Tales From The Kronos

Sepide and Remiel were standing in front of the castle, thinking of a way to enter. Their attention went to a window on the upper part of the edifice, giving them an entrance. Without asking, Remiel took Sepide and jumped in the window. She looked around to ensure that no one noticed them but was immediately scolded by Sepide.

"Why didn't you warn me first? It was terrifying!"

"I apologize, I believed it was safer to hurry so we would not be noticed."

Sepide was about to argue but was cut off by the sound of something falling to the ground. The two friends turned toward the source of the sound and saw a bag full of food on the ground, probably let down by the nun frozen in fear in front of them. Her body was shaking, ready to run at any moment.

"W-Who are you? How did you end up here?"

"Do not pay attention to us, we come in peace."

Remiel's answer seemed to relieve the woman a bit, who picked her bag from the ground with some hesitation.

"But how did you come here? I was here a second ago and there was no one."

"We do not have time to answer. Can you tell us where are the cells?"

Remiel asked the nun under the uncertain eyes of Sepide.

"I don't think she'll answer us..."

"Why would you want to go to the cells?" The woman thought for a moment and suddenly made the connection with the new prisoner they had. She wasn't sure how to react but decided to at least question them "Are you here for the woman with long blonde hair?"

"So she is here!" Answered Sepide "We need to save her!"

"I can guide you if you want."

Sepide was a bit taken aback by the proposition of this strange nun and couldn't help but question her intentions.

"Why are you helping us? It's weird."

"I... Heard what they'd do to her. Father Benedictus said she would be executed and I can't allow that. It's actually a blessing from God that you are here, I don't feel as guilty now that He sent me a sign."

"I'm not sure I understand but we'll follow you."

The nun nodded and guided the two girls to the cell. They both weren't sure whether they could trust her but decided to so they could find their leader as soon as possible.

The group hurried toward the underground of the castle only to be met with the pope on the way there. The nun stepped back at his sight, clearly uncomfortable.

"F-Father Benedictus? What are you doing here?"

The man stayed silent and looked at the two girls behind her. He slowly approached them, an empty expression on his face.

"Evelyn, who are they?"

"They're a sign from God, I can feel it in my heart. Please don't execute the prisoner, I beg of you!"

"I would be surprised if they were a sign of God. I'll take them to their cells myself, you can leave."

"No! Please, listen to me. You said that you could hear God... I think I can too, I can't hear his words but I can feel his heart."

The man grimaced and took a firearm out of his pocket, bringing an expression of horror to the nun's face.

"Father... What are you..."

"Sister Evelyn, you did well so far. It's a shame it has to end like that but I can't let anyone disturb the peace I've created."

"But Father, God will fix my mistakes if I make some. There's no need to send yourself to the deepest parts of hell for that! Believe me, I can feel that this is God's wish and-"

"There are no Gods."

The woman let out a sound of shock, barely able to understand the man's words.

"What are you saying? God is and always will be. It's a sin to even doubt his existence."

"I created it. It's simpler to control everything when even thinking is a sin. I've created this peace with my hands, I won't let you ruin all my hard work."

Evelyn couldn't process what was happening, shaking her head in denial.

"That's... Not true... God has always been there..."

"I didn't expect this lie to be so effective. If you just listened, you could have lived happily like everyone."

The man was ready to shoot at the distraught nun. Sepide took her firearm to disarm him but both was quickly stopped by a voice behind them.

"Wait! Don't do anything!"

Sepide was shocked to see her leader with Remiel at her side. She looked next to her where Remiel stood before, surprised she managed to sneak out without her noticing. She probably went to save the leader while the two religious people were talking. The man was the first one to vocalize his surprise, aiming his weapon at Polyetta.

"How did you get out!?"

"I won't cause any trouble, me and my friends will leave you alone." The leader looked at Sepide and gestured for her to come "It's time to go home now."

"Wait, Evelyn will be in danger if we just leave!"

"Sepide, it's how this world is meant to be. We are observers in this world, not actors. I know it's a difficult choice but it's how it's meant to be."

Sepide took her firearm despite her leader's order and shot at the man's arm, making his gun drop on the floor. She kept aiming at the man and yelled at the nun, not leaving the man with her eyes.

"Evelyn, run!"

"Thanks, I trust you to get out of here safely too."

The nun ran away, enraging the pope. Polyetta considered following the nun but changed her mind, not wanting to leave Sepide alone.

"What have you done? It won't take long before she spreads the truth! You've doomed us all! You've doomed our peace!"

The man ran away from Sepide, leaving the three members alone. Remiel and the leader walked toward Sepide, not without some disappointment. The robot looked at her, trying to understand her actions.

"Sepide, this was against her objective. Furthermore, you disobeyed a direct order from the leader."

"You couldn't understand."

The leader let out a sigh and approached Sepide with fatigue.

"First Silva, now you... I shouldn't let Neige take care of new members. I just hope you're not going to doom this world with your actions."

"If we did nothing, Evelyn would have been killed and he would have continued lying to everyone!"

"Well not only it isn't our duty to judge, but they were also doing very well before we came."

Sepide silently disagreed with her two comrades but still followed them outside of the castle to go back home.

The moon was split up into at least ten smaller parts. The leader stared at it a bit concerned but was more worried about Sepide. Silva and Neige both changed her with time, all Polyetta could do was hope that everything would be alright. The group went back on the ship from this short but surprising adventure in this other world.

"So that's basically it. I still managed to steal the book I wanted on the way if you're curious."

Everyone stayed silent, processing everything they just learned. Neige raised his hand to get Polyetta's attention and asked her,

"Should we go into that world again to fix it, or you prefer to wait?"

"I think it's wiser to wait for now. We have more important and like Gwyn said, we shouldn't get on dangerous missions right now. I think we should actually all go to sleep, it's late."

Everyone agreed and left for their room. Neige was about to go but was stopped by Polyetta before he could.

"Neige, can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

The leader seemed a bit uncertain, hesitating to ask the question on her mind.

"What would you think about finding a nice world and living there? We wouldn't have problems, wouldn't risk our lives... Wouldn't it be nice?"

"I... Don't think so. I can't just do nothing knowing that the universe may be in danger." Seeing the disappointed face on his friend, he caressed her hair and made a soft smile for her "We should talk about it again once Silv and the anomaly are taken care of, alright?"

"Yes, you're right. By the way, are you free tomorrow?"

"I should be, why?"

"Sepide seems to dislike Remiel. I figured that making them spend time together would help but... You know Sepide more than me. Could you come with me?"

"I don't see any reason to say no. I'd like it if Sepide could be more friendly with everyone too."

Polyetta smiled with satisfaction at Neige's words before letting out a yawn.

"It's really late, you should sleep."

Neige nodded and walked toward his room. Polyetta stared at him with concern, wondering what was the right thing to do for his future.