The group decided to split up to find information about Silv quickly. Neige and Snowflake both ended up together, mostly because of his insistence to be with her. Most of their time was Neige reading news articles while the girl followed him, unable to read the strange language written on them. Snowflake looked at the paper in Neige's hand with curiosity, there was a picture of Silv on it, which surprised her.

"Is that Silv?"

"I think, she's popular here. It's written that she is a mysterious painter who disappeared for years before reappearing for seemingly no reason."

"That's strange, is she plotting something?"

"It's likely, yes. She founded an art school and became its headmaster. It must be the school Adolf was rejected from, she maybe even made it just for that."

"Just to reject him?" Snowflake was shocked, surprised that Neige even proposed that "Is she that evil?"

"She's chaos itself, she probably wants to cause problems for everyone. We should search where this school is before grouping with the others."

"Alright, you seem more experienced than me so I trust you."

The pair walked peacefully toward their destination. Neige looked at the girl's outfit, it was clear this wasn't the uniform they used now. It probably meant that either the future was more peaceful, or that she was particularly reckless.

"Aren't you always busy with missions?"

"I wish I was, but my mother gives me special treatment and makes sure I always get simple ones."

"I wish I was you." Said Neige "All those missions are so stressful, can't get a simple one anymore."

"I did hear that it wasn't easy for you and the others, is there anything I can do to make you feel better?"

Neige smiled at the girl and pinched her cheeks, surprising her.

"You know something I don't, right?"

"Of course, I'm from the future."

"I know, you're not here just to meet us, you're trying to change the future."

Snowflake's eyes widened, even stepping back from the shock.

"H-How can you tell?"

"I don't know what you heard about me, but I'm not dense. Something happens to me in the future, am I right?"

The girl grimaced and looked away embarrassed.

"How did I mess up so bad... I don't think I've said too much this time, did I?"

"It's fine, I won't tell anyone but on one condition. You won't try to change the future."

"But why? At least listen to me and then you can-"

"I don't know what happens in your timeline but just you being here changed things."

"The butterfly effect." Mumbled the girl "Those time travelers did warn me about it."

"Yeah, maybe I'll survive just because I've met you. But also, I know I'm doing everything for a reason and I don't regret it."

"You're wise Grandpa, I understand why Mom keeps talking about you."

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"Grandpa..." Neige made a pained face upon hearing her words "I'm not that old. I'm at most 24 years older than you."

"You'll always be my Grandpa for me!"

"Stop it... You'll give me a heart attack if you keep saying that..."

"It's not that bad, you're just old for me because you're from my past."

"Let's not talk about it, now I feel old."

Neige walked away to search the art school, quickly followed by the girl behind him.

The two walked for a moment, asking people on the way for directions. They finally managed to find Silv's school, 'Academy of Fine Art' was written in front of it. Snowflake was overjoyed to find it while Neige stared at it with an empty expression.

"Grandpa? Is there a problem?"

"Nothing, I'm just a bit worried about Silv's plan. She probably didn't do it just for fun."

"I've heard that she's mean, should we go take care of her right away?"

Neige shook his head and took his phone to contact his friends.

"Let's wait for Silva and Sepide, then we'll-"

"You're not waiting for anyone!"

Neige and Snowflake turned toward the origin of the voice only to find Emel, followed by two bodyguards. She had a smug smile and seemed pretty proud of her line.

"E-Emely!? Are you with the bad guys?"

Neige took his dagger in hand, ready to fight at any moment.

"Don't let her appearance fool you, that's Emely's other self, she's with Silv."

Emel grinned, clearly overconfident.

"Silv only told me to check who this new girl is but I bet she'll praise me if I can deal with you two! She only needs Silva after all."

Neige let out an annoyed sigh, paying close attention to his surroundings.

"You're somehow more annoying than Silv."

Emel ordered the two bodyguards to attack them. In an instant, Neige dealt with the two with ease, only needing to punch them in the stomach. Snowflake was impressed, he dealt with the threat before she could even react. Emel ran away the moment she saw she lost, Snowflake was about to follow her but was quickly stopped by Neige grabbing her arm.

"You're not going anywhere, for all we know it's a trap."

"But..."

"Don't worry, we'll deal with her when the time comes, let's just wait for the others."

Despite her worries, Snowflake nodded and stayed with Neige to wait for their friends. Neige made the call and they both decided to sit on a bench while waiting for the others. Snowflake turned toward Neige, hesitating a bit before raising her shy voice.

"While we're waiting, there's something I wanted to ask you."

"What is it?"

"Snowflake, it's not my real name. My mother named me Flocon but... If she were to know, she probably wouldn't name me like that. Who would name their daughter after a random time traveler after all? Anyway, my mother always wanted to know what you would think of this name and... Since you're here, I figured you could tell me."

"Flocon... That's basically the same name as mine."

"Really? But they don't sound similar at all."

"But their meaning is the same, it means Snow in your mother's language."

"My mother's language?" Snowflake asked a bit confused "How do you know who my mother is?"

"You're as easy to read as an open book. Don't worry, I'll keep everything secret, just don't time travel next time."

"I don't plan to, it was just my only opportunity to see you."

"I guess time travel isn't really accessible, come here for a second."

The girl approached Neige with curiosity when he suddenly took her in his arms, tightly gripping her.

"I don't want to know what happens in the future, but I'm glad I got to meet my granddaughter."

Snowflake hugged Neige back with tears on her face. They both stayed together like that until Sepide's voice interrupted them.

"You seem close already."

Neige turned toward Sepide and Silva, a smile on his face.

"She's a great girl, her mother can be proud."

"Are you hitting on her?" Silva asked with a grin on her face "You know, we can try to find her once she's 18 and get you together."

"No thanks... We found Silv's school, how did everything go for you?"

"Pretty good, we found this Adolf guy. We spent all our time talking about art and I convinced him to pursue it, I'm sure he'll end up as a great artist."

"Those two had fun." Sepide said with a disappointed voice "I stood here, listening to them talking about art for what felt like hours."

"Wait, so everything is solved?" Asked Snowflake "Can't we leave then?"

"No, we still should try to take care of Silv. If we managed to deal with her, we pretty much guaranteed the safety of the universe, for now at least."

"You're right Silva." Snowflake nodded and took a look at the school in front of them "I shouldn't do anything too drastic, it could change the future."

"As long as we get rid of my other self I'm fine with it." Silva gave a big smile to the girl, hoping to relieve her.

"Your future self said I shouldn't mess too much with the past."

"Future me probably knows better, I guess you won't be able to use your ultra-futuristic weapon to kill Silv, we'll have to do it ourselves."

"I don't have ultra-futuristic weapons."

"Can we have this conversation later?" Asked Neige "Snowflake will just help a bit so it doesn't cause any time problems, okay?"

The group nodded and prepared themselves mentally to enter the school. This could be their chance to get rid of Silv once and for all, and they were ready to take it.