Silva held Silv at gunpoint, even if her firearm didn't seem to work. Silv was yelling with madness, barely sounding human anymore. The crazy girl held her sketchbook in her hand and drew something, Silva ran toward her to stop her, but it was too late.

"I can't change worlds, but I can create them! I'll break your spirit! You'll beg for me to stop Silva!"

Silva ran toward her enemy in an attempt to stop her. In an instant, the blind girl managed to dodge Silv's shot, enraging the girl even further. Silva noticed the sudden strange state of the world. Sand had replaced the paint on the ground and the scorching sun warmed the entire place.

"Do you remember Silva!? This was our first encounter! I brought you away from the others and took your place! If everything went well, everything would have been fine!"

"Silv... You barely sound human anymore..."

Silv pointed her revolver at Silva and tried to shoot her as much as she could. Every bullet missed but Silva knew she wouldn't be able to dodge forever. She entered a sort of bar to escape her enemy but this wasn't enough to fool Silv, who quickly managed to find her.

"First I'll catch you, then I'll show you the cold and hard reality!"

Silv shot at the blind girl but, to Silva's surprise, the weapon didn't shoot anything, probably out of bullets. Frustrated the girl threw her firearm and instead took a dagger from seemingly nowhere. The wooden planks of the bar suddenly became grass for Silva to step on. A soft breeze ran through the empty field, gently caressing the two girl's hair.

"I planned everything! You were supposed to come here and then you would be captured by the people here! I made them believe I was a God for that, no, I made them realize I am a God! If your stupid leader hadn't decided to come here for a stupid book, everything would have been better!"

"I... I'm not even sure if you're talking to me anymore."

Silv ran toward Silva with her dagger in hand. The member of the Kronos managed to easily dodge it, even hitting Silv's stomach with her leg.

"I did everything I could... But your damn friends, they always managed to make you feel better! Why didn't you die!? Why didn't you kill yourself!? Why are you better than me!?!"

"Didn't you have friends too to stop you in your madness?"

"Friends? You mean this ginger bitch and this sick remnant of the past!? I was trying to push you over the edge, showing you all the bad we can do! And as for Iris, I needed someone to look like a nice person. Who likes a villain without a tragic story!?"

Silv tried to punch Silva but was blocked and hit back with a clean hit from her other self. Silva shook her hand, burning a bit from the interaction with her other self. The crazy girl tried to attack again but almost fell because of the ship they were suddenly on. Silva stepped back, trying to understand where they were.

"What is this place you created? It doesn't make any sense..."

"I made this world as a last attempt to push you over the edge! It represents our madness, there are no ways out!"

"Your madness you mean, I'm not like you."

"You can deny all you want, but it's our fate! All our other selves are craving for this feeling, the feeling of being above everyone else!"

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"I wouldn't mind Emely above me." Silva said with a perverted smile, infuriating Silv.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Why are you not taking this seriously!?"

"Because I'm not like you, maybe before I was, but now I feel happy with my friends and-"

"Stop it! Don't tell me about the 'power of friendship', to hell with that!"

Silva tried to get closer to Silv despite the rocking ship they were on. Silv tried to attack Silva but failed and ended up taking a clean punch from her other self. Silv's sketchbook fell on the floor and everything around them returned to normal, in the world full of paint they were in. Silv stood up with difficulties, barely able to breathe after everything that happened.

"Silva... I hate you..."

"like you're one to talk, you caused so many problems for everyone. I'll make sure it won't happen again."

Silva took Neige's dagger on the floor and attacked Silv, the two girls' blades clashed against each other with a clear advantage for Silva. In a swift slash, Silva disarmed her other self and cut Silv's watch in half, causing it to fall to the ground.

"N-No... Not like that! I'll take you all with me!"

Silv ran toward her fallen sketchbook near a ravine, Silva knew she couldn't let her go away like that. With her firearm in hand, Silva focused on her target with complete calm in her heart. Silv took the book and her pen in hand, ready to use it.

"It's over Silva! You can't stop me! This world disables your pathetic weapons!"

Silva closed her eyes, completely ignoring Silv's words. Despite the strange effect that blocked her firearm, Silva knew she could do it. In an instant, the girl pressed the trigger. A loud sound came from her weapon, the recoil confirmed to Silva that it worked this time. Silv released the book and pen in her hand before stepping backward in pain. She faced her other self with rage and fear, feeling dread for the first time.

"S-Silva... Did I even make you doubt... Just a bit?"

"Yeah, I guess there always will be a part of me that doubt." Silva took the sketchbook from the ground and hurried toward Neige and Sepide, both lying on the ground. She hurried to help them and tried her best to give them the first aid they needed.

"Silva... You could at least kill me..."

"I'm busy."

Neige and Sepide woke up after a few minutes, while Silv fell on the ground completely exhausted. Neige looked at the scene in front of him, a bit confused by the situation.

"Silva? Is... Everything over?"

"We need to take care of Silv first, should we detain her?"

"Detain me?" Silv tried to talk but barely had the strength to do so. She turned toward the ravine behind her and stared at it for a few minutes in silence "I'd rather die than be your slave..."

The group saw what she was about to do and ran toward her to stop her. Silv stood one last time, ready to jump at any moment.

"You're heroes... Right? Iris, she's in the world 11032000... Do your job, losers..."

Silv smiled at the group before falling to a certain death. Silva stayed silent for a few minutes and picked up the watch Silv left on the ground, the one that used to be hers. Neige walked toward his friend to see if she was okay but got an answer before he could even ask the question.

"I'm fine, don't worry. I'm... Glad it's finally over with her." Silva smiled at her friends, even despite her exhaustion, she seemed truly relieved. She handed Silv's sketchbook to Neige, who took it with curiosity "Silv said she could create worlds with that... You think it's true?"

Neige and Sepide looked at the different pages, there wasn't a word inside, only a bunch of drawings. One of the pages was a painting of a peaceful and bright place, looking very similar to the world they were in.

"Probably... This thing seems very dangerous, I'm glad we took it from Silv. We should ask the leader and-"

Before Neige could finish his sentence, Silva took the sketchbook and burned it with a lighter she kept on her.

"It's better if this just disappears, we already have an almighty book or whatever."

"You're right... You two should go back on the ship, I'll go get Emel and join you."

"What about Iris?" Asked Sepide "Silv said she was in another world."

"We should go on the ship first, Emel's state is not great. We'll go see Iris when we're ready."

Sepide nodded and Neige was about to leave. Silva hesitated for a short moment before forcing Neige and Sepide into her arms, tightly holding them.

"Thanks for being here, Neige, Sepide... You should both eat more though, especially Neige."

"Can you be serious for one minute?" Neige stepped back, a bit embarrassed "And again, eating doesn't change anything to the size..."

Silva laughed innocently at her two embarrassed friends, now that Silv was gone, she knew everything would get better.