(What she wants versus what her father wants...what did Odin want from her? All he seemed interested in were his other daughters. He didn't have any other lovers after Ariel and he seemed to just...want nothing to do with Gwendolyn.

It was a difficult truth to accept, but in the end, it made it that much easier to break away from that cruel old man.)

Yes. I can't remember making him smile on my own. I suppose...that means I can focus on being satisfied with myself instead of trying to please him.

(Griselda and Velvet did it without even trying and, frankly, trying to emulate them just didn't work. It's for the best that it didn't.)

Rise-san...if I may ask, did you always know you wanted to be an idol?