The group went back to the present, in the Atlas's base. Emely was also here, talking about time travel with Kairo's other self. The other Neige took Silvy away, probably to lock her in a cell. The leader of the Atlas stared at her member being taken away, saddened by the way things ended. The woman needed to take a deep inspiration before turning toward the people who helped her and tried to explain the situation the best she could.

"You can be proud of you, you managed to take care of your mission. I wish things could have ended differently but... I'm sure Silvy had her reasons to act like that. It's our duty to take care of it now, and as we agreed, we're teaching your scientist everything we can."

"So... I guess it's the end." Snowflake turned toward the members of the Kronos, a sad look on her face "I feel like it was so short, I wish we could spend more time together..."

"You have the future for that." Neige rubbed the girl's head with a smile "Now it's our turn to help you, we'll do our best to give you an even better future than the one you have."

"Neige is right." Added Sepide "We still have a lot to do, but thanks to your help, we're getting closer to the end."

Snowflake silently nodded with a heavy heart, taking a few minutes to turn toward the leader of the Atlas.

"I know I should go home but... Can I stay for a moment, there's something I want to see first."

"As long as you don't interfere I don't see any problem with it."

Snowflake smiled at her before turning toward the group.

"It's the last time we meet, but I will see the end of this adventure from far away."

"It's not the last though." Said Silva "We'll see again when you officially become a member of the Kronos."

"It's in so long, you still have a lot to live before then."

The goodbyes continued until Emely joined the group. She was ready to leave but glanced at the girl and quickly noticed the colors of her outfit.ç

"Are you the member of the Kronos from the future?"

"Y-Yes... I'm Snowflake."

"That's a cute name, I hope everything is going well in the future." Emely smiled at the girl before turning to her friends "I'll explain everything once we're on the ship, we should go back."

Everyone nodded and waved at Snowflake and the members of the Atlas. Before they could leave anywhere, Snowflake grabbed Silva and Emely and held them both in her arms as tightly as she could. Emely was slightly surprised but went along with it when she saw Silva comfortably accepting the hug.

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The group was finally back from their mission. Everyone sat in front of Emely in the main hall, waiting for her conclusion on time travel.

"So I need to start on something first, we won't be able to time travel in a simple way."

Silva raised her hand upon hearing Emely's words.

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"Does that mean it's complicated and we'll need to focus?"

"Yes, indeed."

"Can we skip this chapter?"

"I... No? Don't worry, I'll make it simple. First I need to explain how they time travel in their world. They use anchor points, you can see them like bus stops. They place an anchor at a set time and can travel there anytime. The Atlas have existed for centuries so they placed anchors really far in the past. It means that if no one put an anchor in the past, then there's no way to travel there."

"So it's hopeless..." Said Ada, disappointed.

"Not quite. You're able to go in the past without those anchor points, just not at a time when you already exist. However, you can still be at the time when Neige died, just not in your world. You could send someone in the past and then we would travel to your world and save Neige."

"Then we didn't need the Altas." Noticed the leader "Wasn't it useless then?"

"Not exactly, changing the past will cause the anomaly to disappear, we won't be able to go back to our time. That is if we don't use an anchor. The anomaly sends us into the past, and once it's over, we use the anchor to go to the present."

"That seems easy." Said Neige "But can't we use the Atlas's time travel to go back to our time?"

"Sadly, our technologies are not compatible. We can't use our watches after using their phones, and they can't use their phones in other worlds. The anchor is the only way we have but it's not that easy. Not only it will take at least a month, but only one person can use the anchor."

"So only one of us can go in the past?" Sepide asked, a bit confused.

"Yes. I've already determined who it would be. Neige and the leader are out of the equation since they could interact with their other selves and cause problems. Sepide also could cause problems due to her nature, so it only leaves Remiel and Silva, they're the most suited for the mission. I'm not sure how Remiel will work with time travel, it wasn't made for robots after all so..."

Everyone turned toward Silva, waiting for her answer.

"So I'll be alone in the past and in a world I don't know? Doesn't seem that bad."

"I'm sorry Silva, I wish I could send someone else instead. It will take time anyway, so maybe we'll find another solution by then."

"So all we can do is wait..." The leader crossed her arms, thinking about everything that could help "For now, let's focus on preparing ourselves and Silv. Silv knows about time travel too, maybe her technology could help. But the main reason is that I don't want her to mess with our plan."

"I agree. I still have much to learn too so it's possible the plan change. For now, let's all get some rest."

It was already time to sleep, leading everyone to go into their room. Neige was about to leave but was stopped by the leader holding his hand.

"Neige, I need to tell you something... Privately."

Not sure about the reason, Neige followed the leader into her room.

Polyetta made sure that no one could hear them, taking at least ten minutes to do so. Once she was assured that they were alone in her room, she explained the reason for Neige's presence.

"I need you to take Sepide and Silva on a mission tomorrow, we're not the only ones traveling through worlds."

Neige flinched at the news, shocked by her words.

"Are you sure? Isn't Silv?"

"No, it's a 'hero' that calls itself the snowy savior."

Neige suddenly stopped, shocked to hear this name.

"Wow, that's a great name for a superhero."

"Really? I think it sucks."

Neige seemed disappointed that his friend didn't share his enthusiasm but continued to listen.

"Anyway, he went back to the world full of zombies and saved everyone, he went into a lot of worlds. The last time he was seen was in the world 20091996, beating up students."

Neige recognized the world, it was the place where he went with Silva and Emely to find the guy Sepide and Remiel talked to.

"Are you sure he beat up students? Maybe they were bullies or something."

"Maybe, but he's still a danger. Can you at least check?"

"I guess I could, but Silva is busy tomorrow. I'll take Remiel instead I guess."

"I wonder what you two are doing... It's fine by me, don't warn everyone, I don't want them to panic. Everyone thinks we're getting close to peace, it would depress them."

"Understood, we'll take care of everything."

Polyetta stared at Neige in the eyes for a moment before gently taking him in her arms.

"Neige, we'll soon be able to live in peace, I promise."

"I'm sure we will, I can't wait until we can just spend weeks doing nothing, just like old times."

"Yes... I'll take care of everything, I promise."

The two friends stayed in each other's arms for a while, not leaving the warm embrace despite their wish of sleeping. Neige knew he could deal with this mysterious hero tomorrow, only Silv would be left then and everything would be over once and for all... Or so he hoped.