Chapter 1: The Start

Chapter 1

6 years have passed since my accident and I have learned a lot. Those colours flowing everywhere are neon waves. Neon waves allow normal people to do extraordinary things like summoning elements where there should be none or creating anything you can imagine. Normal people can barely see or even use neon waves properly although there are people who are talented in using this rare power. Apparently it started 201 years ago when what was thought to be a meteor shower hit earth. It was actually neon crystals which dissolved before impact and let out these mass amounts of neon waves. Also for some reason neon waves can reproduce and create more of themselves making it an undepletable resource. However only nexos can make full use of neon waves. The rare few within society can truly use it, I was told to be cautious of them and if I sense them I should not engage in direct combat. I know what a nexos is like since both my Mom is a nexos. When a nexos establishes their neon field aka gets ready to use their powers, they can be sensed by other nexos. Normal people can also sense powerful nexos. A normal person cannot create a neon field so they have to forcibly draw out the power to use it. They are known simply as nexus and can be terrifying since they use no field and cannot be sensed by others. My dad is one of them . Although their threat level is usually low since they have to exert a lot more energy for a lot less power. There are certain techniques to make nexus powers easier and very dangerous, but they are very secretive about them. My parents taught me how to use nexus powers for self defence and nexos techniques too. Neon crystal weapons can help nexus and nexos draw in neon waves. I have a dagger my dad gifted me called Fenrir. Apparently it was his family heirloom. Anyway that should be enough of a summary about my life currently. One last thing I know of your existence as an overseer. Someone who can see but never act. 

So anyway going on with it, I have a database of collected knowledge from all those years in the facility I was in. They kept pumping information and chemicals and all sorts of contraptions into my body. An excruciating 152 years of hell. After I had destroyed the facility I was picked up by Nicholas and Diane Nevist. My mother and father as they claim and I am happy with them. They are apparently guilders and accept jobs to exterminate certain creatures that are created by neon waves or crystals. They also take on jobs to take out evil nexos/nexus and/or stop their plots. However they retired after taking me in and we live happily in a small house with a village nearby. I occasionally go out and hunt neon beasts with my dad these days. Although mom doesn't like it at all. My dad also wants to send me to a academy to be better trained, although mom wanted to murder him when he mentioned that. What they don't know is actually I am a reactor for neon waves. Meaning I have the power to draw in immense amounts of neon waves and even create my own. 

Me, mom and dad are around the dinner table again discussing if it's safe for me to go to the academy. I finally said "I would love to go and make friends and learn more." My mom sighs heavily "ok you can go to the academy since you are of age and we wouldn't want to hold you back." "Thank you mother." I say with a smile. I wonder why they are so worried about me going since I am pretty strong and should be able to look after myself. I continue pondering the reason while I pack my things for the trip tomorrow. Before I go to bed I decide it must be that the academy must have extremely strong kids there.

I wake up and pack my bags into the car, my dad calls me aside and asks "can we have one more sparring match before you go." I agree and we sprint into the mountains to begin our sparring match. He pulls out Gram, his most powerful weapon. He must mean for a proper sparring match. I draw Fenrir and prepare for battle. He says "remember when I said you can only use nexus powers, well this time use everything you got and I won't hold back either, this is a test to see if you can defend yourself against the strongest opponents." I nod, the nod sends him into attack mode, in an instant he closes the distance, however he is just too slow, I reinforce my left arm with neon waves and smash the blade into the ground. A huge crater forms and sends him into the air, now I send an air blast to send him higher into the air. I launch myself up in a blink and nail my elbow into him, however he had already reacted and blocked. He shoots into the ground and immediately draws his blade from the ground. I create a giant dense cutting ball of air that is sure to injure him and show him I am not playing. He drops his blade, singling an end to the fight. I stop my attack and land. He says "I have been teaching you all this time to control your power but that right there can just wipe out a few acres of land not your old man though. Remember to always limit yourself to the people you are fighting, not anyone else. As a nex your duty is to protect and preserve human lives and make them better. You are well suited for combat since both mom and me trained you. However you should not rely on fighting your whole life, neon waves can be used for good or evil. Please pass me Fenrir. I will now show you a trick. You can make it as long as you like and shoot it's fangs at people in projectile form." I give him Fenrir and it changes to look more like a fang than a dull blade. He also gives me a gun. He says "this is Roselle, a hand cannon that can blow apart any target. You can control the strength of each shot." "Thank you dad." My mom comes out of hiding and tells me "I can't give you flashy things only my love." Then she kisses my forehead and hugs me tightly. After this we get in the car and travel to the academy. I really hope they aren't too strong.

The trip was relatively quiet, probably because mom had her scary neon field up the whole time. She trained me well. I asked if I should and she quickly said no. When we reached the academy island. They asked for identification and after seeing it his face turned pale and they quickly let us in. Afterwards we stopped at the staff office house which was massive. We went inside and they asked for identification again. Afterwards they double checked and went pale again, I wonder why people fear mom and dad so much.

Here I am now within the entrance exams and no one is getting close to me. A girl walks up to me and sits next to me and says "the same huh I am from the Pheonix family and you?" I say "the Nevist family." She looks intently at me and turns a little pale before laughing like crazy. "The Nevists have a kid, that is quite terrifying indeed." I simply ask why and she replies "because that couple are demons with immense power, they single handedly stopped a war by massacring both sides into submission, they have even more crazy feats like wiping out almost the entirety of the black hands. Basically your mom and dad are scary people even more so than my family." I look around and see a lone girl with long silver hair since she is above me I can see her beautiful purple eyes. I ask "Ms Phoenix, who is that girl?" She says "oh her, she is from an unknown family called Ironrose also call me Emily. She probably won't even qualify for the academy." I tell her "Emily, she is really strong. I suggest forming ties with her." She replies "ok if a Nevist says so, let's go make friends." We both get up and walk to her. I speak first "hello there miss Ironrose we would like to acquaint ourselves with you, if you would like to." "Ok I guess" She mumbles. We sit chatting with Ms Ironrose only mumbling sometimes for a long time before someone else shows up. An eastern guy who reeks of trouble. "Yo I am Haruyuki Gojou, so who wants to spar a bit before the exams? We can you know? Or is everyone too scared?" Ironrose stands up and says clearly unlike how she was being up until now. "I Eve Ironrose challenge you to a duel, do you accept Mr Gojou?" He smirks and says "of course I do Eve."