The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

"Nothing, Sister Shanxin."

Ardan, who had been silent, didn't even have the heart to sleep at this moment. He turned his head slightly to look at the believer beside him. After a long while, he softly asked, "Sister Shanxin, are you...blaming me?"

"Ok?"

"I'm actually very clear that Sister Shanxin has been angry about me coming to Coach Kitano as his assistant at my grandmother's recommendation. Isn't that right?"

The topic that Aldan suddenly brought up caught the believer off guard. Subconsciously, the believer, whose thoughts were revealed, looked distracted for the first time and dared not look his sister in the eye.

"How could that be... Sister Aldan, but she's my sister."

"Well, what's there to pretend in front of Sister Aldan?"

When Ardan saw Shanxin's unnatural look, he naturally saw through his sister's thoughts at a glance - of course, even without seeing, Ardan knew very well what kind of feelings his sister had for Kitano.

Ardan gently grasped Shanxin's hand and caressed it slowly for a while. Finally, he softly asked, "Shanxin, you... like Trainer Kitano, right?"

"Ah, Sister Aldan?! What are you talking about!"

"Okay, Shanxin, we sisters should stop hiding things from each other... There's no need for that anymore."

Ardan gently grasped her sister's hand. She had already felt a sense of guilt towards the believers who had come earlier, for having joined without permission and for having her grandmother's support behind her. But now, Ardan could temporarily put those feelings aside.

"I know, Shanxin. You actually knew from a long time ago that I joined Trainer Kitano's team with the support of my grandmother. She asked me to bring Trainer Kitano to the Mejiro family, right?"

"If that's what you think... then, believer, I can honestly tell you that you're half right."

"Grandmother... did support me and wanted me to bring Trainer Kitano to the Mejiro family, but all of this wasn't due to a family mission, but rather my own wish."

As he spoke, Aldan gently stroked the believer's hand. He looked at his sister, who slowly turned her head. Aldan smiled softly and said, "I took the initiative to ask Grandmother for help. Believer, do you know why?"

"Because, Sister Aldan, you like Trainer Kitano?"

But when her sister said these things that she had guessed in the past, the believer didn't know how to deal with such frankness in Aldan. She had secretly prepared many ways to deal with Aldan, but she never guessed that her sister would be so frank.

After all… that was Aldan. The horse girl closest to Grandmother, the one most influenced by her! Aldan, nurtured as the next head of the family, if she really went all-out into a fight, how could the unprepared followers possibly withstand her?

No, let alone Shanxin, even if the other sisters were tied together, they wouldn't be enough to fight Sister Aldan alone! This is the margin left for the next generation of the family head! This is what Shanxin thought.

But now, the frankness shown by Ardan has made it impossible for the "dark" side of the completely "pure" believer who regards his sister as a big enemy to be revealed. Facing the frank sister, the believer seems to have returned to his former innocent self, helpless and only knows to listen to his sister's words.

"Guessed it right."

In response to the believer's guess, Aldan admitted it with a faint smile. At that moment, Aldan revealed a gentle smile that the believer had never seen before, a smile that came from the heart, a smile that the believer had not seen in a long time.

In the impression of believers, Aldan has smiled less frequently since she was diagnosed with poor health and it was difficult for her to be active as a horse racing girl on the track.

Although, in my impression, Sister Aldan has always been so gentle, but it seems that... she just smiles so gently and maintains this expression. It is rare to see Sister Aldan laugh from the heart.

But now, Shanxin saw her sister who smiled sincerely when she mentioned her trainer... For a moment, Shanxin felt a mixture of emotions... some bitterness, and some sourness.

"Aldan-san... do you like Trainer-kun that much?"

"Yeah, I like him. I like him so much that I want to marry him if possible."

Ardan once again openly admitted his thoughts, but the next moment, a trace of loneliness flashed across Ardan's eyes. However, she still smiled at Shanxin and said softly, "But now, Shanxin, I'm telling you... You don't need to worry. I won't take your trainer away."

"From now on, I won't get in your way, sister. From now on, the task of bringing Trainer Kitano to the Mejiro family... will be left to you."

"Ugh?"

However, upon hearing this, the believer was stunned for a long time before looking up. He stared at Aldan in surprise and asked to himself, "Why? Sister Aldan, you clearly..."

"It's very simple, because my body is not suitable."

Aldan maintained a helpless yet gentle smile and directly stated the real reason for her choice. She said as a matter of course, "With my current body, I don't know when it will collapse. Moreover, I'm getting closer and closer to maturity. This... is a considerable danger for me."

"How can someone who can't even take care of his own body have the right to pursue love... Do I have to endure the pain of possibly losing my wife just to be with me for a year or six months?"

As Aldan said this, his mind couldn't help but reflect on the dream he had during his coma...

One that could be said to be her and her beloved, so real that even Ardan believed that it was a dream of everything that happened in her previous life.

However, the ending was not a happy one... sad and beautiful, but it also made Ardan feel painful. In the end, she didn't even have the right to express her love to her beloved, simply because she didn't want to cause him any more pain.

Now, Aldan felt more relieved. She had already had the relationship she wanted with Kitano in her dream, and she had already seen the final result.

Well, then, why not let your broken body, which is as thin as glass, make him feel such pain again?

I have already experienced it and know the ending, so why should I still cling to it?

Let it go, let it go, let go of the person she loves... Don't tie him or her down anymore.

"Well, that's all I have to say, Shanxin. Don't worry, I will never compete with you for a trainer again. All I can do now is to fully support you in pursuing your happiness."

"I hope you can... give Trainer Kitano a happy ending. This is my only request."

Ardan slowly closed his eyes, not wanting to look at his sister's expression. He said calmly, "Tell Trainer Kitano that I thank him for his concern. I was just a little uneasy recently because he collapsed from exhaustion. Once I adjust my mindset, everything will be fine."

"Sister Aldan..."

However, hearing her sister suddenly give up her goal for such a reason, even though this might be great news for Shanxin, as one of her biggest threats suddenly withdrew from the competition... she couldn't be happy at all.

But in the end, the believer still couldn't think of a way to persuade Aldan, so he just nodded and got up to leave.

And just before the believer closed the door, she paused deliberately - she saw her sister's tear, which was extremely conspicuous under the light... a tear sliding down.

In this case... it can't be considered a win at all... The believer's heart was filled with bitterness, and in the end, he didn't find a solution.

Chapter 256: Bourbon and Mi Yu's Confession

At the same time, on the other side, Mi Yu, who was also on Kitano's list of concern, was running alone at night - she knew that this was a behavior that her brother was very averse to Mi Yu doing, but now Mi Yu had obviously forgotten Kitano's warning.

At this moment, Mi Yu's mind was flashing with thoughts that she had never had before. In the past, she regarded her position in the team as a treasure, fearing that someone would challenge her position in the team. She regarded the identity of "sister" as the most stable relationship between herself and Kitano.

However, all of this was completely overturned by a dream. A dream that seemed so real to Mi Yu, and filled Mi Yu's heart with fear and timidity.

Mi Yu didn't think it was just a dream... What was that? His past life? His past life... and his brother's?

So, in my previous life... I killed my brother... twice?

As soon as this thought came into Mi Yu's mind, she was overwhelmed by fear. Not fear of Kitano's two deaths in her dreams, but fear of her own misfortune.

Mi Yu has always felt that she is a child who is plagued by bad luck. Everything around her, and even the people around her, is filled with misfortune because of her existence.

This conclusion wasn't reached overnight, but rather accumulated over time. In Mi Yu's memory, every time he queued, his line would inexplicably get longer; and he or she, or the car he was riding in, would encounter more red lights along the way.

If it had only happened once or twice, Mi Yu would certainly not be so suspicious of his physical condition. However, more than ten years have passed, Mi Yu has grown so much, and this situation still happens. Gradually, Mi Yu thought that he was the representative of bad luck.

Mi Yu always said that she was an unfortunate child, and the facts seemed to prove this... Mi Yu had few friends and no one she was particularly familiar with. Perhaps people gradually realized that it was easy to get into trouble if they were around Mi Yu, and they gradually distanced themselves from her.

——Of course, there are also some people who feel that they are unlucky, and in order to prevent their bad luck from infecting others, they deliberately maintain their interpersonal relationships.

But Mi Yu has always had a firm idea that his bad luck can be changed, and he can go from being unfortunate to being a child who brings happiness to others - Mi Yu has always believed in this.

However, if Mi Yu's dream, from the moment she met Kitano, made her feel unprecedented happiness, she also felt that this dream had become out of reach...

Then, the dream that he had that day in the hospital with Kitano and Miura Bourbon on the same bed, the dream about Kitano and his two lives, completely crushed Mi Yu's idea to pieces, leaving not a trace.

In the dream, Mi Yu and Kitano just passed by each other for the first time. As a bystander, he witnessed the scene of Kitano's death due to illness and was in great pain.

Finally, she got a second chance, and Mi Yu still had the memory of her first meeting with Kitano. She could race on the track as Kitano's horse girl, but that life experience was full of drama.

Because of Mi Yu's disobedience, Kitano felt a lot more sad and painful along the way. Every suggestion from Kitano seemed to help Mi Yu avoid all possible threats as if he had a vision into the future. However, in that dream, Mi Yu always had disputes with Kitano.

In the dream, Kitano's efforts were in vain because he insisted on participating in the Spring Emperor Award, which once again caused controversy.

The second time, despite Kitano's strong opposition, she decided to postpone her graduation for a year and win the middle-distance GI championship, which was so difficult for her.

And the third time... she went to participate in the Takarazuka Kinen without telling Kitano, but ended up in a state of collapse, fracture and forced to retire... and ended up getting nothing.

In the end, because of her own words, the person she loved most left her for the second time.

After such an experience, how could Mi Yu not believe that he was not the embodiment of misfortune?

If I continue to stay with my brother like this, I will only continue to harm him... But if I directly ask to leave the team, my brother will definitely not agree, right?

It would be better to... let her be destroyed like this. That way, even my brother... would have no reason to win her back.

Let her disappear from her brother's life like this. From now on, don't let such an unfortunate child like her bring harm to him again.

She has already killed her brother twice. Is there going to be a third time?

No, no, she would rather not remember her brother anymore and disappear from his life forever. She also didn't want to experience the person she loved most dying in front of her for the third time.

"Miyu, please stop."

At this moment, the breathless Mi Yu heard a voice from behind. It was Miura Bourbon who was slowly approaching her. Bourbon, with an expressionless face, caught up with Mi Yu and immediately said;

"If you keep running, Master will scold you, Mi Yu. Don't make Master worry."

"Bourbon-san, please, don't come near the rice bath again."

When Mi Yu saw Bourbon catching up, his expression relaxed a little, but he immediately lowered his head and subconsciously kept some distance from Bourbon. He said softly, "Mi Yu, you are an unfortunate child. If you get too close to Mi Yu, classmate Bourbon...you will be in trouble."

"And it will bring bad luck to my brother too. Mi Yu... I don't want to bring bad luck to anyone..."

During this week, Bourbon had been repeatedly interacting with Miyu, hoping to find out the reason for Miyu's sudden change in mood. His efforts paid off. A few days ago, Miyu was hiding from everyone, as if afraid of running into anyone. But thanks to Bourbon's efforts, Miyu is now interactable.

Bourbon also felt that this period might be a crucial moment to determine whether Miyu, like her, had truly awakened past memories. After confirming Miyu's current state, Bourbon immediately said, "I don't understand. Miyu doesn't have any signs of bad luck. Miura Bourbon and the Master have been with Miyu for a long time, and no bad luck has ever happened to her."

"Even if it doesn't happen now, it will happen in the future."

Upon hearing this, Mi Yu couldn't help but tremble all over. She subconsciously crossed her hands over her chest and hugged her arms. She looked so trembling that even Bourbon felt a little distressed when he saw it.

Because she also saw Mi Yu's dream... If Mi Yu had experienced the same scene she saw in her dream, then that last scene, that horrifying and heartbreaking scream... it was hard to imagine what she had seen.

Mi Yu didn't know what Bourbon was thinking. She was trembling all over and just wanted to hug herself. She said tremblingly: "Mi Yu's misfortune... will kill everyone, even my brother."

"I don't understand." Miura Bourbon's eyes lit up slightly when he heard that, but in order to find out the truth, he still chose to play dumb and asked, "Mi Yu didn't kill anyone."

"He's been killed! Mi Yu, Mi Yu killed my brother—in a dream! Twice!"

Bourbon's words immediately irritated Mi Yu's nerves, making her heart tighten and her stress reaction immediately erupted in extreme emotions.

"Don't go near the rice bath! No! Leave the rice bath, let me - just disappear!"

"Snapped!"

Just when Mi Yu was about to turn around and run away, Miura Bourbon took advantage of his long legs and height, stepped forward, grabbed Mi Yu's wrist, and then pulled Mi Yu back.

In terms of strength, although both Bourbon and Miyu were horsegirls, Bourbon clearly had the upper hand. After grabbing Miyu's wrist, Bourbon's eyes fixed on Miyu. Facing Miyu's rare expression of panic and a hint of anger, Bourbon spoke calmly after a long pause, "Miyu... lost my master twice in my dreams."

"Miura Bourbon also lost a master, and as I recall, it was definitely not a dream."

"I saw it with my own eyes once. The master died in front of me without even closing his eyes... Mi Yu, can you understand what I mean?"

"Bourbon-san..."

However, when Miura Bourbon's voice slowly fell, Mi Yu seemed to realize something, and murmured in disbelief, and his pupils shrank.

The next moment, Miura Bourbon was seen in front of Mi Yu, slowly unbuttoning his shirt as if nothing had happened, slowly pulling open his clothes, revealing his left shoulder as white as jade.

As horse girls, once they adapted to the darkness, their vision could be as sharp as in the daytime. With the help of the dimly lit streetlight, Miyu could clearly see the faint traces of light on Miura Bora's shoulders. Although not conspicuous, they were still faintly visible.

"This is……"

"This is the proof I left behind." Seeing that Miyu had seen clearly, Miura Bourbon slowly covered her shoulder again. Her expression remained unwavering as she spoke word for word, "Back then, Master died in front of me... from esophageal cancer. At that time, I carved Master's name on my shoulder with a fruit knife."

"And this trace has remained until now, and whenever I see it, it instantly brings back everything about the past."

"And now, Mi Yu, you've obviously remembered everything that happened in the past, right?"

"Bourbon, you..."

As Miura Bourbon finished speaking, Mi Yu finally understood everything. She opened her mouth slightly in surprise and didn't react for a long time.

Seeing Mi Yu's reaction, Bourbon's thoughts were completely confirmed. He gently grasped Mi Yu's hand and said word by word, "It seems that our fate with the Master... is bound together, Mi Yu."

"We have all witnessed everything the Master has done for us, and we all want to change it all. I need your experience and strength. Only in this way can we help the Master avoid all crises."

"So, don't give up. If we can't do it on our own, if we work together, perhaps we can change Master's fate."

Chapter 257: The only thing I don’t know is love

Shanxin and Aldan, as well as Bourbon and Miyu, each went through different psychological processes that night, but there is no doubt that the experience of this day was a huge change for each of them, both in mentality and in the future path.

The next day, all members of Kitano's team, including Sakura Shinou who had just joined the team yesterday, all came to the designated location of the training ground. Kitano waited for a while, but no key person came.

"Follower? Where is Ardan? Do you know?"

"Ah... Sister Aldan... said yesterday that she wasn't feeling well. Please don't disturb her during this period."

Kitano's words also brought Shanxin, who had been recalling the conversation with Aldan last night, back to her senses. Although she was a little worried about her sister, considering that her sister was surrounded by bodyguards from the Mejiro family, she felt that there was nothing to worry about.