Underestimated

"....a friend? Us?" Ailwin doubted he'll ever understand this girl's thinking.

Does making a fool and scheme a person out of their money make them friends?

"Though we haven't seen eye to eye on things, that doesn't mean we are enemies. Isn't it better to have a good relationship with one another rather than a bad one?"

"...but that still doesn't make us friends, at best it makes us associates, correct?" Ailwin pulled out the extra chair at the table and sat down.

"True...but even associates have there used."

"What kind of benefits can a thirteen-year-old give me...?" Ailwin couldn't believe that she was making a proposition to him.

"Are you looking down on my offered hand because of my age? Hahaha...Prince Ailwin I think you have it backward...you should be telling me what benefits you can offer me, correct?"

"Oh really, how so?"