One more day...

Hikaru went out. Before going out, he stopped at the door, turned around and said to Aiko: "I don't want to wait too long, understand?"

After that, without waiting for her to answer, he immediately left.

As soon as Aiko's door closed, he immediately looked at Velys who was standing nearby, looking at him with an embarrassed face.

"Velys? You… since when have you been standing here?"

Veylys bowed her head, and clasped her hands together: "I... I've been standing here since you entered Aiko's room. I… I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I just wanted to ask her if she wanted to have dinner or not."

"Anyway… she hasn't eaten anything yet. I really had no intention of eavesdropping on you."

Hikaru sighed, he didn't think that the conversation between him and Aiko would have been heard by Velys.

He didn't know how to explain it to Velys, however, he also didn't want her to misunderstand.

"Velys… actually…"