The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

This is also the reason why the siege encountered by Mi Yu this time was more severe than those of Emperor and Bourbon. It is said that "three homos make a drama". More than one hundred ordinary horse racing girls gathered together to help each other and make suggestions. The qualitative change brought about by this was extremely strong.

Mi Yu's defeat this time gave them hope. They continued to send out the stronger members among them, and more than a hundred members worked together to make plans, just to get more promotion through this legitimate means.

Even if it was just a few tips, the advice they received was all on paper. If another Uma Musume had the same problem, wouldn't they be able to use the same method? That's why they kept digging into Kitano's abilities like they were digging for gold, just to get more advice.

But now, they have a "stumbling block", an obstacle that no one expected except a few members of the Kitano team.

"Ah la la, it's really hard for me to find you, Xing-chan. Is this your base camp? It's really hidden——"

That day, Qingyun Tiankong came alone to a classroom in an abandoned old teaching building. There, she found the nest of a large team with a lot of patrol support teams on each floor. It had the momentum of an RPG protagonist who was overcoming difficulties alone.

Qingyun Tiankong was not afraid of the horse racing girls hiding here at all, because she knew that they were not bosses or bad people, but just a group of poor horse racing girls who gathered together and cuddled up to each other for the same purpose and similar experiences. She came here this time not to report them, but to help Kitano in her own way.

"Everyone, you all want to get the guidance of Trainer Kitano, right? But everyone knows that there is only one Trainer Kitano, and with so many of you, there won't be enough to go around."

"Even if Trainer Kitano is a genius, he still needs to rest, right? He doesn't have that much energy to take care of everyone. He doesn't even have time to take care of me, Xing-chan—"

Qingyun Tiankong looked at the horse racing girls in front of him and sensed their confusion. The next moment, his relaxed smile turned a bit more serious as he said word by word, "If Trainer Kitano gets exhausted, none of us will gain anything. This isn't the result we all want, right?"

"Well, why don't we start screening from the very beginning? I, Xing-chan, am also a half-deputy horse girl under Trainer Kitano - he actually accepted Xing-chan's application to join the team."

"So, if you want to compete, you might as well get past me, Xing-chan. If you can't even beat someone like me, a responsible horse girl who hasn't even had the chance to be taught by Trainer Kitano, then why don't you try to cause trouble for Trainer Kitano?"

Yes, what Qingyun Tiankong wants to do is to block the main pressure of the base camp here for Kitano and others, so that these horse girls will not cause more trouble to Kitano as much as possible, and become the boss of the first screening level.

This is also why the number of horse racing girls who want to challenge has not increased much in the past few days - because most of them were stopped by Qingyun Tiankong. She competed alone against more than a dozen horse racing girls in one game. Now, she has run two games for two consecutive days and won both games.

The horse girls who lost to Qingyun Tiankong fulfilled their promise and did not challenge the other horse girls from Kitano's team. However, the support group also made some changes to this, which is why Miyu's opponents this time were of higher quality than those faced by Bourbon and Emperor.

But regardless, Qingyun Tiankong still managed to withstand most of the pressure, even though she was alone. If it weren't for her escaping horse tactics and her mastery of energy-saving tactics, she would have collapsed from exhaustion from the battles.

"That day, after the trials, the tactics used by the horse girl named Mejiro Zenshin were personally devised by Trainer Kitano, right? Even though I lost the trials, it was a blessing in disguise for me, Xing-chan, to learn that same move."

"Ah... As expected of a tactic devised by Trainer Kitano, it really suits me, Xing-chan. If it weren't for this trick, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to run two games in two days. I wouldn't have enough physical strength."

Qingyun Tiankong lay comfortably in the shade of a tree, looking very comfortable. However, she knew very well that when the afternoon came, it would be time for her to fight with those horse girls again... She always deliberately avoided meeting Kitano's team, just wanting to be an unknown hero.

"Why don't you go and talk to Trainer Kitano?" Cao Shangfei asked this question more than once, and Qingyun Tiankong's answer was always the same.

“Because I have my reasons.”

Qingyun Tiankong opened his eyes and looked up at the sky, saying softly, "If I hadn't shown off to everyone back then, perhaps not so many people would have known about my joining Trainer Kitano's team, and so many people wouldn't have gathered together out of excitement."

"After all, this is my fault, Xing-chan. Xing-chan can't let Trainer Kitano suffer because of me, so I have to stand up."

"It's not your fault, Xing-chan." Cao Shangfei also smiled helplessly. It seemed that there was nothing else she could do except stand with Qingyun Tiankong and deal with the trouble together with her good friend.

Qingyun Tiankong insisted on making up for all his mistakes before taking the next step, but...Cao Shangfei always felt that being an unknown hero might be cool to those who know the truth, but it is a bitter thing after all when no one can see your efforts and struggles.

Cao Shangfei has been thinking about whether he should try again to help his friend, or at least let Trainer Kitano know what his good friend is thinking?

But recently, Trainer Kitano seems very busy... Let's wait until this crisis is over. Cao Shangfei shook her head. She looked at the blue sky and her legs that had been running for two consecutive days. After a long while, she said softly, "Xing-chan, let me take your place in the next game."

"Eh? But..."

"Don't worry—I'm a horse girl who participated in the trials after all. As long as I pay attention, I can definitely win."

Cao Shangfei smiled gently. She wanted to help her friend, and of course, she also wanted to help this trainer she admired...even though she might not have the chance to join the team.

But there are always some things that you have to do even if there is no reward, right? What if there is a reward?

Chapter 226: Good opera and Kitano's "private love"

Compared with the efforts being made by Qingyun Tiankong and Caoshangfei, Kitano was not as unaware as they thought. Instead, he thought of this problem tonight when he was compiling the planning information for the horse girl who unexpectedly defeated Miyu with the cover of other teammates.

"Come to think of it, it's a little different from what I expected. I thought this thing would definitely get worse, but until now, the number of horse racing girls who have come to register seems to have not changed. Instead, the members have changed."

"No wonder Mi Yu is under so much pressure this time. She also adjusted her tactics specifically to deal with today's situation, but this encirclement is clearly not on the same level as last time."

"Hahaha, it seems that the warriors who challenged this time have also gone through trials and tribulations before daring to come. Why are our two knights facing even more severe tests?"

And beside Kitano, Good Opera, who was responsible for assisting Kitano's work today, stayed until midnight as usual, and only let go completely after Aldan left.

Of course, the good opera had not forgotten that at this time in Her Royal Highness the Princess's room, there was another person who had not left - Ludo Symbol.

Since getting Kitano's permission yesterday, Rudolf has been staying in the team room today without reporting to the authorities. And now she is busy with something... Good Opera is not sure, and doesn't even know if Rudolf is really busy or just eavesdropping.

But at least, Rudolph wouldn't get in her way now. Good Opera refocused his attention on Kitano, maintaining a different, more elegant demeanor than usual and saying, "Don't worry, my princess. I've already passed on my lifelong skills to them. I believe that with their comprehension, they should be able to grasp the essence."

"Yeah... After all, it's a good opera. You're the fin de siècle overlord who fought your way out of the encirclement."

Kitano smiled slightly when he heard this, then put down the work in his hands and turned his gaze to the good opera beside him. At this moment, although her movements were still a little exaggerated, her way of speaking was undoubtedly much gentler and her tone was also under control.

Many people think that Good Opera, a social terrorist, is difficult to listen to opinions. In fact, this may be true, but before Good Opera is a social terrorist, there is another point: she hardly forces anyone to be like her. She is a very measured person.

She does not force others to be like her. If the other party expresses some discomfort, then good opera will quickly and imperceptibly restrain the emotion, and will definitely restrain it before you can express your complaint.

Moreover, she also knows how to use this method to liven up the atmosphere and encourage those who are feeling down. Kitano has a lot to say about this, but I won’t go into details… Kitano has been encouraged by good opera so many times that he is a bit shy to say it out loud.

She knows very well when gentle encouragement is needed and when to laugh without restraint. She does not force people who cannot adapt to her tone, but if she shows acceptance of her, then the good opera will not hold back and will show her confident side as much as possible.

But in front of Kitano, Good Opera is a completely different person - sometimes she is a bully who is confident to the point of arrogance, and sometimes she is a horse girl who speaks softly and comforts the trainer with lofty words.

These two faces are not contradictory, both are true good opera. In the eyes of others, their personalities are not as prominent as good opera because they need to accommodate good opera's temper.

But when it comes to Kitano, the relationship is completely reversed - good opera is always taking care of Kitano's emotions. Any slight emotional change of Kitano will be captured by her immediately, and then good opera will use the right method to nip Kitano's little emotions in the bud.

This feeling is very strange. Before Kitano took over Good Opera, he had always done similar things with the Ludo symbol... But the feeling of being taken care of by Good Opera in terms of emotions is really subtle.

"Good opera, you taught them your special skills... and you have to come to my place to help me with my work in the evening. Thank you for your hard work."

"I'm so ashamed... I don't even know how to thank you. Simply announcing you as a member of our team after this is over isn't enough... Your status in our team, in some ways, is more important than the help Aldan provided."

"With such praise and recognition from you, everything is enough, my dear Princess."

Although it still used its own unique name, this time Good Opera seemed to be caught off guard by Kitano's sudden praise. After a slight pause, it responded to Kitano's words in a gentle tone and with a faint smile.

"I am just an assistant minister, doing what I should do. My princess, I am willing to give everything I have to protect you."

"Haha, even if it's just a display of affection, it seems like we've done too much today. Let's get back to work, Your Highness."

However, the good opera seemed to be a little less calm because of Kitano's very ordinary words of praise.

As a overlord, she lives under the praise of others all the time, but now facing Kitano's praise and recognition, she doesn't know how to respond. Even the praises of Kitano that she can usually say ten times without repeating herself now seem a little difficult to say.

Good Opera tried hard to hide her shyness and quickly changed the subject. At this moment, she couldn't help but recall the scene in the daytime when the emperor came to her...

At that time, she was still instructing Shengwang Halo and Mejiro Zenshin, the two students who would step onto the field in the next two days, on how to wait for opportunities in the encirclement and how to avoid the formation of the encirclement from the beginning.

But at this moment, the Emperor of the East China Sea took the initiative to move closer to Good Opera and asked in a low voice: "Senior Good Opera, let's talk in a lowered voice..."

The Emperor pulled Good Opera to a place slightly away from the others and softly asked Good Opera, "Good Opera, is it really okay for you to teach us your skills? This is your gatekeeping skill as a legendary horse girl, right? Is it okay for you to teach us just like that?"

"Hahaha! Genius Emperor, if you want to become the strongest horse girl under Her Royal Highness the Princess in the future, then you still need to hone your skills. As a horse girl in the hall, you should be more open-minded-"

Good Opera, however, completely forgot to control her voice and unabashedly told the East Sea Emperor her thoughts, saying, "To become a legendary Uma Musume, Overlord relied not on hiding my skills or breaking through encirclement, but on everything! As a Uma Musume, I am perfect."

"And it is Her Royal Highness's wish that you master this skill. Now, the outcome of your competition is related to the rest time of my dear Princess. Therefore, as an assistant minister, I naturally have to help you."

"Well then, Opera-senpai, are you helping us because you're an assistant, or are you helping us to lighten the burden on Trainer-san?"

The Emperor seemed a bit relentless, and the question he asked left Good Opera stunned, a rare occurrence. However, after a long pause, Good Opera's voice couldn't help but drop considerably, and he said softly, "All... probably all, but Her Royal Highness didn't entrust me with imparting knowledge and skills to you. Everything I'm doing now is my own will."

"But... my dear Princess, ah, my Josephine, I really can't bear to see him toiling away every day. Even though I know this is out of his kindness or helplessness, I still selfishly hope he can let it go."

"Why do you mention these things, my genius knight?" Good Opera said some of her inner thoughts unconsciously, but she immediately reacted - because as the "Overlord", she would never allow herself to say these words.

Because to some extent, good operas, like Kitano, are both very ambitious. If someone asks them to do something, even if their abilities are limited, they will agree to do it, and they will do it to the best of their ability.

If good opera were in Kitano's place, she would make the same choice as Kitano—preferring to exhaust herself in order to fulfill the wishes of others, simply because they both have the ability to do so.

What Good Opera admires most is Kitano's personality. She always feels that this is the biggest reason why she fell in love with Kitano at first sight.

However, this time, Good Opera's words were more or less for Kitano's consideration, suggesting that he would rather ignore those ordinary horse racing girls. Such words were not only something she would never have thought of before, but also something Kitano did not want to hear.

At least, Good Opera thinks Kitano doesn't want to hear it.

But when Good Opera said this, an unprecedented mysterious smile appeared on the face of the Emperor of the East China Sea. The look in his eyes, as if he had found a like-minded partner, surprised Good Opera.

"Senior Good Opera, you've passed my assessment." The Emperor of the East China Sea revealed a mysterious smile and waved at Good Opera. Before Good Opera could react, the Emperor handed the note from his pocket to her and said softly, "Find a deserted place and throw it away after reading it. This note contains information only I know. Sister Sirius and I have teamed up to protect our trainer, Sang."

"Good Opera-senpai, in order to protect Trainer-san from being snatched away by the Symbol family or the Mejiro family, we need your help!"

"Because, you and I, and Sirius-san, are just like us. We are all just wholeheartedly devoted to Trainer-san!"

After saying this, the emperor ran away quickly, and the good opera, which had suddenly been recognized, couldn't help but feel a little confused... but also inexplicably happy.

Was this an acknowledgement of her purity? Her feelings for her beloved Princess, feelings she herself couldn't understand... were they truly pure?

Good Opera didn’t know, but now she was standing next to Kitano, feeling the simple yet obvious joy and familiarity that Kitano conveyed to her... Good Opera became more and more confused, were all her current performances and reactions really her true feelings?

The Overlord’s true feelings…sometimes even she herself can’t tell the difference. She has been playing the exaggerated character for too long, so much so that she has even forgotten what it feels like to feel shy and happy from the heart.

Chapter 227: The Dominant Nature of Good Opera

"I've lost myself a bit, my princess."

Good Opera, who was in a trance, slowly returned to reality from his memories. At this moment, because of the words of the Emperor of the East China Sea, Good Opera, who was standing here, couldn't help but feel confused. He looked at Kitano again with a puzzled look.

"Why do I always feel so reluctant to leave when I'm by your side? I feel as if I've met you in a past life. Being with you always makes me lose my composure."

"Who knows."

The emotions expressed in the good opera also made Kitano's heart skip a beat at this moment, but this time Kitano seemed much calmer than when he saw Rudolf's diary in the notebook.

With the previous experience of the symbol of Ludo, Kitano is now very clear that these horse girls he once taught all have a strange sense of familiarity with him, which also prompts them to continue to get closer to him. Such feelings can easily lead to misunderstandings and even become the same as "liking".

But his original feelings for reconciling with the opera were completely different from those of Rudolf Symbol. Kitano was afraid that if Rudolf Symbol could recover his memory, he would beat him up - because his cowardly act of reconciling would definitely make Rudolf furious.

But Good Opera, not to mention this round, no one has shown any signs of memory recovery. Even the Holy King Aura, with whom he is considered close, has verified that there is no trend of memory recovery. Even if there is, Kitano is not afraid that Good Opera will blame him.

It is one thing that Good Opera's personality puts Kitano at ease, but on the other hand, Kitano believes that Good Opera will definitely understand him, because their personalities are actually very similar.

Therefore, Kitano is not worried about his relationship with Good Opera. He estimates that whether Good Opera recovers his memory or not, her attitude towards him will not be much different. She is essentially a caring horse girl. Even if he is not there, Good Opera will treat others like this.

But Rudolph... Really, with Rudolph's personality, she would definitely feel very uncomfortable if she suddenly disappeared, because she was extremely insecure, or in other words, she lacked a receiver to whom she could vent all her emotions without having to pretend. After leaving Kitano, Rudolph, who was raised to be a useless person by him, might really go crazy.

Rudolf is completely inseparable from him; and Good Opera...even without him, Good Opera can go on steadily on its own, not to mention that he did not give up halfway. He always fought for everything that belonged to Good Opera, and was only forced to reopen for some reasons.

As for those things... it was somewhat related to him offending the top management of JRA, but he deserved it. After all, that year he offended everyone in JRA in order to get everything that belonged to Good Opera. It was not surprising that he was framed... and he was the one who couldn't hold on first.

But at least, he fought for everything that belonged to Good Opera and all the treatment that belonged to her, which was enough for him to be worthy of Good Opera.

So, apart from not being able to help Good Opera win more honors, such as failing to make her an eight-time champion, and failing to save her from the fate of being besieged, Kitano's guilt towards Good Opera is not as great as that towards Rudolph.

"In good opera, there's no need to hide your feelings. Here, you just need to be your true self. In my team, no matter what your true nature is, I will accept it all."

"Nature?" Good Opera's bewilderment didn't fade much after hearing this. He asked softly, "What is the Overlord's nature? Your Highness, with your wise eyes, what do you think of my nature as the Overlord?"

"Now, am I the arrogant and confident overlord who makes the sun dim, or am I the soft-spoken, less glamorous me who is my true self?"

"What's there to discuss? This is all you, good opera."

When faced with the question about good opera, Kitano turned his head and smiled without hesitation. He felt that the current state of good opera was unprecedented. The good opera in Kitano's previous week had been enlightening him when he was lost, but now it was he who was enlightening the good opera.

However, this question is not difficult for Kitano, because Kitano is the person who knows good opera best. He understands all aspects of good opera. He knows every aspect of this overlord with a "weird and unpredictable" personality (commented by Aimo Orihime).

"That undefeated, radiant champion of the end of the century was you; that successful and magnanimous person who ceded the throne was also you; and now, this still dazzling yet approachable horse racing girl is also you."

As he spoke, Kitano cast his gaze towards the slightly dazed Good Opera, and whispered softly, "And now standing in front of me, the one who is a little lost and doesn't look like a tyrant, is also you. This is the truest you."

"For good opera, you don't need to maintain a so-called 'persona'. That's something people like me, who fear loss, have to maintain. Everything about you is natural, so there's no need to feel burdened. Just be your most authentic self."

"Simply put... make it as easy as you can. At least, with me, I'm open to whatever you want to do with good opera."

Because good opera is not a symbol of Rudolf, although she is a disaster in housekeeping and taking care of herself, just like Rudolf and the Holy King, she is not so bad that Kitano has raised her into a useless person and she finally refuses to do any housework.

No matter how much trouble a good opera causes, it won’t cause a major mess. As mentioned before, Kitano is very clear about one thing – good opera has a sense of propriety.

As long as we grasp this point, no matter how noisy a good opera is, no bad effects will occur, because before such things happen, the good opera will definitely be restrained in time.

"Just do it as easily as possible..."

After hearing this, Good Opera smiled after a long while and said softly, "Your Highness's wisdom is truly... difficult for even an Overlord like me to comprehend."

"It's okay. If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Everything should be the same as before." Kitano didn't force the good opera. Instead, he cast his eyes back to the notebook in front of him and asked again: "Here, good opera, I have finished writing down the advance running method of this child. See if there is anything that needs improvement."

"Okay, here we come."

Good Opera also quickly immersed herself in the state of work. Her eyes scanned the screen of the laptop, but her mind was not on it at all - because Good Opera knew that her Royal Highness the Princess was capable enough, but she was too insecure. Even she, as the Overlord, could give him little advice in this regard.

They are often just small details, but Kitano always behaves very seriously and solemnly, and shakes his head because of a little negligence of his own - but don't forget, Kitano is the only one who makes the plan, and people are not machines, so who can guarantee that they will not make mistakes?

What's more, Kitano is just a human being. Even Uma Musume may not be able to sustain long-term high-intensity brain operations without making mistakes, let alone Kitano is just an ordinary person?