It is currently summer. To be precise the it is the seventh month of the New Imperial Calendar. Year 261.
In an secluded apartment building in the smallest town of the New Empire ruled by the royal family lives a boy named Luck Yanami. He was an orphan since the day he knows about himself. Luck was sixteen year old this year and he was going to highschool in the town center.
By appearences he was pretty average. The only distinct feature he has is the color of his eyes,which are pure yellow in color. He wasn't really proud of those eyes though. When he was a kid everyone bullied him because of those damned eyes.
„What time is it?“ The boy looked at the electrical-clock on his desk and laid on his bed. He was truly exhausted from today's exercise.
„ 16 : 24? I needed 2 hours to finish it today. Last week I needed only half an hour. Am I truly weakening? I need to train more!“ The boy clenched his fist in the air and said with a serious expression. Ever since summer holidays started the boy decided that he will get stronger than the bullies around him. He was always a good kid. No adults hated him. But for some reason the bullies followed him almost everywhere.
His small apartment is one of the small number of places he can feel safe. Luck took a quick nap and woke up three hours later.
„I overslept? No,no I will be late!“ Luck woke up and looked at the time. It was currently 19:35 in the evening. He had a part-time job to work at 19. He is late by a bit more than half an hour.
„I hope the boss doesn't mind being late a bit. If she does I am in big trouble then.“ Luck said and ran out of his apartment.
The streets were full of the newly designed cars running on monster energized cores. Ever since that event with the Last Nova group the monsters almost killed all of humanity. And not only humanity,other races from other planets were also almost completely exterminated.
The ones to stop the monsters from killing the races were a group called Zero. They were formed from the military of the various races. Group Zero was trained to battle those monsters and stop them.
After two hundred years the monsters were held back and humanity's technology reached the level of travelling space and so the New Imperial era began.
The humans colonized far away planets. Luck was living on one of those colonized planets. The planet's name is Ivara in the Colonia star system.
Luck was currently on his way to his part-time job. He is working at a small shop near his apartment. The boss there is a friend of his. He met her when he was doing his last job handing out leaflets.
„You finally came!“ A voice called Luck out. He was still outside and the shop was 5 meters away from him and someone already called him out. The voice was his boss. Her name was Diane Lockings,She is currently 22 years old. She is of average height,around 160 centimeters tall. She has crimson red hair with a few white part in her hair too. Her eyes were sharp looking and brown in color.
„Sorry boss. I overslept.“ Luck replied to her and tried to go in the shop.
She stopped him from going in the shop. She looks extremely mad at him. Her gaze was going thorugh him.
„B-boss? Are you alright?“ Luck was nervous what his young boss would do.
„You can't possibly be serious. You think I'll let you off of this just 'cause we are friends? Come and meet me after you finish your shift. Now go in!“ Diane said and let Luck go in the shop.
„Y-yeah…“ He replied. „Shit…I am dead. I better sneak out after I finish my shift.“ Luck muttered. Let's hope she didn't hear him.
„You said something?“ Shit…!!
„N-Nothing!!“ L uck ran into the shop hoping she didn't really hear him. Well,the chances are low though.
After Luck finished his shift it was already around midnight. He hopes that the young boss of his wouldn't find him. He quickly ran towards the exit…
He went out just to see Diane with her arms crossed beneath her almost non-exsistent breasts.
She had a face that showed her anger. Luck already knew the moment he left the shop that he is doomed.
„WHERE THE HELL TO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING!?“ She yelled at him and came up closer to him. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him back into the shop.
„B-boss,no I mean Diane,come on! Be a little bit forgiving. Don't you see that I am having a hard time?“ Luck tried to get out of this situation by talking it over.
„Nope!“ Diane said and threw him into her room on the second floor of the building where the shop was.
„Ouch!!“ He hit his head when he landed. Putting one hand onto the spot he was hurt and the other hand infront of him to shield him from upcoming attacks.
Weirdly enough there were no more attacks. Luck looked around the room to see that Diane was no more here. He felt relieved and confused at the same time. Just a moment ago he expected her to burst and now she didn't even hurt him one bit…not counting the hit on the head though.
„Where did she go?“ Luck said and stood up. He looked around the room he was thrown. The room was almost all black in color. There were some things that were in other colors but everything,the bed,the walls,the desk, was black in color.
The room was also atleast twice the size of Luck's room. He felt envious of those people who had money and parents.
As he was looking around the room Diane came running in.
„Hey! Whatcha looking at? Sit down!“ She told him and she herself sat down.
„B-boss!?“ Luck was startled. He sat down and looked at his young boss. Right now she was wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Pretty casual clothes but when he looked at her,but she was giving of an aura that made her look like a little fairy.Luck could feel his face getting hotter so he put a hand over it to hide his face.
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„You alright Luck?“ Diane asked. When she saw Luck hiding his face she was pretty confused as to why. But that's not the issue here and she continued. „Actually,you don't need to answer that. I want you to answer me some questions. Can you do that?“
„Of course,anything!“ Luck replied. It would be better to follow her than deny.
„First question then. Are you a Mixed Blood?“ Diane straightforwardly asked.
A mixed blood was a person whose parents were either from a different race or had monster blood/genes in them. If the parents were from a different race then it would prove to be of no danger. But if the parents had monster blood in them then the army would be dispatched and the mixed blood would become a prisoner on death row.
„W-wh-why do you ask that?“ Luck was suprised by the question. He himself didn't know anything about his parents. Ever since he knew about himself he didn't have parents. The people who took care of him were the people from the orphanage.
„ I am asking that because of your eyes. Is one of your parents from the cat demi-human race or lizard demi-human race?“
„N-no,actually I don't know. I never met my parents, I was an orphan since I knew about myself. Excuse me for not answering your question though.“
„ You are an orphan!?“ Diane was suprised when Luck said that he was an orphan.
Orphans were pretty rare in the new era. The only planets that had orphans were poor planets like Makria planet in the same star system like Ivara.
„Is that really suprising?“ Luck asked.
„Yes,yes. You don't know this but on this planet there are currently only 15 orphans out of more than a million people! So when you said that you were an orphan I was pretty suprised. But,you said that you don't know about your parents. This might be difficult then…“ Diane said and then started thinking about something.
„What will be difficullt?“ Luck saw Diane's face and started to grow nervous. If it turns out he really is a Mixed Blood then he will have to go through many painful tests.
„I mean, if I can prove that you are a mixed blood then I can make you join the Team Zero squad of this planet.“
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Luck stood there with a blank look on his face. But in reality his mind was utterly defeated. There's no normal person who can stay calm after someone says something like that.
„Heeeyyy!! Luck you there?“ Luck heard Diane's voice and looked at her. Her face was currently only a few centimeters away from his face. Luck was startled and fell of his chair when he saw his boss infront of him.
„Diane,don't do that!!“ He shouted at her and got back up. He sat down on his chair and asked Diane.
„You said that if I am a mixed blood that I can join the Team Zero squad,right? Care to explain why does the Team Zero squad accept Mixed Bloods?“ Luck didn't want to beat around the bush and said straightforwardly.
„U-uh well you see…The squad on this planet is a bit different. The Team Zero here is actually composed from young people in their twenties. There are also some teenagers. As for the reason why does Team Zero employ Mixed Bloods…I will tell you if you join it!“ Diane said and looked at Luck with expectancy in her eyes. She really seems enthusiastic about this.
„ Join it,huh?“ Luck thought about it and said „ Can I call you tomorrow and tell you my decision?“
„Nope… I can't let you out of this house until you give me your answer. You can also tell me that you won't join and you will have to live here for the rest of your life.“ Diane said with a serious face.
'Isn't this more like kidnapping and then making me do your work!?' Luck thought. His face was saying that he was shocked and he was.
„So,what's your answer?“
„ I will join…what else could I do now? I mean you are from a Team Zero squad.“ Luck agreed.
„Good! Now let's celebrate!“ Diane said and ran out of the room.
She came back a few seconds later with two bottles of wine.
Luck saw the bottles of wine and tried to say no. It was useless she didn't let him go. After that the night passed and those two drank the whole two bottles. Luck found out that he has low alchohol tolerance and he fell unconcious after only four glasses.
Diane fell asleep after she drank the rest of the wine.
The night passed…
It is currently 7:54. Luck woke up and rubbed his eyes. What he saw was complete chaos. He can't remember anything that happened last night. The last thing he remembers is that Diane stormed into the room with two bottles of wine.
He looked around and saw Diane hugging his legs. He shook her off and quietly made his way outside.
„Where are you going?“ That was Diane's voice. It seems that she woke up from the sounds.
„Home?“
„No,you're not. Don't you remember that we're going to the headquaters today?“
„What!?“ Luck was startled when he heard what Diane said. He is going to the squad's headquarters today? He started growing nervous…
„Diane can I go home to clean myself up?“ Luck wanted to look good infront of the squad. He will only embarrass himself if he goes looking like this.
„Nope,use my shower…it's right over there…“ Diane pointed at a weird door and went back to sleep.
„A-alright…“ He said and went towards the shower room…
(To be continued…)