"Ace! What do you mean? I'm Seraphina. Don't you recognize me?" Seraphina tried to tidy her torn clothes, her eyes filled with tears. She looked at Ace, feeling ashamed. "Are you disgusted? Those monsters hurt me and made me dirty. Is that why you don't want to talk to me anymore?"
"Oh, it's you!" Ace exhaled, feeling relieved. Ace had thought it was Joanna who called for help, and images of her being tortured had flooded his mind and made his head ache.
Fortunately, it was not Joanna.
"W-What do you mean?" The desperation in Seraphina's eyes grew. Ace's attitude towards her was a million times more painful than the abuse she had just suffered.
"Did you think I was Joanna? Did you think those monsters tortured Joanna as she tried to save you? Are you relieved to find out that it was just me? Because if it's me, you wouldn't have cared as much, would you?" Seraphina cried out bitterly.