The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

As Bourbon Miura was thinking, Kitano's palm, which was now attached to Bourbon Miura's calf, actually began to move - his palm pinched Bourbon Miura's calf very precisely, and soon, Bourbon felt a pain suddenly attack her brain.

"Ah! Wrong, a mistake happened!"

"Hurt? Of course it hurts." Kitano anticipated Miura Bourbon's reaction and said with a hint of a smile, "We usually get calf cramps, and this is the meridian that cramps most often. Pressing it like this will feel very similar to a normal cramp."

"But don't worry, this has no side effects at all. On the contrary, it will relax your meridians and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. This is a technique that a master specially taught me. He said that if you have cramps in the middle of the night, although this will hurt, it will heal quickly."

"I can't help it. Since Miura-san asked me to massage her legs to relieve her fatigue, I have no choice but to do it. So just bear with it. It may hurt, but it will definitely make you feel better."

"Wait, Trainer Kitano! Ah."

However, before Miura Bourbon could finish her words, the familiar feeling of pain once again attacked her brain, causing her whole body to tremble uncontrollably, yet she couldn't help but cry out in pain.

This was a sound of genuine pain, without the tingling sensation that Miura Bourbon had deliberately feigned. Miura Bourbon trembled in pain, but did not dare to resist too hard.

If Miura Bourbon wanted to resist, with her horse-racing physique, she could easily subdue Kitano again and then pin him down on the bed and make him jump. But Miura Bourbon didn't want to do that, nor did she dare to do it. She was afraid that her horse-racing physique was too strong and she might hurt her beloved master.

She was even more afraid that even if she really subdued Kitano, she would be confused about everything that happened next. By then, her relationship with him would never be the same as before. Every time they met, there would still be some awkwardness and estrangement.

Miura Bourbon couldn't stand this feeling, but if she didn't do this, she would have to endure this pain - which was also very unbearable!

"Don't hold it in, it will feel better if you shout it out." Kitano felt quite emotional when he saw Miura Bourbon's flushed face. The reason why he dared to do this was because he knew Bourbon too well.

Bourbon is actually similar to Mi Yu to some extent. They would rather suppress themselves than hurt others. They are dull but kind in character, so Kitano dares to do this.

If the person pressing Kitano's calf was the Emperor of the East China Sea, Kitano would not dare to do so at all - he was afraid that the emperor would overreact and kick him in the chin, which would then dislocate his jaw.

"If you shout it out, you'll feel better, Miura-san. There's no need to hold it in."

"No, no - Trainer Kitano, please stop immediately - ah, a mistake, a mistake has happened, a mistake has happened."

No, I can't! I'm going to be paralyzed by the pain. If Master keeps going like this...it's going to leak out.

The master's actions must be stopped immediately, immediately!

Finally, Miura Bourbon couldn't bear it anymore. She was in so much pain that she was almost out of strength. The last burst of pain probably reached her limit, causing her to lunge forward, using all her strength to stop Kitano.

Kitano, who was still holding onto Miura Happo's calf, suddenly saw his vision go dark, as if he was hit head-on by two soft lazy sofas, and his whole body fell down under the force.

Suddenly, there was a dull sound of someone falling to the ground. The next moment, when Kitano opened his eyes, he found that Miura Bourbon had just supported his body with both hands. His face was flushed, not sure whether it was from shame or pain, and he was looking at him indignantly.

The awkward silence lasted for a long time, and Kitano's face still looked very relaxed - because he saw that Miura Bourbon's initial embarrassed and angry expression slowly returned to his previous calmness, and at the last moment, he even became a little aggrieved.

Miura Bourbon did not stand up, but instead adjusted his position and buried his face in Kitano's chest, who was now lying on the ground. His horse ears drooped slightly, and his tail behind him was like a spoiled child, wrapped around Kitano's thigh.

"so lonely."

Finally, after feeling embarrassed and annoyed, Miura Bourbon could no longer suppress the trembling in her heart. She buried her cheek in Kitano's chest, her body pressed tightly against Kitano's without feeling shy. After a long while, she said lightly, "Trainer Kitano, it was Miura Bourbon Unit-01 who originally wanted to hand over the highest authority. Why did you end up getting such a good relationship with Miyu-san?"

"I was the one who first proposed becoming Trainer Kitano's horse girl, so why am I the one who gets the least attention from Trainer Kitano..."

"Didn't I tell you? Because you're the one I trust the most, Miura-san."

Kitano heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. After all this commotion, this taciturn cyborg horsegirl finally spoke out, and her words were pretty much as Kitano had suspected. She responded gently, "Of the four horsegirls, you're the fastest learner. You were the first to master your own running style, and you actively participate in training. You're both insightful and intelligent. Compared to Miyu, Shanxin, and Shengwang, you're the one I trust the most."

"You are the horse girl who has the best chance of defeating the Emperor of the East Sea, Miura-san. I have great confidence in you."

"Call me Bourbon."

However, in response to Kitano's words, Miura Bourbon was more concerned about how Kitano addressed her. She said sullenly, "Trainer Kitano is clearly the highest authority in the future of Miura Bourbon, yet he addresses other horse girls by their names."

"That can't be helped... Mi Yu's name is just two characters. I can't just call her Mi-san, right?" Kitano said, also finding it amusing. "The same goes for Shanxin. If I call her Mejiro-san, at least six of the horse girls at Tresen Academy will turn their heads. Look, don't I still call her by her last name, Saint King?"

"There's no need to worry about this, right? Bourbon."

"..." He changed the surname to his first name very naturally, without embarrassing Bourbon at all. Kitano's call did not get a response from Miura Bourbon, but at this moment, Kitano felt that the restraint on his thighs had dissipated, and instead, there seemed to be some touch on his waist...

Miura Bourbon's tail expressed its feelings before its owner did, and took the initiative to wrap around Kitano's waist, as if it wanted to completely let the person in front of it be infected with her scent.

Chapter 091: Bourbon's increasingly distorted feelings

Miura Bourbon's current appearance is completely different from her usual image of a "cyborg horse girl". Usually, she gives people a very cold and emotionless impression. There are even many horse girls with slightly higher IQs...oh, the more naive horse girls, who really think Miura Bourbon is a mechanical horse girl.

There was even an incident where a horse girl went to the student council to discuss whether it was against the rules for a mechanical horse girl to participate in the competition. However, that random horse girl, whose IQ was even higher than that of a tyrant, was eventually coaxed away by several members of the student council. I wonder if she can realize now that Miura Bourbon is actually just a horse girl with a rather cold expression.

But having a cold personality doesn't mean she has no emotions. Kitano had actually felt the rich emotions of Miura Bourbon a long time ago, but... it doesn't seem to be the same as the current scene.

Kitano remembered that although Miura Bourbon had a lot of emotions, she was actually a very strong horse girl. She never looked down on horse girls weaker than herself, nor would she be hostile to other horse girls just because they almost surpassed her. She was a person who truly implemented the principles of horse girls.

Oh, except for Mi Yu, but based on last week's episode, Bourbon's slight hostility towards Mi Yu was probably because of him. He always let Bourbon regard Mi Yu as his imaginary enemy. Over time, it may have really made Bourbon a little more wary of Mi Yu.

But overall, the relationship between Mi Yu and Bourbon was still good in last episode. After all, Mi Yu once proposed to join Kitano's team. After that time, Kitano could still see Bourbon and Mi Yu always talking together, and felt that the relationship between the two women was actually not bad.

But now it seems... Miura Bourbon doesn't seem to be a being that can be associated with the word "strong". It is just like a big golden retriever that is acting coquettishly to its owner. Kitano has never experienced Miura Bourbon like this before.

Could it be that his former horse girl was actually, deep down, a loyal horse girl who would act cute when she was wronged? Kitano really didn't know this. After all, in his impression, Miura Bourbon didn't seem like the kind of horse girl who would act cute to him last week.

Besides, their relationship now is not as harmonious as before... Could it be that this incident actually dealt a bigger blow to Miura Bourbon than he thought?

However, Kitano didn't know that Minaura Bourbon actually possessed their memories of that episode, and even if he knew this, he didn't know why his death from esophageal cancer would bring such a huge change to Minaura Bourbon.

After all, even though he was terminally ill at the time and had let Bourbon know that something was wrong with him, he still remembered that Miura Bourbon was not with him when he was sick.

According to common sense, everything would restart after his death. Bourbon Miura had no chance to witness his death with his own eyes. Even if he really had memories of the past, he wouldn't have become so entangled, right?

However, regarding this point, perhaps only Miura Bourbon herself knows the reason for all this...For her trainer who was unable to witness her becoming the undefeated Triple Crown horse girl, and whose master passed away before the Chrysanthemum Sangju started, Miura Bourbon is the only one who knows how deep her suppressed feelings for Kitano are.

Miura Bourbon buried her cheek tightly in Kitano's chest, and every part of her body was pressed tightly against Kitano's body, as if she wanted to merge into one with him.

Not only that, while Miura Bourbon buried her face in Kitano's chest, she was also constantly inhaling the familiar scent coming from Kitano, as if it was the best soothing incense in the world.

"Master's scent...Master's scent..."

"It smells so good... I don't want to separate, I want to smell more..."

If Kitano was deaf, she would probably be unable to help but speak out her slightly perverted thoughts directly, as she was thinking at the moment.

There is no special smell on Kitano's body. As a former southerner, Kitano has to take a bath every day in the humid weather in the south, regardless of summer or winter. But even so, Kitano's body does not have any so-called smell of being marinated by soap or shower gel, nor does he have a physique like Uma Musume who does not smell bad even when sweating.

After traveling to Uma Musume, Kitano's physical condition has indeed improved to some extent. It's like the trainer in this world is obviously an ordinary person, but when Uma Musume kicks him in the face, he only gets a nosebleed. This kind of thing is impossible in Kitano's original world.

But it only made Kitano a little more durable. A young man who usually ran 1000 meters and gasped for breath in four and a half minutes, now even a 3000-meter jog was just daily exercise. But it didn't make Kitano smell any better.

But...when did what Miura Bourbon calls "smell good" become the kind of smell that others like to smell?

The pleasant smell that Miura Bourbon mentioned was actually the unique smell that was mingled with Kitano's body, a smell that made her feel familiar, the kind that she could smell all the time in the past, a smell that she had never cared about. But until the moment Kitano disappeared from her life, it was the smell that made Miura Bourbon feel extremely nostalgic.

This smell was not pleasant, but it made her feel familiar, and made her want to spend all her time around this smell, as if... he had never left her.

Before the moment Kitano disappeared from Miura Bourbon's life, Miura Bourbon had never felt that she was so dependent on someone, even though they had only been together for a short year and a half. Compared with her parents, the trace Kitano left in her life was just a moment.

If the two had separated normally three years later, perhaps Miura Bourbon wouldn't have become what it is now. But it wasn't time that separated them, but illness. From the day she witnessed Kitano's torment from illness at Miura Bourbon, she realized that this person's importance in her heart was growing day by day.

She will never forget the moment when she looked at Kitano, who had been diagnosed with the disease. His face was pale but he still looked as if it didn't matter. It seemed as if he really didn't care about his life or death. Instead, he comforted her who was in tears at the time and told her not to worry about his affairs.

"I'm not afraid of death at all, Bourbon. For me, death is probably one of the few things I'm relatively familiar with, right? So don't worry too much."

"I just hope... before I die next time... well... before you forget me, I can see you win the Chrysanthemum Award and become the next undefeated triple champion..."

Miura Bourbon could never forget that scene. She had never seen anyone so wholeheartedly support her at such a critical moment. Perhaps it was simply because Kitano was the first person she had met who had such awareness. Perhaps there were other people in the world who could do the same...

But at this moment, in Miura Bourbon's heart, Kitano is the person who means the most to her in her life and the one she is most reluctant to leave.

This person, the one who supported her from the very beginning and made her walk firmly on the path of dream that should not belong to a horse girl of mediocre blood like her, the one who worked hard with her from the beginning to the end, the one who was so close to her, as if they were one... was about to leave her forever.

From the day Kitano disappeared... Miura Bourbon took over all of Kitano's belongings in this world. Kitano had no relatives in this world, and the only people who still had control over everything in the room he left behind were the officials of Tresen Academy and his horse girl, Miura Bourbon.

Miura Bourbon, who took over all of Kitano's belongings, never returned to his dormitory for even a single night from that day on.

She slept in Kitano's room every night. After every day's training and shower, she would throw herself on Kitano's bed, breathing in the little bit of Kitano's scent that still remained on the pillow and sheets.

"Master...hasn't he returned yet? Miura Bourbon Unit-01 is about to enter hibernation..."

"Tomorrow, please be sure to wake up Miura Bourbon, Master..."

"Master..."

Miura Bourbon called out this name that would never get a response in a muffled voice. Her body curled up slightly and twitched, but she didn't even dare to cry. She was afraid that her tears would cover the little scent of Kitano left on the pillow. By then... she would no longer be able to remember the scent of the person she was most familiar with.

From the day Kitano left her, Miura Bourbon had a strong feeling, as if... the whole world was constantly trying to make her forget everything that belonged to Kitano, and her resistance now was as if she was going against the whole world.

But she dared not forget, she dared not forget her master. If she lost all of this... then who in this world could prove the existence of her beloved master?

She could only deceive herself over and over again, as if she was deceiving her own heart. As long as she continued to believe that her master was not dead, she would not forget all this. She could not believe it yet, at least... she had to complete the unfinished wish given to her by her master, win the Chrysanthemum Award, and become an undefeated horse girl with three crowns.

Until that day comes... even if I have to fight against the whole world, Miura Bourbon will never forget him.

Chapter 092: Miura Bourbon's strange competitive spirit towards Miyu

Miura Bourbon held Kitano and sniffed him for a long time, replenishing the "master energy" that she had been seriously lacking since Kitano's death last week. However, she didn't dare to sniff for too long, or even take a deep breath. She could only breathe in greedily and quickly, pretending that she was sobbing.

After all, her relationship with Kitano hadn't reached that level of closeness this time. Not even last week. It wasn't until Kitano's esophageal cancer began to rob him of his remaining time day by day that Miura Bourbon began to cherish every moment she spent with Kitano.

Even after Kitano died in that first round, Miura Bourbon didn't even spare his pillow, quilt cover, and even his clothes. As long as she could smell a little bit of Kitano's remaining scent, she could remain calm all day long. Similarly, if she didn't smell it for a day, Miura Bourbon would become extremely anxious and restless, and couldn't even concentrate on training.

Fortunately, this state of mind was greatly alleviated after she came here in the timeline and saw Kitano again. Now, Miura Bourbon can be said to be able to stay calm for a whole day just by seeing Kitano every day.

But even though Miura Bourbon maintained her sanity, the feelings in her heart due to Kitano's departure changed from a faint affection to a strong feeling after she woke up, and then twisted into an almost inseparable obsession. All of this process made Miura Bourbon want more attention from Kitano all the time.

If possible, she would like to knock Kitano unconscious and jump him three times in a day, but three times would not be enough - of course, this kind of thought only comes to Miura Bourbon when she is jealous. If Kitano plays with her seriously, she will be scared and her defense will drop to 0.

But she just couldn't control her emotions, couldn't control her possessiveness... She wanted to monopolize her master like she did in the past, but she couldn't control herself.

"Trainer Kitano... am I being a bit too much trouble?" Bourbon Miura clearly noticed his increasingly twisted possessiveness towards his Master, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"That's why I told you before, Bourbon, you're the horse girl that gives me the least trouble out of the four of us. This level of trouble isn't even a problem. It's just after-school psychological counseling."

Kitano has managed too many little ancestors. A horse racing girl like Miura Bourbon is simply his dream horse. It's just that what happened today made her a little emotional. It's better than those little ancestors who are always angry.

"I wish you could be a little more honest with me, and with everyone else, Bourbon, and express yourself a little more strongly."

"It's okay, Bourbon. You're a good kid. It's just that no one understands you very well. You have the right to express your joy, happiness, sadness, and anxiety. You don't have to worry about others. Sometimes, it's okay to laugh out loud or cry loudly."

"It can't be done."

However, Miura Bourbon seemed to be slightly moved by what he said, but he still clung to Kitano and said in a voice without a trace of extraneous emotion, "Miura Bourbon's program... doesn't have the corresponding function."

"But didn't you perform well before?" Kitano knew it wouldn't be easy. After all, this was the "setting" of Miura Bourbon. Having traveled to the world of Uma Musume, Kitano was certain that these horse girls, created by CY based on various "settings," were living beings, not just paper figures.

However, these settings have indeed become a part of them. However, Kitano believes that as long as they are confirmed to be living people, even the deep-rooted initial settings can be broken.

This is also the reason why Kitano was so obsessed with letting his horse racing girls break their inherent achievements at the beginning. For him, breaking their inherent achievements means breaking their original settings and changing their life trajectories. This also proves that everything in this world is not set in stone, and Kitano's existence also has its own value.

However, this takes time, but Kitano still has a lot of time in his life, so he can slowly waste time with these settings until the horse racing girls completely break their "settings".

What's more, he can start over. He doesn't believe that so many living horse racing girls have to follow their predetermined life trajectories to the end, and he must change one of them.

"Miura Bourbon... can only show emotions to those with the highest authority."

"This is a special addition for Trainer Kitano."

As Miura Bourbon said this, her face buried in Kitano's chest became even redder, and her tail made Kitano feel even tighter. Kitano felt a little funny about Miura Bourbon, who seemed to have a bit of a "loyal dog" attribute in front of him.

This is a setting that he really doesn't know about. Could it be that it is because of him that Miura Bourbon awakened a new "attribute" on his own?

If this is the case, then has he already changed the direction of the world and begun to influence the development of some things in this world?

If that's the case... then, maybe it's not so bad. After all, how could Kitano hate a girl who was so devoted to him? And she was a good girl like Miura Bourbon, with such a good figure and appearance.

"Then it's okay for Bourbon to act a little more coquettishly in front of me."

"I won't be bothered, Bourbon. Whenever you feel like you need to vent, you can always come to me. You can tell me anything."

"Any time?"

After receiving Kitano's permission, Bourbon Miura finally showed some reaction. Bourbon raised his head slightly, as if he was surprised that he could get such permission so quickly. His eyes, which had been dull due to jealousy, began to regain their luster.

Finally, under Kitano's encouraging gaze, Miura Bourbon finally couldn't control the strongest desire in her heart. She swallowed slightly, then suppressed her trembling voice and asked with inner anticipation, "From now on, Miura Bourbon, can you call Trainer Kitano, 'Master'?"

"This is the exclusive title of the highest authority in Miura Bourbon."

It's really a small wish similar to Miyu's. Kitano thought so in his heart when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh that Miyu and Miura Bourbon are indeed horse girls who can become good friends. Although they have different personalities, they have the same ideas and are both good children who don't want to cause trouble to others.

Since we are all on the same team from now on...it seems like we need to quickly consolidate the relationship between Miura Bourbon and Miyu, and make it a mutually beneficial relationship of close friends and rivals, just like in the anime and games.

Well, after the trials are over, let Miyu and Miura Bourbon run together for training. Kitano had already made up his mind and couldn't wait to add a best friend to each of these two lonely children.

"Of course, Bourbon. Although I'm not your trainer yet, I've been convinced since our first meeting that you would be my horse girl."

—These were Kitano's words when he met Bourbon Miura last week, trying to win her over. After saying this, Kitano successfully recruited Bourbon Miura by appealing to her feelings and promising her a place in the Triple Crown race.

But now something has changed. Even without Kitano's request, Miura Bourbon is willing to be his horse girl, so the second half of the sentence is not necessary.

But what Kitano didn't know was that his statement, which he didn't want to change, happened to coincide with the scene in Miura Bourbon's memory - at that moment, Miura Bourbon's heartbeat seemed to speed up a bit, and he nodded with a happy smile.