Everyone returned on their ship in their universe. The lights were back on and everything was completely repaired. The group lit a fire in the middle of the main hall and formed a circle around it. Polyetta took the divine book in her hand, and after taking a deep breath, threw it into the fire. Now that the cause of so much suffering disappeared, everyone felt relieved and confident about the future. The woman turned toward everyone around, visibly still feeling bad.

"I know it's nothing compared to what I did but... Thanks... And sorry... I broke the promise I made to Neige and caused everyone so many problems. I love you all, I truly do, and I never intended to trouble you. It's just that... When I realized all this power I had, I felt like I had to use it. This book somehow made me crazy, I don't think any human should have this amount of power. Miss Anomaly, Silv, even Kairo... I think we all let power take over us. I'm lucky I had you all to show me the light, so from now on, no more Polyetta, no more leader... Just call me Yada. I'm no Goddess or leader, I just tried so hard to fit this role. I hated my name, who I was, I wanted to convince myself and everyone around me. I changed my name and wore a mask, but it wasn't so Neige didn't recognize me, at least not fully... I was scared, scared of not being good enough. I knew Yada wasn't made to be a leader, so I made this fake me that could take care of everything. So, in the name of all of me, I apologize from the deepest part of my heart."

Neige walked toward Yada and rubbed the top of her head while giving her a warm smile. The woman still felt horrible but quickly felt better as Neige took her in his arms and caressed her long blonde hair. The two friends stayed silent, cuddling each other until Silva interrupted them with her voice.

"I'm okay with letting her stay, but I'm not forgetting everything she did to everyone. Just thinking back about Sepide's situation still frightens me..."

"I don't expect you to ever forgive me... I know the wrong I did..."

Silva stayed silent for a moment, visibly having thorned feelings about her former leader. Ina put her hand on Silva's shoulder and gave her a compassionate smile to calm her.

"I'm sure we all need some time, it was a difficult experience for everyone. Even the leader should go rest."

"The leader?" Asked Yada "Are you talking about me?"

"Oh I'm sorry, it's a habit. I never thought the day you would no longer be the leader would arrive."

"We should vote for a new one then!" Emely said with enthusiasm "If the leader is no longer leader, then we should have a temporary one. I can't be because I'm busy with my time travel device."

"If we use this logic, I can't either." Said Gwyn "I'll be very busy with Iris and Emel. I was hoping to send them back to their world before everything happened."

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"Oh, I almost forgot about them!" Ina said with surprise "Why weren't they with us in the leader's world?"

"Will you stop calling me leader? And I didn't want strangers to ruin the perfection of my world, not before it was over at least... Why don't you become the new leader Ina? You seem like you'd suit the role."

"Me? I have the duty of life and death to take care of, I can't accept the role."

"The duty of life and death? Sounds important, what do you do?"

Ina was at a loss, unable to answer Sepide's innocent question. The woman mumbled her words and tried her best to dodge the question.

"I'm... Working on it... We need to take care of the anomaly first before I can take care of anything else. But what about you Sepide, maybe you'd be able to take this role?"

"I'm too inexperienced, it hasn't even been a year for me since I'm even alive. Neige is more suited for that role."

"I'm not made to be a leader, I'm the one that goes on missions the most often, I-"

"Fine, I'll decide!"

Everyone stared at Yada as she looked around the room, thinking about who would be the most suited leader for the ship. Her eyes met Silva, who stared back despite her blindness. The woman hesitated for a moment before pointing at the cat, cleaning itself at the other side of the room.

"Cinnamon, he's the leader."

"Cinnamon?" Neige looked at the cat with surprise before shrugging and turning toward his friend "He's doing a good job as the pilot, I don't see a problem with it. We'll just need to all do our best to not trouble our new temporary leader!"

Aside from Ada, the group unanimously agreed with the decision. The nun looked at everyone like they lost their mind, not believing what was happening.

"This thing is our pilot!? How are we not dead yet?"

"He's only pilot by technicality." Explained Yada "The ship is just orbiting around the sun."

"Still, can't we choose someone else? I don't trust a fluffy pet with that."

"Come on, he's the one who helped us the most." Neige said while taking the cat in his arms "Without him, we never would have found Polyetta's world."

"Yada... I guess it will take some time for everyone to get used to it."

"Not for me!" Proudly said Silva "You'll always be a nerd for me."

"Thanks Silva, I appreciate it."

Silva was a bit taken aback, expecting Yada to at least be annoyed. The girl blushed at the woman's gratitude and turned toward Neige to change the topic.

"Anyway, so what now? We can't use the book to track problems in the universe, we just have to wait for Emely to finish the time thingy and prevent the anomaly's birth?"

"Pretty much yeah. We deserve some rest, and I'm sure that if something like the anomaly happens again we'll notice. We still have Emely's data on the world we already explored."

"It feels weird... Welp, I'm not going to complain, more time together!"

"More time together for you." Gwyn said, visibly exhausted "We didn't even have a night of sleep and I already have to take care of two patients."

"Get enough rest, I'm sure they're not in that bad of a state. I'm going to bring back Yada to her room, I'm sure she needs some rest."

Neige took his friend to her room while everyone went to rest. Only Silva stood there, lost in her thoughts about the uncertainty of the future.

"Silva? Are you okay?"

Emely's voice brought Silva back from the jail of her mind. The girl let out a soft smile, feeling silly for even worrying.

"As long as you're all here, I'll always be okay."