Returning to the forge, she finds Heinous there again. The young man was asking if the blacksmith would agree to forge a belt of chastity as a gift for the princess, to which the blacksmith replied that he should first acquire a ✹.
Perhaps, in another case, it would have been possible to share a star with the person for the sake of a gift for the princess, but... a belt of chastity? How so? It sounds suspicious, considering that the young man was hardly close to Ayano.
Erephir is simply waiting for the blacksmith to have a short break for her question.