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Chapter 18 - Platinum Uma! - 18

"Alright, alright, lay it out. I'll see if it's something I can consider."

Platinum was still gasping for breath, taking quite a while to finally recover. So running could feel this awful—this was the first time Platinum truly understood it.

Turf... Now that she thought about it, when Leap of Faith and Fuji Kyoji raced with her, did they feel like this too?

Watching the smile on Symboli Rudolf's face, Platinum nearly lost her composure.

Sure enough, smiles don't disappear—they just transfer to someone else.

"First, the primary and most important condition." Platinum cleared her throat. "I still need some form of identification, don't I?"

In today's world, without identification, you're either a non-person or a refugee. If she hadn't met that kind-hearted soul, Hayakawa Tazuna, there was no way she could have stepped onto the track for her debut race.

This is a perfectly reasonable request!

Otherwise, when everyone introduces themselves—some saying they're from Hokkaido, others from Eastern China—what was she supposed to say? That she's a citizen of the United Nations?

"Besides, without something like identification, I can't even become a student at Tracen Academy."

Originally considering forging documents, Platinum shamelessly laid her request before Symboli Rudolf. 

If it were anyone else, she might have held back, but Symboli Rudolf had just pulled a fast one on her—making an audacious demand felt like balancing the scales.

"Sigh, I knew it." Symboli Rudolf couldn't help but sigh. "Just as Miss Hayakawa said... I'm starting to wonder if you swam all the way across the Sea of Japan."

"Understood, I'll help you resolve it. But you'll have to be registered under the Symboli family. Otherwise, there's no way I can fabricate a place of origin for you out of thin air, understand?"

"As for your identity... How about being my distant cousin?"

"You're agreeing just like that?" Platinum reached up and pinched her own cheek in disbelief.

And Symboli Rudolf, what was with those lines straight out of a domineering CEO novel? You can't fabricate origins out of thin air, but ordinary fabrication is fine? And registering under the Symboli family... So your family is some kind of influential clan?

This damned constitutional monarchy with its lingering feudal remnants.

"To be honest, I intended to help you with this from the very beginning," Symboli Rudolf said, massaging her temples. 

"You didn't look like you had any identification. When I invited you to join Tracen Academy, I'd already planned what to do next."

President Rudolf, you're so reliable!

Oh no, what's this? This overwhelming aura of a male lead from a domineering romance? President Rudolf, so you're the protagonist after all!

"Then, then—the second condition!" Platinum hurriedly averted her gaze and changed the subject. "I'm not used to dorm life. I want to live off-campus."

"No, no, that's impossible." To her surprise, Symboli Rudolf flat-out refused on this point. "Tracen Academy is a boarding system. Only high school students or those with special physical circumstances are allowed to commute. I live in the dorms too."

"Besides, living on campus is more conducive to unified management and training. It would be better for you as well."

Platinum clicked her tongue. "President... how lame..."

"Say what you will, but dorm living is mandatory. Besides, if you're not in the dorms, did you really plan to move into my house instead?"

Special physical circumstances—my physical circumstances are plenty special! Platinum wanted to scream inside.

Was there really no room for negotiation?

"Then... at least let me have a single room. Please, I really can't get used to living with a roommate."

Never mind that she'd spent over a decade in her previous life living as a guy—suddenly sharing a room with a young girl would be disrespectful to her. And from the perspective of her Soul Dissolution Syndrome, there was simply no room for compromise.

If even a single room was out of the question, then as unfortunate as it was, Platinum simply couldn't join Tracen Academy.

"Such strict demands—are you the Princess and the Pea or something?" Symboli Rudolf felt a headache coming on.

But then it occurred to her—maybe this girl really had lived like a princess before?

People are different, Rudolf. You have to be open-minded.

Platinum just needs time to adjust. Like she'd said before, her nature isn't bad.

"Fine, this request I can grant." Symboli Rudolf took a deep breath. 

"If you're enrolling at Tracen Academy now, outside of the normal enrollment period, all the dorm assignments have long been finalized. If you wanted a roommate, you'd have to make do with an upperclassman."

"However, having a room to yourself also means you'll be solely responsible for all the cleaning. You have to promise me you won't make things difficult for the dorm supervisor."

"That's perfect, no problem!" Platinum's eyes lit up.

Watching Platinum agree so readily, Symboli Rudolf felt a dull ache in her teeth. With Platinum's personality, could she really keep her promise?

All she could do was wait and hope.

"One last condition." Platinum held up a final finger. "I don't need a trainer. I want to train on my own."

"You've got a lot of demands for a little runt, don't you?" Symboli Rudolf flicked Platinum's forehead, then sighed and tried to ask calmly, "And why is that?"

Of course, it was the same old problem—this is what communal living meant, ugh, so annoying! If she had a trainer, not only would she dislike being managed, but she'd also have to interact closely with other teammates in the same stable, right?

She absolutely had to minimize all contact as much as possible.

But she couldn't exactly say that to Symboli Rudolf...

Seeing Platinum press her lips together and say nothing, Symboli Rudolf could only sigh again. Teenage girls were truly aliens.

Impossible to guess what they were thinking.

Symboli Rudolf thought for a moment, then said to Platinum: "How about this—let's meet in the middle."

"Not long ago, I obtained my central trainer certification. My original goal was just to better understand how trainers think, but I did learn the fundamentals."

"Of course, compared to those veteran trainers with ten or twenty years of experience, I'm still very green. But you don't want to interact with those people, do you?"

"If you're willing, I could register you under me."

No other choice—the key card to human rights was almost in her hands, and a hero couldn't back down now!

"Let me be clear—I'm busy, extremely busy. I definitely won't be able to provide the level of support a dedicated trainer would. But I'm willing to do what I can."

Apologetically explaining this, Symboli Rudolf looked into Platinum's eyes.

"..." For a moment, Platinum was speechless.

"Platinum, what do you think?" Symboli Rudolf herself began to feel restless. After all, she really was a novice when it came to training.

"...President, you're superhuman!" Platinum leaped up with a shout, throwing her arms tightly around Symboli Rudolf's neck.

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