Stop being a trainer!

Kato Yui asked back seriously.

opportunity.

This is an opportunity.

Looking at the goldsmith who was staring at him with an unconfident look on his face, Kato Akira was laughing wildly in his heart.

As far as I know, none of the famous horse racing girls are called goldsmiths or gold and silver craftsmen. There is a saying about the Golden Family, but it is obvious that she has nothing to do with it.

It doesn't matter. A famous horse girl may cause all kinds of conflicts in the future. This is the bottom line. There is no better match between a fake trainer and a horse girl with a bottom line. Anyway, she has no hope and can only rely on herself, right?

Just like this, I will make her trust me little by little, and then pass the message to the ears of those higher-level horse girls. This is my great plan!

'Although your future may not be bright, it is enough to illuminate me! '

Looking at the cute girl with a look of disbelief, Kato Akira stood up and stretched out his hand to her.

"If you really had no talent, you wouldn't be on this campus. If you really gave up on everything, you wouldn't be hiding here. So this is a fateful meeting, goldsmith."

"Eh? Eh heh heh heh??"

"I'm Kato Akira, a man destined to be a trainer. Although you don't have a trainer now, you can always come to me if you have any problems in the future, and I'll be your temporary trainer! If you have good friends, you can also introduce me to them. After all, I admire you horse girls so much!"

"Really?! Is it possible for a poor, unwanted horse girl like me?!"

"Ah! Of course! If you don't believe me, then I'll be your number one fan!"

"Great!"

The horse girl threw a punch in joy.

'Boom! '

"..."

Looking at the horse girl who excitedly threw a punch and instantly smashed a hole in the rainproof storage room, Kato Akira remained silent.

The cold rain and strong wind slammed into the two men's faces and bodies along the hole, causing the atmosphere between them to drop to freezing point.

"I'm sorry! I lost control again. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry. It's better for someone like me to disappear quietly in Tresen..."

"It's okay, you didn't mean it. And I'm not hurt, it's okay..."

This was how the two first met.

Looking at the goldsmith who was now sitting next to him without any fear, Kato Akira felt that the time had come.

After half a month, the relationship between the two of them became visibly closer. If this continued, it would be just around the corner for the goldsmith to become his assistant.

Your bright future is waving at you!

"Speaking of which, Orphee."

"?What's up?"

The blonde horse girl who was sitting nearby and eating candied fruit shook her ears and looked at Kato Akira innocently.

Since his full name is Orfevre, in order to express his intimacy, he was simply called Orpheus.

Now that they were sitting so close and had a relationship where they could eat together, Kato Akira judged that they should be able to evolve to the next step of the plan.

"I told you this before, do you have any friends in the same situation that you can recommend to me?"

"..."

At that moment, not sure if it was an illusion, Kato Akira saw a flash of red light at the bottom of Orphie's purple pupils.

Chapter 3: A wild horse girl appears!

At that moment, Kato Akira even felt that he was not facing a bottom-level horse racing girl, but the running posture of the emperor he had seen in the video.

No, it was even more violent and fierce than that. If the emperor was a magnificent and majestic person who shook the world, then at that moment, Kato Akira felt as if he was facing a terrifying tyrant.

But the red light disappeared in a flash, and the shivering horse girl began to move restlessly like a fluffy ball.

"I, I don't actually have any friends... um."

"……what?"

"Really, no..."

It must be an illusion.

Orphie's ears soon drooped, and his exposed brows revealed an expression of wanting to cry but not being able to.

The pure purple pupils were soon filled with small pearls, and he looked extremely aggrieved, and said intermittently:

"Because of my sister, everyone always treats me as a horse girl when talking to me, so I don't even talk much. They say that my sister is like that, so I will definitely be like that, and, and my birthday is relatively late, so..."

"How pitiful! Would such a thing happen in a horse racing girl school like Tresen Academy?"

"Ah, well, um, that's it."

Orfi nodded sincerely, then immediately put on a smiling face and leaned towards Kato Akira.

"But it's okay! With uncle here, I have the confidence that I can stick to school! I'll run well in the future, and then learn the temperament and etiquette of Miss McQueen and become a lady!"

"..."

Looking at the girl who was flapping her ears excitedly and smiling, Kato Akira indeed gained a new understanding of the trainer system.

Mamusu are the elves of this world. They say they are human, but in fact they are not.

Their emotions are stronger, more sincere, and more passionate than those of ordinary people. Therefore, the existence of trainers is often to help horse girls find their inner support through trust and support, so that they can move forward tenaciously.

Even the bottom-level horse girls like Orphee are essentially children. It is precisely because of this trust and reliance that they try their best to win. If you don't personally come into contact with the horse girls, it is difficult to understand what that trust and reliance really means if you only understand it from the pen.

In a sense, the trainer may be the person who has the greatest influence on Uma Musume, even more than parents, family members and friends.

But in the end, this is a cruel test. This is the world of Umamusume.

If you don't run, you will face countless pressures and loss of self. Because you are a horse girl, you must work hard.

Of course, this may be a bit biased, but the only horse girl that Kato Akira can really meet and get in touch with is Orphie. However, judging from the situation, he should get in touch with the second one as soon as possible.

After all, Orphie felt that he couldn't find any friends. In this case, he had to try his best to find other horse girls to become the fulcrum of his spread, but where could he find such horse girls? As a school worker, he couldn't just talk to horse girls casually...

Just as Kato Akira was thinking, as if by magic, Orfi took out a small electric heater from behind him and looked at him with a silly smile.

"Oh, by the way, uncle. Shall we go over there to rest today? I, I brought a small electric heater with me. It will be warmer this way."

"Are you still taking things? There are already a lot of things piled up in there that you brought, right?"

"Well, after all, I have to stay there for three years."

Reaching out and scratching his hair, the goldsmith's brows were filled with a bright smile.

"Isn't that our base? Well, since it's a base, I think it would be warmer and safer. Yeah. That's it."

"Three years or something, I'm not even a trainer yet."

"Then if uncle becomes a trainer next year, it will be four years!"

"I have to train in a place like that for four years. Isn't Tresen College a bit too scary?"

"Eh? Isn't it?"

"What on earth do you think of Trasen Academy...let's go."

"Ok!"

Orphie wagged his tail and ears with a smile, holding the electric heater he brought with him, and the two of them walked one after the other along the corner of the building into the depths of the forest.

That was where they first met, a small room built in the woods to store old things. According to Kato Akira's judgment, it was probably antiques that were several decades old.

After all, it was a chaotic time, and many plans were not completed. It was normal for a small room like this to be forgotten in the jungle. But the good thing was that it had water and electricity, and even hot water, so it was used by Orphee and Kato Akira as a secret base for practice and living.

After all, the surrounding open space is quite large, and there are also abandoned lattice fences and wood chips, so it is not a problem to build a small 100-meter training ground.

In fact, the strangest thing about this matter is not the garbage house that should be there, but why there is such a big forest in Tresen College?

Kato Akira couldn't figure this out.

It's really strange that Treson could create a forest where people could get lost in such a place where every inch of land is valuable. Isn't it a bit strange about his financial resources?

But while he was thinking, Kato Akira suddenly saw a black figure flash past the corner of his eye.

"...?"

Looking at the black-haired horse girl hiding behind a big tree with her two ears exposed, a question mark slowly appeared in Kato Akira's head.

Who is this? Why do I keep encountering horse girls in the forest? Are these horse girls some kind of Pokémon that can only be encountered in fixed locations?

But looking at Orphie who was humming a little tune while holding the electric heater in front of him, Kato Akira still didn't say anything. After all, Orphie might break the electric heater directly if he got excited, so he just let the strange horse girl follow them.

But the further they went into the forest, the more Kato Akira became unable to hold back.

"Swiss, swiss, swish!"

"call out!"

"stare--"

No, miss, why do you also dub yourself?

Looking at the horse girl holding two tree branches, dubbing herself and staring at them while wearing the Tresen school uniform, Kato Akira really couldn't accept it.

"Orphie, stop."

"Eh? Oh."

"Miss Umamusume who's hiding over there, please come out and see me."

"..."

The horse girl hiding behind the tree shook her ears and pretended not to hear anything.

Well, it’s quite interesting to see these horse girls deceiving themselves sometimes.

Motioning to Orphie, who looked confused, to stay where he was, Kato Akira walked to the other side of the tree and knocked on the trunk. Then he looked down at the petite black-haired horse girl who was hiding behind the tree and shaking her ears, and said in a dull but polite tone:

"Excuse me, young lady, who are you?"

Chapter 4: The Second Bottom-line Horse Girl, Deep Impact

What does it feel like to be in the forest, facing the possible ill will of the horse girl?

For Kato Akira, this is not the first time he has faced such a thing.

It is now the season that is gradually approaching autumn. Although the jungle is still lush, it cannot escape the undercurrent of heat and dryness that autumn brings.

So no matter how they hid, the rustling sound and the unusual color of the school uniform could not be covered up. The white color was still too obvious in the forest.

The petite pony girl who was called out snorted coldly, jumped lightly from the tree trunk to the path, shook her long hair that was full of wood chips and green leaves very familiarly, put her hands on her hips, and looked at Kato Akira, who was confused, with admiration.

"Huh, that's pretty impressive. You actually know where I'm hiding."

"Uncle is so awesome! He actually knew where she was hiding!"

"..."

Are you serious?

It may not be a rule that horse girls need trainers, but it may be a necessity? ?

Can these children really become normal people in the future?

Looking at the two horse girls in front of him, Kato Akira began to question for the first time his decision to become a dark trainer.

However, looking back, the petite horse girl that jumped out in front of him was not quite the same as those particularly vivid horse racing girls in Kato Akira's impression, and did not have any particularly eye-catching features.

If I had to say, her long black hair and cute body could be considered her characteristics. But her body looked extremely thin and small, and I was not sure whether she could be a horse girl on the racecourse.

Because the horse girl in front of him who was doing stretching exercises was too petite.

From a Uma Musume perspective, her figure seemed a little too weak.

Orphie is actually a relatively petite horse girl, curled up like a ball. Although her long chestnut hair makes her look big, she is actually much smaller than the average Tresen.

The black-haired horse girl in front of him was even thinner than Orphee. I had never seen such a thin horse girl before. She was so pitiful. With her cute round cheeks and petite body, it was strange to say that she was a horse girl who could gallop on the racecourse.