Two horse girls walked along a small path at Tracen Academy in the morning. One had an ash-grey coat, and so did the other.
One wore the academy uniform, though the white thigh-high sock on her right knee was a slightly darker shade. The other wore the distinctive bright red tracksuit of Tracen Academy.
The sun hadn't fully risen yet, and the air was thick with moisture. Hakki had fiddled with her hair more than once on the walk, her ears slapping against her strands with a soft pat-pat sound.
"Does CuckooBird also dislike humid environments?" Oguri Cap asked, pinching a strand of her own hair. It felt a bit damp. As one of the most famous landlubbers in both the regional and central circuits, Oguri Cap's aversion to water was quite high.
Hakki smacked her lips and coughed lightly. "My body just has a bit of a rejection to places with a lot of moisture, but it's not unbearable." To distract herself from the physical discomfort, Hakki forced her mind to focus on her stream.
By her count, it had been two days since she last went live. She wondered if her fans thought she had run off, graduated, or perhaps dropped dead during Central's trial race. After all, a year ago on stream, she had casually mentioned that her 1000-meter time as a horse girl was a pathetic one minute and ten seconds, after which she had proceeded to vomit for half an hour.
So embarrassing. Just get out of the horse racing world, Hakki would tell herself.
Not to mention the lingering health issues from her first days in this world, when she had spent three days and two nights sleeping on the cold Tokyo streets, nearly freezing to death. From a normal doctor's perspective, a horse girl with rheumatism had no business being on a racetrack.
Although she had many minor ailments, the system had compensated for them. Hakki discovered that, under the system's cover, these illnesses wouldn't be detected by the horse girl physical examination agencies. This gave her an opportunity to become a horse girl.
But she had never expected this era to be one that belonged solely to Deep Impact.
"We're here...嗯, this is our training room," Oguri Cap said, pointing to a small cabin by the lake. The journey had passed in a blur of Hakki's illogical reminiscences.
Hakki blinked in astonishment, looking left and right before spreading her hands in question. "Shouldn't a training room at least be... a brick house? But this last-century-style wooden cabin that looks like it's full of drafts is really a training room? And you can't even see the training track from here?"
This was hilarious. You couldn't see the track from the training room. You had to walk another ten minutes to get there?
"Um... this training room might not look big, but there's plenty of space inside. The main reason is that Kitahara doesn't have much of a track record as a trainer, so the academy was reluctant to approve a separate training room... This one is shared by Kitahara and Ms. Nase Fumino..." Oguri Cap also felt this was a bit strange, but she explained while scratching her cheek with a single finger.
"But don't worry! The two teams have separate rooms for strategy meetings. Only the common area is shared."
Hakki found this peculiar, but it made sense in Japan, with its strict hierarchy... Kitahara's status, having come up from the regional circuit, was still not very high... but... what about her Uncle Roppei?!
Where is Roppei?! Save her!
"Nase Fumino. So you mean, in the future, we'll be in the same training room as... as Super Creek?" Hakki turned her head stiffly. The thought of running away had just begun to sprout when the training room door creaked open.
A horse girl stepped out. She had silky chestnut-brown hair and an impressive bust that even her uniform couldn't hide. It was undoubtedly the super-gentle haven that could drown a person...
Super Creek had been planning to go to the cafeteria to buy breakfast for Fumino, but as soon as she stepped out, she saw Oguri Cap, and... the cute, small, ash-haired girl beside her!
Super Creek's gaze was instantly locked onto Hakki. Before Hakki could even see what she was doing, her vision went dark as she was pulled into a powerful embrace.
"Oh my... are you the horse girl Oguri-chan has been talking about these past two days, the one joining Trainer Kitahara's team~? How cute..."
You damn Oguri Cap... you were hyping me up in advance... and not even to your own trainer... why were you hyping me up to Super Creek, who has nothing to do with your team?! Is it just because she likes kids?!
I'm at least 170cm tall... Hakki was still lost in the image of her 170cm-tall, powerful-woman self from her previous life. But the reality was a height of 143cm. She really was kid-sized, and among the shortest at Tracen Academy...
Although it was a sudden hug, Hakki had to admit... Super Creek's gentle embrace was truly magical. She didn't want to struggle anymore. Becoming a slave to this maternal figure seemed like a shortcut to a successful horse girl career...
The feeling against her face was extremely soft, and a sweet scent filled her nose. Hakki felt like she was melting.
"Miss Creek! You're going to suffocate her!" Zennin Gloria knew things were bad the moment she heard the voices outside. When Super Creek saw a child-like horse girl, she was bound to lose control!
Rushing out the door, she saw Hakki on the verge of drowning in Super Creek's bosom. Zennin Gloria immediately pulled Hakki out of the embrace, saving her life.
Super Creek: Affection 60 [This is a horse girl who wants to become your mother!]
Zennin Gloria: Affection 25 [A reliable teammate]
Oguri Cap: Affection 30 [Familiar]
In her dazed state, Hakki saw the system's evaluation of Super Creek's affection level and once again cursed the single-page-family-tree system in her heart. And it even customized the content in the brackets for each different horse girl.
[Love Master System]
[Mission: Immerse yourself in a daily life cared for by Super Creek! PS: Even if you do nothing, Super Creek's affection for you will still increase over time.]
[Reward: Cure Rheumatism]
[Mission: Roommates should maintain a good relationship. Increase Deep Impact's affection to 30.]
[Reward: Stamina increases to E+]
Hakki sneered at the system in her heart. This damned thing. Don't think she didn't know what would happen when affection levels got too high, not to mention the hairpin locked to her left ear.
She, Hakki Byakku, would rather starve to death, jump off the statue of the Three Goddesses, than become a breeding mare!
"Oh, I'm so sorry, so sorry... I just can't help myself when I see a child..." Super Creek said apologetically, her hands clasped together. Her gentle smile was so radiant that Hakki had to turn her head away to withstand it.
"I'm not a child! Don't look at my height, I'm older than all of you..." Hakki hadn't finished speaking when another lazy and sleepy female voice came from behind her.
"Oguri, Gloria? Hmm? What are you guys doing at the door..." Yawning, the newcomer was a tall, black-haired horse girl wearing a woven hat. The dark circles under her eyes were heavy, but her tall stature already created a tragically thick wall between her and Hakki.
"Kitahara, this is the horse girl I mentioned, the one who wants to join our team! Her name is Hakki Byakku." Oguri Cap snatched Hakki from Super Creek's hands and, like lifting a cat, held her up by placing her hands under Hakki's armpits.
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