"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
"Mitsuha?" Yuna with her concerned looks. "Guys… why is she still like this…"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
"Let's keep moving… She has been like this for a while now." Kaoru pulls Yuna away as well as Mile, the aristocratic girl is having a mental breakdown after seeing how easy money comes by. It is, afterall, unheard of to earn money that easily without working her bones off.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
"Is there really nothing we can do?" Mile is annoyed. "Kaoru, potions!"
"I don't think there's a potion that can cure that sort of sickness." Kaoru tries to imagine but quickly stops her imagination, what if there is and it is something she doesn't want to know? "Yeah… I don't want to go deep into that sort of stuff."
"Right…"
"HAHAHAHA-Ahhh!"
"Enough already!" Kaoru pulls out her hand chop, Mitsuha is knocked into the ground mercilessly. "Here, some potions to alleviate the pain."
"Aren't you just pouring them over me?" Mitsuha, back into her senses, tries to block the liquid pouring downstream into her face. "I'm back now! Please stop!"
"About that princess you mentioned… Tell us more about her." Kaoru demands while Mile uses cleaning magic onto Mitsuha, Yuna sits comfortably by the side meanwhile.
"She's a genius cunning little princess~ I really hope to avoid her since she may know something is off from you three." Mitsuha pulls out her smartphone and shows them the picture. "Blonde, pretend to be innocent, blue eyes, short, escorted by guards usually, judging by her expensive looking outfit, very hard to miss it."
"Huh, she's just a kid." Mile's giving her honest opinion.
"That's how she gets you." Mitsuha's feeling ashamed for some reason. "And how she tricked other people to get what she wants."
…
"Hi onee-san~ This bicycle thing is so cool!" Entering the castle town, Sabine greets Mitsuha like it's the usual evening but now she notices the three other strangers. "Who are they? Onee-san?"
"Just some friends I know~ Now please allow us to have some time because I have urgent matters to discuss."
"Chotto matte." Sabine's eyes on Yuna. "Why is she a bear?"
"It's just a hobby of mine." Yuna explains herself calmly.
"Eh… hobby huh." Sabine couldn't resist the urge to touch the fluffy bear suit. "Strange girl."
"Please don't be rude, hime-sama." Mitsuha pulls the three away from Sabine under her watchful eyes. "We'll talk next time alright?"
(Stare.)
(Even more staring.)
Mile and Kaoru avoid eye contact while Yuna smiles awkwardly; Sabine could sense something fishing going on there but decided to turn away. "I see… We will talk next time. Onee-sama."
(Door closed.)
"Very sus indeed… hehehehehehehe…" The guards unintentionally moved a bit further away from their beloved princess. Her evil grin for a moment is gone as she recovers her innocent look.
Stepping away, Mitsuha never lets her guard down until she is sure the princess is out of sight.
"She's plotting something! I can feel it!" Mitsuha is almost shouting in her whisper voice, the other three protagonists look weirdly pleased when Mitsuha is the only one panicking. "I am not overreacting, okay…"
"No no, it's fine…" Yuna says calmly.
"Yup." Mile's flat voice.
"No problem here." Kaoru almost giggles. "Is just… I don't think she would be much of a hassle to us really."
(Huh?) Mitsuha is clueless while the others are nodding against each other.
"Isn't it a bit lame to be scared of a child." Yuna quickly apologized. "Sorry, I'm just… not used to that..."
"Getting bullied by someone smaller than you is a sister brother thing~" Mile splits her mind. "Ah, I mean you two don't seem that bad you know."
"...right."