"Dobby doesn't know either!" Dobby cried out, tears welling up in his eyes again. "Dobby has never done anything like this! Mr. Lovegood is a great man too!"
What did he mean, "a great man too"?
Xenophilius's eyebrows rose again. After his conversation with Luna, the lost, cold feeling in his heart had already eased a great deal;
now, hearing Luna and Vizet's perfectly synchronized answer, and that "too" in Dobby's words, his heart suddenly felt off again.
Looking at the menu in his hand, there was an instant when he wanted to order several more dishes for Vizet, then make Vizet eat them all;
but thinking back to his conversation with Luna just now, if he really said that, Luna might help eat them too...
And since Luna would help eat, could he just stand by and watch? In that case, perhaps the one who ended up hurt would still be himself.
After all, seeing Luna help Vizet share the burden of the food felt even worse than stuffing himself until his stomach swelled.
After such an intense storm of thoughts, Xenophilius sighed and decided to make peace with himself. He would just order normally;
after all, he had to get used to it in advance. Perhaps in the future, situations that required him to make peace with himself... would happen many times.
While Xenophilius began ordering, Vizet blinked, leaned close to Luna's ear, and asked, "Luna, what's wrong with Mr. Lovegood?"
"I don't know either..." Luna gently shook her head. "The Nargles around him keep becoming more and then fewer..."
"Did Mr. Lovegood mention..." Vizet pressed, "what it was about?"
Luna explained, "Father told me it was because of work."
"That makes sense..." Vizet nodded in understanding. "The Quibbler is already on a different scale from before, so