"Believe it or not."
Faced with Hana Yurikawa's disbelief, Miko had no intention of explaining it to her. It really wasn't appropriate.
After that, Miko stopped paying attention to the cosplayers. Whether it was the singing and dancing performances on stage, the photography area nearby, the food, or the merchandise, none of it interested her much.
Only after making a round of the merchandise stalls and failing to find what she was looking for did she relax. The only things related to Griseo's work here were people cosplaying characters from the Honkai manga series.
Nothing else existed.
Later on, Miko Yotsuya spotted several well-known manga artists and light novel authors holding autograph sessions at the convention's invitation.
There were long lines at the signing booths.
Some of them were even from the same publisher as Griseo.
Griseo had probably received an invitation too, but she wasn't even in Japan, so naturally she couldn't have come.
"Thank goodness there's no pirated merchandise."
Miko finally felt at ease, but when she turned around, she discovered that Hana Yurikawa had suddenly vanished. She hadn't even noticed when she had disappeared.
"Hana? Hana!!"
Miko called out several times, but received no response.
She had no choice but to take out her phone and call her, confirming Hana's location. She headed back and, after walking for several minutes, saw Hana Yurikawa leaning against a pillar in the exhibition hall up ahead.
She was holding a manga book in her hands and seemed to be reading it with great interest.
"Hana, couldn't you at least say something before suddenly leaving? You scared me to death."
After walking over to Hana, Miko couldn't help complaining. Luckily, they had their phones. Otherwise, finding someone in such a crowd would have been difficult.
"You were the one who was