Uma Musume, Master of Love

Is eating, sleeping, running, and sex all there is to Ma Niang's life? (This last part is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly.)

Now that I'm well-fed, well-rested, and have had a good run, do I want to have some fun?

"Um... is there anything else...?" Huiyi felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by so many eyes. She couldn't even remember if it hadn't been four months since she left. Why were they acting like she was going through withdrawal...? Although it wasn't good to speculate in that direction, Huiyi still felt like they really thought she was ice...?

"The Autumn Flower Festival is just around the corner, good luck... hiss." The first to speak was Hawaiian Queen. Huiyi had been paying special attention to her since earlier. Her gaunt face made Huiyi worry that she might be in the training room.

When King Hawaii finally spoke, her incredibly hoarse voice startled Huiyi. Could this really be the voice of a schoolgirl...? It sounded like sandpaper had been scraping her vocal cords, and it was so light and airy...

"Okay...okay, senior Hawaii King, you should also remember to nourish your body... Senior Love Rhythm is too cruel to you, isn't he?" Huiyi had to admit that he was afraid... Sure enough, the bigger the ears of the horse girl, the greater her desire, even a senior as strong as the Hawaii King couldn't withstand it.

Kitahara listened from behind her desk, looking relaxed. The constant chattering laughter also made her look relaxed. Training racehorse girls is a matter of luck... If all the racehorse girls under her command were like those temperamental ones under trainer Ikezoe, the training room would probably always be a mess, or at least not intact.

I heard that trainer Ikezoe has developed the speed of Higashisho Bianhua, which is comparable to racehorse girl in short distances, because he often catches Higashisho Bianhua for training. I don't know if it's true or not.

Si Mingzaki t Er 4 Bar Silk Reading - Ding~

While Kitahara was lost in thought, an email suddenly popped up on the computer in front of him. It was signed by the tailor in charge of making the Kitahara team's horse racing game.

The message asked if we needed to provide our chest and height measurements again, in order to avoid any issues with the final product not fitting properly.

After reading it, Kitahara instinctively wanted the tailor to stay as is, but then she suddenly remembered that the transformation into a traditional form was the only chance in Ma Niang's life to change her body shape again, so she called out, "Kiyoshi, come here. There's an email for you."

"Hmm? Okay—!" Kitahara's words were enough to help Huiyi escape from her misery and get out of the mama's den. After reading the email next to Kitahara, she fell into deep thought.

"So what is your wish?" With the training clothes covering his face, Kitahara couldn't see anything at all, so it was up to Huiyi to make the judgment himself.

Huiyi thought of the pajamas that almost ripped open last night, and finally nodded solemnly: "Let's enlarge the bust size a bit. As for the height... no need to change it, it's very simple, the tailor will understand."

After all, they are still in the process of becoming the true selves. Huiyi doesn't know how long his transformation will take. He only knows that he is currently developing and what he will eventually become... even the three goddesses probably can't guarantee it.

"Okay, are there any other requirements? Please send them over in a package."

Huiyi rubbed her chin with one hand. She always felt that this outfit was missing something. From Naise Ei's words about the Greek horse goddess Pegasus... Greece, Huiyi suddenly understood what that missing thing in her heart was!

"Yes, but it might be a bit difficult for the tailor. However, I will reimburse 140% of the cost of the raw materials! In addition to the original clothing, cast a pair of pure gold laurel ornaments to decorate the hair. The size is not required, but they must be the most exquisite laurels!"

"Pure gold?" Kitahara's hand trembled. She admitted that this was the most extravagant racehorse girl she had ever seen in all her years as a trainer, but considering Huiyi's family background and the prize money and merchandise she had won in the race, these things seemed to be nothing to her.

Sigh, Kitahara doesn't understand the world of the rich.

After sending this somewhat stream-of-consciousness request to the tailor, the two of them washed their hands of the matter. The client's job was simply to wait for the supplier to deliver the goods!

Meanwhile, inside the Teresen Clothing Department, a gray-haired horse girl had just lifted the lid of a ramen noodle in front of her computer screen, and a rich aroma of ramen noodles filled the entire department. Of course, there were only a handful of horse girls in this department.

"Pfft!" After taking her first bite and seeing the lightning-fast reply to the email, the gray-haired horse girl choked and sprayed the noodles she had just chewed all over the computer screen.

"Huh?! Pure gold jewelry? Do they think we're a gold shop or something?! All I know is how to make clothes!"

Yet another contractor has crumbled under such inconsiderate demands from the client.

However, upon seeing that 140% of the raw materials would be reimbursed, the gray-haired horse girl automatically reassembled herself.

After all, once you have the money, everything becomes much easier!

It's just a pure gold laurel! Even a diamond laurel, she can make one for Huiyi! The boss's request is the biggest thing in the world! The gray-haired horse girl felt she had to use her long-hidden connections.

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Afternoon time passed, and only two training team members remained in the training room. Zhenxin called out to leave with Shang Dongying to go to training. Da Zhen was a little anxious when he saw Shang Dongying going to compete, but after thinking about it, he realized that Huiyi was more important.

Anyway...giving Japan an afternoon wouldn't grant them power surpassing their own, right? So the shock wasn't that intense. If this gap could really be bridged in an afternoon, what would be the point of having geniuses in this world?

While Xiao Limao was out, Huiyi went to the familiar spot in the training room. Although it had been renovated, the arrangement of the items was surprisingly familiar. Huiyi reached down and touched the familiar texture of the plastic bag. Then, with a forceful pull of two fingers, he picked out the snacks hidden there.

"As expected, this habit won't change~ Little Chestnut Hat, sometimes not being flexible will lead to trouble." Huiyi carried the snacks back to the sofa, turned on the TV, lay down comfortably, and tore open the packaging to eat.

Most of the programs on TV are related to Uma Musume, so Huiyi often sees herself in them. The hype surrounding the Akika Sho is overwhelming, and everyone agrees that if they keep supporting Huiyi, she will easily win the Akika Sho and achieve the first-ever triple crown.

After all, she performed so well in the classic year, it would be unreasonable for her to lose in the Autumn Flower Sho, right? Judging from her momentum, she doesn't seem like the kind of precocious racehorse girl at all!

"Wow...the media is really praising me like this, I don't even dare to think like this..." When Huiyi saw the bold prediction from the Ma Niang Daily that this year's Autumn Flower Award might have the biggest gap between the first and second place, Huiyi felt that his neck and below had been covered in milk by these media, the kind that would leave a milk stain on the ground when he walked.

Da Zhen carefully cleaned the inside of her ear with a cotton swab and replied, "It's normal... The fans' expectations for you are so high that the media is exaggerating my abilities, calling me a predetermined undefeated triple crown horse girl... But I still feel that you are the first ever unconventional triple crown horse girl in history!"

"Actually... not really. It doesn't prove my potential for long-distance running at all. The three undefeated titles are more valuable. This only shows that I can compete at high intensity." Huiyi put the empty bag on the table and then sat up.

"Deep, how about we go for a couple of laps on the training field?" Huiyi has been free for a few months, and now it's time to get serious. Summer is definitely the favorite time for every racehorse girl without a race. Their growing bodies don't need much training to improve their strength, the only price being that they get hungry easily.

The shock made her hand tremble, and when the cotton swab poked the inside of her ear, she almost cried out, but she still quickly agreed: "Of course! Let's go now! Huiyi hasn't run in a long time, he must be rusty, right?"

The idea of ​​running was so exciting and impactful that before Huiyi could even answer, she had already changed her shoes, put on her coat, and stood at the door.

"Now... let's go." Huiyi was thinking of buying a few drinks to take with him, but now it seems he should just go for a run first.

Watching Daijin run a lap first on the training field, Huiyi felt that her temperament on the track was much calmer than before. Then she recalled how Daijin couldn't help but move forward in the Satsuki Sho and the Derby...

Hopefully, the Great Shock at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Competition won't result in the brain and cerebellum fighting each other for control of the body again, right? Because Huiyi thinks that a large part of the reason they were able to win the Satsuki Appreciation and Derby was the Great Shock's power and the flying bricks.

"Come on, shall we run a lap together?"

"Okay, but it's not a race?" Huiyi stepped onto the grass, the two exchanged a glance, and then simultaneously pushed off with their feet, kicking up a patch of turf to propel themselves forward. Although they claimed they wouldn't be racing, once they started running, their innate competitive spirit, stemming from their horse-like instincts, wasn't so easily suppressed.

They were initially walking side by side, but after a few hundred meters, they gradually started competing with each other. The training ground in Tresson is not long, and speed racing is a weakness for Da Zhenhan on short distances. So, when they were halfway through the course, Da Zhenhan could only watch Huiyi's back as he kept moving forward.

"Huiyi is so fast... her advantage is really obvious." Da Zhenhan was also observing carefully. Huiyi's growth is something everyone can see. From struggling to finish the 1,000 meters to dominating the 1,600 meters, even though she hasn't tried the 2000-meter middle-distance race yet, there's no need to worry about her adaptability to the middle distance.

Following in Huiyi's wake, Da Zhenhan kept wondering where Huiyi's limits were. Could she really be going to participate in the Emperor's Sho Spring Festival next year? A long distance of 3200 meters is definitely not something an ordinary horse girl can handle.

Using the tactic of a long-distance escape... it's hard not to think of that fishing master who created the century's greatest escape.

After crossing the starting line, Huiyi stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He turned to look at Da Zhenheng, who had just passed the final bend, and smiled, "Da Zhenheng—you're running so slowly!"

"Huh?" Coming back to her senses, she realized that Huiyi had reached the finish line. The shock of her scattered thoughts naturally slowed her pace, but in Huiyi's eyes, this was actually her letting her win, allowing her to enjoy the long-lost fun of competition and maintain a positive attitude. It was an incredibly heartwarming act!

"Sorry, I was thinking about something else just now... but I really couldn't keep up with your speed for a little while in the middle of the game, you were too fast!" Running twice in a row also made Da Zhenhan a little sweaty. When the two of them saw each other's bangs being soaked with sweat and turned into a strand, they almost simultaneously couldn't help but laugh.

After laughing, the two lay down on the lawn with their heads together. The overcast sky made it convenient for them to look at the sky together.

"I haven't felt this happy after a run in a long time. I remember Huiyi, you said you'd never felt happy running before? How do you feel now?" Da Zhen was deeply impressed by those words from the beginning of the semester, and now that the boomerang had come back to her, she was definitely going to ask.

Huiyi's ears twitched, but because their heads were close together, the twitch felt like it was hitting Da Zhenchang's ears directly: "It's alright now, mainly because I have someone with me, that's why I'm happy. It's not because I'm running that I'm happy."

"Oh~ You're happy no matter who's with you?"

"No, is happiness limited to you?" Huiyi closed his eyes and flicked her ear again with his ear.

The two fell silent and began an ear-to-ear fighting contest.

Chapter 230 We're still good friends, right?

The two of them continued to beat each other's ears until their ears were tired. The shock was so great that the force was so strong that the ears were still shaking unconsciously like waves afterward. After Huiyi got up, she couldn't help but smile at her.

"Why are you using so much force? Look, your ears are starting to twitch, aren't they?" Covering her mouth, Huiyi pointed at Da Shen's ears and chuckled. It was the first time she had ever felt that Ma Niang's ears could be so interesting. Perhaps they hadn't been explored much before.

Moreover, it seems that Da Zhenhan is a rather sensitive type of horse girl, so perhaps we can find more interesting attributes in the future?

Da Zhenhan reached out and grabbed the tips of both ears, then pulled them down so that the entire ear was completely pressed against the scalp. He said to Huiyi with a hint of resentment, "What's wrong?! It's...it's all because you started hitting me with your ears. It's only natural for me to retaliate!"

"But it's wrong of you to use too much force, isn't it?" Huiyi poked Da Zhenhan with two fingers, grinned, and Da Zhenhan snorted in a huff, then turned away.

That's how it is between young couples; they can have a blast over a small thing, or they can start a one-sided cold war over the same thing. However, Huiyi didn't pay much attention to Da Zhen's behavior. It was all just a joke anyway, and she would come back to him in two or three minutes.

As Huiyi knelt on the lawn, she couldn't help but think of the race track in Kyoto, where the Autumn Flower Appreciation was held. Undoubtedly, the biggest enemy was the slope of the track. Moreover, it was her first time running a 2000-meter race, and Huiyi had been practicing different escape methods in her mind during her spare time, but most of the results were not satisfactory to her.

However, the fact that all of her opponents in the Autumn Flower Award were familiar defeated opponents did not raise Huiyi's vigilance too much. If she really had to choose the horse girl she considered the most dangerous... Huiyi would probably still choose Rhine Force, which had lost its two crowns, rather than the original winner of the Autumn Flower Award, Savior of the Sky.

Seeing the intensity of Rhine Power's training when she arrived at the training ground after returning to China these past two days, she must be filled with resentment and indignation. Perhaps she has been accumulating strength since the NHK Mile Race, and all the passion she had after losing the match is now being channeled into the Autumn Flower Award competition, just to achieve her own brilliance.

Huiyi understood that Rhine Force needed a G1 victory to prove its strength. The two near misses in the Sakura Sho and NHK Mile races were enough to allow her to unleash her unique... domain at the Autumn Flower Sho.

That's right, it's a domain, not the childish game called "momentum" in the early stages of Classic Frontline. Domain and momentum don't conflict. Momentum enhances one's own abilities, but its impact on outsiders is generally limited.

However, the domain is different. The domain is an ability that is absolutely beneficial to oneself, weakening other horse girls in the same field, making them feel irritable, fearful, or even confused about running and positioning. For the domain holder, it is a running state of oneness with nature. The only horse girl who can defeat the horse girl with the domain is another horse girl who possesses the domain.

This was the consensus among all horse racing girls before this year, but it was broken this year. Huiyi was certain that she had suffered a lot of debuffs from her senior, Furumaki, at Yasuda Kinen, a double package of momentum and territory, but in the end, she still managed to sublimate her momentum under this pressure and win in the end.

In terms of sheer presence, it's probably impossible to find a Uma Musume that can compare to Kageki in all of Japan right now.

Based on Yasuda Kinen's experience, it is likely that Teruyuki will not be afraid of any active racehorse girl field, but racehorse girls are full of unknowns.

Daiyusaku, who had no prior experience in the race, pulled off a major upset at Arima Kinen, defeating the most popular Pegasus Meshiro McQueen. The story of the underdog Meshiro Zenshin leading all the way to win the Arima Kinen title is already well-known, and it's a source of inspiration for most ordinary horse racing girls when they participate in races.

But that's the Arima Commemoration, a stage where dreams come true and it wouldn't be surprising if any miracle happened. It's also a race that most horse girls can't even touch.

"What are you thinking about...? Aren't you going to say anything?" Da Zhenhan leaned back again, his shoulder pressed tightly against Huiyi's.

Huiyi snapped out of her reverie, then poked her face with a hint of disdain: "You smell of sweat, stay away from me. And... I was just thinking about the Qiuhua Award, and I'm a little afraid that Rhine Force will blow me up on the final straight. She's figured out my style now, so this competition might be even more aggressive than last time."

"So that's why... Then just let her lead the way, right? Rhine Power is a very standard leading horse girl. If she still wants to force you to run forward, then do the opposite and let her be the runaway horse. Rhine Power doesn't have this experience, and she'll definitely panic then." Great Shock is a horse girl who uses the chasing tactic. She doesn't really care what the horse girls ahead are thinking while they're running. All she needs to know is that she can catch up at the last bend.

Huiyi was speechless. This kind of thing wasn't as simple as just saying goodbye and giving up her position. But in the end, she stopped thinking about it. Since Rhine Power felt that it was running too slowly, then this time, Qiuhua would give Huiyi all her strength to deal with these horse girls!

Go eat the exhaust fumes in the back!

After leaving the training ground together, the two did not choose to go back to the dormitory to change clothes. Huiyi first ate dinner and then jogged slowly on campus before it got completely dark. He was then called away by Naise Fumino to return to the training room.

Huiyi wasn't jogging to improve his physical fitness or anything. He just felt that spending so much time back in his dorm chatting with his friends on his phone was a waste of time, so he decided to go for a run to clear his head and, for some reason, increase his endurance.

"Phew..." Huiyi had run almost a whole circle around the outer path of Treson Academy. Just as she was about to return to the front of the No. 1 teaching building, she saw a horse girl sitting under the street lamp, with one foot on the edge of the flower bed, seemingly tidying up something.

Upon closer inspection, -月*漪/翼鏾（ 五） 崎咎溜III尔 This horse girl is none other than the Rhine Force that Huiyi is familiar with, but it seems that she has encountered some trouble because of the matter with her shoes.

"Ugh... Why is it stuck so tightly!" Rhine Power, in the light, seemed to be trying to pry open something stuck in the sole of the shoe?

Huiyi silently approached Rhine Power from behind. He intended to pat her shoulder, but decided against it to avoid startling her. Instead, he leaned closer and whispered, "Rhine? What are you doing here so late?"

"Whoa?!!" Rhine Power was startled by the sudden sound behind him, his ears and tail stiffened into sticks, and he almost fell headfirst into the flower bed in front of him.

"Huh... Is it that scary, Rhine?" Huiyi quickly caught Rhine and helped her up. Rhine turned around and pressed her hand to her chest to help her catch her breath.

"Eek... I was so scared... I thought there was no one left in the teaching building! Why is Huiyi still in the teaching building..." Before Rhine Power could answer Huiyi's question, it threw it back at him, but Huiyi didn't try to hide it.

His gaze shifted from Rhine Power's cheek to the other's unnaturally raised toes. Brilliant raised an eyebrow slightly, but answered first, "I came for a jog after dinner to aid digestion. As for Rhine...?"

Rhine Power sat on the edge of the flower bed and replied, "Me too, but... something went wrong. A piece of stone got stuck in the sole of my shoe, and I can't get it out." As he spoke, he lifted that foot and placed it across his other leg as if crossing his legs. Under the light, Huiyi could see the obvious protrusion on the sole of the shoe.

"Oh, I see... Wait a moment, let me help you. It's very difficult to remove it with brute force in this situation." Huiyi breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought that Rhine Power had suffered some accident before the competition that caused his foot injury, but thankfully it was just a problem with the sole of his shoe.

Huiyi broke off a branch from the flower bed, pinched one end into a flat piece with her fingernail, and squeezed it into the narrow gap between the pebbles with a sudden force!

Click!

The branch snapped in response, and the stone flew out at the same time, seemingly hitting the trunk on the other side and disappearing without a trace. But that didn't matter; the thing affecting Rhine's power was gone.

"Ouch... How can this little twig transmit so much force? It hurts my hand." Huiyi shook his wrist; the force he had just released had made his two fingers numb. Huiyi swore he would never play with these kinds of twigs again. He'd forgotten the pain of childhood injuries once they healed...

Rhine Power felt the normal undulations on the ground as she stepped on it, and breathed a slight sigh of relief. However, the damage to the sole of her shoe meant she could no longer run, and she had to give up for today.

"Thank you, Huiyi, but I won't hold back in the Autumn Flower Festival because of that!" Rhine Power coughed lightly. Since Xishario was hospitalized, she had been training alone and was just getting used to it, but Huiyi's arrival broke that habit again. She really is a horse girl who is afraid of being alone.

Huiyi chuckled when she saw Rhine Power acting like a child: "Alright, alright, let's all give it our best! The Autumn Flower Slam is the most important race for me this year, so I absolutely cannot let you or the other racehorse girls win."

"I couldn't be happier...! I'll defeat you head-on in Kyoto to prove how strong I am!" Rhine Power said, hands on his hips, though his voice lacked confidence.

"Well... I'm looking forward to it. But friendship first, competition second, okay?" Huiyi sat next to Rhine Power, both of them bathed in the light of the street lamp. However, they had been so focused on dealing with the shoes that they had forgotten something very important.

They had stayed under the streetlights for too long and had already passed the dormitory curfew. Rhine Power had left his phone charging on the dormitory table before leaving, while Huiyi habitually kept his phone muted when he was out. After chatting about Qiuhua Appreciation for a while, everything suddenly went black.

It wasn't until the streetlights went out that I realized something was wrong...!

"Oh no! I'm going to get a record for not coming home all night!"

Finally, Huiyi sent Rhine Power back to the dormitory before going back himself. He was then scolded by Fujikishi-senpai for a while before finally climbing upstairs to his room. After pushing open the door, Huiyi felt as if all his strength had been drained.

"I'm back... I ran into Rhine Power while jogging and chatted with her about the Autumn Flower Appreciation, and before I knew it, I was in curfew. I got scolded by Fujikishi-senpai for a long time just now... I feel like life is all bleak...!" Huiyi buried her head in the blanket, her voice tinged with grievance. Although she knew that Fujikishi was just trying to help her, she was still very unhappy to be scolded.

As expected, seniors don't care how good your grades are. If you do something that puts you at risk, seniors won't tolerate it at all... Anyway, this is the first time she's seen Fujikishi so fierce. If it were an ordinary horse girl, she would probably have been scolded to tears by now.

Fortunately, Huiyi has eaten more salt than Fujikishi has eaten rice, so being scolded a little is completely acceptable.

Da Zhenhan was almost asleep on the bed when the sound of the door opening woke her up again. When she opened her eyes, she found Huiyi buried in the blankets and the door wasn't even closed properly. Da Zhenhan was too lazy to look for her shoes, so she simply went barefoot to close the door.

"Yawn... Huiyi, if you look on the bright side, Fujikishi-senpai cares about you a lot. After all, senpai is so strict about the safety of every horse girl." Of course, Da Zhenhan didn't think that Huiyi had fallen asleep so easily, so he sat down next to her and reached out to touch Huiyi's limp ear. This immediately stimulated Huiyi, who was trying to play dead, and made her jump up.

"Speak properly and don't touch me! Why are you touching my ear?!"

"I thought you were scolded to death by Fujikishi-senpai, but seeing you like this, there's probably nothing to worry about." Da Zhenhan said, his fingers still squeezing a few times to savor the feeling. Huiyi's ears were softer than the other horse girls' ears. If the other horse girls' ears were like jelly, then Huiyi's were like cotton wool!

"How could Fujikishi-senpai possibly have broken my defenses? If I were to break my defenses, it would only be when I'm arguing with haters. Even a hundred years of experience for a comedian can't compare to the random rants of a hater. I'm just feeling really tired today—!" Huiyi stuck out her tongue, kicked her shoe off with a whoosh, and it tumbled to the doorway with a thud.

Anyway, the dormitory floor is always kept clean, so there's no problem walking barefoot, let alone wearing socks.

Moreover, washing socks is not troublesome. Huiyi's life focuses on making things convenient for himself now. As for whether it will cause trouble for him in the future, let the future Huiyi worry about that. Anyway, he is enjoying himself now.

Seeing Huiyi crawl into bed, Da Zhenhan chuckled softly. Her petite frame made it easy for her to slip into bed. If someone of her size were sitting on the bed, Da Zhenhan knew she wouldn't be able to get into bed so quickly.

"Get some rest, we have training together tomorrow."