School.

Note: This chapter will introduce recurring characters and revisit elements from the story that I had forgotten. I'll release another chapter on Saturday and plan to start Patreon on Thursday, where I'll share an extra chapter each week until we have a ten-chapter gap.

- Ed!

- Yes?

- Do we really need to go to school? - Kara asked as she held Eduard's hand with a sleepy expression; yesterday again Eduard and Kara slept in the sun and since Kara always gets sleepy when she's getting so much energy, she experienced what all normal humans experience when they get up early, laziness.

- Stop being lazy Kara. - Eduard imitated Itachi and poked Kara's forehead, the only difference being that to have the same effect as Itachi had on Sasuke, he had to use enough force to send a car several meters.

- Tch! - Kara clucked her tongue and just followed Eduard with a sleepy expression ignoring everything around her, and if it hadn't been for Eduard she would probably have collided with something or someone and made a big mess of things thanks to that.

- Come on Kara, it'll be fun! You can make some friends instead of being on the internet all day... - Eduard began to convince her along the way and listed a few things for her, but apart from making friends and spending more time together there didn't seem to be much that interested her, which was more than obvious, after all as a Kryptonian she was not only "better" than all her classmates in pure biological terms, but she also learned so fast that at the moment she could go to any university in the world she wanted and she had only been on earth for a little over a year.

- Right! All right! I'm going to school, but I want Cortana to connect to my glasses, I want to watch something to pass the time. - Kara said taking off her glasses which were supposed to be a disguise like the ones Eduard had started wearing after paying an eye doctor to trick his mother; Eduard took Kara's glasses and just in the few seconds it took for Cortana to put on a copy of the artificial intelligence she had created and was controlled by herself many boys at school started looking at her, which was really natural considering how ridiculously attractive they both were without the glasses working their magic.

- Annoying... - Eduard muttered and caught the boys' attention at the same time as he scared them off to avoid some annoying jerk as happens in most schools. After the boys had turned their faces away with a pale expression, he and Kara went straight to their class and both sat by the window, the reason? None other than the fact that the sunlight was pleasant for both of them.

Note: I'll always skip classes to avoid eating up story space, I'll only use school for events and interactions.

- That's it for today. - A middle-aged lady who had been administering various school rules while Eduard struggled to keep his eyes open finally released them. Looking back Eduard's lips creased as he watched Kara dozing off; ignoring his apparently lazy girlfriend thanks to himself Eduard turned his attention to the class and observed his classmates, after looking at everyone briefly he found some easily identifiable faces such as Mary Jane, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Felicia Hardy, Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker himself. Looking at the interaction he noted how Peter was the most excluded of the group despite Harry talking to him from time to time, honestly I didn't know if they were friends before this school or just became friends in a few minutes, but he was the only one who talked to him from time to time, and even if he did talk to him, it was relatively little since most of his focus was on the red-haired girl who, from my few memories of her, was one of the worst girls for Spidey, apart from them, it was obvious that Flash was concentrating on flirting with Felicia at the moment and didn't seem to have the slightest interest in making fun of Peter, at least not on the first day of school; the only curious one was Gwen, who seemed to be as big a fan of his as he thought his sister was before he found out that she was only rooting for her brother. Now you might wonder how he knew that. Simple, the blonde girl kept looking at the latest news about him whenever she could during class, and this only became more evident now that the teacher had left the room.

'Whatever.' Eduard just sighed internally and ignored his new classmates and woke Kara up to go to the cafeteria.

Kara, who was now a little more awake, didn't complain and followed him into the cafeteria with a smile on her face as she held his hand. The reason for the smile on her face? Well, an older student wearing the clothes of the school soccer team approached her and started hitting on her, and even when Eduard told him it was her boyfriend the boy still told him to leave, in which case Eduard just beat him up, which was a really challenging task considering that his strength had increased again last night.

- Were you so happy for me to hit someone? - Eduard asked exasperatedly while eating only a sandwich. Kara didn't answer his question but just smiled at him as she ate what he was eating without worrying about her surroundings.

- Can I sit here?

- Uh? - Kara stopped eating and looked over to see a pretty blonde girl asking if she could sit next to her. - Of course... - Kara didn't mind too much and went back to chatting with Eduard about random things while they ate, leaving Gwen on the sidelines without caring too much; Kara's impression of humans was currently very bad, and if it hadn't been for Eduard her impression might have been even worse, which wasn't impressive considering that the first thing they did when she arrived on earth was try to capture her. Eduard, who was watching Kara's reaction, was a little worried about her behavior, but decided not to force anything and just hope that the school would allow her to play people individually and not as the human race as it does with most of them, the exception being Eduard's own family.

'Kara, why don't you try talking to the girl?

'...' Kara, who had received Eduard's message, decided not to reply immediately and just focused on finishing her sandwich in silence; seeing that she didn't initiate the conversation, but also didn't seem particularly opposed to it, Eduard decided to talk to one of Peter's possible girlfriends. After finishing his sandwich, he looked at Kara still eating and then at Gwen, who was surprisingly looking at them with interest and noticing his gaze she smiled and introduced herself.

- Hello!" With a confident smile and a simple greeting, she stretched out her hand to him. - I'm Gwen, we're in the same class. - Looking at her outstretched hand for a few fractions of a second, he smiled back and greeted her.

- Nice to meet you Gwen, my name is Eduard, and this is Kara, my girlfriend!

- ... - Kara nodded and smiled at Gwen as she finished her sandwich. Eduard, observing this, decided to just give them both some space.

- I need to make a call; can you look after Kara for me Gwen?

- Of course!

 Ignoring the grumpy look he received from his girlfriend, Eduard got up and actually made a call to his sister to see how she was getting on with her preparations for the operation she wanted to carry out in a month's time; he deliberately took a little longer on the call, hoping that Kara would be able to talk to Gwen for a while since, with her personality, she might be one of the few people she could befriend at this school.

- How are you getting on with your new toys? - Eduard asked with a smile as he remembered how his sister's eyes lit up when he bought various computers or parts that she listed for him when she learned that he had a multi-million-dollar company.

- Simply incredible! I'd like to see the faces of the idiots who've been trying to protect themselves from me for the last week. - Eduard, hearing his sister's tone, smiled and continued chatting for a while before turning off and heading back to the cafeteria.

Looking at Kara's expression, which seemed to have softened considerably, and even the slight hint of a smile on her face, Eduard raised his eyebrows in surprise as he watched Gwen actually manage to talk to Kara.

'I thought it would take a few days for her to agree to talk to anyone... It seems that her ability to relate to people is really part of her personality.

Just as Eduard was about to head for his desk he was stopped by another of his new classmates, Flash Thompson, he was hoping that Spider-Man's famous bully would find a reason to pick on him since that's what he did in high school before becoming some kind of hero in the future, but he honestly didn't feel like even talking to him at the moment, but knowing full well that they would be studying in the same class for the next few years he decided to just say hello and hope that he wouldn't give him a reason to break his nose on the first day of school.

- Hey man! I'm Flash! - Unlike what he expected Flash didn't try to intimidate him or anything, he actually offered a handshake with a big smile on his face.

- Eduard! - Eduard returned Flash's shake with the same smile; when he shook Flash's hand a little harder, he imagined that Flash would be upset or something, but unexpectedly it was the opposite, the smile of the boy in front of him simply became more sincere.

- Have you ever thought about playing soccer?

- ... - It took Eduard a long time to accept that Marvel's famous bully Flash Thompson was actually calling him to the soccer team instead of picking on him on the first day of school.

'Maybe he's not so bad?

- Not really... Honestly? I don't even want to waste too much time at school, so I didn't think about joining a team or anything. - Eduard was honest in his answer, he really wasn't that interested in being a soccer player, firstly because the sport wasn't fun for him with his physique, and secondly, he didn't see the need for it for his future considering that his grades would always be perfect and he could get into any university he wanted, plus he'd have a few companies in the future so he didn't need to worry about going to university really.

- Wow... I wasn't expecting that... - Flash commented in surprise, after all, even he who wasn't a big fan of studying still knew the value of school.

- I don't think many people expect it, but I've already learned everything that school can teach, so... - Eduard shrugged his shoulders, he honestly knows he shouldn't go around saying that to others, but the truth is that he doesn't care how it might make Flash or anyone else see him, after all, he's not going to waste time studying these subjects like the others and he's sure he'll always ace them, and maybe even end up sleeping during lessons so he decided now that it was better just to say it.

- ... - Flash looked at Eduard in silence for several moments before smiling. - Maybe that's why you should give it a chance then, since you've already finished your studies anyway!

Eduard was really surprised by Flash's behavior at the moment and even believes that perhaps because this world is a junction of several pieces that he assumes are several different timelines aligning into one the Flash Thompson he knows and the one in front of him may be strictly different and maybe this guy is just a nice guy who likes sports; Eduard would watch him to try to find differences, but for now he would just turn down the offer, after all, he really didn't feel like having to hold his own in the middle of the field where everyone would be pushing themselves to the limit, it would just be exhausting and he wouldn't even have the sense of achievement that comes from winning since for him it would just be a given to beat humans.

- Are you going to join the team? - Just as he was about to say no, Kara approached and wrapped one of her arms around him as she asked, and seeing the slight smile on her face, he knew that even if she had liked Gwen, she was still going to "get back" at him for leaving her to talk to her alone.

- Of course he's going! - Gwen interrupted the conversation with a mischievous smile. - You won't let your lovely Kara down, will you?

Looking at the two Eduard had an overwhelming urge to just roll his eyes at the moment, but he still decided it was better to just agree, even if he didn't have to he'd still rather do that than leave Kara a chance to get revenge later, after all, he still remembers the last time she was upset with him, and believe me, having a girl who can not only destroy the planet with just her physical body if you dedicate enough time, but also has a super brain trying to play a trick on you is a nightmare. - ...Sure, why not? - He replied, looking at Kara who smiled when she saw his slightly resentful look.

- Great!

- But I don't have much time to train! - Eduard said it decisively, he doesn't care if he's benched until he graduates or is kicked off the team, the fact that he's just joining should be enough for Kara not to come up with something like putting him at the bottom of the sea while he sleeps comfortably in his room.

- ... - Flash looked at the boy in front of him speechless and didn't know how he should react at the moment; he saw how the boy beat one of the best current players as if it were nothing and realized from his handshake how strong he must be, but even with this talent if he didn't train what good would it do? Flash, who really liked the sport and wanted to excel in the league, needed a team that could keep up with his performance and he believed he had found a great fullback, but if he refused to train... - Let's see his performance first! - Flash made a concession and just decided to see how he would do, after all, if he has good conditioning and can keep up with the tactics it could still work out even if he trains less than most, as for not training? Flash looked at Kara and then smiled, knowing who to ask for help.

- After school we'll sign up together! - Flash said with the same smile and walked away to the same table where most of the Spider-Man cast was gathered.

Watching Flash go off to flirt with Felicia, Eduard's smile gradually diminished until he turned to both girls who were smiling at him. - Did you have fun?

- Yes!" The first to answer energetically was surprisingly Gwen.

- Uh-hu. - Kara just nodded but had a teasing smile on her face as she looked directly at him.

- Sigh! - Eduard just sighed and decided to leave it alone and enjoy the rest of the break with them.

[Ed, I have some interesting news.]

Eduard, who was walking home with Kara, continued walking as if he didn't hear Cortana, but after so many years together she knew what that meant, so she just kept informing him what had happened.

[Do you remember the memories you allowed me to watch at the beginning? They contained your conversation with the one who let you live again and had a specific part that might be interesting to you, at least for now].

'Which one?'

[Let me play it for you: Great! In short, you're the unlucky or lucky one who gets to deal with the force-fused fragments of this world, I know you're curious about what that means, but honestly, I don't want to explain, so I'll just explain your only job and the pay. Your job is just to survive and spend at least five years of every decade in the designated universe].

[Now the important part is "Your job is just to survive and spend at least five years of every decade in the designated universe", a few minutes ago a "function" of mine that had been feeding off part of the energy without me knowing has just been updated... Currently maintaining the absorption rate we can locate other multiverses once a year and after that we can travel to it whenever we want].

After hearing this Eduard stopped his steps for a few moments before coming back to his senses and following Kara who had obviously noticed his strangeness, but decided to wait until they got home.

'So... Can I visit places like the world of Naruto now?' Eduard managed to keep his composure, but Kara, who was by his side, realized how much his heart was racing at the moment and decided to ask Cortana herself what was going on while Eduard was still arguing.

[Maybe... The truth is that I wasn't given any explanation of how to do this, so all I can do is connect to one world a year and keep that channel open... The only good thing is that we can go back and forth indefinitely, and I could hack the networks and maintain a means of communication even from here or another universe].

'I see...' Eduard didn't want to let it show, but he was a little disappointed by this answer, after all, who wouldn't want to visit the world of Naruto, tour Hogwarts, train with Goku or other things? I'm sure that if they had that possibility like me, they would accept it.

'I guess I can only hope to get lucky and try to take advantage when I'm unlucky...'

'Forget it, Cortana can you see the selected multiverse, or do I need to go in person and find out?'

[You'll have to go in person, I'm sorry].

'It's okay, thanks Cortana.'

[😉]

Eduard smiled a little and looked at Kara, after thinking for a few moments his smile widened a little more as he spoke. - Kara, what do you think about us going on a trip when we're on vacation?

- Uh? - Kara arched her eyebrows at him, but that only lasted a few moments, after all, Cortana had already partially explained it to her as well, so understanding what Eduard meant, a beautiful mischievous smile adorned her face. - Of course~

Eduard saw her smile and just hugged her and continued talking to her until they got home where they parted ways since his sister still didn't know about Kara's abilities and Kara didn't know about Barbara's "project" yet.

In my other story I had a problem with the final paragraphs so as a precaution I will post this at the end of all the chapters.