prof | Eva's Riddle: A Very Cold Place

Perfect! Ange, you must really be a genius, to get something like that at your age.

I tried to make it an extra hard puzzle, but Ange was just too good.

Congrats! Here's another medal for ya.

Okay, that's all for our puzzles! Go ask one of the others to give you one!

Okay! Thank you, uncle Hideyoshi!

Your aunt's really clever! With the two of you together, you'll be gettin' medals right and left!

Yep, that's right!

Yeah. Let's do our best together, aunt Eva.

BGM: Apathy

It can't be helped. You're as human as anyone else. Humans tend to be more fragile than you'd think.

Even so, it was my fault! After all, I already had the experience of bringing up a child, right?! I should have become her mother! And yet, I let sadness overwhelm me... and I didn't do it at all...

It can't be helped, I tell you! Don't think you were the only one at fault! You shouldn't blame yourself so much!

I know the lengths you went to... to keep the truth from Ange.

You held out well. Guess that daughter of ours really has been a pain, clueless about how much you suffered.

Their relationship would suffer, but not immediately.

Ange was never able to accept that kindness. Understanding her pain, Eva endured.

Ange was the one who couldn't accept it. It isn't your fault.

But who could possibly ask that of Ange when she was just six years old?! I should've held out much, much longer, until she could understand my feelings!

Eva, I want you to believe one thing.

Thank you so much... for suffering so long for Ange's sake... If that kid has a human heart, then I'm sure she'll recognize the affection you showed her someday.

Thanks. We'll always be grateful...

Isn't that wonderful, Eva... All of your efforts... have been witnessed...

Uuuu... uwaaaaaaahhh....