Half of a Umamusume

Ding-ling-ling, the bell rang from the bed. Seeing that it was almost eight o'clock, Fujiwara Chiye realized that he was going to be late and hurriedly put on his coat.

As for you.

Fujiwara Chiya looked at the white-haired girl behind him.

Come with me to the chairman's office.

Chapter 3 The Person I Admire Most

"Fujiwara Chiya, you're ten minutes late!"

In the chairman's office, a horse girl wearing a purple Western dress and a round hat, holding up a fan in her hand, scolded Fujiwara Chiba.

"terribly sorry!"

"Since this is your first offense, this is just a warning. Write a self-review next time."

"Yes, Chairman Akikawa."

Fujiwara Chiya lowered her head.

The short orange-haired horse girl in front of him is the chairman of Tresen Academy, Akikawa Yayoi. As her employee, Fujiwara Chiya came to the office today to discuss the matter of being terminated by the horse girl.

As a result, it was delayed for so long because of Bai Xue’s problem.

"It is the greatest virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them." Akikawa Yayoi waved her fan, "Then tell me who the white-haired girl next to you is. She is also a horse girl, right? And she is not Treson's student?"

"Yes, she is my cousin. Her name is Fujiwara Shirayuki. She just came to Tresen College today." Fujiwara Chiye said with the speech he had prepared long ago.

"You have a cousin."

Jumping off the chair, Akikawa Yayoi started to walk around Fujiwara Shirayuki.

"This girl seems to have good talent, with nice legs and a well-proportioned body. I wonder how strong she is..." Akikawa Yayoi commented, "Has she ever competed?"

"No."

"It's a pity, Qianye. Since you are a trainer, you should train her."

"Chairman Akikawa, this is why I brought her here." Fujiwara Chiya said seriously, "I hope you can let Bai Xue transfer to Tresen Academy and become a horse girl."

"Transferring schools?"

"Yes."

The three goddesses gave him the opportunity to get to know Uma Musume again. In this case, Fujiwara Chiya must seize this opportunity.

He wants to use Fujiwara Shirayuki to understand what the horse racing girls are thinking during training and competition, how they feel when they win, and how they feel when they lose. Only in this way can Fujiwara Chiya put herself in the horse racing girls' shoes and become a qualified trainer.

Fujiwara Chiya believed that this was the purpose of the three goddesses helping him.

After he finished speaking, Fujiwara Chiye looked at the chairman with burning eyes, waiting for his answer.

He also knew that his request was too sudden, but anyway...

"understood."

"Eh?"

"What? I said I agree to let this kid enter Tresen." Akikawa Yayoi clapped her fan, "Tresen won't reject any student who wants to become a horse girl. Since you are determined to compete, come to Tresen Academy to study. After all, isn't your cousin who is a trainer here?"

"what……"

Fujiwara Chiya blinked.

Is it so easy?

He had planned to persuade her with both reason and emotion, but Akikawa Yayoi agreed with just one sentence.

I always feel so relaxed that it doesn't feel real.

"Tetsuna, I'll leave her matter to you."

"Yes."

The door opened and a woman in a green uniform walked in.

"Good morning, Trainer Fujiwara."

"Morning, morning..." Fujiwara Chiya nodded.

The woman called 'Tezuna' by Akikawa Yayoi is actually her secretary. Her full name is Shunkawa Tezuna. When she first came to Treson, she provided great help to this new trainer who knew nothing. When he was terminated by Umamusume, she also came to comfort him.

It can be said that he is one of the people that Fujiwara Chiya is most grateful to.

She is beautiful, works hard and has a good personality. In Fujiwara Chiya's opinion, she is already a perfect woman.

However, even in front of such a perfect person, he was terminated by Uma Musume for the second time and was even called to the chairman's office.

I always feel a little embarrassed.

"Is she the kid who's going to transfer to Tresen? She's so cute. What's her name?"

"Fujiwara Shirayuki."

"What a cute name, come over here." Tetsuna Shunkawa invited with a smile.

"Eh? Is she leaving?" Fujiwara Chiya was a little flustered.

"Of course. Do we want her to go through the transfer procedures here?" Akikawa Yayoi waved her fan.

"No, no..."

Led by Shunkawa Tezuna, Fujiwara Shirayuki walked out, and the two perspectives in her head became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared from each other's sight.

"Where is Sister Bai Xue from?"

"Yokohama."

The two came to the corridor.

"It's not too far from Tokyo, why do you suddenly want to come to Tresen College?"

In order to ease the atmosphere and also to get closer to Uma Musume, Surukawa Tezuna spoke as usual.

"I want to understand Uma-Musume's feelings."

"Mind?"

"No, I mean, I want to know what it feels like to compete. Everyone stands on the field, competing with each other, winning or losing, what kind of mood it is. I want to know everything about Uma Musume."

"This answer is really...original."

Junchuan Tezuna has asked many students why they wanted to come to Tresen Academy. Some said they wanted to win, some said they wanted to enjoy the excitement of the competition, and some said they wanted to become famous. There were all kinds of answers.

While marveling at the rich ideals of the students, Sumikawa Tezuna also discovered that everyone actually had very clear goals.

That is to win the game.

In fact, as a horse girl, the most fundamental goal is to win, whether it is the Spring Triple Crown, the Autumn Triple Crown, or the Classic Triple Crown that represents the pinnacle of horse girls. In essence, they want to leave their names in history and be praised by the world.

However, this is the first time I have seen someone like Fujiwara Shirayuki who wants to understand Uma Musume.

"Why do you want to know about Uma Musume?"

Rarely, Tetsuna Sugawa asked.

Why……

In fact, the seeds of the incident were planted when Fujiwara Chiya was very young.

Because of yearning.

The yearning for Umamusume.

Qianye recalled and spoke through Bai Xue's mouth:

“Harvest time.”

"When I was a kid, I stumbled across a race called Harvest Time."

That was her debut race. In the 800-meter race, she was eight lengths ahead of the second place. With her strength that surpassed her time, she broke the Japanese race record in one fell swoop and created a legend in the history of horse racing.

In the next game, she defeated another horse girl who had won three games in a row by a large margin.

Her strength, her arrogance, and her beauty deeply attracted Fujiwara Chiya, and the young boy kept chasing her and running to the stadium to cheer for her.

"I'm obsessed with her." Bai Xue said.

The Umamusume, who maintained an undefeated record with ten wins in ten fights, announced her retirement after winning the first two of the classic triple crowns, which symbolize the supreme honor.

Over the next decade or so, more powerful horse girls gradually emerged, and the record of Rokumiya, the fastest lead set by Harvest Moment, was finally broken. People gradually forgot about this genius who transcended his time.

But Fujiwara Chiya didn't.

He never forgot the feeling he felt when the other person crossed the finish line.

"I admire her. Because of her, I like competitions, want to understand horse girls, and work hard to come to Tresen College."

When talking about her idol, Fujiwara Chiya expressed her admiration without reservation until an ambiguous sound behind her interrupted her.

"Woo..."

It's Tetsuna Sugawa.

For some reason, her face turned so red that it seemed like water could drip out of it, and her emerald green pupils flickered, as if with joy or shyness. Hot blood rushed to her cheeks, making her unable to help but open her pink lips and exhale a breath of hot mist.

"Ms. Junchuan..."

The strange appearance caught the attention of Fujiwara Shirayuki. She couldn't help but come in front of Junchuan and look up at his face.

"are you OK?"

"Ah!" As if frightened by Shirayuki, Tetsuna Shogawa let out a cute scream.

"I, I'm fine, I just remembered a little bit about the past..." Tetsuro Tsuchiya stroked his hot face calmly.

"It turns out that Sister Bai Xue came to Tresen College because she worshipped the Harvest Moment. I thought no one remembered her anymore."

"How is that possible? I remember every game she played clearly. I still have the newspapers from when she won, and I also treasure the photos from her games..."

With every word, Shunkawa Tezuna's face turned a little redder, as if she was enduring something. Her lips were tightly pursed together, and her eyes gradually began to circle. Finally, she couldn't help but cover Fujiwara Shirayuki's mouth.

"Okay, I know you worship the harvest moment, can you please stop now!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

With her mouth covered by the pair of white and warm hands, Bai Xue was unable to hold back the words she was about to say.

After taking a few deep breaths and waiting for the redness on his face to fade a little, Junchuan Tezuna finally let go of his hand.

"Sorry, Snow White sister."

Looking at Fujiwara Shirayuki who was interrupted by her, Shunkawa Tezuna bowed her head and apologized.

“I don’t hate you for talking about Harvest Time, but now that you’ve come to Tresen, you should improve yourself instead of worshipping others. For example, set a goal like ‘I want to become a better horse girl than Harvest Time’…”

"makes sense."

"Right!"

"A more powerful goal, a more powerful horse girl... Why did Harvest Moment retire before her last championship? She would obviously become the most powerful one soon..." Fujiwara Shirayuki's voice became smaller and smaller.

Until now, she still feels regretful about retiring at such a great time. Not being able to see the other party become a triple champion has become Fujiwara Chiya's biggest regret.

Facing Fujiwara Shirayuki who lowered her head and looked depressed, Suruga Tezuna showed a complicated expression.

"Maybe she did something more important than the game."

"More important than the game..."

"For example, helping those children and making them great horse racing girls."

"What kind of saintly character is that?"

"I can't really call myself a saint..." Shogawa Tetsuga laughed awkwardly.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Does Sister Shirayuki have her own trainer?" Tsuna Tsuna said as if to change the subject.

"As for me, I hope to train under my cousin."