Silva was lying in her bed, visibly unwell. Neige, Sepide, and Emely were all next to her, concerned for their friend.

"I'm glad... You're here... To hear my last words."

"Silva, you have a cold, you're not going to die." Neige looked at the two girls next to him, about to cry all the tears in their bodies "You're worrying them for nothing, Gwyn said you'd be better by the end of the day."

"It's so warm... Is it what death feels like..."

"Silva! Don't leave me!" Emely said, grabbing Silva's hand.

"She's not going anywhere, she just got sick when we played baseball or something."

Silva closed her eyes while holding Emely's hand. Aside from Neige, the others were worried to see her like this.

"Emely..."

"Silva? What is it?"

"... Soft... Chest..."

Emely blushed intensely, embarrassed that her friends heard this.

"W-Well, she'll be alright! Y-You should let her rest, I'll stay here to check on her!"

Neige nodded and forced Silva to come with him out of Silva's room. Once they were outside, Sepide asked him,

"Will she be alright?"

"She has a cold! In a few hours, she'll come to annoy us again. I just hope Emely is not going to do anything funny and get sick too."

"It's contagious!?" Sepide felt terrified, not wanting to suffer the same fate as her friend.

"I know it's the first time you see someone sick but it's not that bad. And you're taking the pill Gwyn gave you, right?"

"Yes, every week."

"Then it's fine, you're not going to get sick. Silva just misunderstood what Gwyn meant but even she'll be alright."

"I hope so... In the meantime, I'll need to train. I don't want to lose against Remiel in our next mission."

"Remiel is a robot, I'd be surprised if you could aim better than her. Then again, she couldn't follow a simple recipe so I don't know."

Neige and Sepide went to the shooting range of the ship. Sepide was intending on training but Neige just followed her to cure his boredom and spend some time with her.

The two arrived at the shooting range. It was huge and very well-equipped with multiple firearms and even bows. Neige observed his friend train for a moment now. Sepide tried to hit the target precisely but failed on multiple occasions. Neige went behind her and placed his hand on his arm, causing her to flinch.

"You're too tense Sepide, you need to be comfortable while aiming."

Sepide tried to relax her arms a bit but this didn't satisfy Neige. He placed himself close to her, embarrassing her a bit.

"Your legs and shoulders are so tense, you won't be able to touch anything like that."

"I'm aiming with my hands, why do I need to focus on my legs."

"All of your body is connected, if a part is tensed, all of it will be uncomfortable. It's like that for everything, even your mind. If your head is full of stressful thoughts, you won't be able to relax."

Sepide tried to calm herself and soothe her mind. Even if it was hard to admit for her, Neige's advice made it way easier for her to focus. She went back to her training under Neige's supervision. It took her a bit of time but she felt like she was getting slightly better. The session continued until someone else entered the room. It was unusual to see her there, but Ina was here, a bit overwhelmed by the size of the room.

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"Wow, I never knew we had something like that on the ship!"

"I can imagine, you don't really need it. It's unusual to see you here, wanted to train?"

"I'm afraid not Neige, I actually came for you."

Sepide quickly understood she wasn't concerned and focused back on her training. Neige waited for the woman to explain herself, curious to hear the answer.

"I've... Started to have some nightmares, Gwyn told me you might know something."

"Me? I'm not the dream expert."

"I know but you travel far more than me, I figured that you could have an explanation."

"I can always listen at least."

"Thanks, Neige." Ina said with a relieved smile on her face "Lately, I dream of a little girl. She looked like me and told me her name was Nia. The first time, she told me I had forgotten my goal and that I needed to remember it. I didn't think much of it at first, but I saw her again the night after, and again every night. It's been a week now, I really don't understand, have you seen someone named Nia in your adventures?"

Neige was hesitant to tell her everything. He remembered the legend of the Goddess of Death but wasn't sure it was the right thing to tell her. Ina rapidly noticed that something was wrong and already imagined the worst.

"You know something, right? I can tell..."

"It's true, but... It's not easy to tell and I'm not even sure if it's correct."

"Neige, please tell me. I want to know if one of my other selves caused problems."

Neige took a deep inspiration, he was still not sure it was the right thing to do but couldn't leave his friend without an answer.

"In one of the worlds, we found an old tomb... It belonged to the Goddess of Death. There were a lot of names that looked like they could be your other selves. This Nia had her name on the stone, she probably was a former Goddess of Death."

"So... Does that mean that I'm the reincarnation of the Goddess of Death?"

"It's a bit soon to say, I'd need to learn more just In-"

"So it was my fault..."

Neige stared at Ina with a confused gaze, trying to understand what she meant.

"What was your fault?"

Ina noticed that she was acting gloomy and made a carefree smile to relieve Neige.

"Don't worry, it's nothing. I need to go cook now, it's already late."

"But it's not even close to being noon?"

Ina ignored Neige's words and left in a hurry. Sepide stopped her training and went next to Neige.

"She's taking it pretty well for someone who learned they were the Goddess of Death in another life."

"No, she's not... I'll need to talk about it with Gwyn, I'm worried about her. We should go check on Silva too."

Sepide nodded in agreement and followed Neige. She still wasn't satisfied with her training yet but knew she needed a break anyway.

The two friends entered Silva's room, after knocking this time. Silva was still in bed but seemed in an already better state. She was sitting and drinking coffee with Emely but still looked tired.

"Charon? Is that you?"

"Don't say things like that Silva, you'll worry your friends."

Neige looked at the cup in Silva's hand with surprise on his face.

"Coffee with milk? Last time I gave you some you acted like I was poisoning you."

"Emely convinced me that milk isn't so bad."

"She did that? I'm starting to think that she might be able to convince you to do everything."

"That's just milk..."

"It's hard to believe that a few months ago you kept arguing on everything, and now, you agree with her."

"Unlike you Neige, I get character development." Silva said with a smile before sneezing suddenly "I hate being sick..."

"You'll get better soon. I just came to check on you, I have to see Gwyn."

"Wait, there's something I need to tell you. Not just you... Emely and Sepide too."

Silva wanted to say something but got suddenly embarrassed. She couldn't muster the strength to say what she wanted and instead panicked.

"I just... You're all... Neige has a small dick!"

"That's... Clearly not what you were about to say." Neige approached Silva and caressed her head, making Emely jealous "You should rest, you'll tell us when you're ready."

"Y-Yes."

Neige left the room and the three girls. Sepide came to sit next to Emely, who still seemed mad at Neige. Silva quickly noticed the state of her beloved and tried her best to relieve her.

"Don't worry little inventor, he can touch my head but you can touch more~."

"S-Silva! Don't say that in front of Sepide!"

Sepide stared at the two girls, not understanding what they meant.

"Should I leave?"

"N-No. I already spend so much time with Silva. It's still a bit embarrassing to... Show affection when we're not alone."

Sepide looked at the two girls with an empty expression on her face.

"Do you have sex?"

The two lovers blushed intensely and said nonsensical words that they barely finished. Silva was less embarrassed and more shocked to hear this word coming out of Sepide's mouth.

"Since when do you know what sex is? I thought you didn't know anything about it."

"I don't, I just wanted to know you if could see yours."

"Y-You're not seeing anyone's sex!" Emely said, hiding her face "Where did you hear about it anyway?"

"On internet, someone said it."

"You should ask Neige, he's an expert on it and he looooves explaining that."

Silva had a grin on her face, already thinking about her friend's embarrassment. Sepide nodded, waiting to see Neige again for him to explain. But for now, she was glad that Silva was getting better and was able to joke around.