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Sometimes being a Trainer is still quite difficult.
For example right now, facing Twin Turbo's this question, Lucian had to ponder for a bit.
Looking comprehensively at Twin Turbo's current training data, as well as race results, not to mention whether she can surpass Tokai Teio, whether she can even race in the same field as Tokai Teio is a question.
But how could he bear to deny Twin Turbo's future because of the current situation?
If only he could really develop that kind of gene-altering drug, but that would be unrealistic, and moreover might destroy the order of this world in one go.
Moreover Lucian believed that success is not the entirety of horse girls, there are also the hardships on the growth path, those moments of falling on the muddy track and getting up again, the persistence of clenching teeth after repeated failures..... It is precisely these imperfect, pain-carrying memories that make their existence so vivid and full of meaning.
"Don't always ask whether you can or not, since you've determined the goal, then just down-to-earth do it. Many people just think too much and do too little."
"Then if after doing it, you still couldn't achieve the goal?"
"Then it's that you didn't do enough, or the limit is just there. Acknowledge others' strength, but also don't deny your own success. It's not that only winning the race counts as success."
If chicken soup for the soul could smooth the wrinkles of every failure, then Lucian would be willing to say it tirelessly.
The key is it can't, those warm words, in the face of the cold reality of repeated losses, ultimately appeared somewhat pale and powerless.
He suddenly wondered, is Twin Turbo choosing Tokai Teio as the goal a bit too cruel?
When Tokai Teio really takes the undefeated Triple Crown, that would be eight consecutive wins, at that time how much pressure would Twin Turbo have... just like Dextrous Bailey, pressed hard by Special Week and them.
But then again, Twin Turbo's current desperate effort and the progress visible to the naked eye precisely cannot be separated from Tokai Teio this high-hanging benchmark, spurring her to continuously break through herself.
Ai, it's difficult...
"Trainer, I will train even more hard from now on!" Twin Turbo's eyes reignited with fighting spirit, "Back to the dormitory! Sleep early rise early, recover enough spirit for training tomorrow!"
"Okay, tidy up a bit, I'll go pay the bill."
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The school festival days were getting closer and closer.
The application for "Dream" had also early passed the review, and two activity rooms with relatively large space were allocated for them to renovate.
In the last planning meeting hosted by Matikane Tannhauser, accompanied by the densely packed sketches on the whiteboard and the finally settled plan, the outline of the entire plan also thoroughly became clear.
One empty activity room was specially for guests who like quietness to drink coffee, inside further coordinated with a piano, as well as a small stage.
The other activity room then set up many board games, letting the guests while dining at the same time play some fun games.
For example Werewolf, UNO, Monopoly, Aeroplane Chess, Three Kingdoms Kill...
Considering that when board games are ongoing, the laughter or intense arguments of neighboring tables might interfere with each other, Lucian proposed a clever solution—— divide the space into individual independent small compartments, ensuring privacy and experience.
"Of course, these extra fees for equipping the chess and card rooms, might be higher. Also, on the cafe side, if a guest specifies playing a certain piano piece, or requests us to go on stage to perform a dance, then extra money is also needed."
Ines Fujin pushed the non-existent glasses, said shrewdly, bringing the "money-grubber" attribute to the extreme.
"So black ah." Lucian sighed.
So black...?
Silence Suzuka and the others immediately took themselves as the center, scrutinizing the other horse girls.
"Who?" Seiun Sky asked bluntly.
"Ines ah, don't you all feel she is very black?" Lucian blinked his eyes, with a face of taking it for granted pointed at Ines Fujin.
Could it be that Seiun Sky was used to being squeezed, or is she spending money extravagantly?
"Is Ines senpai very black..." Seiun Sky said thoughtfully, her gaze measuring back and forth on Ines Fujin.
Indeed, Ines Fujin had just joined their "sisters", between each other still not very familiar, she indeed hadn't had any deep, frank exchanges with this new companion.
"Yes, where would ordinary restaurants charge guests emotion fees, isn't this heart still black?" Lucian explained unhurriedly, then belatedly glanced at Seiun Sky.
That was a look only they could understand between each other.
"Oh~ then the heart is indeed very black, haha~" Seiun Sky rubbed her hair, deliberately dragged the tone, grinned exposing a row of pure white teeth laughing.
She playfully blinked her eyes, "Anyway I am red... heart."
"No one asked you." Lucian gave her a white eye, gaze returned again to Ines Fujin.
He raised his own concern, "What if guests know that even playing a piano or dancing we charge extra, feel we are too stingy, and don't come, what then?"
"Won't." Ines Fujin shook her head, said with full confidence: "Because our 'Dream' can be considered somewhat famous, moreover Trainer is still renowned outside, at that time the guests coming for the name might be so many that the activity rooms can't even seat them. What we worry about is not no one coming, but how to receive them all."
Hearing her say this, Lucian also felt feasible, compromised and nodded, "Then do according to what Ines said, at that time the work of collecting money and calculating accounts is also handed to you."
Ines Fujin made an "OK" gesture, "No problem."
"Then for the cleaning aspect everyone takes turns, the next few days training is all canceled, everyone come learn with me how to mix drinks."
The original plan was to run a cafe, now in the predetermined menu list there is not only coffee.
Drinks of this kind don't need very high cooking skill requirements, limit the dosages well, the horse girls only need to apply the formula like doing simple math problems.
"Then the piano song selection and dance song selection, at that time you yourselves make a list. Finally summarize to Ines." Lucian said again, "Then for the promotion aspect... I have an idea."
All the horse girls pricked up their ears, waiting for Lucian's next words.
"I'll tell you all at that time~" Lucian noticed everyone's gazes, but sold a cliffhanger, "Oh, right, Meisho Doto, are the uniforms prepared? You mustn't forget ah."
Meisho Doto puffed up her little mouth, retorted: "I won't forget such an important matter! (◦`~´◦)"
"Then are they prepared?"
"Still... still not yet (˘̩̩̩ε˘̩)."
The clothing had actually already arrived long ago, the horse girls had also already tried them on privately.
But now the time is still early, if given to Lucian to try on, then there would be no reason to stop him from changing them.
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