Having trained real horses, why are we now training racehorse girls after time-traveling?

So that means... the flavor of Karen sauce is now being—

"Oh no!" Zhen Jiling's heart skipped a beat, but by the time she noticed these things, it seemed to be too late.

The goldsmith, who rarely gave Chi Tian face, suddenly changed his expression. His face turned ashen, and he shoved Chi Tian away, even taking a few steps back. His expression became extremely ferocious.

The sudden change left both Chi Tian and Dong Shang somewhat bewildered, but a few tears welled up in the eyes of the Golden Master. Without a word, he immediately ran off in another direction.

"Wait! Orpheus?!" Chi Tian instinctively tried to call out to the Golden Master, but the Golden Master, who was running away headlong, completely ignored Chi Tian's calls.

"Wait a minute, Onii-chan, leave this to me."

"Huh? Karen-chan, you—"

Before Chi Tian could react, Zhen Jiling hurriedly followed the Golden Master, leaving a bewildered Chi Tian and Dong Shang Biangen standing there, clueless about what had happened.

"...Qianyi, what's wrong with Master Sister?" Dong Shang Bian was also confused as to why things had suddenly turned out this way. He looked at Chi Tian with a blank expression, while Chi Tian nodded in bewilderment, not knowing how to handle the situation.

“I don’t know either… Orpheus has a very strange temper… I don’t know what she’s thinking.”

"But I feel I should go and see for myself."

Although Chi Tian didn't know what he had done to make Orphie's face turn so pale, he had to check on Orphie's condition as soon as possible, even if he didn't know what he had done wrong.

……

"Master! Master!"

Zhen Jiling caught up with the Golden Master immediately. Perhaps exhausted from the race, the Golden Master was already panting heavily at the entrance to the passage after only a short run. He leaned against the wall, his back to Zhen Jiling, breathing heavily. Zhen Jiling hurriedly said:

"It's not what you think—um, Karen-chan and I didn't do anything!"

"That scent on Onii-chan was deliberately applied by Kallen-chan to annoy Zen-senpai, it really has nothing to do with Onii-chan! Master, don't be so angry!"

"I don't care!"

At this moment, the Gold Master was panting heavily, one hand against the wall and the other covering his mouth, as if he had pulled a muscle from running. He coughed and said:

"I... I don't care whose scent is on Chi Tian, ​​anyway—the person he cares about most isn't me, cough cough cough..."

"I don't care who you're planning to anger with this smell, or what you did with Chi Tian. Anyway, cough cough, anyway, I'm not the one closest to him."

"I don't care, I just want to keep winning, keep winning... cough cough cough..."

"...Master, are you alright?"

At this moment, Zhen Jiling noticed something was wrong with the Golden Master. It was understandable that he had a shortness of breath, but the Golden Master's increasingly hunched back and his incessant coughing were not right at all.

If at first Zhenjiling thought the Golden Master ran away in anger, now she is beginning to worry about another, more terrifying possibility.

"I'm fine, I, cough cough cough—whoosh!"

Before the Gold Master could answer, she suddenly couldn't help but spit it out. However, the moment that dark phlegm came out of the Gold Master's mouth, Zhen Jiling's eyes trembled.

"Master! You, why are you coughing up blood?!"

"Oh no—medical staff! Are there any medical staff?!"

"I, I'm fine...I..."

However, the Golden Master stretched out her hand to try to remain calm, but at this moment, she was clutching her chest with one hand and couldn't even hold the wall with the other. She felt dizzy and her consciousness was becoming blurred.

It hurts so much... in my chest... it feels like blood is seeping out... what's wrong with me?

In the last second before the Golden Master's consciousness completely dissipated, she managed to turn around and lean against the wall. At that moment, she saw Chi Tian, ​​who had rushed over and was startled by her appearance...

"Orphie?! What's wrong with you?! Orphie!"

Chapter 312: Are you looking at me, or are you just staring at another version of me?

"Drip-drip-"

"Ugh... Where am I?"

She didn't know how much time had passed before the Golden Master opened her drowsy eyes. The moment she regained consciousness, she saw a blurry figure dressed in white appear before her, and a light, cheerful female voice immediately spoke:

"You're awake? Can you talk? Try it, repeat after me, 'One, two, three, three, two, one.'"

"...Where is this place?"

Gradually, everything before the Gold Master became clearer. She finally saw the figure of the woman in front of her. It turned out to be a female doctor wearing a white coat. When she saw this female doctor, the Gold Master knew where she was.

Why am I in the hospital?

"Of course it's because you're sick, you silly girl. I really didn't expect that a racehorse girl would run the Japanese derby with a lung hemorrhage without informing her trainer beforehand."

"Pulmonary hemorrhage? No, I, I didn't..."

The Gold Master was startled upon hearing this, having no idea she had contracted this disease. As she spoke, she realized she was wearing a breathing mask to assist her breathing. Feeling utterly weak, she struggled to stand up, but the female doctor quickly pressed her back down.

"You can't move around right now. Although the horse is a creature blessed by the three goddesses and doesn't need surgery for this kind of illness, you still need to recuperate slowly to get better."

"You absolutely cannot train for at least the next month or two. You need to be monitored in the hospital at all times. Only when your condition stabilizes can you gradually resume your training intensity."

"One or two months?! How can I afford to waste one or two months?!"

Upon hearing this, the Golden Master's eyes widened. Hearing that he would have to rest for a month or two before returning to training, he tried to sit up again, but Doctor Ma forced him back down.

As a racehorse girl, the Golden Master should be much stronger than ordinary racehorse girls, but the current Master is weakened due to illness, and was quickly pushed back down by the racehorse girl doctor. The racehorse girl doctor then immediately said:

"Are you stupid? Is the race more important or your health? If you take good care of your health, you can run several or even dozens of races in the future. But if you force yourself to race now, let alone whether you can win or not, even if you do win, your condition will worsen. At that point, you might never be able to run again and never be a racehorse again!"

"Besides, you still have six months until your chrysanthemum appreciation event, right? It's not like you'll miss it. Rushing there like that will only jeopardize your career!"

"You don't understand. If I delay these next few months, my body will deteriorate." The Golden Master said stubbornly, "My body, and my opponents, they will become stronger and stronger, and I won't be able to keep up with them. I will lose this afternoon!"

"So, let me get up, I'm alright now, let me go see Ikezoe—"

"I agree to your recuperation arrangements, Orpheus. Now you need to cooperate with the doctor's treatment."

At that moment, the door to the ward slowly opened, revealing Ikezono, Makoto, and Dongshang Bianhe outside. Even Miyu, Miura Bobon, and Special Zhou had come along, along with their trainers. However, since unrelated personnel were not allowed to disturb the master's rest, only Ikezono's team members entered from outside.

Upon seeing Chi Tian, ​​the Gold Master's previously agitated emotions calmed down somewhat, but he still spoke with considerable doubt:

“Ikezoe… I’m fine now, I can go back to training.”

"No, Orfi, you're not only in trouble, but it's serious. Pulmonary hemorrhage is no small matter. For the sake of your future career, you need to rest properly."

Chi Tian also found a seat very close to the Golden Master's sickbed. Everyone was looking at the Golden Master with worried eyes. Chi Tian, ​​with a troubled expression, said to the Golden Master:

"Don't think about the competition during this time. I will come every three days. Take good care of yourself and once your condition stabilizes, we will resume preparations for the Chrysanthemum Festival. So there is no need to worry too much."

"Yes, Master, you really need to rest and recover." Makoto looked at the "Golden Tyrant" who had won the Japanese derby just a few hours ago, and suddenly became a pale-faced patient lying in the hospital. She felt very bad for him and said this.

"Don't think too much during this time, just get some rest."

"Master Craftswoman, I specially searched through the magic book for you and found a lot of healing spells!" Dong Shang Biange nodded and said, "I recited them all several times while you were sleeping, they will definitely work! These are witch's spells!"

"...So do you think I should take good care of myself and get better, Ikezoe?"

At this moment, the Gold Master's eyes slowly dimmed, and his tone inexplicably became indifferent as he asked Chi Tian:

"Is it okay if I don't participate in the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Competition? Do you think it's alright even if I lose the competition?"

"...If it means you can't run in the future, but you can't have a chrysanthemum viewing in return, I would rather die than let you make that decision, Orphi."

When asked about this, Ikezoe's answer was quite firm. He immediately said, "Even without this Chrysanthemum Appreciation, it's fine. You are still the 'Golden Tyrant,' Orpheus."

"Is that so..." Upon hearing this, the Gold Master slightly turned his gaze to the other side, and after a long while, he said indifferently, "I don't think so, Ikezoe."

"I'm not that strong. I had a tough time winning this Japanese derby. You can't possibly not see that, right? After a month or two of delayed training, you actually think I can still become that 'tyrant'?"

"Ikezoe, when you look through my eyes, are you looking at me, or at the 'Golden Tyrant' in your heart?"

"Orphie..."

"Enough, let me have some peace and quiet, Chi Tian." The Gold Master silently closed his eyes and said softly, "I will get some rest. See you in three days."

Facing the Golden Master, who had closed her eyes and clearly didn't want to say much, Chi Tian silently swallowed back the words he wanted to say. He really wanted to tell the Golden Master that she was his number one.

However, the Gold Master didn't seem to want to hear any of this, so Chi Tian didn't say anything. He just exchanged a glance with Zhen Jiling and Dong Shang Bianhe, and Zhen Jiling took the initiative to stay and look after the Gold Master.

Chi Tian and Dong Shang walked out of the ward, while Mi Yu and his group stood nervously at the door. After seeing Chi Tian and his group leave and close the door, Te Zhou couldn't help but ask, "How did it go, Master?"

“Master Sister has a pulmonary hemorrhage, and she seems to be in a very low mood.” At this moment, Chi Tian was not in the mood to speak, so Dong Shang Reform took the initiative to convey: “Qian Yi is not wrong, but Master Sister seems unhappy.”

"It's all...it's all Mi Yu's fault..." Seeing the master's current state, Mi Yu anxiously shed tears and said, "Mi Yu's [Domain] drained most of the master's strength, otherwise...otherwise...the master wouldn't have fallen ill so suddenly..."

"It's all Mi Yu's fault... Mi Yu... she really is an unfortunate child..."

"Mi Yu is right. The Golden Master's physical condition is an unexpected situation." Miura Bourbon also comforted Mi Yu from the side, saying in a mechanical voice, "There is no need to blame yourself. The Golden Master will return to the arena."

"So what should we do now? The Golden Master isn't in good shape." Chongye, looking anxiously at the silent Chitian, saw Chitian's seemingly lost-minded expression and said with a hint of annoyance:

"Ikezoe, say something! The Golden Master is your horse girl! What are you planning to do?"

"...I need to be alone for a while."

At this moment, Chi Tian was in no mood to answer any questions. His mind was replaying the words the Golden Master had just spoken to him, leaving him in a state of utter confusion.

Chi Tian didn't say much, but lowered his head and slowly walked to the other side of the corridor. He felt that he really needed to think about how his relationship with Orpheus had come to this point, and whether he had done something wrong.

Chapter 313: Ikezoe and the Help of the Three Goddesses

"Has the relationship with the Gold Master reached a freezing point?"

When Wada and Ijinami received a call from Maki, not Ikezoe, they were both surprised by Maki's words. Clearly, this possibility had never crossed their minds.

Perhaps due to some ingrained thinking, Wada never considered the possibility that his relationship with the opera would one day reach a freezing point, and Ima never thought that one day the Golden Ship would no longer be as friendly to him as before. Therefore, neither of them ever imagined that one day the Golden Master and Ikezoe's relationship would develop to this point.

Because in their eyes, the Gold Master is the person Ikezom has the most connections with in this world, and is also his greatest pride. How could such a relationship have developed to this point?

"Onii-chan's relationship with Master is very bad right now... very bad... very worrying."

Meanwhile, Zhen Jiling, on the other end of the phone, also lowered her voice as she called Jinlang and Hetian from a short distance outside. She dared not speak too loudly, partly because the hospital did not allow loud noise, and partly because she was worried that the master would hear her.

The Grandmaster's condition wasn't good either. She... was very cooperative with the hospital's treatment, but that alone indicated something was very wrong. How could the Golden Grandmaster be the kind of racehorse who could peacefully accept treatment? She clearly had a huge problem even with a physical exam!

Therefore, Shinji is very uneasy about the current interpersonal relationships within their team and constantly blames himself for his unnecessary actions in the past. Now, instead of getting Maruzen-senpai to mess with them, he has indirectly messed with Onii-chan and Kyo-chan, and even messed with himself in the process.

Her purpose in doing this was not to assert her dominance, especially since she didn't want to do it within the team. She knew very well that no matter how much things escalated, it would only happen after everyone had achieved success and retired. This was a tacit consensus among the female racers.

But now it has backfired, becoming part of the rift between her own brother and the master. The clever girl is truly at a loss, and can only try her best to salvage the situation…

"I'm very worried about this situation. Neither Onii-chan nor Master will have a good outcome. If Master's condition doesn't improve in time, even if he recovers, he might not be able to return to his original state."