The gloom on his face had lessened considerably.
Ōtsutsuki Koto, on the other hand, was the opposite.
The gloom on her face had increased.
As for Kitahara Kaede, who followed behind her, he was simply ignored.
Meanwhile, people had begun questioning and criticizing Ōtsutsuki Hi.
"How did you fail to bring him back? Did that little girl stop you?"
"Tell us the truth. Were you seduced by her beauty?"
All sorts of questions surrounded Ōtsutsuki Hi.
Ōtsutsuki Hi wore a despairing expression.
He did not know how he was supposed to explain himself.
In contrast, everyone could not stop praising Ōtsutsuki Koto.
Kitahara Kaede was surrounded and watched like some rare animal.
Actually, he was rather doubtful.
Why had Ōtsutsuki Koto still not made the matter clear?
However, with so many adults present,
Kitahara Kaede was already in a passive position, so he could not say much more.
It would be troublesome if he got beaten up by both sides.
At that moment, the people from the other side brought Ōtsutsuki Hi over.
Naturally, they also spared Kitahara Kaede a few glances.
"I suspect Ōtsutsuki Koto cheated. Let Ōtsutsuki Hi fight him again!"
As soon as that was said, the people from the other family became unhappy.
"A loss is a loss. What can another match prove?"
Someone immediately refuted them.
The person who had pushed Ōtsutsuki Hi over looked at him.
The meaning was clear: they wanted Ōtsutsuki Hi to speak for himself.
Ōtsutsuki Hi's face alternated between green and red.
Only after a while, as though he had made some major decision, did he say,
"I lost to him in battle!"
Now, everyone's expressions changed.
The atmosphere gradually froze.
Kitahara Kaede became the focus of the entire crowd.
At this point,
it would have been wrong for Kitahara