Tales From The Kronos

Very early in the morning, Emely and Neige waited in the main hall for Silva to arrive. Neige made sure she woke up in time and wouldn't be late but was starting to think she fell asleep again once he left. He considered going to see her but stayed a bit with Emely just to make sure.

"So, are you excited?"

Emely turned her head around, probably trying to prevent Neige from seeing her blushing face.

"Kinda yeah, it's not often I can go out of the ship, especially with Silva. Thanks for coming with us, I feel relieved that we're not alone."

"I'm just here to make sure everything is alright. We have already been in this world before, everyone was so polite and calm there."

"I'm sure it's a great break from the routine you had." Emely looked at Neige's clothes. It was rare to see him in casual clothes, away from the ship's uniform "It feels weird to see you dressed like that. Well... Not as weird as when I saw you dressed like a girl."

"I thought we would never talk about it again..."

Before Neige had the chance to change the subject, the two heard a sound approaching. It was Silva coming toward them, still needing crutches to move.

"Silva, you're late. Not very gentleman of you."

"I'd like to see go faster than 1 kilometer per day like that! But I'm sorry Emely, I hope I didn't make you wait too much."

"It's alright, don't worry! We were just talking with Neige. Are you ready to go?"

Silva nodded her head with a smile on her face. Neige inputted the world's code on his watch and the group jumped into the peaceful world together.

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The place was a bright park with almost no one there to bother them. The air was pure and the wind was soft. Neige looked around to make sure that everything would be alright, and once he made sure the area was safe, he turned toward the girls with a sigh of relief.

"Well, I'll go now. Have fun together! I'll stay around so yell my name if you need something."

"Thanks, Neige! But last time we came here nothing bad happened, there's no reason anything happens."

Neige nodded his head and left the two alone. He walked around the park alone for a moment and suddenly felt chills down his spine. He immediately took his dagger in hand and searched around in vain. A dark matter came out of nowhere, surrounding him. The figure of the dark nun walked slowly toward him in a menacing gesture.

"Neige, I found you."

"Ada?! That's really not a great time for that!"

"When will be a great time then? Won't you always be busy? I'm going to force you out of your Fate Neige!"

"No, I mean... It's Silva's first date, I don't want it to be ruined. So, please... Can you leave?"

The dark matter surrounding him retracted toward the nun who jogged toward him in a way less threatening way.

"Oh! Is there love in the air?"

"Since when do you care about that?"

"Always! Ah, the sweet love of two innocent persons."

"I wouldn't describe them as innocent..."

The anomaly searched around but couldn't find them. She jumped toward Neige with an innocent smile on her face.

"Can we go see them? Just from far away, to make sure they're alright."

"Why do you care about it suddenly? You were ready to attack me a minute ago."

"Yes, but I thought you were working. It doesn't mean I don't care about your friends. Also, it's cute."

Neige also was curious to see if they were alright as well but was a bit concerned about bringing the anomaly with him. After a few seconds of thinking, he pointed in a direction with his finger.

"Let's go, they're over here."

"Yay!"

Neige and Ada walked together toward the two lovers. Neige was still wary of the anomaly but felt like she was being genuine.

The two hid behind a bush and spied on the two girls from far away. Despite their precaution Silva seemed to notice their presence, turning her head toward them for an instant before staring again at Emely. Neige glanced quickly at the anomaly to ensure she wasn't up to no good but was surprised by her drooling while staring at the two girls with an empty gaze.

"Ada!? Are you okay?"

The woman flinched at Neige's words and quickly whipped out the drool of her face with her sleeve.

"Y-Yes, why would I be?"

"I don't know, it felt like you were having a stroke or something."

"Oh no, don't worry. I was just in awe at the miracle of love. Despite all the hardships they had, they still managed to make their feelings bloom."

"I didn't know you were so romantic, why don't you go kidnap a guy to marry instead of me?"

"Because first of all, I'm a nun. Secondly, you're way more important than love. I just like seeing the miracle of love and imagining them-"

"Stop imagining whatever you're imagining. We should leave now, we don't want to bother them."

Ada nodded at Neige's words. The two were about to leave but were surprised by Silva's voice, yelling for visibly no reason.

"If only someone could bring us two ice creams!"

Neige let out an exasperated sigh at Silva's request. Even if she didn't say it, he knew it was addressed to him. Ada pulled on his sleeve and pointed in the direction they came from with excitation.

"I saw an ice cream seller over there! We should get some for them."

"You seem really invested for some reason."

"I'm just being nice, I swear!"

Neige smiled softly before leaving with the anomaly in the direction of the ice cream seller, trying their best to not be noticed by Emely.

Neige ran toward the seller and took the two ice creams he needed. The girl prepared their order and smiled softly at them.

"Such a nice day for a romantic date, right?"

"We're not together." Instantly answered Neige.

"Yeah, he's way better than a boyfriend!" Ada answered, a bit offended.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought so." The girl handed them their ice cream. Neige was ready to leave but was interrupted by the girl's voice "It's 22 kilter."

"Kilter?" Asked the anomaly "I never heard of it."

"I think it's the currency of this place. I'm really sorry, but I don't have the money on me, can I pay you later?"

"Oh, alright... But please do, the great overseer will be furious if he learned that I didn't make enough money."

"The great overseer?"

The girl ignored Neige's question and walked away in fear, glancing at everything around her. Neige was a bit concerned about this interaction but quickly focused back on his goal. He looked at the two ice creams in his hand and suddenly realized something.

"Wait, how are we giving it to them? Emely will think I'm creeping on them if I give them straight up."

"Yes, and if I do, Silva will probably be afraid..."

The two thought for a moment about this puzzle. Ada seemed to have a sudden idea and took a Sharpie out of her pocket. She drew a kind of mustache on Neige's face and made a proud smile.

"Now they won't recognize you!"

"But my clothes are the same. Where did you even get that!?"

"They won't notice! You should go before the ice melts."

Ada pushed the uncertain Neige toward the place where Silva and her friend were hanging out.

Neige arrived in front of the two lovers with the ice cream in hand. Emely seemed confused to see him and vocalized her surprise.

"Neige?"

Neige's heart was pounding with panic, trying to find a way out of this situation. He glanced at the anomaly who just gave a thumbs up. Understanding he was alone in this, Neige tried his best to talk in a different accent.

"Ya! Me Neige, but no Neige from your world!"

"Not from my world? You know about other worlds?"

"... No?"

"That's good, if you knew, I would have to kill you, you know?"

Neige was sweating at Emely's words and immediately saw the ice creams he was holding.

"Here, you won prize!"

"What kind of prize?"

"I... Lucky prize!"

Silva could barely contain her laugh making Emely burst a laugh as well. They both took the ice creams from his hands and Emely quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry Neige, Silva convinced me to prank you when she noticed you were checking on us. I'm surprised that you even drew a mustache though."

"That wasn't my idea... Silva is becoming a bad influence for you."

Emely chuckled softly at Neige's words.

"I think she's a great influence!"

"Yeah, have a good time together."

Neige left the two girls together and went back toward the anomaly, who seemed really excited.

"How did it go?"

"I looked dumb."

"Maybe I should have drawn a better mustache. Anyway, do we continue spying on them?"

"Actually there's something I had in mind. I want to know who's that great overseer this girl talked about. Do you want to join me?"

"Oh, it's like those adventures you do with your friends! I'd love to join you!"

Neige was starting to think that she wasn't so bad, maybe there was a way to save the anomaly and make her stop causing trouble. But for now, his priority was to find out more about the mystery of this world.