Tales From The Kronos

Polyetta opened her eyes to find herself in a cell. She remembered coming into this world with Sepide and Remiel but couldn't find them anywhere. Her sword was nowhere to be seen while her watch was still resting on her wrist. She took a look at it to see that the travel between worlds was temporarily impossible. Everything was so confusing to her but her thoughts were quickly interrupted by people approaching her cell. A man dressed like a pope was followed by two nuns, who stared at Polyetta with a curious gaze.

"You are the intruder? That's quite strange, why were you in the throne's room?"

"The... Throne's room?" Polyetta had no memories of anything happening after she entered this world. Her oblivious feeling was easy to spot, prompting the man to continue.

"It seems that you don't remember. We found you sleeping in the throne's room of the castle. We took away your sword but we will let you go and give it back to you once we made sure of your identity."

"I see... Have you seen a girl with long black hair and... Another girl with long black hair but taller?"

The man turned toward one of the nuns. She answered by shaking her head, prompting the man to answer.

"I'm afraid not, my child. I will have to let you for now. We'll come back later this week, in the meantime, Evelyn will take care of you."

Polyetta nodded her head but had no intention of staying here for that long. She was ready to try to communicate with Sepide as soon as she could, for now, she needed to play along. The group of the religious left, aside from one of the nuns, who bowed and introduced herself.

"My name is Evelyn. I will provide you with all your needs but first, there's something I need to ask... Are you related to a nun called Ada?"

"Ada?" Polyetta wasn't sure whether it was a good idea to associate herself with the anomaly but maybe it would help her get out of here faster. For now, she decided to give a safe answer "I've heard of her, why that question?"

"I wished to talk with her again, she... Made me question about my faith." The girl looked behind with fear before continuing "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I still have full faith in the Lord."

"So you've only talked once?"

"Kind of. She also was with a tall man and God itself."

"You saw God and still doubt Him?" Polyetta asked, a bit perplexed.

"I couldn't explain why, but I don't trust whoever this person was."

Polyetta thought for a moment. She didn't know much about the anomaly but tried to guess who accompanied her. She could imagine that the man was Kairo, leading to the 'God' being only one person "Did your God have short red hair and look crazy?"

The nun had her eyes wide open, shocked by the precision of her prisoner.

"You've seen her too? I hope you can understand why I doubt her... Especially after she blew up the moon."

"She blew up the moon!? That's bad."

Polyetta suddenly understood a lot of things just thanks to this sentence. She was wondering if Silv knew about the importance of the moon, or if it was just a coïncidence.

"You didn't see it?" Asked Evelyn "She even told us to be careful of the devil and its friends, a feminine, dumb-looking boy with white hair, and... A girl with long black hair I think."

Polyetta quickly understood that Silv was talking about Sepide and Neige. Thankfully, girls with long black hair weren't uncommon but Sepide was still in potential danger. She quickly searched for an excuse to be alone and contact Sepide and Remiel.

"Thanks for that information... I think I have amnesia or something. Could you bring me water?"

"Oh, I'll go get some."

The nun left Polyetta alone and relieved that her plan somehow worked. Once she was sure she couldn't be heard, the woman used her watch to contact Sepide, hoping that everything was alright.

Sepide stared at the everlasting green field she was in for a long moment. Seeing that she was alone, she recorded her report as usual.

"Nature is almost all I can see, aside from some small houses. I am neither accompanied by the leader nor Remiel and will start my search as soon as possible. This world seems so peaceful and joyous while these plants are so relaxing. I'll name such a lovely place, the Land Of Flowers."

Once she finished recording, Sepide headed toward the houses in the hope of finding someone who could help her. It didn't take long before a villager went to her, curious to see a stranger. It was a girl, maybe around twelve, staring at her with wide eyes. Sepide looked around for her parents but there was no one to be seen. She crouched to get to the girl's height, and asked her,

"Where are your parents? Are you lost?"

"No, they're working today. Where are yours?"

Sepide paused for a moment, unsure about what to answer.

"I'm too old to have my parents around, but I guess I'm searching for my mother too. She's a woman with long blonde hair and purple eyes, have you seen her?"

"Wow, is your mother the holy nun!?"

"The... Holy nun?" Sepide asked with confusion.

"You know, the one that came with the Goddess! They warned us about the girly boy and the girl with red hair!"

"The girly boy?" Sepide chuckled a bit before becoming serious again "Those two sound like my friends."

"Your friends?" The girl looked more closely at Sepide and gasped in shock "You're the devil the Goddess talked about!"

The girl ran away while yelling. Sepide was just amused, thinking that the girl confused her with a demon in one of her childish stories. She glanced at her watch to see what time it was but an error message was displayed instead. All she could do was continue to search, hoping her two friends weren't lost between worlds.

Sepide walked inside the peaceful town, enjoying the calm atmosphere. Sadly for her, the moment of peace wasn't long, as a man dressed in religious attire stepped in front of her, with the little girl from earlier behind him.

"You do look like the person the Lord warned us about. State your name or you will be considered an enemy of the church."

"I think you're mistaking me with someone else. My name is Sepide, I'm just searching for my friends."

"Sepide..." The man let out a sigh before continuing "You are with the devil that calls itself Silva, tell us where she is and we shall leave you alone."

Sepide was a bit confused and shook her head while stepping back from the man.

"Who told you that? It's a lie."

"We'll let the pope be the judge of that."

The man snapped his fingers and on cue, a bunch of soldiers surrounded Sepide. She wanted to understand the situation but the situation wasn't in her favor. She considered surrendering until a voice in the sky took everyone by surprise.

"Sepide! I found you!"

Sepide turned toward the voice to find Remiel landing dramatically right next to her. The guards stepped back in fear, giving Sepide the hope that she could talk with them.

"Please, let us discuss more. I'm sure I can prove that I'm not the one you're searching for."

"I disagree." Remiel said, taking her friend by surprise "This place is dangerous, for your safety, we are leaving."

Before Sepide could argue, Remiel took her with one arm and jumped high in the air, far from the danger. The crowd couldn't believe their eyes, looking at the two girls flying away.

Remiel landed far from the town. Sepide felt lightheaded from her sudden adrenaline rush but still found the energy to scold Remiel.

"I was talking with them, why did you take me away?"

"I calculated that this was the safest thing to do."

"Then stop calculating, now they'll think I'm really against them!"

"It appears that I misunderstood the situation, I apologize."

Sepide wanted to forgive Remiel but couldn't bring herself to for some reason. Maybe Remiel's robotic behavior was the problem, or maybe it was because she was new. Either way, she decided to take a deep breath and tried to empathize with Remiel.

"It's okay, just ask next time."

Before Remiel could answer, Sepide's watch rang. It was a call from the leader that she hurried to take.

"Leader, are you alright?"

*Yes but Remiel isn't with me. Is everything alright for you?*

"Affirmative." Answered Remiel "I have found Sepide and we are both out of danger."

*Really? That's a relief. I'm in the jail of a castle I think. Do you see where it could be?*

"Indeed, I have seen a castle on my way to join with Sepide."

Sepide felt a bit frustrated to not be able to answer before Remiel but decided to ignore it. It was strange, she felt like she was getting more and more childish as time went on. She shook her head and focused back on the call.

*Good, you need to save me. The watches aren't working.*

"So... We're stuck here?"

*Don't worry, I'll explain. I think I understand what is the issue.*

Sepide and Remiel stayed silent, waiting for the explanation of the leader. Sepide had reasons to think that Silv was behind it all, just like the other times their watches weren't working properly.