The next morning.
Shinji Kitahara was awakened by a wet, soft sensation on his hand.
His consciousness had just awakened, his thoughts not yet clear, when he felt a wet, sticky sensation on his arm. He was startled, thinking that yesterday's wound hadn't healed properly and had split open and bled while he was sleeping. He hurriedly opened his eyes.
And then, he saw Oguri Cap lying by his bed, her expression peaceful, her drool covering nearly a sixth of his bed.
Shinji Kitahara: "..."
Because he had gone to bed early, he also woke up early. He opened his phone; it was only four in the morning.
After thinking for a moment, he didn't wake Oguri. He took out a bottle of orange drink from his system and, after finishing it, his left arm was almost completely healed.
He got out of bed, found some tissues to wipe up the drool, then gently carried her to the bed, covered her with a blanket, and then sat down in the chair and started looking at his phone.
Because he had made a deal with Agnes Tachyon yesterday, he wasn't worried about how to explain his recovery to others. As for Oguri, if it had been Tokai Teio or Agnes Tachyon watching over him, he would never have dared to do this. But with Oguri, perhaps because she acted so stable, Shinji really couldn't bring himself to be wary of her. Instead, he felt a sense of healing, and the thought that 'horse girls might not all be that scary' even crossed his mind.
But he quickly shook this terrifying thought out of his head.
What a joke. Daring to have such a thought in Tracen was no different from seeking death.
Oguri was an exception. That child basically had no thoughts in her head other than eating, and her personality was rather natural. Even if their bond deepened a little, it probably wouldn't be a problem. At worst, he could just raise her as a daughter.
But other horse girls were different. After all, Tracen's reputation as a man-eating den wasn't for nothing. Not to mention, Yosuke Higashimori's neighbor was still lying there with a shattered pelvis. That was a living example.
It wasn't that Oguri was the only safe horse girl in the academy. Besides her, Special Week, that gluttonous simpleton, was definitely not dangerous on her own, and there were also hot-blooded idiots like Twin Turbo. But those were just a few exceptions.
Again, due to their physical constitution, horse girls naturally had more energy than humans, and they were in their adolescence. Plus, they participated in a sport like racing, which was full of competition and struggle. Compared to ordinary human women, their emotions fluctuated more, and they were more prone to acting impulsively.
In this situation, it didn't even take extreme conditions. Sometimes just a little stimulation could ignite their emotions, leading to all sorts of accidents. And the profession of a trainer, while on the surface their teacher, was actually more like a limiter. Besides training, a trainer's main job was to help their charge regulate her emotions. And to do that, they had to build an extremely deep emotional bond with the other party. It was very normal for them to end up together.
As for how Shinji saw this...
To be honest, although he always complained about the ridiculous operations in Tracen, he wasn't incapable of understanding them. He himself had even considered finding a horse girl to be his wife in the future. After all, he considered himself quite talented as a trainer. Or, after Eclipse came of age, if she was willing, it wasn't impossible for them to spend their lives together.
This was not something to be surprised about. After all, he was a normal adult male with normal emotions and desires, and there was nothing wrong with him physically. Naturally, he couldn't be as chaste as a eunuch who had left the palace.
For example, looking at Oguri on the bed, who had an expression like a sleeping baby, he also found her very cute and had the desire to reach out and pinch her cheek. But he only thought about it and didn't make any move. He just sat there quietly looking at his phone until the sun slowly rose.
After the first ray of sunlight shone into the window, Oguri slowly woke up. After opening her eyes and looking at the unfamiliar ceiling in front of her, a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes.
Who am I? Where am I?
Where's the food?
"Awake?"
Seeing her wake up, Shinji put down his phone and briefly told her what had just happened.
Oguri listened quietly, her expression unchanging. Then she blinked and looked at Shinji's left arm. "Trainer Kitahara, your arm..."
"Ah, this." Shinji waved his almost fully healed arm, his mouth twitching. "Yesterday, a horse girl in a white lab coat came here. She gave me a potion..."
"...Agnes Tachyon?"
"Yes, she called herself Agnes Tachyon."
"Oh, then it's not strange." Oguri nodded, easily accepting this fact.
Although Tachyon had a bad reputation among trainers, it was actually okay among horse girls. Although she had caused many accidents, the final clients and beneficiaries of those accidents were basically horse girls. Most horse girls, while not particularly fond of her, at least didn't dislike her. Although Oguri had never had contact with Tachyon, she had at least heard of her name.
"But Trainer Kitahara, you'd better not have any more contact with her in the future. And her potions mostly have side effects. You should be careful."
"Yes, I know." Shinji nodded, then asked, "Didn't you say you were going back last night? Why did you stay?"
"I got too absorbed in my book. By the time I realized it, it was already past curfew, so I just didn't go back..."
"You... forget it." Shinji sighed. "Anyway, do you want to rest some more?"
"No, I'm hungry."
Oguri climbed out of bed, briefly combed her hair and ears, and after saying goodbye to the school doctor with Shinji, they went to the cafeteria.
And as soon as he left the infirmary, Shinji found that the atmosphere in Tracen was different from yesterday. Although it seemed the same on the surface, he could notice that there were many more gazes on campus. Among the passing horse girls, there were often one or two who looked like they were just strolling, but were actually looking around, and there was a faint bulge under their school uniforms, which should be weapons.
Shinji wasn't surprised. After all, he already knew from the Chairwoman yesterday that someone was targeting Tracen, and he had been attacked. It was only natural to strengthen security.
It's just that, why do I feel like those people are looking at me much more than at others...
After breakfast, he sent Oguri, who said she wanted to take a shower, back to her dorm, went back to take a shower himself, and then looked at his empty closet. He thought for a moment and decided to wear yesterday's outfit again. Of course, the tattered cheap suit was no longer wearable, so in the end, he could only go out in just a white shirt.
Because Oguri had already sent the news of his recovery to the others through the group chat, by the time he arrived at the training grounds, the entire team was already there and training.
Except for Eclipse, of course.
He had originally wanted to continue slacking off as usual, but perhaps because he had been attacked yesterday, the extra gazes today were particularly focused on him. Many of them were fixed on him.
Although Shinji had a thick skin and could usually slack off openly under the watchful eyes of others, the problem was that the ones looking at him before were his trainer colleagues and student horse girls, but the gazes now were most likely from the Chairwoman's side.
Even the laziest person knows to put on a show when the boss comes to inspect. Otherwise, it's not just a matter of work attitude.
Shinji was just a slacker, not a fool, so he naturally understood this.
So today, for a change, he didn't take out his phone to slack off as soon as he arrived at the training grounds. Instead, he called over Special Week and Oguri Cap, preparing to seriously guide their training a little.
But a moment later, looking at Tokai Teio, who had suddenly appeared in front of him, holding a cup of honey special drink and full of vitality, Shinji was stunned.
I only called the two of them. Why are you here too?
"What's wrong, Trainer-san?" Tokai Teio noticed his gaze and showed a brilliant smile.
"...No, nothing."
Looking at that smiling face, Shinji swallowed his complaint, cleared his throat, took out his notebook, and his expression gradually became serious.
"Alright, no more nonsense. It's been four days of training. I'm going to test your abilities and then adjust the training plan—let's start with you, Special Week."
"...Eh?!"
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