"...Are you some kind of weirdo?" Alice asked, her face contorting in confusion. "Because I sure don't have land or money to pay a knight with."

"In other words...." Alice scratched her chin in thought.
"In other words, you'd be more my slave than a knight. I already have an excellent familiar anyways, so I'll delegate orders to you through him. For now, I'm going to go magic a dungeon until it gives me stuff."

Without further delay, Alice flipped the blanket-cape over her shoulder dramatically, following Mimi down the dark, mysterious stairs into danger.