The Impossible Fate That Leads To A God Of A New World Volume 1 -- Chapter 1.1 -- The First Person, Lucifer Nightwalker

A human, after getting extremely fed-up on travelling across the ocean for 5 hours non-stop since 3am, on a X-586 helicopter, the moment the helicopter reached the very place— Central Imperial Island, Imperial Knights Academy, he jumped off from the helicopter without a parachute, where it`s 8000 feet high. And that very person, is me, Lucifer Nightwalker von Nightmare. After diving through the air with my air-diving skills, with my sense of equilibrium, I flipped my body and landed on my feet with my shoes half-sunken into the ground, creating a small crater upon the tiles. I landed on the main road towards the school`s main gates, where the sides around the main path were covered by thick trees, like a forest, and the back of the road leads to the city. Come to think of it, although Central Imperial Island is one of the most advanced countries throughout the world, yet— this island looks truly blessed and abundantly favoured with nature`s grace. Whoops. I better get out of here before someone caught me in an act of vandalism. ……………… “Gargh…!” After a slight jog on the main path, I stopped by the school gates and stretched my back and shoulders. Man, my back hurts. Who knew a helicopter is so uncomfortable to sit on? The storm on the Bermuda Triangle sure is terrifying, all those shaking and rolling nearly killed me. It`s a good thing it only lasted for an hour inside there. Luckily I didn`t puke. Anymore of that 5-hour marathon ride I would`ve died. Since I can`t use any teleportation magic nor being used on it, the Imperial Knights Academy sent a helicopter to fetch me all the way here. The helicopter suffered too much, the barrier installed on it is on the verge of breaking, then again, I think their funds is more than enough to cover for it. Now then… I`m not sure where my home`s direction is, so I simply faced backwards, and stared at the sky with a sentimental expression on my face. Sorry, Restia, Ruby. It might be selfish of me to be leaving without saying goodbye, but seriously, I think I did the right thing after all. Do you have any idea how long have I postponed my enrolment? It`s six months, six months…! Today is the very first day of June, Summer. Needless to say, it`s been six months since the enrolment day, so I`m the only one here alone, standing on the main path, staring to the inside from the outside of the main school gates. If there`s someone else watching, I would`ve died from embarrassment. They would probably think that I`m a weirdo from staring into the air with a sentimental look, on top of that, I stared twice, it would be enough to kill me twice. “Phew…” I deliberately sighed. …So this is it, Imperial Knights Academy. Comparing to the pictures he sent me, this looks way larger than I expected. How long has it been since the last time I went to school…? It`s been ages, is it six years already…? The moment I step in; this will be the very place I will be attending— and it will be my first time living all alone completely, without my family, Restia and Ruby. 6 months. I just need to endure 6 months. To overcome my nervousness, anxiousness and uneasiness, I took a deep breath. Ignoring the salty smell coming from the sea and the nature`s aroma coming from the forest, I breathed out and felt refreshed. If I`m going to wish for one thing, then I`m going to wish for a magnificent school life…! Alright, let`s go! ………… Okay, now. This is pretty sarcastic. Somehow, I`ve been walking for quite a while. Right, I was informed that no one will be guiding me, but I was greeted by the sea breeze, hot summer wind, rustling sounds of the trees, chirping birds, and the sound of my own footsteps, nothing that sounds human. I can compensate with that, but— —it`s so freakishly empty that it feels creepy, like an abandoned school. The main path starting from the school gates leads to the great hall of the academy, where the entrance ceremony is held. But I`m six months late, so I`m not going to the main hall. There are several smaller paths on the left and right that leads to different facilities, and I was told to take the smallest path on the right, from what the principal`s email told me. Let`s open his email again… ‘The moment you reach the main gate, take the smallest path on the right. This will lead you to the Student Council President`s Building.’ Okay, this is what he sent to me, nothing special. Although I`m a special student, but no matter how I look at it, I don`t have any special treatments— talk about being fair and square, you damn old fart. As usual, I hate him. But even if I complained, he wouldn`t listen, and it would`ve just wasted my time. …better continue walking. My path was surrounded by thick trees, providing shades under the hot summer sun, it feels nice. “Time.” I murmured. A small screen appeared in front of me, with the current time based on my current location. Huh… 8.13am. It`s still a little early till the appointed time. Judging from my pace, at this rate, I still have more than enough time even if I loitered around. I think a little walk wouldn`t hurt a bit… I tend to explore the forest and dungeons around my home, so out of habit I decided to walk between the trees and bushes, diving deep into the thick trees, ignoring the small path. As soon as I realized, I got lost and can`t find the way out. And here I stood, scolding myself for being stupid. “……?” After settling down, I realized something important. There`s not a single note of sound, aside from my breathing noise. This very place that I`m currently standing, is quiet— so overwhelmingly quiet that it hurts my ears, and it`s quite dark too. What`s with this place…? I better get out of here. I activated my screen and search for the school map— Hmm…? There`s no signal…?! Dang, I should`ve download the offline version. I sighed as I minimized the screen, looking around to find the slightest opening… But apparently, there are none. There`s nothing but trees, bushes and grass here. I don`t think I could see anything up there on those trees, and I couldn`t even find the slightest opening for me too jump and see where I am. Should I really rely on my instincts…? Just seconds before I decided to walk blindly by following my intuition— a strong wind suddenly blows across my body. Hmm…? There`s wind…? And so, I walk to the direction where the wind is coming from, and… …got out from the thick trees in an instant. “Eh? Where am I…?” I inadvertently mumbled. However, that doesn`t mean I`m already found my way, I`m still at lost where I am. Yet, I saw a building right in front of me, but it`s not the Student Council President`s Building. This building is like a mansion, a white mansion five-storey high, extremely large in area. The strange thing about it is— it was surrounded by a large force field with hexagonal patterns and transparent-green in colour. What is this mysterious looking mansion? That guy never sends any pictures about this one. A facility? It`s far away from anything— I can`t even see a building here since it`s a downslope, blocked by a hill, so it doesn`t seem like it. I approach to the force field, and gave a gentle knock on it with my knuckle. “Ow.” It rebounded back to me. Looking closely, I realized it is made with both technology and magic. The outer hexagonal panels were able to absorb quite an amount of physical attack and rebounds it back, while the inner layer is a magical barrier blocking magical attacks. If I want to break this barrier… it might take a toll on my arm. But I better not to, there`s no reason to do so and even if I did, that bastard would surely bombard me with tons of questions. I thought the school map would`ve work if I`m out from the trees, but it remains the same, there`s still no signal. Might be because of this, huh? Is there some sort of jamming devices? “Tch… this is troublesome.” As I gotten myself a headache and rubbing my temple with my finger, a small, pink, ball of light gliding across the wind, floated all its way across my line of vision, catching my attention. Reflexively, I caught it with my bare hand, and look closely at it. It disappears after staying on my palm for three seconds or so. It`s not a petal, but light…? I looked up upon towards the direction of the pink tree. Compared to the trees I came across just now, it`s size and height is overwhelming. I didn`t noticed because it looks normal to me, since the trees back on my island are as large as that. Is this the… ‘Pink Drop’? That rare tree that brings luck whenever you are unlucky…? Because of the only pink light that managed to get all the way here, I had a feeling that the tree is actually leading me to something. Maybe it`s possible for me to climb it and search for the Student Council President`s building. With that height, I`m sure it`s high enough to look around the most of the academy. Thinking that, I sprint all the way towards the ‘Pink Drop’, running across the hill with a sharp and lively rhythm as each step I strike on the grass. I did look around as I ran, but all I saw was the ‘Pink Drop’ tree, the front was completely blocked by its large trunk. For the rest, there`s nothing else but lots of smaller trees. The sky is nearly completely covered by the flowers. The more I`m closer to the trunk, the more it`s covered. Oh, and there… I reached the base of the ‘Pink Drop’. Although I jumped down from a helicopter, walking for a long distance, and even ran around a hundred meters, but my breathing`s unperturbed. I`m confident in my stamina. I looked up. The lights dropping down landed on my hair and blazer, and on my face. It feels like I`m staring at a tree made by cotton candy, or rather, it looks like a tree growing cotton candy. I`m not the type of elegant, classy sort of person to stop and appreciate the beautiful sight, but it was just so beautiful that I couldn`t help myself to be mesmerized. Wait a second… I forgot something I should do. With its height around 13000 feet high, I wondered if I`m able to withstand from the altitude sickness…? Oh well, I will know when I`m up there. I went to the shortest and closest branch, and did a few test jumps before actually knowing how high I should jump. Alright then… I contracted my muscles on my legs as I bend on my knees, launching myself like a catapult upwards with my legs acting as a spring. That said, the ground crumbled slightly but I guess it`s alright. ‘Whssh…’ This gentle sound was made when I grazed across the flowers. “Hup.” A perfect trajectory, I didn`t miss my shot. The height is just enough for me to land on the large, thick, branch. Actually, the branch is so thick, I think it`s able to hold around 50 more men without any problems. As expected, it`s like diving into a cotton candy land. There`s pink, pink, pink, and pink everywhere, but it feels comfortable and relaxing. There`s more than enough space to spare here… I think it will be nice to have my lunch here. Time to look around— or not. Aside from the pink flowers, branches and trunk, I can`t see anything else outside nor below, well there is, only the area where I just jumped. For the rest, it`s completely covered by the pink flowers. I jumped around, searching for an opening. Searching higher and higher, branch after branch as I leaped. Eventually, I reached the top. Not exactly the top, though, if I climb any higher the new branch might not be able to withstand my weight. I`m quite surprise about the flawlessness of this tree. I`m sure it was fed with enough water and nutrient. There`s not a single tiny hole to let me look from the inside. Geez, what should I do now…? ‘Whssh…’ A familiar sound came across both of my ears. This sound…? Could it be…? Did I mishear it? No, is couldn`t be. I`m quite certain someone`s here and finally, there`s a person. I walked and searched for quite some time and yet I`m still unable to find a single soul alive. Regardless who he is, a student or a teacher, surely he's more familiar with this academy than me. But where could he be…? I felt like hearing it from both left and right direction on below. I quickly jumped downwards to the left, where I just came, branch by branch— looking for the source. Because there`s light from the tree, I saw a very transparent shadow just below several branches away. It`s a guy, right? I`m quite certain it is. Stepping across the last branch as I leap to where the shadow is, I landed behind the blurry figure that I managed to caught a glance, with my knees squatting. A cool entrance it is, but my steps were pretty much soundless, so I don`t think he`d notice me at all. Even if he`d notice, I think I would die of embarrassment. Yeah, I`m pretty much so nervous I can`t even raise my head to look at him in the face. What will he even think about a strange guy like me…? My heart is beating really fast. I`m sweating and my body is trembling. Although it`s pretty much a very quiet sound, but I heard the sound of shoes clacked for two times. He turned back. Wow, he`s sharp. I guess I can speak by now… “Ah, um…. I`m kind of lost so—” As I stood up and asked, my hand unconsciously reach to the back of my head, awkwardly scratching it. And perhaps it`s because of my nervousness, I avoided any sign of eye contact to him at all. “………Huh?” The voice I heard was so abrupt and unexpectedly, out of shock, no, it was more like getting spell-bounded, my mind froze. It was so beautiful… that it felt like it was spoken from the heavens. What`s more… it`s a girl…!? Actually, I felt much more relieve if it`s a girl. I`m used to talking with girls and only girls, so to some certain guys, they might felt jealous. Come to think of it, her reaction— Did I surprise her…? Putting that aside, I always think it`s not polite to not look at someone when I am talking, especially towards girls. Once again, I should look at her in the eyes and ask for directions once more. After I talk to her, she will be the fourth I have ever come across. If possible, I hope we would become friends... Though my little sis and magical pet are plenty cute already, the chances for her to be cuter than them is nearly impossible, it`s probably even less than 0.00000001%. Let`s just raise my head and look at her with a smile. “……!” The moment I fixed my eyes at the girl standing in front of me, both my mind and body froze. Even if the world had ended, she would still most certainly be standing there, even if there was no footing to stand on. That was the illusion she gave, so much that it was like a scene from a painting. The presence and beauty of her was just so overwhelming that it suppressed that of any other object. Her long, black, flowing ebony hair, like a plume of smoke, weaved around her shoulder and waist. Her eyes were of a strange, hard to describe bluish colour. Her elegant figure, which would make even a goddess feel envious, was warped by weariness as she stood silently with pursed lips. She`s a gentle-looking girl who had a beautiful face and dignified aura that made her look like she`s finally free from secular affairs. …I was inadvertently fascinated by it. My vision; My attention; Even my heart; —in that moment, they were stolen away. That girl was so… Extremely; Abnormally; So intensely; Beautiful.