here" Luck said with a not-so-convincing face
"Then where are the others?"
"It's a bit embarrassing to say it but I got lost..."
Luck's words were suspicious to his mom so she kept on asking questions
"What is the name of this company?"
That question brought Luck to a tough spot
"I'm not so sure, maybe UMP?" He said without thinking
'Damn it! Why did I say that? There is no way UMP is a real company?'
"United Mathematicians Paradise, a company created by mathematicians that want to discover all the secrets of the world of math, their H.Q is in New York and its CEO is James Khora"
His mom said as she was looking at her phone, she searched for UMP just so she can verify that Luck was saying the truth
"What?" Luck asked confused
"I searched the name of the company that sponsored your trip"
"Oh okay! My mind froze up for a moment!" Luck said as he scratched his head
Shortly after a waiter delivered their drinks, Luck got a milked tea and his mom got coffee
"Why are you still insisting on staying on this island?" His mom asked him out of the blue
"Because of the same reason, you left it" Luck replied, he then took a sip from his tea
"You still can't get over her, can you? When will you stop being such a child?" She asked him with disappointment in her voice
"Is that a problem? You can't get over father either but I'm not making a fuss out of it!" Luck said as he left out a little laugh
His mother slightly banged the table
"You know damn well that I'm not in New York for him, I found an open place for a judge here so I couldn't refuse, and don't forget that I'm sustaining 2 houses with the money I make" She said in an angry tone
Luck remember the contract he made with UMP so money wasn't the issue, but he didn't want to reveal that, since if his mother learned about it then she would use the law to force him to live in America
"I can't argue with that" Luck said as he finished his tea, he then got up
"Sorry but I have to find my friends" Luck said but before he left a familiar voice could have been heard from behind him
"Who's this Luck?"
it was Caroline who asked that
"Do you know Luck?" Luck's mother asked, Caroline, nodded
"Who are you?" Caroline asked confused
"She is my mother, Mom this is Caroline, a friend of mine!" He said as he awkwardly stood near Caroline
"Oh, nice to meet you! Judging by your appearance you are his girlfriend no? I didn't expect you to be smart enough to be a part of the UMP's trip" His mom said
She had heard rumors about Caroline's appearance and the other rumors about Luck's and Caroline's relationship
Caroline blushed after hearing what his mother said
"No you got it all wrong, Caroline isn't my girlfriend! She is just a friend of mine, and please don't insult her academic knowledge, she is the second smartest person I know"
Luck felt strange mixing the word smart and Caroline together but it had to be done
"Wait did you tell your mother about UMP?" Caroline asked confused after she processed what his mother said
"Why shouldn't she know Caroline?" Luck said while winking intensely at her
"If she is a mana user then it's fine I guess" Caroline said
"Mana user? What's that?" His mother asked
Luck was stressed after he heard her question that, he had to come up with a lie quick
"It's an inside joke don't worry about it!"
Luck said, he then pinched Caroline on her back
[Focus]
Caroline heard Luck's voice in her head
'Did he learn telepathy? And if he did how?' Caroline wondered
Luck didn't know it either but he unlocked the ability to telepathically speak with someone, with a simple restriction, he had to come in contact with the person he wanted to talk to first
[is something wrong?]
Caroline asked with telepathy, Luck answered with an obvious nod
"Are you guys alright?" The question made the 2 panic
"Y-Yeah but we really have to go to the base now, so please excuse us mom, it was nice talking to you"
Luck said, he then got up and grabbed Caroline's hand, they were about to leave but before they did Luck's mother said something that made him freeze
"I know that you hate me Luck, you don't have to act nice to me"
"It's only natural to do so, you are my mother"
"You are not denying it, huh? You really do hate me don't you?" She asked him again
Caroline felt weird hearing his mother talking to him like that
"Why would I deny it if it's true? Plus don't act like the victim here because you know damn well that you hate me too, and just so you know Caroline knows everything about you so you don't have to act all pressed when I'm talking to you" Luck said with a look of hatred in his eyes
"If you didn't go around killing people then I wouldn't have been like this"
When Luck hear that he charged at his mother with the intent to kill, it was very clear that he didn't care what happened to her, Caroline stopped him right before he could hit her
"What's wrong with you Luck? Stop it!"
Caroline told him in order to calm him down but it didn't work, Luck couldn't control his anger
"LET ME GO!"
His mother slowly started to walk away from him, she had a terrified look on her face, Caroline hold Luck until his mother could completely leave the scene, Luck had already calmed down after he saw her leave
"Thank you for holding me, Caroline" Luck said as he calmly sat on a chair
Caroline had many questions but words couldn't come out of her mouth
"I'm sorry you had to see this! And if it's possible can you please contact Kamira and tell her that we want to leave tomorrow morning?"
Luck said as he was holding his forehead, after this heated argument Luck's head started to hurt, Caroline couldn't refuse it since Luck seemed very tired, Caroline quickly called Kamira and informed her
Kamira agreed to send Gnomon to pick them up
Shortly after Caroline informed Kamira Luck and her left the café and went back the hotel room, the way back was silent, nothing could have been heard asides the city life, the way back felt like ages to Caroline who stayed quiet the whole time
It was shocking to see Luck this mad over something, the two of them got into the elevator to get to their floor and there was when Luck spoke again
"Aren't you going to ask me?"
"Excuse me?" Caroline asked confused
"My mother said that I killed someone, won't you ask who was it?" Luck insisted but Caroline was not interested, to say the least
"I have killed people too! You don't have to worry about anything, killing people will become normal to you in the future" Caroline told him while she looked at her reflection in the mirror of the elevator
"I won't ever get used to killing, not now or ever, taking a life away is something that shouldn't be taken this lightly"
Luck told her with a sad look in his eyes, the elevator's doors opened, and they then entered the hotel room, the first thing they saw was the cold cups of coffee sitting on the top of a table
"Are you sure you want to leave? We didn't even stay here a day" Caroline told him as she closed the door of their room
"If you want to stay then do it, I personally can't stay in this place anymore, not when I know I'm surrounded by a monster"
Luck told her, it was clear he was talking about his mother
"I understand how you feel, because I feel the same way about my father too, he is an abusive manipulating monster, he is the reason I can't have a normal life"
Caroline said as she laid down on the king-sized bed, Luck laid beside her, and they both stared at the ceiling
"How about we have a therapy session with each other, you tell me your problems and I tell mine how does that sound?"
Luck asked with a smile, seeing Luck smile made Caroline smile too
"Why not, should I start?" Caroline asked
Luck nodded
"Where should I start? I have like 5 siblings and all of them have issues, our family is known as the seven deadly sins, I don't know who picked our names but he sure was sharp, because he made sure to pick the perfect names, My father Abaddon, the sin of wrath, he gets angry because of the littlest things, then we have my siblings, Belphegor or the sin of sloth, he is the laziest person I know, we then have Azazel or the sin of greed, he is greedy as the name suggests, we then got my only sister Mormon, she is the sin of Lust, if you and her where in the same room your virginity would have been disappeared, next up we got Abet the sin of envy and finally we have Behemoth the sin of gluttony, and then there's me! The sin of pride" Caroline told Luck, she then proceeded to list all the problems they had
"You told me you are the sin of pride but I have never seen you take pride for the things you do, you seem very humble" Luck said, he was genuinely surprised
"You know people would be very prideful if they were a divine, so I guess the guy that picked our name named me this just because I'm a divine rather than my personality"
Caroline explained, Luck had another question for her
"Who named you anyways? You must know! There is no way you have never met him"
"Do you think that I wouldn't have told you if I knew it? I'm just as clueless as you!" Caroline said as she left a small laughter
"I guess it's my turn now, so my mom is an abusing and forceful person without any morals at all and my father left us alone when I was a kid so I'm not sure how to think about him, I only have a picture with him and I can tell that we look alike, it would have been nice to meet him but who knows where is he now, he may even be dead"
Luck told Caroline with a tired look, as he was freed for something, after revealing their feelings about their family members Caroline and Luck decided to go for food since they had 10 hours left, they decided to meet with Gnomon at midnight on the skyscraper they arrived
"Since the trip was possible because of your injury you get to choose where we will eat!" Caroline said with a funny smile on her face
"I don't think that makes sense but if you insist then I suggest we go to a pizza house, I found this store online and it had great reviews, if we go around this alley then we can arrive there faster"
Luck said as he looked at his phone, the 2 of them started walking in the alley but before they left they felt a weird sensation