Uma Musume, Master of Love

Then, with a push of its paws, it disappeared.

It almost scared the soul out of me. Luckily, I wasn't scratched, or I would have had a serious problem.

Chapter 78 A Huge Shock: I Didn't Warm the Bed!

As Huiyi left the infirmary, she felt the cool breeze of the early autumn night gently brushing against the base of her bare thighs. She wrapped her coat tighter and walked under the streetlights.

The charge she had just received was already shocking enough, but then the illness, which was even more serious than a fever, continued... and it became even more horrifying!

If a racehorse girl breaks a bone on the track... the medical expenses would be at least tens or hundreds of millions, right? One injury on the track means losing the income from several races' victories... For a soul like Huiyi, who is so vulgar that he can only measure value in money, it's practically torture!

"Ugh, it's so cold... Xiao Li... Is it already autumn? It's only the beginning of September, isn't it?" Huiyi sniffed and unconsciously moved closer to Xiao Li, perhaps because she hadn't been feverish for long and still felt a chill in her bones.

Oguri Hat replied, "The autumn season is almost here, and next month will be the Chrysanthemum Sho, Autumn Flower Sho, and Emperor Sho. So it's fine to consider it as autumn."

"Ugh—! Autumn is bad... Spring is good. Ugh." Just thinking about the cold weather in autumn and winter and her cheeks that would crack if she forgot to apply face cream every morning made Huiyi's legs tremble uncontrollably.

Perhaps there's also the psychological barrier of having spent a whole day and night in the freezing cold of Tokyo wearing only thin clothes at the very beginning of her transmigration. Every winter, Huiyi almost never goes out, spending all her time at home eating and drinking. Even when Satomi Osamu and the Satomi family go on a hot spring vacation, Huiyi is very reluctant to stay home alone.

However, knowing that the child had also been found in the freezing cold, Satomi Osamu understood that she might have some PTSD about winter and snow, so he never forced her to stay.

If she wants to become a racehorse girl, she will inevitably have to train in the winter. The training of racehorse girls does not stop when there is a little snow. They may even take advantage of the snow to practice the snowy conditions of the racecourse during the winter racing season.

Therefore, Huiyi will overcome this psychological barrier sooner or later.

“But the Cuckoo Bird will also be participating in the winter races, right? Hanshin JF, so we have to accept it no matter what. If you feel cold, just wear more down jackets when you go out!” Oguri said. She had run quite a few races in winter, and besides, she didn’t have any particular reaction to the four seasons.

“I know… I’ll try my best…” Huiyi’s biggest worry was that if she participated in the competition in winter wearing a gymnastics uniform, she might suffer a relapse of her rheumatism and fall to the ground midway through…

But taking a medicinal bath before the match shouldn't be a problem, right? The worst-case scenario would be to ask Su Zi for help again... but Huiyi would definitely not use this option unless absolutely necessary.

After all, taking medicine is too risky, and there's no guarantee that Su Zi won't put some strange stuff in it!

Lost in thought, Xiao Li Mao and Hui Yi returned to Li Dong Liao together. After saying goodbye at the stairwell, Hui Yi grabbed the railing with both hands and climbed up step by step. The aftereffects of his illness left him feeling weak and limp all over. When he reached the dormitory floor and opened the door, the pitch-black room surprised him.

Has the great shock not yet subsided?

Reaching out to turn on the light, Huiyi saw the phone left on the table. She was glad she hadn't lost it on the way. After unlocking it with her fingerprint, a bunch of junk notifications filled the notification bar. Ignoring them, she saw that it was 6:30 pm.

The dormitory curtains weren't even open, no wonder it was pitch black... Huiyi opened MaTui and sent a message to Zhou Ri Ningjing first.

[Huiyi]: I had a fever during the day and slept in the infirmary all day. I'm fine now.

[Sunday Serenity]: It's good that you're alright. I heard Da Zhenhan tell you all about your delirious ramblings when you had a fever, and they were quite good.

"Huh?" Huiyi held his phone, looking surprised. Had he done something while he had a fever? Why hadn't the doctor and Beiyuan mentioned it? He was very puzzled, but Huiyi didn't press the matter. It was best to be careful with these things; if it turned out to be something embarrassing, he would be in big trouble!

But when she sat back on the bed, she noticed that it was still warm. Huiyi raised an eyebrow slightly, reached into the covers, and pulled out a fairly warm hot water bottle. She didn't have the habit of warming her bed...

This seems like a truly shocking move. He went back to the dorm and then left again...?

"What is she doing... That's strange." Huiyi stopped thinking about it and rolled into the warm bed, but she obviously didn't notice that there was actually a pair of sneakers covered in wet mud under the bed.

Time flies when you're scrolling through your phone in bed. Just as Huiyi was dozing off with her phone in her hand, the dormitory door was suddenly pushed open, and the clatter of horseshoes on the floor woke her up.

"Huh? What a shock?" Huiyi instinctively looked up and saw the dark figure, and could still vaguely make out her hair that was stuck together because of the dampness.

Looking down at the time on Changliang's phone screen, it was 11 p.m., right before the dormitory curfew. Da Shen was shocked. What had he been doing to come back so late?

"Huh? Sorry to wake you up... I got a little carried away while running last night, and only realized the dorm was about to close when I came to my senses, so I rushed back." Da Zhenhan first went into the washroom to take off his shoes and socks, and only after washing his feet did he walk barefoot into the dorm room.

Huiyi patted his face to clear his head, then slightly raised only his head: "No... I was just chatting with someone online. Did you come to warm my bed before I went back to my dorm?"

However, it turns out that sometimes it's so important to be completely clear about what you mean. What Huiyi really meant was, "Did you use a hot water bottle to warm my bed?" It's a habit from her past life of using ellipses, but for a straightforward Japanese person like her, how could she possibly imagine that this was actually an ellipsis...

Da Zhen was stunned for a moment, then a chill ran from the soles of her feet straight up her spine and the top of her head. She hurriedly gestured and said, "No! No way! How could I, such an upright horse mother, possibly warm your bed...!"

Her arms swayed like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, her face flushed red with shock, and her feet, still damp from being wiped clean, were slippery on the wooden floor. It took Huiyi a moment to realize why she was acting this way.

"Ah! I didn't mean warming the bed, I meant... you used a hot water bottle to warm the blankets for me...?" Huiyi's ears twitched, and he swallowed hard. This blunder was truly embarrassing for both of them...

One might think she's being misunderstood as sneaking into another horse girl's bed... while the other, after the misunderstanding is cleared up, might be considered a slutty horse girl...

Ugh!! What on earth is my brain doing?!

A mournful cry echoed in her heart as she listened to the shattering sound within. Radiantly, she lay peacefully back on the bed, as if she were dead.

I was eating oranges tonight, and one of them was so ripe it burst open in my hand.

Oh, how bitter...

Chapter 79 Even after being cured, he still drooled.

Huiyi lay in bed until Da Zhenjing also climbed into bed and stopped making a sound before she finally breathed a sigh of relief. She tiptoed to turn down the volume on her phone and started reading the news about Uma Musume.

He didn't fall asleep until he felt sleepy in the early hours of the morning, and Huiyi woke up on time at six o'clock in the morning. But when he looked at Da Zhenhan's bed as usual, he found that there was only a neatly folded tofu block on the bed, and Da Zhenhan himself was nowhere to be found.

"This really upset her...?"

This sleep helped Huiyi regain her mental state. After getting up, she poured herself a glass of warm water, took the medicine prescribed by the doctor on an empty stomach, connected her phone to the charging cable, and then took out her backpack, which had been collecting dust in the corner.

No matter what, there's still some time before the next match, and Kitahara won't let her go to the training ground, but leaving Huiyi alone in the dormitory also means she won't get a good rest.

Just moments ago, Huiyi was pondering how to pass the time during this boring period when a brilliant idea suddenly struck her as her gaze swept over the textbooks on her desk.

Hey! For one's soul... taking a break in class is the most effective way! Once inspiration strikes, it's like a floodgate that can't be closed. Huiyi immediately emptied all the books out of her backpack, then filled it with the textbooks she needed for the day according to her class schedule on her phone. She then added a power bank, earphones, a Bluetooth controller, and other such items. After that, she changed into her uniform, picked up her backpack, and left the dormitory.

Huiyi was still getting used to the elastic straps of the backpack. While adjusting the straps, she muttered to herself, "An older college graduate going back to school to outsmart a sports school girl... What kind of idiot could make such a short video?"

Perhaps it was because Huiyi hadn't attended class for too long, or perhaps it was because she had already won a big prize by September, after debuting too early in June. When the students in the class saw that a racehorse girl had sat in the empty seat at the back of the classroom, the whole class was in an uproar.

"Huiyi! I watched both your debut match and the Hakodate-Shinma S race live! You were so cool! Can you teach me how to run like that?"

"Huiyi, can you teach me how to cook? I want to cook dinner for my mom when I go home during the New Year holiday. I've learned the two dishes you made on the winner's stage very well!"

"Huiyi hasn't been to class for so long, he must be getting extra training from his trainer, right? I'm so envious... When will I be able to find my own trainer to hold you back... Hehehe..."

"Hey! Your drool is practically dripping down your face, what about your image?!"

The horse girls burst into laughter, filling the classroom with a joyful atmosphere. But undeniably, the Radiant White Horse, now a prized racehorse girl, was the envy of the students.

Even if a female racer successfully debuts as a Central Racer Girl who can participate in Shining Races, she cannot easily win the Big Prize Races. Only one in ten racer girls can win the debut race, only one in a hundred can win the OP race, and only one in a thousand can win the Big Prize Race.

The highest-level G1 race is won by the most exceptional races, where only the most talented and skilled racehorses can win.

"Wow~ I'm so envious of Huiyi~ Xishario, have you decided when to debut? I also want to become a racehorse girl in the big prize race..." Rhine Power didn't rush over like the other horse girls right away, but instead sat in her seat and turned to ask Xishario, who was in the same training team as her.

Cisario's ears twitched, and he looked down at his feet before replying, "It might be a little later, my ligament inflammation hasn't fully healed yet. Rhine Force, have you decided on a debut date?"

Although Rhine Force and its trainers often discuss this matter in the training room, Cisario doesn't seem to have heard any definite information.

Rhine Force raised a finger, flashing a bright smile that revealed their pearly white teeth, and said, "Next month! The debut competition is on October 16th~ My goal is to participate in this year's Hanshin JF!"

"I see. So Huiyi Baiju is also going to participate in Hanshin JF. Hmm... I'm looking forward to your showdown."

"Rhine, Xisha, good morning. Um... did the teacher teach a lot of things that I missed when I didn't come to class?" After exchanging pleasantries with the other half-acquainted horse girls, who were all busy with their own things, Huiyi took the initiative to step forward and talk to Rhine Power and Xisha Rio, who were a little more familiar with her.

Although she had only heard of these two horse girls' names in her previous life, they were still implemented horse girls, so it was always good to get to know them a little better.

After hearing this, Rhine Power enthusiastically took out his notebook from the drawer and handed it to Huiyi: "Take a look at mine, although you probably won't need it much, Huiyi... Actually, since the second half of the year is the peak debut period for female horse girls, most of the knowledge taught by the teacher is about small tips on the field."

“But Huiyi has already become a prize-winning horse girl, so she should be learning much more than we are learning in the classroom,” Xishario added from the side, and Rhine Power nodded in agreement.

"I see... Have you set a debut date? We're not going to run into each other in the same competition, are we?" Huiyi glanced at the notebook, then gently placed it on his seat and pulled up a chair to sit down.

Rhine Force replied, "I've already decided~ Cisario should be at the end of the year, right?"

"Well, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be at the end of the year, or maybe... the beginning of the new year."

"And my goal this year is to participate in Hanshin JF! To stand on the G1 stage!" Rhine Power raised his pink fist high and shook it. When he smiled, his little tiger teeth also showed from under his lips, which was very cute. Huiyi was a little stunned.

Of course, it wasn't because she was completely captivated by Rhine's cuteness, but because she heard that she was also going to participate in Hanshin JF...

Is this her first time competing against the horse girls that have already been implemented in the Cyworld project?

You should know that while there are racehorse girls in the Cyworld project who have no wins in G1, such as those with excellent qualities, there are also triple crown winners like Rudolph Symbol and Chiaki Representative!

They all share one characteristic: even if they're not the strongest, they're all racehorse girls who can shine in high-stakes races. Just look at how many racehorse girls these three with their superior qualities can outperform...

Furthermore, Huiyi observed the earrings of Rhine Power and Cissario, and unsurprisingly, they were on their left ears, just like hers... which means they will definitely compete for the Triple Crown next year, right?

What kind of intensity is this...? The classic Triple Crown has that monster that's really shocking... The Triple Crown also has two racehorse girls from the CY project... Wait, there's a classmate named... Air Savior seems to be a racehorse girl that was implemented in CY?!

The cuckoo bird used to do some very silly things. For example, while playing ping-pong, it stepped on a classmate's foot, and the classmate got ingrown toenail.

When I got back to the dorm that night, I had to apologize, so I just pulled off his ingrown toenail and stuffed it with alcohol-soaked cotton balls.

Two weeks later he told me that his paronychia was cured.

The cuckoo bird is truly a miracle worker!

Chapter 80 You mean I have parents?

"So... so, Rhine, you're also going to participate in Hanshin JF? We'll be competing in the same tournament?"

"Yeah, being able to compete on the same stage as Huiyi is my current goal. Even if I fail to debut and don't have the chance to participate in Hanshin JF, I still want to compete with you at the Sakura Shodown next year!"

Huiyi could tell that Rhine Power had a very strong desire to race against her, which was not a good thing for Huiyi. Once they were on the same field, her target would be clearly her!

Huiyi wiped away non-existent cold sweat from her forehead with her palm, and then said, "I see... I'm also looking forward to running with Rhine..." Actually, she wasn't looking forward to it at all.

The escape route is inherently a lose-lose situation, and it's also easy to be targeted. Not to mention that the opponent has so explicitly stated that they participated in this competition specifically to snipe you on the field.

Huiyi can still handle short-distance pure speed competitions with ease, but she herself has no idea what will happen when she actually gets to the mile and middle distance races.

If he really only adapts to short distances, then Huiyi might consider going to Hong Kong to have some fun during the classic year...?

Just as they were about to chat some more, the class bell rang at an inopportune moment. Huiyi could only move her chair back to her seat, then pretend to put her books on the desk, skillfully put on her earphones, put her arms on the desk, and lean forward.

She fell asleep looking so fresh and healthy.

The teacher entered the classroom, habitually opened the textbook, scanned the students, and said, "Class, today we will learn..." But when his gaze fell on an extra person in the back row, he suddenly paused.

"Huiyi Baiju? She's back in class today... Uh, never mind, let's continue." The teacher was still delighted that Huiyi could return to the classroom, but after taking a closer look, she saw that Huiyi was already asleep on her desk, and the teacher abandoned her unrealistic and beautiful fantasy.

Anyway, she's already a fully debuted Super Mario Girl, so as long as she doesn't disrupt class discipline, the teacher won't care whether she's sleeping or playing games with headphones on.

While flipping through the book, Rhine Power glanced at Huiyi with the eyes of a little fangirl. Rhine Power had seen Huiyi running on the field many times before.

No matter how many times I watch it, I can always feel that there are a million possibilities in Huiyi's running style, and the sense of power that bursts out at the start is rarely matched by racehorse girls.

He's so incredibly cool... Waaah~ I really want to run with Huiyi on the track... Winning or losing doesn't matter! If I lose, I'll just consider it experience for defeating her next time... Rhine Power couldn't help but bite his pen and suppress a laugh whenever he thought about running.

The teacher raised an eyebrow at her absent-minded look, then pointed to the blackboard and said, "Rhine Power, you answer this: if you can't use your preferred running style because you started late, what method would you use to make up for it?"

"Huh? Huh?! Running up there... no, no!" When her name was called, Rhine Power's ears perked up immediately. After standing up, what she said sounded a bit nonsensical, but actually, she was thinking about Huiyi's behavior of running up there... and then she said it out loud.

Laughter erupted in the classroom again. The teacher waved for her to sit down and reminded her, "Pay attention in class. You can think about it after class. Let's continue."

The classroom was constantly noisy, but the atmosphere was quite good. Huiyi's earplugs provided even better noise isolation; from the time the class bell rang to the time the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class, Huiyi didn't hear any noise at all.

"Ah... I slept so well. School definitely has the best sleep." Stretching, Huiyi opened her eyes and saw three racehorse girls standing in front of her desk.

"Uh...Rhine Force, Cisario, and who are you...?"

"Hello, Savior of the Sky!" The horse girl with long matcha-colored hair warmly extended her hand to shake hands with Huiyi, then gracefully released her hand after shaking it up and down.

Huiyi withdrew his hand in a daze, his gaze sweeping over the three of them before he asked, "You guys... is there something you need? Isn't get out of class over now?"

The three female horse riders looked at each other with unusually unwavering determination and said in unison, "Huiyi, come and run a training session with us!"

"Huh?" A confused snort escaped Huiyi's nostrils as he pointed at himself and asked, "Me...me? Is this...right?"

Then Huiyi pointed at Xisha Rio: "Xisha's shortest training distance is at least a mile, right? The longest distance I've ever run is only 1200 meters..."

Then, moving his fingertips toward Rhine Power, he said, "Although Rhine's training focuses on short distance English football... can they also compete in the middle range?"

Finally, looking at the savior in the air, she awkwardly fidgeted with her fingertips and said, "I also trained with her in the short English class..."

Huiyi is now in a state of self-doubt, so you mean I have to practice running side-by-side with three horses that can run middle-distance in England? If it's short distance, it won't be of any use to Cisario, but if it's miles, it might be Huiyi asking for trouble.

After thinking it over for a while, Huiyi decided to decline the request, explaining, "I'm sorry, I have plans recently. Senior Jinzhenzhiguang, who inspired me as a racehorse girl, is going to participate in a sprint race and wants me to train with her on the straightaway."

I'm sorry!! Jinzhen's Light! But you're the only one I can use as a shield now! Atoning for his actions in his heart, Huiyi smiled and waved his hand after saying that. The three horse girls understood and stopped asking. Finally, Huiyi felt a little guilty, so he promised: "After I finish the Daily Cup New Horse S race, I will run a mile race with you."

Disturbed like this, Huiyi was wide awake, but doing nothing felt like sitting on pins and needles. After a moment's thought, she closed her eyes and leaned on the table again, but this time she wasn't daydreaming; instead, she was looking for her own groove system.

What's my current value? Let me see it quickly.

【Young lady, when did you become so concerned about numbers? I remember you used to tell me you were a skill-based player…】

Stop talking nonsense. If your stats are far behind others, what's the point of fighting? You might as well just wait to be buried.

Speed: C

Endurance: F

Strength: G+