"Why... is Kiana still not very happy? She even looks like she's in more pain!"
Griseo did not understand Kiana's feelings.
She had shown Kiana her comics to make her happy. Cooking with Valkyries was meant to remind her of happy memories.
Honkai Gakuen was meant to tell her that she was not the most despairing one. Her situation was not the worst either. There were others who were even more desperate than her!
She should have felt fortunate...
Yet after reading Cooking with Valkyries, Kiana seemed even more miserable. After reading Honkai Gakuen, she had simply shut herself away.
Griseo did not understand why things had turned out this way.
"You little Griseo, it's good that you even thought to ask. How could comics like these possibly make anyone happy?"
Listening to Griseo, Miko Yotsuya put down the manuscript in her hands and looked at her speechlessly. What had this little girl been thinking?
Showing Kiana comics like that—was she afraid Kiana was not withdrawn enough?
And she said she wanted to make her happy.
Luckily, Kiana knew Griseo had not done it on purpose. Besides, Griseo was everyone's darling, so Kiana had not done anything.
"I... I didn't mean to."
Griseo froze at those words. Had she done something wrong?
But she had not known it would turn out like this.
"All right, don't take it too much to heart. Miss Eden is with Kiana. With such a gentle big sister like Miss Eden there, she won't spiral too far."
Seeing Griseo's heart-wrenching expression, Miko could not bear to say anything harsh to her.
"Then, shall we go to Hakusensha and find your editor now?"
"Okay..."
Griseo lowered her head to look at the other set of manuscript pages in her hands, her expression unchanged.
They had already