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

"Oh? You're actually betting on this? You seem quite confident."

Sirius smiled with interest upon hearing this, but behind that smile lay a strong fighting spirit as he replied, word by word:

"But I don't know your abilities, so why should I gamble with you? Although I won't lose anything if I win, if it's a risk-free bet... then it's not gambling, it's just an investment, and there's no sense of accomplishment if you win."

Does this mean... she doesn't think the East Sea Emperor has the strength to challenge Rudolf, so she wants to test the Emperor's level? Beside him, Jin Lang suddenly felt he might understand Sirius's words a little better. Mainly, Sirius's arrogant demeanor seemed somewhat similar to the hidden meanings in Rudolf's usual speech.

"Let me test you myself, Your Majesty's lackey. Let me, Your Majesty's former rival, show you the difference between you and her."

...This means that Sirius wants to mentor the Emperor to improve the Emperor's chances of winning against Rudolf.

Jin Lang understood, and it was precisely because he understood that he felt a little ashamed. Are all of you, the symbol family, so arrogant? You mean well, but you never say it properly, instead using such an awkward way to express it?

"Alright! Our opponent is Sirius? But I absolutely will not lose!"

Upon hearing this, the Emperor jumped up excitedly, then looked at Sirius with fierce fighting spirit, saying, "Torna! Everyone! Don't interfere! This is my own battle!"

“That suits me perfectly.” Sirius grinned and said to the others, “You all better stay away. I’m afraid I’ll scare you bunch of sheltered racehorse girls, and then that emperor will come after me again.”

"...A-Ship, McQueen, let's go find Rudolph first."

Now, both Nami and Sirius seemed to stop running when others were present, so they called back their two racehorse girls and headed towards Rudolph's training area.

"...Is it really okay to just leave it like this?" McQueen asked, clearly still somewhat worried, but Jin Lang shook his head upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, Sirius is more sensible than we thought. Besides, by doing this, we can roughly understand the Emperor's current level."

If Sirius is still not finished, it means the emperor is still far from being perfect; if Sirius is pointing the way, it means the emperor is not far from being like Rudolf.

If the Emperor surpasses Sirius... if that's the case, then the Emperor's challenge to Rudolf this time will be an unprecedented competition that will shatter everyone's understanding.

Chapter 588: The Misunderstood Symbol of Rudolf

"Whoosh!"

In the instant that several figures ran past almost simultaneously, even the wind seemed to belatedly realize someone had run by, a beat too slow to react. It lifted up the dress of Ling Amazon, who was standing there holding a sign and looking speechless, and after a long while, it said:

"Alright, I've crossed the finish line—seriously! Didn't you guys already make some kind of AI signboard?! Why did I have to be your finish line?!"

"Hehe, don't be so angry, Amazon. This is a rare training session like before, and weren't you enthusiastic at the beginning?"

Among the three figures that had just run past, Qianming, dressed in his final outfit, slowly ran back, looking relaxed and at ease as he spoke to Amazon.

As for why Representative Qianming is here, she was invited, of course. As the student council president of the branch school, she had the position of student council president of Treson firmly in her hands, but because of the sudden appearance of Huang Shiren... I mean, Lu Duo, she became the student council president of the branch school.

Because of this historical reason, Representative Qianming and Symbol Rudo did not get along well at first, and she still felt indignant whenever the matter was brought up. However, Representative Qianming has still come to Treson Academy by invitation. It seems that she has indeed let go of some things from the past as time goes by.

"I came here because I heard I was going to have a race with Rudolf! Who knew that only you and Narita Shirahito were running so enthusiastically!"

Representative Chiaki should have kept quiet, because mentioning Amazon only fueled his anger. He shouted indignantly, "Is this some kind of private race for Triple Crown female horses?! Then why did you call me here?!"

"..." Meanwhile, Narita Shirahito and Rudolf slowly walked over. Narita Shirahito had a blade of grass plucked from somewhere in her mouth. She seemed indifferent on the surface, but her drooping ears revealed her true feelings.

They lost. In the end, they still lost. Narita Shirahito sighed helplessly, glancing at Rudolf beside him and saying:

"You've definitely become stronger, President."

"That's right, Rudolf, you've become stronger than before."

In response to Narita Shirahito's words, Representative Chiaki nodded quite seriously, looked at Rudolf with a solemn expression, and asked calmly:

"You seemed to be in complete control during the final sprint, right? Did you perhaps cross the finish line with us specifically so that we wouldn't lose too badly?"

"...I always feel that CB and everyone else have some misunderstandings about me."

Upon hearing this, Rudolph finally began to ponder the question. Since becoming the student council president of Treson Academy, she had been diligent and conscientious. Although she did lack authority or overuse her power to suppress others when she first took office, she should be a qualified and good president.

However, as time went on, although the racehorse girls of Treson Academy had more and more positive things to say about Rudolph, one thing persisted: that Rudolph was a tyrant, whether on the racetrack, at home, or as president.

This puzzled Rudolph greatly. As for the family... it must have been Sirius who told the story. After all, she was young and ignorant back then, and relying on being the number one racehorse girl of Symbol Ranch, she did do some excessive things. However, her grandfather and the head of the family had already taught her a lesson, and she has now corrected her ways and is very good to her mother.

As for when she was president... she did have some shortcomings in the past. After all, she had just become president and her volatile side from her Uma Musume days had not been completely suppressed, nor had she been trained to be so calm and composed... such as the Oguri Hat incident.

Even now, Oguri Hattori has achieved great success and has begun to think about his future path. He has been separated from his former trainer, Kitahara, for who knows how long, but whenever the topic comes up, Oguri Hattori still stares at her with a resentful look... and even Tamamo Cross looks at her with the same look.

But she has corrected it now, so why are people still bringing it up? And now, facing Chiaki's expression that seemed to say "Are you looking down on me?", Rudolf finally felt that he should probably explain himself.

"...The competitions used to be so tiring, and the time was always so tight. I always had to start the next competition before I had a proper rest. In such a situation, didn't I have to learn to manage my physical strength?"

"If I had to run my best in every game like Oguri Hat, I wouldn't be able to rest properly with this schedule... Besides, CB, I've slacked off on the court more than once or twice, why are you so concerned about this?"

"...Huh? Is that how it is?"

However, Rudolf's words left Representative Chiaki, and even Narita Shirahito and Hishima Amazone, bewildered. It was the first time they had ever heard Rudolf say such a thing. Faced with the confused gazes of his three companions, Rudolf, also finding it rather strange, said:

"...Didn't I tell you about this before?"

“Absolutely not.” Qianming shook his head blankly and said with certainty, “You used to be a complete shut-in during competitions. After a match, you wouldn’t say a word and would just charge forward with your head down.”

"You probably have no idea how difficult you were to get along with back then, do you? Didn't you have any self-awareness at all?"

"Um... was I like this before?"

However, Chiaki's words left Rudolph somewhat bewildered. She didn't think of herself as the kind of person who was very quiet on the field during previous races. On the contrary, she greeted everyone around her in a friendly manner. However, for some reason, every racehorse girl who greeted her would always run away in a panic, as if something had frightened them.

...Wait a minute, now that I think about it, could it be that I scared them back then?

"It seems that even our Emperor has his shortcomings."

Although she seems fierce, Rin is surprisingly a very gentle person. Rin can't help but laugh at Rudolph, who is the famous big sister of the entire Treson Academy. She has a delicate touch that is not visible on the outside, and she is even very good at many handicrafts. She can be said to be the most reliable big sister of the junior racehorse girls.

In this respect, he is much more approachable than the "tyrant" in front of him. It's such a pity that he has such a handsome face, yet he seems so unapproachable.

"I always feel that there are still a lot of misunderstandings about me."

"This isn't a misunderstanding; it's the impression you've always given us, Rudolph." Seeing that Rudolph seemed somewhat downcast, Representative Chiaki patted her on the shoulder and said:

"But it's okay. Anyway, you're not the president anymore. You still have a chance to change people's stereotypes about you. I think you can still do it if you work hard."

"...In that case, all the hard work I put into building the image of the president will be completely wasted. Please spare me."

In the end, Rudolf rejected the proposal. Tyrant it is, she didn't care about these things anyway, as long as she could bring happiness to the racehorse girls... She didn't care about anything else.

"Ah, isn't that trainer Jinlang?"

At that moment, Narita Shirahito noticed Jinlang walking slowly from not far away. Upon hearing this, Rudolf instinctively turned around and walked over, his tail wagging more vigorously.

"Mr. Jinlang, hello. Shouldn't you be teaching emperors? Why are you here?"

"The Emperor is currently being looked after by Sirius, so we don't need to worry about him for the time being." Jin Lang, accompanied by McQueen and the Golden Ship, approached Rudolph and said softly.

"How's the training going? Is there anything we can help you with?"

"If it's for spying on the Emperor, then I have nothing to hide." Rudolf smiled and nodded, saying casually, "I've made all the necessary preparations. There's no need to worry."

"Instead, Mr. Jinlang, you should go and pay more attention to the Empress. She needs your care more right now."

...Rudolph, this is the trainer from Jinlang showing concern for you, can't you tell?

Meanwhile, Narita Shirahito, Chiaki, and Amazon broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing Rudolf's answer. They realized that this usually dignified chairman... might be... surprisingly bad at greeting people.

Chapter 589: Representative Qianming Wants to Save Rudolf

"Emperors need care, but with Sirius by her side, there's no problem."

Upon hearing Rudolph's words, Jinlang smiled gently and said softly to Rudolph, "You are also a member of our team. Although I am not your trainer, Rudolph, now that you are a member of our team, you are one of us."

"As a member of our team, you certainly need to care about the next person to step onto the field. This has nothing to do with your seniority, Rudolph. It's necessary to show concern within the team."

"Ah... um... thank you..."

Rudolph seemed somewhat unaccustomed to this kind of pre-match concern, as if she had never received such care from her trainer before. If Rudolph were to say that, then her former trainer, Ms. Tojo Hana, would probably be crying her eyes out in the bathroom.

In all honesty, when Tojo Hana was teaching Rudol Symbol, she was specifically chosen by the Symbol family. She was one of the genius trainers the Symbol family wanted to recruit, but she ultimately chose to stay at Treson Academy instead of going to Shedai or other families like Naze Fumino to become some kind of exclusive trainer.

As for this top racehorse girl from the Symbol family, Tojo Hana was naturally entrusted with important responsibilities. Moreover, Rudol Symbol was one of the earliest racehorse girls to join her team. At that time, Tojo Hana was naturally very careful, teaching Rudol Symbol as if she were serving a little darling.

Pre-race coaching and all that... Tojo Hana didn't dare miss a single day. Not to mention before the race, Tojo Hana was afraid that this little tyrant might be unhappy in some way, because from the first day they met, Rudolph's face was full of words like "I'm not happy, I'm not to be trifled with," with a cold expression and a powerful aura, the kind of thing that even most horse racers wouldn't dare to get close to.

Tojo Hana would even ask Rudolf how he was feeling before training, whether he was uncomfortable or unhappy. This continued for a month. Finally, Rudolf, as if tired of being asked, finally managed to squeeze out a question after a long while.

"Trainer, I think you're being a little too concerned about me."

"It would be better to put that energy into training. After all, what we need to do now is to strengthen our training, right?"

From that day on, Rudolf never received another word of meaningless concern from Tojo Hana. Rudolf's intention was that he felt Tojo Hana had been too timid in front of him, and he hoped she could relax a bit and not pay so much attention to him, but instead focus her attention on the other racehorse girls in her team.

However, there seems to be a slight problem with her statement. Since that day, Tojo Hana has stopped showing excessive concern for Rudolf and has even stopped sending him regular greetings.

This sudden class transfer made Rudolf feel a bit lonely, but since it was her own request, it was really not appropriate to bring it up again at that time. Therefore, Rudolf had indeed not felt this kind of pre-match care for a very long time.

However, many years passed, and Rudolf still hadn't made any progress in this area. After a long pause, he finally managed to force out a sentence:

“I am already a mature racehorse girl, and I can be completely self-disciplined... so I don’t need meaningless concern.”

"But thank you for your concern anyway, but I'm fine on my end."

However, despite saying that, Rudolph's tail, which was still wagging more vigorously, honestly expressed her happy mood at that moment, a scene that was witnessed by Rudolph's three little friends behind her.

Representative Chiaki, Narita Shirahito, and Amazon: "..."

They were completely stunned, utterly stunned. They had never realized before that their president was such a horse girl with such incredibly low emotional intelligence. They had always thought of Rudolf as a "tyrant," an unapproachable emperor who appeared friendly but was actually extremely difficult to get close to. But at this moment, they finally saw his true colors.

However, they never expected that the dignified emperor was actually a person with poor emotional intelligence who was bad at expressing his thoughts, and who didn't even defend himself when he reaped what he sowed.

Putting everything else aside, just from the conversation just now, the three self-proclaimed normal horse racing girls were so embarrassed that they almost dug their shoes to shreds with their toes, and then dug out a three-bedroom apartment in the training ground to play Monster Hunter at the top of their lungs—otherwise they would never forget what just happened.

They could all see that Rudolph had a very good impression of Trainer Jinlang, but she didn't know how to express it. In fact, she herself was unaware of this, but she had already felt this way in her heart for a long time.

However, they've only been together for five minutes. Yet, in those five minutes, they've already discerned so much, while their student council president remains completely oblivious, even resisting expressing her affection and trying to push Jin Lang away.

"How's Rudolph doing? Is training going well?"

"Yes, I specifically asked Representative Chiaki and Narita Shirahito to be my sparring partners for this time to get back into competitive form."

"Hmm~ So you're the trainer Rudolf mentioned, Jinlang. Hello~"

Representative Qianming, introduced by Rudolf, slowly stepped forward and shook hands with Jinlang, saying, "I am Representative Qianming, the president of the Treson Academy branch. Rudolf always mentions you to me~"

Chiaki deliberately phrased the sentence in a somewhat ambiguous way. She felt it was necessary to help her rival and best friend, who was emotionally inept, had an awkward personality, and was not honest. She was not young anymore, probably around 28 years old this year, not much younger than the ageless goddess Maruzenski.

Qianming noticed this before, but it was hard to say, since Rudolf was the president of Tressen Academy at the time and was very busy, so she could understand.

However, Rudolph is no longer the president. She has regained her freedom and is now a racehorse girl again. Before she reaches maturity, she will be active as a racehorse girl for the last few years. Representative Chiaki thinks that Rudolph should also think about what will happen after she can no longer be a racehorse girl.