Tales From The Kronos

Neige and Sepide walked around the decrepit city, trying to find out more about the Goddess Peolyetta. They tried asking around, but everyone refused to talk after they mentioned the Goddess. Everywhere they went, it was the exact same, taking hope away from the two friends.

"Do they hate their Goddess?" Sepide asked, she didn't really understand why they would refuse to talk about it, all it did was make their goal harder.

"I guess, and I feel like people around here don't like us very much. It's almost like they're dodging us."

"We weren't subtle either, maybe it's the reason?"

The two kept trying to find a way to learn more, but there wasn't much they could have done.

While they kept searching, Neige noticed a woman spying on them, trying to hide behind a wall.

"Hey, you!" Neige tried to call out the woman in dark clothes, hiding her face. Noticing that she got caught, she came closer to them after making sure no one was around, and once close enough, she whispered to them like she was revealing a big secret.

"Are you searching to learn about Peolyetta?"

They were both taken aback by the woman's words, maybe they found someone to help, but she seemed sketchy.

"Yeah, we-" Before Neige could finish his sentence, the woman gave him a note and ran away as quickly as she could, leaving the two friends confused.

"What a weird person." Sepide looked at the note that was given to Neige, it was written with weird symbols, making it impossible to read "It's too bad, we can't speak the language of this world..."

"I can." Said Neige, with a confident tone "I learned a lot of languages. But this one... It's from another world."

"Another world?" Sepide was surprised, did that mean that this woman was from another universe?

"Well, maybe it's just very similar? The note says to go toward the lake, to an old church." Neige let out an exhausted sigh after reading the note "I think I have a curse with churches."

"Maybe it's a trap, should we go?"

Neige saw the worry on Sepide's face, he smiled softly at her and caressed the top of her head, hoping to make her feel better.

"It will be fine, I'm sure nothing will happen. And it's our only clue for now. Come on, we don't want to disappoint Silva."

Sepide nodded her head and gave a smile back to Neige. The two friends kept going, but Neige looked at the note with concern, wondering why this language was on it.

They followed the note, and just like it said, there was a church standing there. The building was just an echo of what it once was, it looked like two pillars with some clothes put on top, probably to protect someone from the rain. It was clearly ruins of something bigger, but now, it was just used as someone's home.

There was still food left around the lit campfire, showing that someone not only lived here but was also here not too long ago. Sepide and Neige looked around until a voice stopped them.

"Oh, you really came?"

The source of the voice was the woman who gave them the note. She dropped the bag she was holding and ran toward Neige and Sepide. Now that he could see his face, Neige realized something that made him really uncomfortable. The woman looked exactly like Ada, the anomaly. But instead of the long blonde hair that Ada and her other self share, the woman had messy black hair, with a hue of violet at the tip of them.

She poked Sepide and Neige's faces with her finger, looking at them like it was the first time she saw humans. Neige took a step back and took a short moment to look at her.

"And you are?"

"Oh, I almost forgot. Everyone calls me the weird priestess, but I guess I should find a name."

"You... Don't have a name?" Asked Sepide. She wondered if the woman really could help them.

"It's fine, you can call me... Eve! I think it sounds nice." The woman took a deep breath like she was about to say something really important "I never thought that anyone else here would be interested in the story of our Goddess almighty, it almost brings a tear to my eye."

"Well, we're here to listen now." Said Neige, curious about the story Eve was about to tell.

"It's a long story, a story as old as the world itself! At the beginning of the world, a little girl was born in the void. Saddened by the emptiness of the world, she wrote in her diary about what she wanted to see, and suddenly, Pouf! What she wrote became reality! She wrote all the stories she could, and for 2000 years, she spent her life writing everything she could imagine. But even though she spent two millenniums, her body barely changed, she was no older than a teenager!"

"Really? I feel like you're exaggerating a bit." Sepide was a bit unsure about the story, she wasn't even sure if it would be useful to them.

"Maybe a bit, who knows? Anyway, she decided to step into one of the worlds she created, and surprise, it's this one!"

"Wait," Sepide said, cutting the story again "How do you know there are multiple worlds?"

"Because that's what the Goddess said when she came here, ages ago. Okay, maybe we got some mistranslations in the way, but it's not that bad, is it?"

"Don't mind my friend." Said Neige, trying to not look suspicious "What happened after she went here?"

"Yes, so she went into this world and fell deeply in Love. No one knows who was the lucky one, all we know is that he broke our Goddess's heart. She cried, she cried for so long that she decided to isolate herself, live in a world where Love is true and pure, where everyone uses beautiful words. And all of those who didn't follow the rules would be banished from this haven. Even though she left, the effects of the haven are still here."

"Is it why the people in the castle talk differently?"

The woman answered Neige's question by nodding her head and continued her story.

"As you probably know, we live outside this haven, peoples resent the Goddess because of that. And even if most people forgot the reason, most of them still hate her. One could think that after generations, humanity would see past their differences, Alas, this isn't the case. It's a shame, but it's this way."

"Generations, huh?" Neige was pretty sure that this Goddess wasn't related to the Polyetta he knew. But he wasn't even sure if this Goddess existed, maybe it was just one of Polyetta's other self pretending to be God.

"Indeed! You two seem highly interested in the Goddess, so I think I can share a secret with you." She looked around, making sure no one was there to hear them "I saw someone from another world."

"What? It's impossible!" Said Sepide, taking a step back in shock.

"I know, if I didn't see her appear in front of me, I wouldn't have believed it either! She was really curious about the Goddess too, so I explained everything to her too."

"Do you know what was the name of this world traveler by chance?"

"Of course, she named herself Ada, I wonder if she's still here, it was a few years ago after all."

Sepide and Neige thought about the same thing, was it the anomaly, and if she was here a few years ago, does that mean that she existed for way longer than they thought?

"Thanks, I think we understand more about the Goddess." Sepide bowed slightly after thanking her.

"It's normal, even if the people stopped believing in her, I will always pray for her. If she didn't have a heartbreak, maybe our world would be different..."

"I'm sorry, can I talk with my friend alone for a moment?" Asked Sepide.

"Oh, of course, take your time." Eve went a bit farther toward the lake. After making sure she couldn't hear them, Sepide started talking.

"Do you believe this story?"

"I don't know, it would mean that our worlds were created by her?" Neige thought for a moment, and the story suddenly reminded him of Polyetta's diary. Wasn't it a book that contained the Fate of all the worlds, a book able to make everything written in it true?

"Sepide, we should talk about it again when Silva's here. I think I have something important to tell you."

"Silva? Who's that? Another fan of the Goddess?"

Sepide and Neige both jumped back, surprised by Eve's presence behind them.

"I thought you were waiting for us near the lake?"

"I did, but it was boring after a while. But don't worry, I just heard the last sentence. It seems like you know a lot too, maybe you know way more than me actually."

"No, we're just fans of mythology." Sepide tried to sound convincing, but visibly Eve didn't believe her fully.

"Suuure. Anyway, the night will come soon, I think it's time for our paths to diverge. I feel like you two are special, you probably have a greater Fate than I do."

"I don't think so, but thank you. I think I understand more the Goddess now." Said Neige politely.

"It's alright, now go see your Silva or whatever, and good luck for your future!"