Silva's father was standing there, taking the girl by surprise. She was ready to fight at any moment but stopped when she heard her former leader's words.

"I know you always wanted your parents' approval. It's not a copy or anything, it's actually your father. I could resurrect your mother too, I even made sure they would only Love you and never hurt you in any way. You could be happy Silva, you deserve it."

Silva slowly walked toward her father in disbelief. Neige was about to interrupt them but Polyetta stood in his way, forcing him to stay as a spectator of the event. Silva stood a meter away from her father, who gladly opened his arms to give her a hug.

"Silva, everything will be alright now."

The girl stood there, paralyzed by the idea of her father being here after all these years. This time, he didn't seem to hate her, quite the opposite. For a moment, she considered going in his arms but turned toward Neige for a moment before facing him again.

"I'm sorry papa, I grew up. I made friends and found a new family now."

"Silva? What are you saying? I'll buy you all the paint you need, we can watch the TV together." The man approached Silva and forcefully took her shoulder "Come on, don't you want to have some family time together?"

"No thanks, I have things to do!"

Silva struggled to get her father away from her. She managed to throw him away but tripped making a candle fall with her on the floor. The fire quickly spread around the room, the smoke made it hard for everyone to breathe. Polyetta looked around at the chaos and tried to find a way out of there.

"I-It's okay, everything will be fixed! I just need to get the book, I'll be back soon!"

The woman ran away from the room, Neige took this opportunity to run to help his friends but stopped when Silva yelled at him.

"Don't worry Neige! I got it!"

"What? But we need to leave!"

"Neige, just a minute! Please!"

Neige turned toward Silva's father and quickly understood her intentions, stepping back to let her deal with it.

"Don't take too much time."

"Thanks, Neige."

Silva faced her father in the burning room, the smoke burned her lungs and the fire confused her senses. She barely could understand what was happening but still wanted to say goodbye to her father, once and for all.

"Papa, Mama, thanks for giving birth to me. I won't be a successful person, I won't change the world, I'll just stay with my friends and live my life with them. I would say I'm sorry for being a bad daughter, but it doesn't matter what you think of me, you're no longer my parents to me."

"Silva, what are you saying? I can still be a good father for you."

Silva smiled and took her firearm in hand. She aimed at her father, without a doubt in her heart.

"I'm not going to be your perfect daughter, I'm not going to yearn for power and cause chaos. I'll just be me, and it's more than enough for me."

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Silva's father suddenly groaned, clearly dissatisfied by Silva's behavior.

"Until the end, you were a disappointment... There's no saving you Silva, you're the worst child a parent could have."

Silva smiled cheerfully at her father, even laughing at him while holding her firearm.

"Your insults are lame old man, I'm way better at that than you." Silva's smile softened as she closed her eyes, ready to finish it once and for all "Goodbye Father, I found my true family now."

Amidst the fire, the sound of Silva's firearm echoed in the room as her father fell to the ground. She took a few seconds of silence before turning toward Neige, but before she could say anything, her friends grabbed her arm.

"It will be alright, you deserved better."

"Of course I did, are we leaving for the ship."

"No, we're going to-" Neige stopped himself in his sentence. He couldn't navigate long distances with Silva, Ada was the one allowing him to. Furthermore, Polyetta was probably the one putting him in the Goddess's room, it probably wasn't safe to return there. All he could do now was hope that the Kronos still existed "Yeah, let's go home."

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The two friends returned to the ship with their watches. The place was completely empty and dark, even though it was supposed to be the middle of the day. Neige explained everything that happened about the leader's plan, and the current state of their friends.

"The leader is such a bitch."

"Hey Silva, mind your language... She's still our leader."

"She's yours but not mine, next time, I kick her behind... Emely is trapped in her own world too?"

"Probably yes. I was the only one that wasn't like that, according to Ada."

"She's here? Will she help us?"

"She did, she's inside me."

Silva grinned at Neige, who suddenly realized he should have phrased it differently.

"I didn't know you were into that Neige, but I understand, nothing is more attractive than a woman with a-"

"I don't need to hear the rest of the sentence... Let's just say we fused for now."

"That explains why you have different clothes, this one is pretty loud with all those crosses and pieces of cloth freely moving around."

"So you noticed... It's the only way to travel to other worlds, I don't have the world's ID yet."

"It's a shame, but I can still follow you at least. You just go into a world and come back to tell me the world's ID."

"I could, but aren't you tired?"

"I can't sleep knowing that the others are in the same state I am."

~Maybe even worse.~ Said the anomaly ~Silva had a strong heart, I can't imagine how hard it will be to convince those who doubt.~

"So Silva was an easy one?"

Neige let out a sigh, confusing his friend.

"What are you talking about Neige?"

"Oh right, you can't hear Ada."

"Are you sure you're not the one that needs rest? Just ask the kind nun to take care of your sexual needs while I save the others."

"No thanks... I wonder how you can joke in a time like that."

"I don't understand how you can all be so serious in moments like that, I feel like I would become crazy if I didn't joke around."

"As long as you're having fun... Anyway, on the way, I feel like I felt Sepide nearby. She's trapped in a world, just like you were."

"We gotta save her, then the team will be back together!"

~I'm sorry to bother you during your conversation, but isn't it better to go after Polyetta? Once she's taken care of you can save your friends.~

"We could, but first off, Sepide is an important member of our team. And also, I don't want them to be trapped in this nightmare for more than they need."

"Neige, you need to warn me when you're talking to the voice in your head." Silva said, a bit annoyed "I really thought you talked to me for a moment."

"Yeah, sorry Silva. I'm still getting the hang of it, it's not every day I have the spirit of someone inside me... Still, it feels weird, I'm not used to having no one around."

"I agree, and the ship is so empty... I thought the leader would at least feel attached a little bit to it."

"I think she liked it, she did keep it in the new universe after all. But it worries me, if we stop Polyetta, will everything go back to what it was before? I know they were in other worlds, but I still enjoyed some of the people there."

"Yeah, didn't Sepide get a mermaid friend? It would be a shame if she lost her. I just hope everyone in Wonderland is fine, Love was forbidden there, but it looked like Emely managed to change their mind."

"Even if we're all far away and they ignore our goal, I'm sure a lot of people consider us their friends... We should probably go now, we wouldn't want to make everyone wait."

"Yep, lead the way, Neige!"