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Tales From The Kronos
Chapter 186: Remiel... Wake up

Chapter 186: Remiel... Wake up

Neige and Silva arrived in the world Remiel was supposed to be in. They ended up in a very futuristic city, with buildings stretching to the sky. A slight rain bothered the two friends in their search for the robot's body as they walked in the empty streets. Suddenly, a sound echoed in the city, and all the screens in the city displayed the same thing, Polyetta wearing her mask, just like she used to.

"Silva, Neige, I know you're here. If you're searching for Remiel, she is indeed there. But to be honest, I never knew much about her. I considered just erasing her for the moment but found a much better idea. I still need some time to work on our perfect world, so go waste some time with her."

The screen turned off, leaving the two friends alone in this strange city. Neige was about to share his thoughts with his friend but was interrupted before he could even utter a sound. An army of robots all looking exactly like Remiel were walking toward the duo and all pointed at them with authority.

"Intruders are in the snow globe, capture and neutralize."

Silva took her firearm in hand, ready to face the robot. Neige took her by the hand and ran away from the army as fast as he could, trying his best to get away from them. The two managed to enter one of the buildings without being noticed by the horde of robots after them. Once they were assured that the robots were out of hearing, Silva hurried to scold Neige.

"Why did you take me away? We could have taken one of them and gone back home!"

"It's not that easy." Said Neige "They're probably copies since they obey Polyetta. The real one should just be an empty shell."

"So we need to find the right one? We can't even locate her with our watches since the chip is in the toaster... It will take so long..."

"I think it's the goal, Polyetta seems to be in a hurry. She's trying her best to stop us, but that does not mean that she has an edge over us. If we find Remiel and the others quickly enough, we should be able to stop her in time."

"Let's hurry then, but where could she be?"

"I don't know, we should start searching."

Silva nodded and followed Neige outside. The robots were walking around, visibly searching for them. The two friends walked around the false Remiels and spied on them, hoping to get some useful information.

Polyetta walked around the city, trying to search for Neige and Silva. She knew the army she created could take care of it but still decided to stay around, just in case. She still had a lot to work on but knew she could have all the time in the world once the anomaly was taken care of. The woman still didn't forgive her for what she did to Neige, and now was even more enraged at the nun for ruining her plans. While she was lost in her thoughts, one of the fake Remiels approached her and gave her a report.

"Leader, we searched everywhere but have not found any traces of the intruders."

"Keep searching, they're full of resources. They could find a place to hide in a plain, don't underestimate them."

"Understood."

As she watched the robot go, Polyetta couldn't help but wonder if this was the right way. Would everyone truly be happy? The woman quickly shook her thoughts out of her head, no one wants to suffer so a world without suffering should be perfect. She looked around to confirm she wasn't followed and headed toward one of the buildings. It looked similar to the other ones from the outside but it was the place where Polyetta hid Remiel's empty body. Would a robot even want a perfect world? Does it deserve one? She was using her as bait to gain more time for now, but she would need to find out what to do with the robot later. Her world was far from being finished but as the lines of her projects were added to the book, Polyetta's will's wavered. As she got closer to her goal she considered stopping everything. The woman knew she had gone too far, and even if she was the only one who wouldn't be able to reach happiness, Polyetta knew this was the right thing to do. She was about to leave but was startled by Neige and Silva, standing right in front of her.

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"H-How are you here so quick? This place is ginormous!"

"You're not very discreet." Silva said with a serious expression "We saw you enter this building, give us Remiel back!"

"I'm afraid I cannot do that. I can't allow you to roam around and cause any more problems here."

Polyetta took her sword in hand and faced her two former members. Neige and Silva both took their weapons in hand, ready to face their former leader.

"It's too late now, I'm the Goddess of this new world, such is my Fate."

Neige and Polyetta both stared at each other, still afraid to hurt each other. Silva on the other hand didn't waste any time and immediately tried to shoot at her enemy, who managed to effortlessly deflect the bullet with her sword. Silva ran toward Polyetta with rage on her face. Neige was forced to look at the two he once considered the most important persons in his life fighting together. The blind girl tried to attack her former leader with her legs and fists, knowing her firearm would be useless. Polyetta tried to deal with her but her mind was still hazy from all the doubts in her heart, allowing Silva to hit her straight in the face with her fist. The mask Polyetta wore crackled but still stayed on her face, forcing her to step back in pain. Silva stepped toward her former leader, still furious at her.

"You'll pay for what you did to Sepide and everyone else. We'll bring back Remiel and save everyone else, no matter what!"

"Silva... You're probably the one who suffered the most, so why do you keep rejecting my perfect world?"

"I did so much in my life, I made the greatest friends and faced the biggest ordeals. I'm not going to give up on everything I did for your weird fantasy!"

"It's not a weird fantasy... It's perfection." The woman took her sword in hand, ready to attack at any moment "Whether you like it or not, I'm the leader. I'm the ruler of this new universe, and with time, you'll all have to listen to me."

"Polyetta!" Neige ran in front of his friend as fast as he could, his dagger in hand "It's not too late, we can still go back!"

Polyetta stayed silent and looked at her friend with sorrow. She gently approached her hand toward him before quickly putting her arm back where it was. The woman took a few steps back, trying her best to dodge Neige's gaze.

"There is no going back. I'm going to save you all from the suffering of your lives. With time, you'll understand me." The woman suddenly pointed her weapon toward Neige and looked straight at him in the eyes. Despite Polyetta's eyes on him, Neige knew she was looking at something else inside him "And as for you anomaly, there won't be any peace allowed for you. You are living your last few days, enjoy them."

The woman disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the two friends alone in the building. Silva still searched around for her, not ready to end the fight yet.

"Why did you leave? You're scared?"

"Silva, let's just get Remiel and leave."

Despite her rage, Silva nodded and followed Neige toward Remiel's empty body. The body of the robot was peacefully lying there, waiting to be picked up. Neige took her on his back and turned toward Silva, ready to leave.

"Let's go back to the ship, Emely and Sepide are waiting for us."

"Yes, I can't wait to get away from this creepy universe."

The two friends were about to leave but Neige suddenly stopped, hearing a familiar voice in his head.

~Neige... What will happen? Do you think peace is no longer an option?~

"I don't know, I still have hope inside me... We shouldn't think too much about it, we need to save the others."

~You're right, let's go.~

Neige nodded and took Silva's hand to leave together at the Kronos.

"Neige, you should warn me when you talk to the voice in your head, it's really weird..."