"Poor Kosma..."
Reading the readers' comments about Kosma, Rita could not help but sympathize with him.
She understood Kosma especially well, because Mashiro Shiina, like Griseo, would occasionally say things that were easy to misunderstand.
In fact, it was clear that Kosma was simply looking after Griseo like an older brother would.
Griseo's father had especially influenced Kosma, so he had silently resolved to protect his senior's daughter.
On top of that, Kosma had plenty of inner thoughts but was not very good at speaking. When he was with Griseo, it was easy for others to misunderstand.
Shaking her head, Rita had been set up by Mashiro Shiina just like Kosma had. The only advantage she had over him was probably... that she was a girl too!
In other people's eyes, the misunderstanding was not nearly as serious.
Kosma, being a boy, was directly treated as a pervert.
Turning to the next page, Rita saw mention of Griseo's relationship with Aponia.
It truly showed that Griseo was everyone's darling. Almost everyone liked her. Even though Griseo was afraid of Kalpas, Kalpas had never actually done anything to her.
Everyone else feared Aponia, even dreaded her. Naturally, there were also plenty who despised her.
But Griseo felt attached to her.
As a psychic Fusion Soldier, Aponia's abilities were simply too terrifying.
Moreover, the death of Rin, the Twelfth Herrscher, was also connected to her "Discipline."
During the Twelfth Herrscher incident, Aponia imposed a Discipline upon the people in the base: "Never abandon hope in the fight against Honkai." As a result, it stirred up people's hatred for Honkai, ultimately leading them to kill Rin. The Twelfth Herrscher awakened, and Sakura died as a result.
So, strictly speaking, Rita felt somewhat repulsed by her as well.
But as the manga continued to