Their side quest over, the group decided to focus back on the reason for their presence here. Alanna stayed behind to help her friends while Silvu agreed to guide them to the wool they wanted. The three friends followed her confident steps toward the 'luxury room' they heard about. Sepide's steps were slower than usual, Silva caught up to her friend's pace, wondering the reason behind her low energy.

"Everything's alright Sepide?"

"Yeah..."

"Everything's alright Sepide?"

Sepide paused for a moment, confused about her friend's answer.

"Yeah? I just said that-"

"I know you're not."

"But... I'm alright..."

Silva turned away with a frustrated expression on her face, mumbling to herself.

"When Emely did it, it worked..."

Sepide smiled softly at her friend's words. Despite her intentions to not do so, she decided to confess about the feeling she had since earlier.

"We're supposed to bring order to the world, right? It's even... The reason I exist."

Silva gently hit her friend's head with a neutral face.

"It doesn't matter what you're made for. My parent made me to be a police officer or a lawyer but in the end, I took a different path... I think..."

"I know, I mean... I don't want that. If we let things happen as they should have, Silvu would have probably dealt so much damage. We helped them but went against our goal..."

"Don't worry, we'll make sure everything goes well. And if this world desperately needs a crazy girl with red hair that causes chaos, then I'll just take that role."

"It's just... Weird. I wasn't sure what I would do once everything was over but now... I'm not even sure what I want to do now."

Silva caressed Sepide's head with a bright smile, trying to relieve her from her bad thoughts.

"You won't be forced to do anything that you don't agree with. If the leader forces you, I'll kick her ass!"

Sepide nodded her head with a smile, her worries still in her heart.

"Sepide, you should maybe go see Gwyn. She's better than me for this kind of stuff."

"I... I'll see. I don't want to bother her while she's busy with Neige."

The two friends continued talking until they were interrupted by Silvu's voice, who stopped in front of another giant room all in violet velvet.

"We've arrived at the luxury room, the wool you need is right there."

"Let us go, this is time to end this mission on a high note!" Remiel said, trying her best to sound cheerful.

The group went inside the room and searched for the thing they came to get in the first place. This room was way bigger than the ones they were in, giving them more opportunity to waste their time as their search went on.

Once they made their way to the giant bed, Silva couldn't help but jump on it with excitation under the concerned gaze of the three others.

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"Is she alright? My data about Silva are quite confused."

"I don't understand her fully either, it doesn't seem that fun."

Sepide followed Silvu and let Silva play on the soft bed. The robot on the other hand went toward Silva, questioning her about her behavior.

"You are exhibiting childish behavior. My date indicates that you might have had a difficult childhood and that you are trying to relieve it."

Silva stopped jumping around but continued to slightly bounce while answering Remiel.

"Yes I had but it has nothing to do with it, it's just fun. Why don't you try?"

"This is childish."

"So it's bad?"

The mechanical woman thought for a moment, unable to answer. After some internal calculus, she decided to jump on the bed as well. Her heavy weight unbalanced Silva, who fell toward her. Remiel stopped to catch her while still trying to not hurt her.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, isn't it fun?" Silva asked with a bright smile, confusing the robot slightly.

"It was an interesting experience. Is it fun?"

"Emely didn't teach you?"

The robot answered by shaking her head, surprising Silva.

"What is she doing? If she doesn't then I will, I'll show you what's fun."

"Thank you Silva, help is appreciated."

Sepide came back alone toward them, her hands full of the wool they came for. Remiel looked around but saw no trace of the figurine with short red hair.

"Where is Silvu?"

"She said she wanted time alone but wished us good luck. I hope she'll be alright. At least we can leave now."

"Wait, I want to stay just a bit!"

Silva jumped behind her with all her trust and rested on the bed without any worry in her mind.

"It's so warm here..."

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The leader stared blankly at the door leading to the cells, unable to mutter the strength to open it. The sound of someone approaching startled her, only relaxing when she saw it was her friend Neige.

"Polyetta! I was searching for you everywhere. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah... You needed something?"

"Not really, just wanted to hang out with you. Everything is so busy lately, I thought we could spend some time together. We could play one of your video games or we could play music, my guitar is taking dust."

Despite Neige's enthusiasm, his friend had a sorrowful expression. Her eyes closed themselves as her face slowly faced the ground.

"Can you tell me why it ended up like that? Are we even doing the right thing? Kairo, now Shiro... I... Don't know anymore."

Neige took his friend in his arms, gently caressing her hair.

"Do you want to take a break?"

"A break? You know I can't."

"I'll just take your role for a moment and take the decisions. When I'm not here, Gwyn can take my place. You need rest and you're not alone, we're all here for you, we all trust you."

Polyetta held her friend back, slowly opening her eyes.

"You're the most precious person in the universe Neige... Please... Never leave."

"I won't. If you need a break we'll take care of it. I think everyone else is busy but we can spend time together. It could be a good idea to go do something."

"Yes, but first... I want to talk to Kairo. I need to know why he ended up like that. Can you..."

"Yes, I'll come."

Polyetta smiled softly at her friend's answer and opened the door to the cells. They walked together until they arrived in front of Kairo's cell. Seeing the man she considered a proud member of her crew in that state saddened her, but she still kept her collected behavior. Seeing them, the man stood up and faced them.

"Neige, leader."

"I'm no longer your leader."

Polyetta's answer took Kairo aback but didn't stop him from continuing without an expression on his face.

"I don't know what to call you to be honest."

"You won't need to... Tell me, why did you betray us?"

"Not losing any time I see, I'll just tell you then. There's a world beyond our own, we're merely toys that are played with by a being above us. I want to meet that being, if I destroy this world he created, he'll be forced to do something about it."

Neige thought for a moment about his encounter with the Goddess. Was it what Kairo tried to do? Meet the Goddess herself? It only made him realize how far his old friend was gone and that there was no way back.

"Don't you think it's going a bit far?"

"You don't understand. Do you know how bad it feels to know that you only exist to accomplish someone else's wish?"

"Is it... Really that horrible?" Polyetta looked sadly on the side with a guilty feeling in her heart.

"I think you just can't accept that you're not special, Kairo." The two others looked at Neige, surprised by his harsh words "That's why you want to see the Goddess, to be special. You can't accept that you're not different."

"Neige, if you were me you would understand, I-"

"And then what? You destroyed the world, you met the Goddess, then what?"

"Then it doesn't matter, it's the only thing worth it."

Neige took Polyetta's hand, silently indicating to her that they should leave.

"Kairo... I miss the days when it was me, Silva... And you. I hope that you're happy with the life you had."

The two friends left Kairo in his cell and walked away. Despite everything that happened, all three wished they could fight together again but knew that this was a part of the past.