Zanoba sorry about this, but please look after things here."
"Shisho where are you heading?"
"I'm going to call Elinalise-san. If she knows that her own man is getting along well with another woman I'm sure even that person will find it unpleasant after all."
While saying that I face away from him.
The time when I was leaving the research room, I could hear Nanahoshi's cheerful voice.
It might be the first time I've heard Nanahoshi make that kind of voice since we first met.