Hiroto, still blinded by love, couldn't believe what he had seen and heard. Even with Eva publicly admitting her mistakes, he didn't want to believe it.
She was a perfect maiden. Or at least, in his mind, she was. She had to be.
For a long time, he stood still, staring into nothingness.
The crowd slowly dispersed. And all around him, he could hear people talking about Eva.
But how could he defend her? After everything she had said.
So, replaying the speech in his mind over and over, he thought of the only possible explanation.
Someone had forced her to say those things.
But who? Who could have done it?
Anyway, he needed to find out what was happening. And he needed to save Eva.
His desolate mind still tried to keep everything in place. He marched through the cultural festival but saw no sign of Eva.
Everywhere, people were talking about her. Yet no one seemed to have seen her after the speech.
