The group entered inside Silv's art school. It looked very fancy, with paintings in gold frames hung on the walls. Neige went to the reception desk where a man was standing, hoping to get information.

"Hey, it's Silv's school, right? I'm a huge fan of her, is it possible to meet her?"

"Of course!" Said the man with a smile "You'll need to call us to book the appointment, then you'll need an ID card, make a donation to the school, and prove that you aren't a time traveler."

"Prove I'm not a time traveler? How am I supposed to do that?"

"I'm sorry, this is the headmaster's rules. You have to figure it out on your own."

Neige left and grouped with his friend in frustration and explained the situation.

"She's not making it easy for us." Said Snowflake "Is she always like that?"

Silva nodded, a tired expression on her face.

"You're lucky to be born in the future after we took care of her... So what now?"

The group paused to think for a few minutes, they weren't even sure that Silv was there. It seemed like it would take time but thankfully for them, a familiar face approached them. Silvy, the member of the Atlas, came toward them with a smile on her face. The group was surprised to see her, they thought the Atlas wouldn't deal with this problem.

"Hey, seems like you're stuck."

"How do you know?" Asked Silva with distrust "You're stalking us? I knew you were a pervert."

"Eh!? I'm not the pervert here! And I just came because I figured you'd be stuck. I'm used to missions like that so I figured I could help... And time travel is my thing anyway."

Silvy pouted and looked away. Seeing that she was as stubborn as Silva, Neige knew he had to do something.

"We're trying to get to Silv, can you help us?"

"Of course, I even found her friend, the annoying girl with ginger hair. The girl is somewhere else but Silv is here."

"Should we split up?" Proposed Sepide "If we just take care of one, the other will come save them."

"You should all go get Emel, me and Silva will take care of our other self, isn't it poetic?"

Silvy pointed at Silva and touched her by accident. She suddenly yelled in pain and backed away from Silva, looking at her with terrified eyes.

"You're burning! You should go see a doctor!"

"That's just like that with other-selves." Explained Snowflake "I want to come too, I can't let you alone with M-Miss Silva."

"I'm fine with it I guess."

Silva, her other self, and Snowflake all stood next to each other. The member of the Atlas showed Neige and Sepide the location of the girl they were searching for. Neige looked at the place on his phone and couldn't help but show his surprise.

"It's so far away, we saw her a few minutes ago."

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"You did? She probably has a few tricks up her sleeve, they managed to time travel after all."

"We'll need to be careful then, Sepide and I will go, good luck with your mission."

Neige and his friend left while the three girls stayed in the art school. Silvy gestured them to follow her, leading them to Silv.

The trio managed to sneak in without being caught and made their way downstairs which felt like an eternity. Silvy was running down the stairs, impatiently trying to reach the bottom while the two others walked at a moderate pace. Snowflake regularly peeked at Silva out of curiosity and continued until the blind girl noticed it.

"You seem focused on me, or maybe you're just stretching your neck for no reason?"

"It's hard to believe that you're blind, even in the past."

The two walked silently again. Feeling a bit uncomfortable in the silence, Snowflake tried to make conversation the best she could.

"Those are long stairs, it's like we're going to the center of the earth."

"Silv has a thing for weird things. Have you ever met her before?"

"I can't say anything about it, it could change the future."

"I wonder if I would change the future..." Silva stayed silent for a moment, lost in her thoughts.

"I know you wouldn't, you really tried hard to convince me not to go to the past."

"My future self looks like she's no fun. I bet she doesn't even annoy Neige anymore."

Snowflake continued staring at Silva. Noticing that she was looking at her, Silva suddenly poked the girl's forehead.

"If you got something to say just say it."

"It's not that easy... I'm just surprised by how different you look, I'm not used to it."

"I hope I don't look like a dumbass in the future."

"Don't worry." Chuckled Snowflake "You're pretty both in the past and future."

"Oh, are you hitting on me?" Asked Silva with a grin, making Snowflake blush.

"No, that's not it..."

"Come on, I'm just kidding. My heart already belongs to Emely anyway, no one can get me."

"You are already together?" Snowflake smiled brightly, with stars in her eyes "That's so cute."

"Of course it is, Emely is the adorablest after all."

"I'm glad to hear that you're still close in the past. I was afraid I would talk about your relationship together and that the future would change."

Snowflake stayed silent for a moment and thought back about her conversation with Neige. It took her a few minutes to gather the courage to ask Silva the question she had on her mind.

"Silva, if you could change the future, would you?"

"It depends, I don't want the world to end so I'd prevent it."

"And what if... Instead of the world, it was someone close to you?

"It depends. If I can save them I could but... If they were satisfied with their end, then I don't see any reason to do it."

"You said the same thing in my time... I wonder how you do to live the way you want and not regret anything."

Silva stopped in the middle of the stairs. She made sure that Silvy was too far away to see them and pulled her sleeve to show the scars on her arm to Snowflake.

"I regret a lot of things, I for sure didn't live like I wanted, but I'm not going to let that define me. It's normal to have regrets, but in the end, that's what made me who I am. I'd be happy if I died today because at least I died being myself... I mean, I don't want to die but you get the idea."

"You're wise like your future self, Silva."

"Nah, I'm a brat and I love it. I leave wisdom for future me."

The two finally arrived at the bottom where Silvy was waiting for them. The hallway was dark, making it hard for Snowflake and Silvy to navigate while Silva comfortably walked through the corridor.

Neige and Sepide ran as fast as they could toward Emel's hiding place. The address they got from Silvy led to a seemingly empty house. Neige took his dagger in hand and swiftly broke the lock. The pair entered the house but no one was inside. They searched every hiding place but couldn't find anything, frustrating Sepide.

"Emel ran away, we arrived too late!"

"I guess so, but why would she be here in the first place? It's weird."

Neige vaguely searched around but was convinced that the person they were searching for wasn't there. His phone suddenly rang, or rather the phone that the leader of the Atlas gave him. He quickly answered and was greeted by the voice of his other self.

*Hey, am I not bothering you?*

"No, it's fine. Is there a problem?"

*Kinda... Have you seen Silvy?*

"Silva's other self? Yeah, she said she came to help us."

Neige's other self started talking to someone else. After exchanging a few lines with his friends he went back to the call.

*She could have warned us at least. Anyway, with her everything should be alright. Good luck with your mission.*

Neige hung up and turned toward Sepide, who stared at him with curiosity.

"Something happened?"

"Yeah, we need to go see Silva right away. I'll tell you on the way."

Neige barely waited for his friend and hurried out of the house. Sepide ran to catch him up, concerned about the situation.