Deku waited until the carriage was out of sight to start running back towards the castle. Timeskippity skap?
"He's taxing them more even as we speak-e-even though they have nothing-"
M: "Oh yeah-that's to pay for all his dumb parties. He's having another one tonight-they say it's for a visiting prince."
"A...prince? I-I didn't know...."
M: "Mhm-they say he comes from a big kingdom far away-"
"Then-maybe he could help us!"