"Ah! You two are so sneaky! You went out to have fun behind my back?" Edith had just come out of the laboratory when she saw Ron and Ilya driving back into the experimental zone, and immediately stepped forward to complain.
Ron laughed. "We were only testing this bus's performance."
Watching Edith curiously lean closer, wander into the carriage, and poke and prod at everything, Ron turned to Ilya and asked, "Do you think there are any problems?"
"There aren't any major problems with the bus itself."
Ilya propped up her chin and slipped into thinking mode:
"However, everyone's seeing such a huge object for the first time, and they clearly feel resistant to it, or even frightened."
"Though as they gradually come to understand it, that probably won't be a problem..."
Ron waved a hand and said easily, "I've got some ideas about that."
"For example, we can make the bus's appearance a little gentler, then paint all sorts of patterns on its exterior."
"It's also a publicity window, really."
"When the time comes, we can paint Element and Magic's images from the Elemental Cards on it. That'll promote the cards too, while reducing ordinary people's resistance to the buses."
Ilya opened her mouth, thinking that this truly was a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
She had no idea how Prince Ron's brain was built. He always immediately came up with ideas that could solve practical problems while also benefiting himself.
"There's another problem: the roads." After steadying herself, Ilya continued, "Chaos City is one of the most developed cities on the continent, and its roads are very broad."
"But even so, buses still feel crowded when driving on them."
"Since Prince Ron wants to popularize buses in Tansang City, this issue has to be