Stop being a trainer!

Chapter 43: Tit for tat (A new week! Please recommend! Please vote for the monthly ticket!)

The heating in Saria is still on, and the horse girls around have gradually left because they still have to go to school.

But the Emperor of the East Sea, as well as the goldsmith and Kato Akira who came in, were obviously not the kind of people who needed to keep track of time. Kato Akira had a certain degree of privilege, and the goldsmith had good grades, while the Emperor of the East Sea was already someone that no one would force her to do.

Her current identity is the victim of the great turmoil, the last aftermath of the team era, and the embodiment of all sins. Both those who support the team and those who oppose the team are arguing endlessly online and in real life with the Emperor of the East China Sea as the core, but no one has ever cared about the opinions of this little horse girl.

Seeing him get up from the Zhu Building, seeing him banqueting guests, seeing his building collapsed.

The number one genius of URA, who was once at the forefront of the world and a rising star who was on the edge of the field, is now completely ignored.

Because the team responsible for her had been disbanded, and the trainers would not contact her because of such taboos. The horse girls would not have anything to do with this former prodigy.

The reason is simple: unfamiliarity.

The Emperor of the East Sea has no friends at all among his peers.

Because she was a symbol of genius and a rising star from the beginning, she was educated by Rudolph and other veteran horse girls during her very limited free time.

In this situation, it was impossible to find any friends. Coupled with her arrogant attitude and her special treatment, the horse girls were somewhat repulsive to this fallen genius.

When you are successful, you are arrogant and domineering, but after you fall, it is a very noble moral principle for the horse racing ladies to provide some help and not gossip behind your back.

Repaying evil with justice, repaying good with kindness, this is the nature of the horse girl. Instead of repaying evil with kindness.

“…So, I became like this.”

After taking a sip of the bitter black coffee, the Emperor of the East China Sea looked at the two people in front of him and revealed a cautious and careful smile.

"Now that I think about it, I still want to say sorry to the team members. Because it is indeed my physical condition that led to this result. Too thin bones can't support a big dream. However, although my dream is shattered, I want to support the president's dream."

"So you're going to let that Rudolph symbol steal someone else's trainer??"

"..."

Looking at the goldsmith with bloodshot eyes and his ears covered, Kato Akira didn't dare to say a word.

He squeezed in forcefully, hugged his arms roughly, and the goldsmith's bloodshot eyes looked aggressively at the seemingly humble 'senior' in front of him.

The goldsmith, who had never seen such a state before, turned his ears back as if he had touched a forbidden beast, and stared at the East Sea Emperor in front of him with murderous eyes. However, the East Sea Emperor, who seemed to have a very low self-esteem, did not give in.

Or maybe to her, the superficial fear, pain, and everything else don’t matter, she has things that she cares about more.

"Because the president did something wrong."

"Huh? So?"

"The president has always done the right thing, but this time she did something wrong. But she forced herself to do it. If she continues like this, the president will lose."

"I ask you what this has to do with my trainer!"

"As long as Mr. Kato is here, I believe the president will not lose."

"..."

That's just the Emperor of the East Sea talking to himself, Orphie. Why are you looking at me like that?

It's like the look in your eyes when the person you trust the most plays the most fun thing without telling you and then claims that they no longer need to be together?

Seeing the goldsmith beside him with her ears folded behind her back and a gloomy look that almost seemed to kill people, Kato Akira quickly reached out and rubbed the goldsmith's head, which felt good to her touch, and gave her a thumbs up with a bright smile.

"Haha, how, how is it possible? Orpheus, think about it, this is the symbol of Rudolph. How can I become such an important role?"

"But that's the truth, Mr. Kato."

Under Kato Akira's shocked and angry gaze, the Emperor of the East China Sea took a sip of coffee and looked at the somewhat panicked man.

"The president's expression was different when she talked to me about you. You are not the kind of person who regards her as a deity, nor the kind of person who worships her completely. And you don't have any opinion about me, Mr. Kato."

"You just treat her as a girl who is under a lot of pressure. You should even treat this young lady the same way. Isn't that what we horse girls need?"

"Others pray that our running brings them hope, but who gives us hope? So Mr. Kato, you are more important than you think."

"A bunch of nonsense."

Seeing Orphee's expression becoming more and more weird, Kato Akira quickly reached out and scolded the East Sea Emperor for his nonsense. Then he turned around and comforted Orphee who seemed a little abnormal.

"Orphie, don't worry, it's okay without me. After all, she is the emperor, the symbol of Rudolf. The Emperor of the East Sea is just too sensitive, it doesn't matter. Even without me, she is still the powerful emperor. You can rest assured."

"Then, Mr. Kato, can I come to your dormitory to bother you tomorrow?"

"why?"

It was not Kato Ming who asked this question, but Orphie with bloodshot eyes looked coldly at the cautious East China Sea Emperor.

"Give me a reason to trust you. Give me a reason for an uncle to believe in you and trust you. After all, it's already taboo for you to contact an uncle, why should he help you?"

"Just a proof."

The Emperor of the East China Sea, who seemed to be very inferior on the surface, shook his coffee, looked at Orphie with his eyes wide open, and smiled delicately.

"After all, even if I look like this, I can still provide some help. And the reputation of helping the injured horse girl will be of some use to him, right?"

"You guy, do you think of yourself as a prop?!"

"...Yeah. I'm just a tool."

Looking at Orphie who was grabbing his collar angrily and feeling the source of that anger, the Emperor of the East China Sea still had that calm smile on his face, but there seemed to be a hint of sincerity in that smile.

"My lady, you are kinder than I thought. But it's not that I regard myself as a prop that must exist in the legend of the president. I think that if I don't do this, the president will definitely fail."

"You blissful bastard—"

"Okay, okay, stop arguing."

Seeing Orphie's angry look as if he wanted to throw the Emperor of the East China Sea to the ground, Kato Akira quickly stepped forward to stop the two of them.

"Calm down, everyone. Miss Donghai Emperor, right? Just stay in my dormitory tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is just the preliminaries for the Dream Cup, so there will definitely be no problem. Orphie, you don't have to think too much, just think of it as helping your classmates, okay?"

"...Tsk."

Looking at Kato Akira standing in front of him, Orfi sighed and put the Emperor of the East China Sea back in his place.

No matter what state Orphie was in, he actually didn't hurt Kato Akira at all.

Looking at the horse racing girl who sat back in the chair obediently, he breathed a sigh of relief with some embarrassment. Looking at the two girls in front of him who were confronting each other, he felt a headache.

Chapter 44: Grand Meeting

It was obvious that this conversation with Salia ended in a bad mood.

Although he was wondering why Orphee became like this, Kato Akira still tried his best to comfort the two horse girls.

Because he thinks this world is reasonable. It's really hard for a horse girl like Rudolph to lose. It's possible to say that the Dream Cup finals, but the East Sea Emperor is talking about the Dream Cup qualifiers. What's there to say about something that will see the results tomorrow?

After convincing the two horse girls to go back, Kato Akira confirmed the time with the Emperor of the East China Sea and then confidently let them go home.

He just didn't believe that anything would go wrong with the emperor.

Although he was determined to become a black-hearted trainer, after a month, Kato Akira understood how much the emperor had blocked for him.

After all, the Emperor is a horse girl. As a horse girl, no matter how fierce and terrifying her performance may seem, in fact, as horse girls, they simply cannot have the bad intention of fighting against humans to gain power.

Just like Orphie, although she looked very scary, she never did anything to Kato Akira, let alone insult him or really hope he would do anything. Orphie was still the timid and cowardly child in essence, and her anger towards the Emperor of the East Sea was even because the Emperor of the East Sea treated her as a trading item, not anything else.

"I don't think so."

"…Why are you here too?"

"Oh, isn't this Mr. Kato? What a coincidence."

"If you call running into someone else's house a coincidence, then it's a coincidence."

Looking at Representative Chiaki who was smiling in front of him, Kato Akira had a blank expression on his face.

What a coincidence! I ran into the Triple Crown horse girl in casual clothes in my dormitory, and she brought me some desserts she had saved in the refrigerator to reward me.

When I came back from shopping, I saw this composition as soon as I opened the door. To be honest, at that moment, Kato Akira's heart skipped a beat, fearing that someone would jump out from behind and take a snapshot.

"Come on, ah~"

"Eat if you want."

Looking at the freestyle horse girl who was pretending to feed him, Kato Akira remained calm.

Then, as expected, Qianming representative had no intention of handing it over, but stuffed it into her own mouth. However, because Kato Akira had predicted her behavior, Qianming representative opened her eyes wide and looked at Kato Akira in surprise.

"Huh? That shouldn't be the case, right? Mr. Kato. You should be more shy now because others are watching."

"Others? Is anyone else coming?"

Without even watching the performance of Chiaki, Kato Akira headed inside the room. As expected, he saw that his room was filled with several figures with their ears perked up.

"It's me~"

"And I."

"Hello, this is my first time visiting your place. Please forgive me. This is a souvenir..."

The three little dwarf horse girls sat on the small bed in a row, making it look like they were stacking dolls for the Girls' Festival.

The Emperor of the East China Sea, who was sandwiched in the middle, was holding a small box. He knelt on the bed respectfully and then presented it to Kato Akira in an offering posture, which stunned Kato Akira.

What is this? Is this some mysterious ritual? Am I going to be killed tonight? If possible, can I have some time to say my last words?

What's going on with these horse girls? Do they have a sense of danger? They say horse girls are very intelligent and can sense whether their environment is dangerous. Why are there so many horse girls coming and going in my dormitory like a horse farm?

"Why are you all here? Didn't you say that only the Emperor of the East Sea would come?"

"I worry about you."

Orphee was confident.

"I'm worried about you too. I heard it from Orphie."

Deep impact is equally justified.

"I just came to steal some snacks, but how can I not be included in such a fun thing? By the way, I've already finished my run this morning."

There is also a pure stroller.

"..."

The only horse girl who was actually invited, or had an appointment, looked at the tense atmosphere, slapped her ears uneasily, and looked at Kato Akira.

What else can I do? I was originally planning to build a good relationship with the Emperor of the East China Sea, but now three of them are coming at once.

Sooner or later I will send you to Tokyo Racecourse to race.

Damn, running five times a month won’t kill you.

Kato Akira complained in his heart, then took off his shoes and walked in with a bag of prepared snacks. As expected, he saw several little horse girls opening their bags without hesitation to share the snacks.

Sometimes Kato Akira even had the illusion that these horse girls were more familiar with this room than he was, because there would always be more than one horse girl arriving in this room every night.

Either Qianming would sneak in to watch at noon, or the emperor would give a lecture at night. Sometimes in the morning, Orphee and Deep Impact would come over to greet them and kill time by reading comics. Sometimes Kato Akira wanted to act like an adult, but what could he say when they took out their report cards and bank cards without saying a word?

How can there be such a rich high school student and someone who can get good grades even if he plays so much? I educate him as a senior, but he just blinks and asks, "Uncle, how much money do you make?" What else can I say?

It’s okay for a few little girls, but there are always some who are not little girls anymore.

Watching him open the refrigerator with ease, take out a portion of pudding and stuff it into his mouth, then blink at his representative Chiming, Kato Akira felt a throbbing sensation in his head.

"So what are you doing here? Didn't you say you were going to defeat Rudolph head-on?"

"Yes~"

Representative Qianming held a spoon in his mouth and naturally looked at Kato Ming with wide eyes, with an innocent look on his face.

"But this time it's not a positive one. After all, Ming, you are more powerful than I thought. I don't want my old enemy to become a background figure."

"Why do you two all think she's going to send it? I think it's fine."

"Tsk tsk tsk, Uma Musume doesn't just act tough in front of strangers, she'll also occasionally act tough in front of people who treat her sincerely. After all, that's the person she likes."

"You mean I'm going to be taken to the police station? Something like a school janitor having an uneasy relationship with a high school girl."

"Hmm~~~~Ah! That's right."

"...?"

Why does this horse girl look like she has this trick up her sleeve?