When Kaito entered the kitchen, Gilda was in the middle of peeling some potatoes. His sudden appearance, at least according to her, almost made her cut her finger.

"A-ah, Sir Kaito? N-no, please don't be! I can handle this by myself just fine! Since Mom went away, I'm the one on cooking duty after all," she explained, pausing at her work. "But if you insist... I-I guess I can have someone watching over the beef stew. Make sure it's cooking fine and all," she added with a smile. She didn't dare giving him any harder work than that.

The two then continued their work. When Gilda switched over to cutting some tomatoes, she said, "S-Sorry for lying about who you are back there, Sir Kaito. If I told them the truth, we'll still be there for sure as everyone would want to see and meet with a Hero," she explained.

An awkward silence then ensued as both sides didn't speak another work. Feeling the heaviness in the air, Gilda worked her brain, trying to pick up a topic to lessen the tension.

"A-ah, this reminds me... Lilia, I-I mean, Miss Akatsuki, used to help me with my cooking as well. Though she did it with her fire magic. Back then, we ran out of firewood to burn so we used her flame to cook instead."

Another pause. Gilda was braving herself to ask the question that had been nagging on her mind.

"A-anyway, i-if I may ask, what's your relationship with her, Sir? You seem to know her quite well..."