Chapter 27 - The silence before... (part 2)

"Ehehe...! Thank you, sir Zoemi! As things are now, I would love to say that we will be up and running tomorrow, but honestly, I imagine that we will be fully operational only the day after that. Sorry to impose on you, but could you watch over my dear helpless prin... our master, until that point?"

Veo gratefully took the tray off of his hands and asked, lowering her head – although she did stutter while mentioning Horeo.

"Oh? Look at you, acting like a proper attendant already! Of course, you can count on me with the first prince!"

Zoemi couldn't help but smile and even though Veo was older than him, he felt like an older brother seeing her younger sister finally becoming responsible, so he ended up reaching out and patting her head affectionately.

"AH...!"

"...!"

"...?"

A sudden call from inside the room made both Zoemi and Veo turn around, just to see messy-haired Teo staring at them from the bed.

"AH!"