Tales From The Kronos

Neige slept peacefully in his bed, enjoying the calm moment he had after everything that happened. He still thought about the joyful time he had yesterday with his friends, not worrying about what the future had in store. His mind wandered in his slumber until he heard Silva's voice.

"OH MY GOD! SEPIDE IS NAKED!"

Neige woke up in distress looking around the room. Silva was standing there with a smile while Sepide stood there with a confused expression.

"But I'm not naked?"

"Yeah, but Neige woke up. Did you want to see her naked that much? You woke up quickly."

"I woke up quickly because you pierced my eardrum. You could have yelled anything, and it would have worked... How did you enter anyway? I locked the room."

"I asked Emely for the keys, we needed you but you didn't answer your phone."

Neige let out a tired sigh, considering sleeping again right now.

"Is it important?"

"It could wait but the leader asked us."

Neige groaned while getting out of his bed. The room's cold didn't help him stay up but he knew it was time anyway.

"I'll get ready and join you."

"Alright, we'll wait for you."

Neige took his clothes and waited for the two girls to leave. Instead, they just stood there, looking at him blankly.

"I can't help but notice that you're still here."

"Yes, we're waiting for you to get ready." Innocently said Sepide.

"Can you maybe... Leave?"

"Come on, I'm blind, and Sepide's as innocent as snow."

"It's still uncomfortable, and I actually feel alright with Sepide being here. But if you're here Silva, I feel like you think about weird stuff."

"I'm not that perverted, you're my friend."

The two girls stood there, still staring at him. Neige let out an exhausted sigh before throwing a pen at Silva.

"Leave."

"Alright, we'll leave! But do you know how many men would dream of having two girls watching them change?"

"I knew it! You can't have a moment without perverse thoughts!"

Silva stuck out her tongue to taunt Neige and took Sepide with her outside the room, finally leaving him with some intimacy.

Sepide and Silva stayed outside for at least half an hour until Neige finally came out of his room.

"I'm ready, we can go."

"You take more time to prepare than Silva." Noticed Sepide.

"It's because she doesn't take care of herself." Said Neige with a slight smile.

"No, it's because I'm efficient."

The group hurried to the leader's office, trying to not make the leader wait any longer.

When they entered the office, Emely was already there talking with her. She turned toward the group when she saw them, prompting Neige to apologize.

"We're sorry, we didn't know you were here."

"No, it's alright. I think it's better if you know."

The group approached Emely while the leader explained the reason for her presence.

"She found a dark matter similar to the anomaly's in Uri..."

"Uriel." Said Sepide with confidence.

"Uriel yes, thanks Sepide. So there was dark matter inside Uriel's hard drive."

"It's dead but Gwyn is analyzing it." Explained Emely "Maybe it could help us know the anomaly. I just have no idea how it ended up here but I think it erased part of the code."

"So she did cheat." Whispered Sepide to herself "Does it mean you can create another robot from her code?"

"I can, I just need a bit of time. It was mostly random, I think whatever it was didn't know what it was doing. But still, we're lucky the important parts of the code are still readable."

"I'm glad." Sepide said with relief.

The leader took back control of the conversation and explained the next orders.

"While Emely and Gwyn work on that, There's something you'll need to do."

"Is it about Silv?" Asked Silva.

"Yes, while The anomaly and Kairo seem to stay silent, Silv is still a danger. I doubt she's still in her world but maybe it can give us useful information."

"We'll prepare ourselves and go right away."

Neige and his friends left the room, leaving Emely inside with the leader displayed on the screen.

"Leader? Is it safe to send Silva there?"

"She was the one who asked, and I'd like to deal with that matter as soon as possible."

"I hope she'll be alright..."

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The three friends ended up in the same city as they were last time, even if Silva and Sepide didn't experience it properly during their last visit.

"Hey, you know how last time Silv kidnapped us before we could even do anything?" Silva asked with worry in her voice.

"Yeah, why?"

"And also about the time in the world with cowboys where she did the same?"

"It's true that it's weird." Answered Neige.

"It's like she can choose where we land, so... If we're all together now, I can't help but think it's because she planned it."

Neige thought for a moment. He rubbed Silva's hair with a smile before answering.

"Don't worry, I'm sure it's because she's not here. It's just a calm mission."

"You're probably right."

The group was about to leave when someone suddenly threw an empty paper cup at Neige. Annoyed by it, Neige turned toward the origin of the throw and talked with an annoyed voice.

"Can't you check where you throw your garbage?"

"Can't you give news about you before leaving!?" The voice came from a girl with light pink hair that Neige seemed to recognize rather quickly.

"Rose? I didn't expect to see you, how are your friends?"

"They're alright. Apparently Silv was more focused on you. What did you do to piss her off so badly?"

"She just likes to annoy us..." Silva said with a bit of frustration in her voice.

"By the way, I wanted to thank you Neige. Thanks to you, everyone is alright."

"It's alright, but I need to ask you a favor."

"A favor?" Asked Rose curious.

"We're searching for information on Silv, do you know anything helpful about her."

"All I know is that she's leading the mafia and made money as a painter. I think you should ask her sister."

"She has a sister?" Neige asked with dread in his eyes "Don't tell me we have to deal with two of her!"

"Oh no, don't worry. Her sister works as a detective and tries to arrest her."

"So every me has a shitty family." Silva joked with a smile.

"Are you related to Silv? You do look similar." Rose asked with distrust.

"No, I hate her. Where can we find her sister?"

"I can call her and ask her to meet you. I know she's not busy today and it's the least I can do."

"That would really help us, thanks Rose." Neige bowed while thanking Rose, making her slightly uncomfortable.

"It's nothing don't worry! I'll call her, give me a minute."

Rose went away from them to make her call. Sepide looked at Silva with curiosity and asked her,

"Do you have a sister?"

"Thank God no! If I had one she'd try to kill me or something apparently."

Rose came back to them quickly with a smile, announcing a piece of good news.

"She accepted to see you! She's waiting for you at the police station, just ask to see Lucie!"

Silva frowned her brows upon hearing that name. Before she could ask anything Neige thanked Rose.

"We're grateful for what you did, we'll go there as quickly as we can."

"I'm the grateful one, you helped me and my friends! We're in debt."

Rose and the group parted ways, the latter heading toward the police station to see Silv's sister.

They made their way to the police station. When they entered, they were immediately stopped by a harsh-looking woman with long black, judging them with her gaze.

"Are you the ones that are searching for Silv's sister?"

"H-How do you know?" Asked Sepide in surprise.

"It's not every day a girl with short red hair comes around, especially right after I got a call about Silv. We have a lot to talk about, follow me to my office."

The three friends were surprised but followed the woman in her office. When they entered, the woman prompted them to sit on the couch inside it. A picture was sitting in a frame on the table. The woman was on it, significantly younger with a bunch of other people. The detail that Neige and Sepide noticed on it was a younger Silv, looking way more innocent than the one they know today.

"My name is Lucie, I have a lot to say and I figure you have a lot to disclose as well. Do you want some coffee?"