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Yuri, Constance enter the scene
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Yuri
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Hey, Shady Lady. I see you're working into the wee hours.
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Constance
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I have asked you before not to refer to me that way.
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Yuri
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Right, right, whatever. Sorry. Uh, anyway, what kind of bizarre spells are you weaving?
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Constance
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Ahaha! An excellent question.
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Constance
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It's a brand of spellcraft many have dreamed of but none have achieved. A revolution in magical theory.
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Yuri
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Revolutionary spellwork, huh?
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Constance
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Steel yourself for this!
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Constance
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The working transforms leather boots into licorice! The old, serviceable shape with a new, sweeter taste.
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Yuri
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Uh...huh. That's certainly...something. I'm sure you'll ravage the economy with this one.
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Yuri
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So, um... Why boots, precisely?
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Constance
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I was inspired by your suggestion that licking the nobility's boots would fulfill my dream.
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Constance
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I went to my chambers to discreetly taste my own boots. They were less appetizing than I had hoped.
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Constance
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The thought of licking boots day in and day out was revolting...but then I thought, "what if?"
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Constance
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Tonguing licorice boots rather than leather ones would make the whole ordeal much more palatable!
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Yuri
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...
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Constance
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This is no run-of-the-mill, penny-ante black magic. This is something new—black licorice magic!
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Constance
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I could lick the boots of a hundred nobles if they all tasted so scrumptious as licorice!
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Yuri
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Are you some kind of damn fool?
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Constance
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Ahaha. The common mind often has difficulty distinguishing between genius and idiocy.
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Constance
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You set me the challenge of licking boots, and I would say that I have risen to it ably.
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Yuri
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Correct. I told you to do that. But I think you took what I said just a bit too literally.
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Constance
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Then how did you mean it? Does the licking not count if the licker enjoys it?
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Yuri
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It's mostly something you do by way of acting subservient. "I'd even lick the mud from your boots, my lord!" Get it?
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Constance
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What?! Are there nobles so depraved that they would take satisfaction in such a thing?!
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Yuri
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There sure are. I've licked a boot or three in my day.
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Constance
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Indeed? Ugh! Did it not turn your stomach?
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Yuri
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Well, of course it did. There's hardly any dignity in bootlicking.
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Yuri
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Talking to you is truly...entertaining. You are a special kind of strange. I've known many a noble in my life, but none like you.
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Yuri
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I was just dealing with a bunch of them, so the difference seems especially stark.
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Yuri
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Though, I guess you're not technically a noble at this point, are you?
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Constance
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You were dealing with nobles in the dead of night? Wait— What?! D-did you just call me strange?!
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Yuri
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Oof, I'm exhausted. Better go hit the sack. Don't work too hard, milady!
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Constance
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I did not give you leave to go! Ugh. His rudeness knows no bounds.
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Constance
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But I'll have my revenge. Perhaps by exposing his business with these nobles...
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Constance
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He'll rue the day he loosened his tongue in front of me! Ahahaha!