"You! You actually said I'm annoying? Do you think I'd worry this much about just anyone?!"
Hearing Mashiro Shiina's words, Iida Ayano was utterly speechless. She could not help poking her forehead. If she had not known the girl's personality, she would have gotten angry.
But when it came to Mashiro Shiina, there was really nothing she could do.
"Griseo's manga is amazing! But... Himeko's part hurt."
Mashiro Shiina completely ignored Iida Ayano. She simply hugged Griseo and earnestly told her how moved she had been.
Because she liked Griseo, she had read all of Griseo's works, including Honkai... Final Lesson. Mashiro Shiina's emotions were subtle, but once she set her mind on something, no one could pull her back.
Honkai and Fire Moth were equally painful to read, but she had still finished them all.
When she read Final Lesson, Mashiro Shiina could not help shedding tears.
Her heart hurt so much...
She could never draw a story like that.
Because Mashiro Shiina simply did not want to imagine such partings of life and death.
"Mama Mashiro... Do you want some?"
Griseo did not respond to Mashiro Shiina's words. She merely opened the baumkuchen, took a few bites herself, then held it out to feed her.
"Griseo should eat it herself..."
Mashiro Shiina loved baumkuchen! But she would not take Griseo's food, especially when Griseo was offering it to her.
"Oh."
Griseo did not insist. She simply began eating it slowly herself.
At that moment, Iida Ayano seemed to think of something as she looked at Griseo and Mashiro Shiina.
"Come to think of it, you two are so alike. Why don't you have Griseo's talent, Mashiro? She's even younger than you!"
"Little Griseo, do you have any tricks when it comes to storytelling? Teach Mama Mashiro. The manuscripts