The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

But when she turned around and met Kitano's face, she quickly calmed down. With a bit of surprise and indescribable joy, she called out softly, "Trainer Kitano—nice to meet you."

McQueen's voice seemed a little loud. Although it did not spread throughout the entire hall, everyone in a small area could still hear the surprise in McQueen's tone.

And because of McQueen's voice, all of a sudden, the other horse girls from the Mejiro family around seemed to have triggered a keyword. They all shuddered and subconsciously turned their heads to look at Kitano.

Chapter 160: Kitano surrounded by the Mejiro family horse girls

"Do you recognize me?" Kitano, who came to McQueen's side, was also a little surprised. It was normal for him to know Mejiro McQueen, after all, he had led Mejiro McQueen in one of the rounds, but it was a bit surprising that McQueen recognized him this round.

He had met Aldan and the Mejiro family leader before, but this was the first time McQueen and him met. How did McQueen recognize him at first sight?

As if sensing Kitano's confusion, McQueen, dressed in a formal gown, smiled softly, quickly regaining her ladylike composure and softly replying, "It's because of the Emperor... The Emperor is my friend, and I already knew she joined Trainer Kitano's team. Besides, you're Sister Shanxin's trainer."

"Not only me, but my other sisters all know you. To be honest, the Emperor once invited me to join Trainer Kitano's team."

And what McQueen said was of course true. She had indeed thought about joining Kitano's team several times, and the Emperor of the East Sea had even invited her once in disguise - that was the time when the Emperor of the East Sea wanted to join Kitano's team and asked Mejiro McQueen to run a race with her, with the chance to join Kitano's team as a bet.

The Emperor of the East China Sea obviously wanted to pull McQueen to join. To the Emperor, McQueen was her good friend and one of the few people in Tresen Academy who she felt could compete with her. He even surpassed her in some talents. Therefore, she wanted to help her good friend who had not yet found a trainer.

But this proposal was naturally rejected by McQueen. It was not that she was not tempted, but she really could not run at full speed in her current state...During the trials, McQueen ate too much, and she had a physique that was prone to weight gain. Racing with the emperor at this time would only be embarrassing.

And embarrassing herself in front of Kitano, whom she was actually quite attracted to... That was even worse. Of course, Mejiro McQueen would not say this in front of Kitano, but only subtly expressed her affection for him.

"Trainer Kitano, thank you very much for your training of Sister Shanxin. For this reason alone, you will be the permanent guest of honor of our Mejiro family." McQueen also gave Kitano a lot of face. She said this not only to Kitano, but also to the other family members present.

McQueen is no longer the same person she was before. Although she is only a member of the side branch, she is now the most talented genius in the Mejiro family, and the horse girl who has the greatest hope of achieving the mission of "winning the Emperor's Prize". It is easy to imagine McQueen's current status in the family.

This is why Kitano came to McQueen as soon as he saw him. In the current Mejiro family, McQueen is the best backer. It can even be said that whoever can be the trainer of Mejiro McQueen will be the one that no one dares to mess with in the Mejiro family.

Of course, Kitano didn't come here to be McQueen's trainer, but it would be good to improve McQueen's favorability. After all, Kitano estimated that he would be visiting the Mejiro family quite often in the future.

It's just that... isn't this McQueen a little too easy to talk to? He doesn't remember McQueen being so approachable before.

"This is what I should do, McQueen." But Kitano didn't think too much about it. Maybe it was because of Shanxin. It was normal for McQueen, a horse girl who had a good relationship with her sisters, to have a good impression of him.

At this moment, McQueen was looking at Kitano in front of her, with an indescribable luster in her eyes. She always felt that she had a natural familiarity with Kitano, as if in front of him, she could do many things with confidence and boldness without worrying about her image collapsing.

Maintaining the dignity of her family was crucial for McQueen. Born into a branch of the family, she placed even greater emphasis on this than her sisters, who were born within the clan. Especially now that she knew she was the Mejiro family's top new horsegirl, she absolutely refused to allow herself to lose composure.

But in front of Kitano... she seemed to feel a strange sense of affinity, as if he would tolerate her mistakes. Even the scene where she secretly ate dessert before, in front of Kitano, McQueen did not dwell too much.

If she had been more sensitive, she might have begged someone not to tell anyone about her misbehavior. But subconsciously, she didn't think Kitano would tell anyone, let alone laugh at her... It felt strange.

"Trainer Kitano, is this your first time at the Mejiro household? Do you need me to help you get acquainted with everyone?" McQueen felt it was not good to remain silent all the time, so he smiled softly and said, "I'm quite popular in the family. If there's anyone you'd like to meet, just tell me. I can introduce you."

Actually, I have no interest in the other members of the Mejiro family. I can't wait to keep staring at you. This is what Kitano is thinking at the moment. Although he has been to this huge Mejiro family for several weeks, he is not that familiar with the other members of the Mejiro family. Most of the time, Kitano devotes his energy and time to his responsibilities and has no time to care about any family struggles.

This also made Kitano's reputation in the Mejiro family very subtle in the past few weeks. For the horse girls of the Mejiro family and the head of the Mejiro family, although Kitano was not very talented, she never got involved in family affairs and only focused on her role as a horse girl. It can be said that she was the type of person the head of the family liked most.

However, the others who later joined the Mejiro family saw Kitano as someone who had single-handedly seized the power of the Mejiro family's most important horsewoman, consolidating his position within the family. Some even suggested that he was attempting to leverage the Mejiro family's greatest strength to pull off a traditional underdog comeback.

Despite his threatening actions, the Mejiro family head did nothing and instead showed Kitano more favor. It's easy to imagine how Kitano's reputation was in the eyes of others.

Therefore, for Kitano, the horse racing girls of the Mejiro family were a familiar presence in this large family. Rather than interacting with those who had too many imaginations, a fool like Kitano preferred to deal with pure horse racing girls.

Therefore, when Kitano was about to answer McQueen's question, a sudden burst of laughter interrupted the conversation between Kitano and McQueen.

"Sister McQueen, ah, I finally meet you, Sister Shanxin's trainer."

When Kitano turned his head, he found that there were two horse girls he was familiar with - Mejiro Kouyou, who had chestnut curly hair, a distinctive face and a natural temperament, and Mejiro Dobo, an icy beauty with long black hair and a somewhat cold expression.

These two are the new generation of the Mejiro family, but they have surpassed their older sister McQueen in terms of figure. Of course, Kitano would not say this in front of McQueen. They are not familiar with each other yet, and Kitano cannot make fun of McQueen too boldly.

"Mirito Mitsuki and Dobo-kun, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Trainer Kitano. Sister Shanxin has mentioned you to us many times, and we are finally able to meet you this time."

Guangming was clearly the more suitable person to talk to Kitano. Even as she spoke, Mejiro Guangming didn't forget to address McQueen, who was standing behind Kitano, with a slightly chastised tone, "Really...Ms. McQueen, you can't be so engaged in a conversation with Trainer Kitano all by yourself. Didn't we agree that once Trainer Kitano arrives today, we'll all speak together about our demands?"

"I'm sorry... Light, Dob."

McQueen nodded a little guiltily, admitting it. She had indeed made an agreement with Dob and Guangming... but, upon seeing Kitano, McQueen regretted it.

She had originally planned to take advantage of Shanxin's departure and Guangming and Duobo's absence to quickly submit her application to Kitano to join the team, but Guangming's interruption interrupted her thoughts.

"It's agreed?" Kitano turned to look at McQueen behind him, a little confused. Seeing Kitano's confusion, Meshiro Kouichi chuckled and said, "Trainer Kitano doesn't know yet, right? Actually... today, when we heard Trainer Kitano was coming, we all made a decision."

"The news that you changed Sister Shanxin's fate has spread throughout the Mejiro household. Sister McQueen, Dob, and I all admire you immensely, so we've agreed to take advantage of this family dinner to make a request to Trainer Kitano."

Guangming clasped his hands together, tilting them slightly to the side of his cute face, making a very cute and joyful gesture. He said lightly, "We all want to be like Shanxin-sister and become Kitano's trainer, the horse girl. This plan was proposed by sister Dober."

"Sister Guangming?!" Mubai Duobo, who had been hiding behind Guangming because he was a little afraid of men, did not expect that his sister would reveal his secrets so quickly, and his face turned red.

But soon, Dober noticed Kitano's somewhat surprised look. He didn't know if it was because he was not used to interacting with men, or because of the vague sense of familiarity in his heart after seeing Kitano. Dober turned his head slightly and said cunningly, "I, I'm not doing that for any reason. I'm just curious about how capable Sister Shanxin is. I'm also a horse girl from the Mejiro family. As long as I can become stronger, I can overcome the issue of my trainer's gender."

"That's right." Guangming didn't care about Duobo's arrogant reaction. He smiled softly and said, "I'm sorry, this child is quite shy and a little afraid of men. But what Duobo said is pretty much what we mean."

"Also...even though this is our first meeting, I actually think Trainer Kitano and I get along pretty well."

Guangming said something without thinking, which made people think a lot. McQueen, Dober and even Kitano looked over at him in surprise.

However, this might be exactly what Mejiro wanted. McQueen, standing by, whispered, "Ming-Yang, if you say that, Trainer Kitano will be very troubled."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Was I not clear enough?" Guangming showed a cute little surprise and smiled softly, "Then I'll try again."

"I mean... the first time I saw Trainer Kitano, I felt like I liked you. Although my sister Dober and I are not yet old enough to officially become horse girls, if possible, I hope that Trainer Kitano will let us join the team like Sister Zenshin in three years—"

"Sister Guangming!!"

However, the naturally natural Mejiro Guangming was completely unaware that the word "like" should not be used carelessly. Her words immediately triggered a reaction from Dober, who blushed and reminded Guangming.

But Dober didn't know why his reaction was so intense. When he saw his sister telling Kitano that she "liked" him, Dober's emotions suddenly became uncontrollable, like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

Even the tone of voice was raised a few notches. Now, it was hard for everyone in the hall not to pay attention to this place. On the second floor, Mejiro Zenshin, who was talking to his parents, couldn't help but stick his head out.

"That guy... is Trainer Kitano, right?" A noblewoman, a horse girl who bore a striking resemblance to Shanxin, gazed curiously at Kitano Ryuichi, who was surrounded by Guangming, Dober, and McQueen. She said to her husband beside her, "He does look quite impressive, but I wonder how skilled he is."

"What do you think of helping our precious daughter grow into someone as powerful as the Emperor of the East China Sea in just one week?" Shanxin's father also poked his head out, gazing curiously at Kitano downstairs. He smiled at his daughter beside him and said, "It seems our precious daughter's trainer is quite popular."

"Yes."

However, Shanxin, who was beside his parents, also noticed Kitano, who was surrounded by his sisters and looked a little confused, and... his sisters who were having a good chat with their trainer.

The expression in Shanxin's eyes changed slightly, becoming dull for a moment, but he continued to mutter to himself, "My trainer's popularity... is really a little too good."

Chapter 161: Sister Aldan's Pressure

"Well... although I appreciate Guangming's kindness, I don't have any plans to expand my current team for the time being."

However, facing the olive branch thrown by Mejiro Mitsukoshi, Kitano couldn't accept it even if he had this thought in his heart. Kitano didn't forget that he was now Mejiro Zenshin's trainer and he hadn't fulfilled his promise to Zenshin. Letting Mejiro Mitsukoshi join his team at this time would undoubtedly be a suicidal act.

Kitano was not worried about the harmony between Shanxin and Guangming and others. After all, they were all sisters. If they were all under the same trainer, they would probably get along well with each other, and might even be as relaxed as at home. Shanxin, who was afraid of loneliness and lacked company, should like such a scene.

What made Kitano hesitate was his own experience. It wasn't that he hadn't trained Mejiro Kouyou before, but it was precisely because of this that Kitano had to turn Kouyou down. The reason was simple - Mejiro Kouyou, as a horse girl, was too difficult for a trainer.

It’s not that Mejiro Mitsuki is difficult to get along with. On the contrary, Mitsuki can be said to be the easiest to get along with among all the horse girls in the Mejiro family. Her personality is plain and natural. Her birth as a lady from a wealthy family did not make her arrogant, but rather very friendly.

And most importantly, compared to Dober and McQueen, Guangming has no tsundere attributes at all. He always says whatever he wants to say. This makes Kitano, who has dealt with tsunderes many times, feel like he has met an angel - because every word of Guangming is serious, and he doesn't need to guess the second meaning.

Speaking of this, Mejiro Mitsukoshi is actually a very easy person to get along with. Kitano can even say that Mejiro Mitsukoshi is the kind of person who is very suitable to be married home as a wife - but the biggest problem is that as a horse girl, Mejiro Mitsukoshi is obviously too troublesome.

As a woman, Mejiro Kouyou is calm and nonchalant, which is a good thing. However, as a racehorse girl, she is too slow and insensitive, which puts her at a disadvantage in races where a slow exit can be fatal.

Moreover, Guangming does not have a strong fighting spirit and is not good at fighting or winning. This kind of character is reflected in Guangming's lack of competitive spirit in the arena. The result of this is that many times, when fighting for a game that he can obviously win, Guangming just lacks that little bit of strength and refuses to catch up.

Besides, as the daughter of the Mejiro family, Guangming was not without her problems, such as her picky eating habits. During the time when Kitano was her trainer, Guangming's picky eating habits were the most troublesome thing for him, except for training and competitions... But there is no need to talk about these things, because talking too much will make him cry.

But in the final analysis, if Kitano looked at Mejiro Mitsuaki purely from a male's perspective, he would like her very much, but if he looked at her from a trainer's perspective... It's not that Kitano was annoyed with her, but he was indeed a little overwhelmed.

Right now, his team already has five horse girls. If Qingyun Tiankong joins in the future, that would make six. With this situation, just dealing with the daily tasks of these horse girls is already overwhelming for him, let alone adding more horse girls to the team.

As for Mejiro Mitsukoshi... Honestly, based on Kitano and Mejiro Mitsukoshi's experience in that round, I could still say I could handle it if I put all my energy into taking care of Mejiro Mitsukoshi, but with the other six horse girls...

Kitano could only say, spare him. He wasn't a data man, nor a vampire. He hadn't surpassed humanity, nor was he a Fanma alien. He was just an ordinary person. His purity wasn't that high, and he couldn't handle such a heavy workload.

What's more, even if there was no Mejiro Akira, he would not be able to handle the addition of Dober and McQueen... Let's not talk about Dober for now, McQueen also has a lot of problems related to her career that Kitano needs to worry about, and it is not a problem that can be solved in a short time.

"It's okay, Trainer Kitano. My sister Dober and I are not joining the team right now. We are just reserving a place in the future team—"

Mejiro's natural personality made it impossible for her to read Kitano's rejection in her words. Instead, she continued to smile warmly, saying, "Dober and I are not yet old enough to be horse girls, and our bodies haven't fully matured yet. We're just making a small agreement. If Dober and I have the potential to be horse girls, we will choose Trainer Kitano to be our trainer—"

"It's just an agreement, nothing else. Dob and McQueen think so too, right?"

However, Mubai Guangming even asked McQueen and Dobber, who were also interested in the matter, to act as his guarantors. When Guangming said this, Dobber and McQueen subconsciously exchanged glances. Then, Dobber turned his head away, blushing slightly, and muttered, "If it can bring honor to the family... then it's not impossible."

"Um... my words..."

Dob and McQueen were both horse girls who had once been coached by Kitano. Like Guangming, they both had a natural familiarity and fondness for Kitano. McQueen was particularly impressed, even having an overwhelming desire to get closer to Kitano. This fondness made her subconsciously want to agree to Guangming's words.

Of course, Duobo has no less feelings like this than her sister. She herself doesn't understand why, although she is afraid of men and can't even say a word to ordinary men, when she sees Kitano, she subconsciously feels that this man...she seems to be trustworthy.

She trusted him not to reveal her little secrets in the future. He wasn't approaching her for the Mejiro family fortune, but for her, Mejiro Dobo, simply for the name and for her, the horse girl.

Such purity was the foundation of the trainer Dober desired. However, due to her own personality, she was unable to express her thoughts with the same frankness as Mejiro Komiya.

All I can say is that if Kitano knew about this, he would probably lament that it was a pity that he was not a woman. Otherwise, Dober would definitely be much more frank than he is now, and would even have held his hand, unable to contain his affection for him.

Unfortunately, Kitano didn't know that the closeness between these horse girls in this round was due to the fate he had with them in the previous rounds - he still thought that the current situation was simply because his teachings to the believers were effective, which attracted their attention to him.

Faced with this scene, Kitano had no way to avoid it, but he really didn't want to agree. However, it was not easy for him to save the face of these young ladies in public. Otherwise, if other people in the Mejiro family knew that their applications to join the team were rejected by their sister's trainer, they would lose face.

What to do? Is there anyone who can help him?

Kitano subconsciously looked towards Fujiwara Reiko not far away, hoping that his senior could save him from the dire situation, but he found that Fujiwara Reiko had disappeared long ago!

Oh, I saw that Senior seemed to be dragged towards the bathroom by Ryan... Now it’s good, I’m afraid he won’t come out for an hour.

Just when Kitano was about to bite the bullet and agree temporarily, a sudden soft voice interrupted the atmosphere.

"Ah, Trainer Kitano, it really is you? I thought I was mistaken."

"Look carefully, why are my sisters gathered here too? It's not polite to be surrounding a distinguished guest like this."

However, the moment that gentle voice sounded, the entire audience fell silent, including the three Mejiro sisters who were still entangled with Kitano. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the source of the voice - Mejiro Aldan.

All you see is that this true and orthodox eldest daughter of the Mejiro family, although her clothes are not particularly luxurious or dazzling, her natural temperament has attracted everyone's attention the moment she appeared, as if as long as she appears, all the people present, no matter how beautiful or luxurious, are here to set off her beauty.

And Aldan truly deserved such a scene. She had been so sickly, but now she had regained her spirits. Her steps were steady, her breathing was smooth, and even her cheeks had regained a healthy hue, making her already snow-white skin even more charming, like a plum blossom.

"Sister Aldan..."

When Aldan appeared, even her sisters were a little surprised. Wasn't Aldan sick? She was still sick at noon today and refused to eat or drink. How come she suddenly seemed to be well?

"Guangming, Dober, and McQueen, surrounding Trainer Kitano like this will make him feel troubled."

Ardan came down from upstairs, smiling, and looked at her three sisters with an extremely kind expression. She spoke words of blame, but without any accusation in her tone. She chuckled as she spoke each word, "Everyone, please leave for a while. Let our distinguished guest catch his breath, okay?"

"Yes..." x3

However, once Aldan spoke, even McQueen, Guangming, and Dober, who were as close as sisters, dared not say a word. This was Aldan's status in the Mejiro family. It could be said that besides the head of the Mejiro family, she was the eldest sister in the family.

After the three McQueen girls left, Aldan came to Kitano with a smile. Her eyes lit up slightly, but she remained reserved and said with a gentle smile, "Hello again, Trainer Kitano. My three sisters... seem to have caused you some trouble."

"Thank you so much for saving me, Aldan." Kitano was indeed relieved. In that situation, if Aldan hadn't been there, he would have had to take it on with a brave face, and the end result would have been that he would have been extremely busy and would have completely said goodbye to entertainment and life.

Ardan obviously understood Kitano's thoughts, but when she saw Kitano's relieved look after the three sisters left, she still couldn't help feeling a little happy in her heart.

It seems... Trainer Kitano doesn't particularly like her three sisters... Aldan, who had such a strange idea, realized belatedly that his idea was not good, and then suppressed it.

"Trainer Kitano, you were just entangled by my three sisters. How about you relax now?"

Having said this, Aldan took the initiative to extend a palm to Kitano, performed a dignified salute, and asked with a smile: "You wouldn't refuse a lady's invitation to dance, right?"

"Of course not, Miss Ardant."

When Kitano saw the hand extended by Aldan, he subconsciously glanced at the believer on the stage. However, he did not receive any instructions from the believer. In front of everyone, he had no choice but to hold up the hand extended by Aldan, and the two of them slowly walked towards the center of the hall.

"Aldan...seems to be very attached to that Kitano trainer."

On the stage, Shanxin's parents were also surprised that the ailing Mejiro Aldan would actually appear at this dinner. Shanxin's father looked down at the scene and said softly, "This is the first time I've seen Aldan dance on stage. When she was still healthy, she always refused any invitations. When she was not feeling well, she didn't even participate at all. This seems to be a first time, right?"

"It seems that Trainer Kitano has more influence than we thought." Shanxin's mother nodded, but her eyes subconsciously turned to her child and rolled her eyes at Shanxin.

But at this moment, when she noticed her child's eyes staring at Kitano and Aldan in the center of the hall, and the hand that was holding Zhuolan with a little force, she opened her mouth slightly and realized a very serious problem.

One may be related to the serious problem of sisterly love between his own daughter and the younger generation who has the greatest say after the current head of the Mejiro family.

Chapter 162: How did we win this?

Kitano didn't know what Mejiro Zennobu was thinking. Although he was good at putting himself in other people's shoes, it didn't mean that he could read minds. For Kitano, the relationship between the Mejiro sisters was very good. This kind of relationship made them never have any estrangement or suspicion. It was an ideal sister relationship.

This wasn't just Kitano's conjecture; it was something he'd witnessed for himself during his many years of coaching Uma Musume at the Mejiro Clan. Uma Musume were inherently pure beings, and in a large family centered around the careers of Uma Musume, where even the rulers were former Uma Musume, the suspicions fueled by power and wealth often only arose among those below the head of the family, those who were self-righteous.