...and speaking of tropes, if we were to follow them that’d mean the person in the carriage is mc’s next waifus but that seems unlikely so I’m going with new best friend or a merchant who can get her super rare potion ingredients.
Well, for starters, it is not a cart or covered wagon (with seats or cargo). It is covered carriage w/ a drivers seat and luggage strapped to the top. There also doesn't appear to be any crest or luxurious embellishing.
So this was a vehicle for transporting ppl, and not likely owned by the passengers. So ppl with more wealth than commoners to sequester one for transportation, and less prestige than high nobility that would have their own.
So possibly a wealthy merchant traveling for business or a low/mid noble. Whoever they are, it is probably more than one person by the looks of the luggage.
I forget; was a school ever mentioned in this series?