Silva, Sepide, Neige, and Ada all grouped somewhere they couldn't be seen. Neige explained the case and the conclusion he reached to all of his friends.

"How can you know for sure?" Asked Silva "That seems weird that they would both be ready to sacrifice themselves for the other, you barely know them."

"I think that all Neiges and Polyetta are the same in the end. If I was this boxer, I would have done the same to protect Polyetta. And I'm sure that if she was Zayda, Ada would have done the same to protect her Neige."

"That's true!" Proudly confirmed Ada "I helped my other self because I know that she would be heartbroken to see her Neige in jail. I'm sure that's why you tried so hard to innocent Zayda too, right? You couldn't stay without doing nothing while your best friend's other self gets in danger."

"I'm just doing my job as a member of the Kronos."

"Sure, like I'll believe it."

Ada and Neige both laughed together, bringing a smile to the two girls waiting on the side.

"They're friends in every dimension," Silva said to herself "I envy them. They share a special bond."

"But Miss Anomaly, aren't you trying to kidnap Neige?" Asked Sepide "If you love each other so much, why causing him so much suffering?"

"I want him to be happy, away from the bad of this world. I'm sure he understands."

"I can understand, that doesn't mean I'll just accept it."

"Come on, it will be fun. Black pantie girl will stop annoying you."

"Black pantie girl? Do you mean Silva? Life would be boring if she wasn't always saying unhinged stuff."

"Neige, how did you know she meant Silva?" Asked Sepide "Have you seen her panties?"

"Well, I'm the one that gave them to her, so yeah."

"Y-You did!?" The anomaly was shocked, even stepping back a bit "I thought you were only friends."

"I mean that I gave her all her clothes when she joined the ship, it's nothing sexual or romantical."

"Did you forget about the time when you cleaned me under the shower?"

Ada and Sepide both stared at Neige with disbelief, while Silva was laughing at the situation.

"W-Wait, that's not what you think! She never showered alone before because her parent didn't let her, it was just to teach her!"

"I didn't know you were so close..." Sepide said, disappointed. Quickly followed by the anomaly.

"My Neige was asexual, it will take some time to get used to a pervert Neige."

"I'm not a pervert! You try and take care of a child without seeing her naked, and I'm not the only one that did."

Despite Neige's words, the two women weren't convinced. Seeing that her friend was getting in a bit too much trouble for her taste, Silva decided to focus back on the main topic.

"What will happen to them now? I can't imagine they'll have a happy ending."

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"I think they'll be alright." Answered Neige "They'll be together at least, they should both be in jail once it's all over. But seriously, it wasn't easy to find the truth."

"Oh yeah, I needed to ask you something." Silva seemed mad at Neige when she said those words, worrying him a bit "When we trained together, were you going easy on me?"

"Well yeah, it's a training, not a deathmatch."

"How much? I was destroyed back there! One hit and it was over, I think I even died for a few seconds! You need to train me more, I can't stay like that forever."

"But you have a gun, you could just-"

"You'll train me and Sepide now, whether you like it or not."

"Alright, I will." Neige said with reluctance "We should go back now, everyone is waiting for us."

"Wait."

The three friends were surprised by the unusually weak tone in the anomaly's voice and stayed to listen to her.

"Neige, you really seem happy with them... I don't know what I should do anymore..."

"I think you should give up your idea of perfect world, I'm sure your Neige would think the same too."

"I... Can't..." Ada grabbed the fabric of her clothes tightly. A tear fell from her eye, prompting her to turn around "You should be prepared for anything Neige. I'm not going to give up yet, I'll make both of us happy, I promise."

"I'll be prepared."

The anomaly left, surrounded in a dark fog. Three friends took this opportunity to get back home from this tiring adventure.

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The group summarized everything that happened to their leader, who listened to everything patiently. Once they finished, she let out a relieved sigh and congratulated the three members of her ship.

"You did great, I still am a bit concerned about the anomaly but it should be alright for now."

"I don't think she'll cause problems yet." Said Neige "What worries me is Silv, she hasn't done anything in a while."

"Yes, but you should take a break, you deserve it. But first, could you come to see me Neige? I have something to ask you."

"Alright, I'll come right away."

The leader gave him a warm smile before turning off the screen. The trio left the room and walked together for a bit, talking about their last adventure. Silva explained everything about her fight, visibly saddening Neige.

"So he was taller... You think Emely can help with that?"

"You're perfect at this height, we're all the same height that way!"

"We're not the same height Silva... You're taller than me..."

Silva turned toward Sepide, asking for confirmation.

"You're taller yes, but not by a lot. Only a few centimeters."

"That's a lot." Said Neige "Can you imagine how embarrassing it is for me to be smaller than a girl? Silva is 160 centimeters, it's small for a girl and I'm even smaller than that!"

"The only advantage you'll get by being tall is being better at boxing. And even then, you'll just get beaten by a cute blind girl." While she was talking, Silva suddenly realized that she forgot to show something to Neige and threw something at him "Look, it's the medal I got, isn't it pretty?"

"That's... Kinda cool. It's just a silver medal though."

"I know, they said they didn't have anything else to give. Well, there was money too, but I wasn't interested."

Silva took back her medal and gave it to Sepide, who seemed surprised by the act.

"But I already saw it before? Why give it to me?"

"I'll just lose it, you can keep it."

Sepide put the medal in her pocket, intending to keep it in her memory box.

"I should go participate in a boxing tournament, I could win I think." Neige's said, imagining it in his head.

"Of course you'd win, didn't you tell me you studied boxing from a lot of worlds?"

"Yeah, I guess I do have a lot of knowledge about it."

"Neige, why did you start boxing?" Asked Sepide "Isn't it more efficient to learn multiple martial arts?"

"I guess it is, but that was never the intent. My Father and I would train, he was a boxer and told me it was good for discipline. Once I started going to other worlds, it became my main way to defend myself. But firearms are still better and I still learned other martial art. I had a master in another world who taught me about Karate."

"Talking of firearms, where's yours?" Asked Silva "It's been a while I don't hear it on your belt."

"You... Pay attention to what's on my belt?"

"It's just that it makes a metallic sound when you walk, but it's been a while since I don't hear it anymore."

"Well... It's the weapon Shiro gave me. I think it was better if I gave it back, I can always get another one later. Also, I have a cool dagger now."

"We'll see if you call it cool once you have to fight an army with it."

The three friends continued their friendly talk until they arrived in front of the leader's room. Neige turned toward them, asking them,

"I'll go now, what will you two do?"

"I'll go with Emely, but I'd like to bring Sepide along."

"Me? Why?"

"I dunno, just would be fun. I'm sure Emely wouldn't mind."

Neige smiled softly at his friends, glad to see everyone get along so well. He waved at the two girls and entered in the leader's room, curious to know what she wanted to tell him.