The socially anxious girl doesn't want to stick to me!

Of course - let me correct her, she is not like a child. According to the theory of horse girls' coming of age, Igarashi Sakuraba is now a child, not an adult yet, and from various angles, she is like a childish little horse girl.

The Sky Temple walked over.

Patted Igarashi Sakuraba's head.

Tell her not to worry, no matter what, I'm always here for her.

Stroking the fur.

A strange feeling also rose in the heart of the Sky Palace.

She didn't know what was wrong with her recently - but she always wanted to see Igarashi Sakuraba more often. If she didn't have this urgency, she would never agree to Kamishiro Sakura's request to waste several people's time to test data. If she didn't have this urgency, she would not affect Igarashi Sakuraba's serious preparations.

just.

This urgency.

It does exist... along with the emotions deep in our hearts.

Everything has come together to form the present scene.

……

of course.

No matter how worried Igarashi Sakuraba is, or how paranoid he becomes - it is impossible for the glass of this elevator to break due to excessive weight... otherwise, the biggest vicious incident in history will happen.

The timing of both of them coming is pretty good.

It's a weekday, so it's not too late.

The real peak has not yet arrived...there are just a few guys taking pictures by the window.

The Sky Shrine took Igarashi Sakuraba to the side.

Igarashi Sakuraba was right.

Her legs... were so weak that she could hardly walk. There was no other way. She had no time to appreciate the scenery and could only sit down and rest. The two of them walked very slowly. Sky Shrine gently took the almost limp Igarashi Sakuraba to sit down.

"Igarashi."

then.

So saying.

Even classmates were not called anymore.

Igarashi Sakuraba replied weakly: "What's wrong?"

"I..." He wanted to say something else, but he took it back as soon as he uttered a syllable. He clenched his fist and said, "There are still three days left. In three days... the Derby will be held. Listen to me, although the track of Tokyo Racecourse is relatively flat, it has too many ups and downs. You need to master the height difference. There is a section where you even have to run 300 meters with a height difference of 2 meters."

Igarashi Sakuraba suddenly looked over.

"I know."

Such a light reply.

Shen Gong in the sky was stunned for a moment, thinking that the other party didn't care about him anymore, such a light attitude, then he saw his burning gaze, which was extremely passionate: "Mr. Shen Gong...what did you want to say just now? To be honest, you are weird today."

In the past, it was the Sky Shrine that captured the detailed emotions of Igarashi Sakuraba.

And now.

The role reversal is complete.

Since he has such delicate emotions, Igarashi Sakuraba can also capture the subtle changes of others. This is the improvement brought by sensitivity. High sensitivity is always a talent in the late stage.

Lower your head slightly.

An expression that had never been seen before appeared on Sky Goddess's face, and she looked a little gloomy: "I want to compete."

"June, Takarazuka anniversary."

——Takarazuka Memorial.

G1 class race, Hanshin Racecourse, 2200M middle distance race.

This is not important information.

Important...

This is what happened to the Sky Palace.

Igarashi Sakuraba had anticipated this, and then gently held the other person's hand, no longer in a holding position, but with both hands forming a circle, wrapping the other person's hand, and slowly stroking it.

“I will be there to support you.”

"When the time comes... you'll be able to see a fan on the side of the road shouting the name of [Sky Shrine] like crazy, carrying a huge flag, waving it and cheering. Ah, it's really fanatical."

Just joking like this.

Comforting the other person's heart - it was a shallow and obvious depression.

"Do not."

With a depressed look, Sky God Palace shook his head and flatly refused: "Don't come."

"why?"

"Because... I'm not sure I won't lose too badly."

Such a bitter reply.

It's not even that I'm not sure of winning, but that I'm not sure of not losing so badly.

Yes.

Isn’t this the story of the Sky Palace?

Since his debut, he won the Gaoyue Award, his first title, and then won the Kikuka Award, becoming a two-time champion. In the most important derby, he lost by only 7cm, and was hailed as a "quasi-triple champion". But the story was only smooth at the beginning, and after that...

Japan Cup, 14th place defeat.

Expedition to Europe failed.

Osaka Cup, 2nd place.

Emperor's Spring Viewing, No. 5,

Takarazuka Kinen, No. 8,

Come to the third year.

Osaka Cup, 2nd place

Gold Award, 2nd place.

What you can see...

There were only failures. There were countless second places, and there were many big defeats. I didn't win a single game. Moreover, the second place was not the second winner, but the biggest loser. That feeling of being just a hair's breadth away from victory but never reaching it.

It is so...

Cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.

It scrapes at people's mentality and tortures their self-confidence bit by bit.

And the name.

From [quasi-triple crown] to [weakest two crowns].

And a month later.

The Takarazuka Kinen that they are going to participate in...The Sky Shrine has no confidence in winning.

She didn't even know what to say... It was just that her inner emotions made her ask Igarashi Sakuraba out. She was completely obsessed and said that she should relax on the road to preparation for the competition, but in fact, was it because the anxiety and tension in her heart overflowed from the sea and made her feel scared?

...

[Weakest Two Crowns]

It's really a name that suits me.

Biting her lip gently.

The bitterness on his face was obvious.

True.

The Sky Shrine saved Igarashi Sakuraba from the fire and water, but what about herself? The last year of the professional competition, no, the last half year, is going to end in such a bleak way... It is really not easy to go from a legend to a joke. It seems that there has never been such a big gap between Uma Musume before...

It's hard not to doubt yourself and the world.

I really...

Is it suitable for running? Is the calculation of your own weapons and ability data really correct?

Confused, puzzled, everything is blank.

but.

Igarashi Sakuraba looked determined and once again, tightly grasped the hand of Sky Shrine.

He pried open her clenched fist fingers one by one until they became five soft fingers. Then, he stretched out his hands, one against the other, with their ten fingers connected to the heart, and held each other's hands.

work hard.

A feeling of warmth and firmness.

It came here.

……

Since you saved me so many times.

Then I...

I want to try to save you too.

Chapter 134: Igarashi Sakuraba’s first kiss is gone!

"Don't want to lose too badly?"

A slightly sarcastic answer.

Igarashi Sakuraba tried hard to force a smile, and her voice tried to sound gentle, but it was a little too much.

It became.

Commonly known as the "clip sound".

Igarashi seemed so clumsy when comforting someone for the first time, but she did not back off or give up. Instead, she recalled every moment of being comforted and wanted to replicate it.

——I am a [COPY] monster.

“Yeah.” Sky God let out a long breath, and then turned into a look of giving up, or rather, a look of indifference, and said in a nonchalant tone: “We can’t win anyway.”

——“Not necessarily.”

Igarashi Sakuraba shook his head again.

Still gentle.

Even the sun setting outside the window shines with a gentle golden edge.

"Listen to me, Jingu." Igarashi Sakuraba then held hands, stood up, and pointed to the sun that was about to set outside the window, a sign that the entire world was entering darkness: "The sun has set."

"Ah."

The Sky Palace nodded.

He hummed, indicating that he was listening, but not saying much.

"But tomorrow at noon, the sun will rise as usual and shine among the stars in the center." Igarashi Sakuraba withdrew his hand with a smile on his face.

The Sky Shrine asked back, "So you're going to tell me that no matter what happens, the sun will still rise? That I should not give up and try my best to attend the Takarazuka Kinen or something like that? That the sun will finally rise?"

I am sorry.

Can't do it.

——Because no matter how hard you try, it all ends in the same despair.

"That's too vulgar!"

Igarashi Sakuraba was surprised and dissatisfied, and replied like a little wife - and then she revealed her meaning again: "People cannot decide what they own."