"See? I'm the greatest inventor since the founding of Tracen Academy," Agnes Tachyon said, quite pleased with herself as her potion took effect. She watched Hakki's empty test tube with her arms crossed.
This time, there were no side effects like a glowing horse girl or fluorescent hair. It could be considered a major breakthrough!
"You are indeed great... Um, I want to know how you saw the problem with my legs, Senior Agnes Tachyon?" Hakki returned the test tube to Tachyon's hand, squatted down, and rolled up her pants leg. She pressed her palm against her knee, still puzzled, because this was a problem that even a doctor's physical examination couldn't detect. Did Agnes Tachyon have some kind of x-ray vision for ailments? The fact that she saw it at a glance was, in a way, a bit terrifying.
Agnes Tachyon wagged her index finger. "This is the intuition of a genius. As for the ailment, judging from human medical history, besides hard injuries, most hidden problems in the legs are things like inflammation and rheumatism."
"Then how did you know I had rheumatism?"
"Actually, I didn't," Agnes Tachyon answered honestly, spreading her hands with a helpless expression. "So in that tube of medicine, I mixed together treatments for both inflammation and rheumatism. One of them was bound to be right."
"What?!" Hakki suddenly regretted drinking the potion. She now had a strong urge to stick her finger down her throat and throw it all up. How could Agnes Tachyon even think of mixing medicines together like that!
"Relax, relax. The quality of my potions is well-guaranteed, no need to worry. Let's add each other on Horse-tter first. If I need to test anything in the future, I'll come find you You can't go back on your word now little guinea pig." Agnes Tachyon gave Hakki no time to regret, pulling out her phone from her lab coat and showing her QR code.
"I... I regret this so much!" A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. While adding Agnes Tachyon as a friend, Hakki resolved that she could never again easily trust other horse girls at Tracen. Who knew, maybe the academy was crawling with eccentrics like her...
"Hmm~ I still haven't asked for my little guinea pig's name yet," Agnes Tachyon said, twirling her phone before sitting down on a roadside bench.
"Hakki Byakku. Call me whatever... I just hope I don't turn black when I wake up tomorrow morning," Hakki sighed lightly, putting her phone away.
"Oh my~ A little white horse. Your hair color and name match quite well. Perhaps Central Tracen will finally see the birth of a long-awaited white horse champion," Agnes Tachyon said, though it was unclear if she was joking. After adding her as a friend, she got busy with her own things.
This was truly Agnes Tachyon's style, acting on whatever whim came to mind... Hakki scratched her head and left as well. Anyway, if Agnes Tachyon needed anything in the future, she could contact her directly on Horse-tter. No matter how much she regretted it, she had to keep her promise. After all, Hakki was a horse girl with good credit!
Click.
Pushing open the dorm room door, Hakki first peeked her head in. Seeing that Deep Impact wasn't in the room, she relaxed and walked inside. She was terrified of Deep Impact seeing her suddenly all-white self... so she had to be careful.
She went to her bed, kicked off her shoes, threw her tracksuit into the wardrobe, and dived under the covers! She pulled the blanket over her head, pretending to be asleep...
"...AGNES TACHYON!!!!!" She suddenly threw the blanket off again. Hakki was now only in a tank top and leggings. She frantically felt around her body, feeling as if the sky had collapsed.
Normally, covering herself with a blanket should have brought the pleasure of darkness with only the glow of her phone screen. But in the space under her raised blanket, Hakki saw only endless light.
That's right. She was glowing. She had become light.
In the dark environment, her body had become the sole light source.
"Hmm? Hakki?" Deep Impact poked half her head out of the bathroom. She had heard the sound of Hakki opening the door while she was showering, but the sudden shout had drawn her out. Deep Impact thought Agnes Tachyon had barged into the dorm, but when she looked, there was nothing. Only a very flat Hakki, constantly touching herself...
"No! It's nothing! I was just watching a recording of Agnes Tachyon's Satsuki Sho... got a little excited, that's all," Hakki said calmly, diving back under the covers. Not looking at Deep Impact's still-dripping hair, she grabbed her phone, opened Horse-tter, and directly questioned Agnes Tachyon.
Hakki: Didn't you say the medicine had no side effects! How did I evolve into an auto-luminous being! The moment it gets dark, I'm like a 2000-watt light bulb!
Tachyon: Oh? So that's the side effect. Perhaps we can promote this at Tracen. It might save a huge amount on electricity bills.
Hakki: Huh? That's not the point! How am I supposed to sleep at night! I can feel the light is blinding even with my eyes closed!
Tachyon: Simple. Just sleep with the lights on.
Hakki: My roommate will kill me... As expected, I can't count on you for any good advice.
Clearly, Agnes Tachyon's interest had now shifted to human light bulbs and she wouldn't be replying to Hakki again. In her current situation, she definitely couldn't stick her head out while sleeping at night; she would really become a light bulb and disturb Deep Impact's rest... Then she could only wrong herself!
When Deep Impact came out after showering and drying her hair, her gaze was fiercely captured by Hakki. The ash-grey hair she was already finding it hard to tear her eyes away from was now... even purer?!
Was it an illusion? It couldn't be. In the past, when Hakki was playing on her phone at night, Deep Impact had intentionally or unintentionally glanced at her, and had naturally compared her to the wall behind her. Back then, the wall was still whiter. But tonight, Hakki's hair color was on par with the wall's?! It was absolutely impossible for the wall to have gotten dirty in just one day!
"Hmm? Is there something on my face?" Noticing Deep Impact's unusual gaze, Hakki gulped. She probably noticed she had become more ash-colored. Could it be that ash-hair was really like catnip to horse girls...? Thinking of the fan named [PureAshLikeIce], Hakki thought it might be true...
Deep Impact shook her head and sat on the bed opposite Hakki, drying her hair with a hairdryer. "No. More importantly... Hakki, I heard from Senior Oguri and Trainer Kitahara that you're going to participate in the 1000-meter debut race?"
"Yeah, that's right. My stamina is terrible, so I can only set my sights on short-distance races for now."
"So... you're giving up on the Triple Crown just like that?" Deep Impact had always aimed for the Triple Crown, and her class was full of horse girls working towards the same goal. Hakki seemed to be the first one she knew... who had never even mentioned the Triple Crown.
Hakki poked her cheek with a finger and grinned. "Sometimes a horse girl needs to be self-aware and not try to enter a realm she can't reach. I'm not going for the classic Triple Crown."
Nonsense. Even if I could, I wouldn't. Who would want to compete on the same stage as a monster you can't possibly beat! Hakki stuck her tongue out in her mind. Self-awareness was one of her few virtues.
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