Oh, wait… I forgot that female viscounts are rare. I totally flubbed that, damn it…
“I demand my reward!”
“Yeah, yeah… Hello to you too, Sabine.”
Mitsuha jumped to the third floor of her general store, found Sabine already there, and that was the first exchange they had. She was referring to the reward for helping with the audio transcription.
“I’ve been saying from the start that I’m going to reward you. Don’t you trust me? And remember, your demand has to be within reason,” said Mitsuha.
“Tch!”
“Hey, don’t click your tongue! That’s rude!”
Normally you’d expect a commoner like Colette to teach a princess such foul behavior, but Sabine actually taught that tongue click to Colette. I need to make sure Sabine doesn’t taint Colette’s pure heart with any more dirty words and bad manners…
“So, what do you demand?” Mitsuha asked.
“An auto-mo-beel!”
“Try again!”
Are you serious right now, Sabine…
Buying a used car to drive in this world wouldn’t be that expensive because I wouldn’t need to get it registered or insured. I could also make it safer with a little tinkering─like limiting the max speed to fifteen miles per hour and affixing cushions all around it. That won’t eliminate the possibility of an accident, but Sabine is a genius and a supergirl. She’d learn to be a better driver than me in no time.
But it’s still not happening.
“Where would you get gas from? What would you do about maintenance? You’re not tall enough to drive a car, anyway. Your feet wouldn’t reach the pedals and you’d barely be able to see out the front window.”
“Grk─oh, I know! I could sit on a cushion to make myself taller, then have Colette sit on the floor in front of me so I can press my feet onto her shoulders to signal which pedal to press,” Sabine suggested.
“Have you been watching Don Matsugoro?! Try again!”