"Exactly! Astra's the best!!"
"'Astra's ugly'!!! These haters online are unbelievable!"
"Fairy, charge with me! Let's roast every last one of these haters who've shown their true colors!"
The next morning, Wise got up early and sat on the second-floor sofa, scrolling through comments about Astra Yao on Inter-Knot. Sometimes he beamed in agreement; other times, he pointed indignantly at the posts.
"Yawn—morning, bro. I heard you raging helplessly first thing in the morning. What happened now?"
Belle pushed open her bedroom door and shuffled out, still bleary-eyed. She stretched lazily, rubbed her eyes, then looked at Wise on the sofa like a sloth that had just woken up.
"Oh, Belle, good mor—good grief!"
Wise looked up, saw the dark circles under his sister's eyes and her hair sticking out like a bird's nest, and sprang off the sofa in shock.
"Belle, what were you doing last night? Don't tell me you stayed up watching 'videos' again?"
"Nothing. I was just looking at Astra's fan—"
Belle answered without thinking, then realized she had almost let it slip and swerved mid-sentence. "...the art books her coworker recommended!"
"Really? What art books were so good? Belle, are you hiding something from me?" Wise narrowed his eyes. His expression said he didn't believe a word of it.
"I'm not hiding anything! Astra's coworker really did recommend them!"
Belle planted her hands on her hips and protested with perfect confidence... Well, Griseo was a member of the Angels of Delusion, and Astra was a singer too. Close enough to coworkers!
"Anyway, what were you shouting about so early, bro? What's this about haters, and why do you need Fairy?"
[Accounts posting negative comments located. Registration of 100,000 new accounts complete. Beginning individual counterattacks.]
"Fairy, wait! Bro, you're using money to do bad things! We