"So," the young man in the often-cleaned fast food uniform politely asked, with body bent into a spontaneous low bow of deep respect, "you started as a student. Then you were put in charge of a library. And that eventually led to your becoming an alicorn. Do I have all that right?"

The little purple quadruped nodded.

The dark-haired youth straightened, turned, and smirked at the blonde behind him.

"Pay up."

Ashiya sighed, then passed over the bet's hundred-yen coin.