The shop owner stared alternatingly between Kang Jin-Ho and the bicycle for a while before finally muttering, “A... two-person saddle?”

Kang Jin-Ho replied in a matter-of-factly way. “Yes.”

“You want two people to ride this bike?”

“Yes.”

“...”

“Why? Is there a problem?” Kang Jin-Ho asked flatly.

‘Did this kid ask me why just now?’

The bike shop uncle's face turned even redder. “Let me ask you something. What do you think this bicycle is?”

Kang Jin-Ho tilted his head. “I'm sorry?”

"This bicycle is like a thoroughbred sports car that has been lightened to increase its speed on the road! It's an amalgamation of all the bicycle-related technology you can think of in the pursuit of pure speed, rider safety, and ergonomic efficiency! In that case, it'll be akin to a Formula One race car! Yet, yet...! You want to do what to this bike?! Two people will ride on it?!"

Kang Jin-Ho nonchalantly nodded. “Yes, that's what I want.”

The shop owner uncle's voice got even louder. "Not just that, but you want to destroy its beauty by attaching an unsightly luggage rack over the rear wheel, too?!"

"...Yes?"

Foam was about to gush out of the shop uncle's mouth by now. “I won't do it! I will not do something that sacrilegious!”

"Really?" Kang Jin-Ho shrugged his shoulders and nonchalantly turned around to leave. This wasn't the only bicycle shop in town, after all. No skin off his back if this shop didn't want to do it. "Let's go somewhere else, Yu-Min."

The owner hurriedly stopped Kang Jin-Ho. “W-wait a minute!”

“What is it?”

“Are you serious about that saddle?”

Kang Jin-Ho sighed and replied, "That's...