Pandora's words made Vizet blink, bringing Xenophilius—whom he had nearly forgotten again—back to mind.
The only thing certain at the moment was that Xenophilius was not here.
Given the current situation, that counted as good news for him.
No matter what, though, he still needed to ask, lest some accident happen again later.
With that in mind, his tone became somewhat probing as he spoke to Pandora. "Mrs. Lovegood, Mr. Lovegood... isn't he with you?"
"Could it be..." He simply voiced his guess. "Did he prepare a surprise for you and ask you to wait outside for him... is that it?"
Pandora teased him again. "It sounds like... you would do something like that too?"
Luna seemed to think of something, a sweet smile appearing at the corners of her lips.
Vizet rubbed his nose. His cheeks felt a little hot, and for a moment, he did not know how to react.
Seeing Vizet's embarrassed expression, Pandora gently shook her head. "I understand."
She returned to the original topic. "I think... Phili probably wanted to look more presentable?"
"After all, he was still wearing a suit of armor. But because his Wand disappeared, taking that armor off became rather difficult."
Vizet had a somewhat different opinion on why Xenophilius wanted to do that.
Although he had done his utmost to make the armor as flexible as possible while ensuring its safety—
—it was still a suit of armor, after all. Wearing it inevitably made one feel somewhat weighed down.
Once it came to actions such as hugging, things would become awkward.
Xenophilius had probably wanted to remove the armor for a similar reason.
After all, The Master and Voldemort had both still been around earlier. It had been an extraordinary time, and wearing armor had been necessary.
Now that everything