"It was the Cocolia from before..."
Xu Yanwu said to Welt Yang, "How should I put it... I used to think Cocolia was the sort of witch... a vixen, you know..."
"For a while, I actually held some hostility toward Cocolia."
"But after spending some time with her, I realized that Cocolia was not an especially bad person."
Xu Yanwu rambled on, leaving Welt Yang somewhat confused.
"What do you mean, the Cocolia from the past?" Welt Yang asked.
After several seconds of silence, Xu Yanwu said, "The Cocolia before she became like this."
"In Cocolia's own words, she was probably still rather naive back then."
"And the turning point in Cocolia's life... was probably... during the Second Honkai War."
Xu Yanwu continued, "Cocolia's orphanage had already existed before the Second Honkai War broke out."
"At the time, Cocolia was still a Russian soldier who knew absolutely nothing about Honkai..."
"She even had quite a strong sense of justice and was not nearly so calculating."
That was how Xu Yanwu described the Cocolia he had seen through time.
"Doesn't that sound very different from the Cocolia of today?"
"But it was the truth. Back then, Cocolia sent money back to the orphanage every year... When she discovered a colleague stealing and reselling military supplies, she even went to a military court, intending to expose it."
Xu Yanwu shook his head and said, "But in the end, she was accused of those crimes instead and thrown into confinement."
Xu Yanwu spread his hands. "Cocolia was framed and locked up... How should I put it? Back then, Cocolia could even be called... straightforward."
Listening to Xu Yanwu describe Cocolia's past, Welt Yang found it rather surprising.
"And there was one thing... that I never expected at all."
Xu Yanwu looked at Welt