No matter how hard Cosette racked her brain, she was met with a dead end. She couldn't figure out everything with just two clear memories in her head. Moreover, although she had a logical theory, there were just myriads of questions in her head that followed that theory.
She came up with different theories — both nonsense and a bit more logical. That was all Cosette thought in the entire morning and even during showering, but to no avail. In the end, she was still stuck in her first theory that Cosette and Maxen were somehow acquainted with benefits before the volume two of the novel.
"Really... is this some sort of plot hole or something? Or was the author planning to write another volume?" Cosette mumbled as she was on her way to the dining after her morning ritual. "But why upload side stories? Maybe a series?"
"Were you reading all this morning?"