Didn't she also team up with Furuya's uncle from chapter 1 to try and worm in on the gravy train? That said, Jesus H Christ on a pogo stick going Mach 1, that's really messed up.
Poor auntie though, literally getting killed in a figurative crossfire.
I read ahead and...
What in the god dang seven tarnations is the elf kingdom doing?! Just about every single side characters has axe to grind on them!
(They are probably in cahoots with the humans tho)
Where do you think Truck-kun get their street cred
(But seriously, the traffic accident rates in Japan was comparatively high until the mid-90s. There's a reason death by truck is almost a common death trope in Japanese media.)