"Hey—quit looking so gloomy, Kitahara. It's not that big a deal."
Inside the team activity room at Kasamatsu Trezan, Kitahara was sitting there with a face like he'd swallowed a bitter melon.
Ever since he'd overheard the conversation between Su Luo and Rudolf Symboli, he'd been stuck in that same miserable state.
"Mr. Su Luo… are you really planning to send Oguri to Central?"
"Mm… personally, I don't really care whether Oguri stays local or goes to Central. But generally speaking, if she goes to Central, isn't that the better choice?"
"A better choice…" Kitahara's already-bitter expression gained another layer of bitterness.
The reason for his anguish was simple.
Even if Oguri Cap could go to Central, he couldn't follow her—because he didn't have the Central Trezan trainer certification…
Which meant that if Oguri Cap went to Central…
Then her trainer wouldn't be him anymore…
His dream…
"I know letting Oguri go to Central is the right choice… but Mr. Su Luo…"
"Why does making the right choice hurt this much…?"
"Ow!"
While Kitahara was wallowing, Su Luo gave him a merciless chop to the head.
"Quit with the wishy-washy whining."
"Look at you—do you still look like a trainer?"
Su Luo planted his hands on his hips, speechless as he stared at him.
"I'm not a trainer, and I don't know what trainers are supposed to do, but…"
"As the trainer, aren't you the one who's supposed to point the way forward? And now—at this point—you're the one getting lost? Man up!"
Su Luo grabbed Kitahara by the shoulders and shook his head back and forth.
"What you should be doing right now isn't sitting here complaining, is it?"
"Sure, whether she goes or not is Oguri's decision… but if she really chooses Central, then shouldn't you be the one sending her off with a smile?"
Yeah… what Mr. Su Luo said was obviously right. Pure logic.
But…
The tangled ache in Kitahara's eyes didn't fade.
Knowing what's right and actually doing it were two different things. Even if it's the correct choice, the pain doesn't disappear just because it's correct.
"Kitahara. Stop making that funeral face."
Seeing that Kitahara still wasn't feeling better, Su Luo smiled.
"Besides—who said you can't go to Central with Oguri?"
"Huh?"
Kitahara looked up at Su Luo in confusion.
Seeing his shocked expression, Su Luo flashed a bright, easy grin.
"It's just a Central Trezan trainer certification, right? Leave that little thing to me~"
—
He said it that morning.
And the very next day, it was done.
Su Luo's efficiency was absurd.
Kitahara stared at the Central trainer license in his hands, eyes wide with disbelief.
"Mr. Su Luo… what did you do?"
"Oh, nothing much—just used a tiny little trick~"
Su Luo pinched his thumb and index finger together to show "just a little."
Yes. He'd only used a tiny bit of money power.
He went straight to Nishikino Academy's principal, leveraged the principal's connections, added a tiny bit of cash—and got the Central-side certification.
It wasn't hard.
To put it bluntly: he pulled strings like crazy.
As for how those strings appeared?
Don't ask. The money power was just too strong.
"See, Kitahara? Told you it wasn't a big deal, right~"
"..."
Kitahara looked at the smile on Su Luo's face, then tucked the license away.
…Mr. Su Luo helped me again.
He helped me find the horsegirl I'd always wanted.
And he helped solve the problem that was tormenting me the most…
This debt just keeps getting bigger…
If he could, Kitahara would honestly be willing to work for Su Luo without pay—just to help train his horsegirls.
But he knew Su Luo would never agree.
Someone as considerate as Mr. Su Luo wouldn't let the people under him suffer…
Even if a subordinate begged for it, he still wouldn't lower their treatment.
So if I want to repay Mr. Su Luo, I can't do it by cutting my own pay.
I have to do it through results!
Mr. Su Luo has already built the stage for me—am I really going to make him push me forward too?!
Kitahara Jo!
Stop shamelessly accepting other people's kindness like it's only natural!
Mr. Su Luo treats me this well, so there's only one thing I should do!
Together with Oguri—take over Central for Mr. Su Luo!
"Mr. Su Luo! Thank you so much!"
In the lounge, Kitahara bowed deeply to Su Luo.
But Su Luo just waved it off.
"Once you and Oguri go to Central, just train steadily. As for races—do your best. Even if you lose, don't burden yourselves. I'm not going to blame you."
"Yes!"
Kitahara looked Su Luo straight in the eye and declared seriously:
"Oguri and I will definitely win Central's GⅠ!"
"Yeah, yeah—sure," Su Luo replied casually.
He didn't really take Kitahara's words to heart.
If you could win a Central GⅠ just by shouting slogans, then GⅠ horsegirls wouldn't have such high status.
Well—Kitahara's happy, so let him shout.
It's not like they'll win anyway.
Adults have to dream a little to relieve stress, right?
I get it. I get it.
At times like this, I just have to answer him with a warm smile.
"Do your best, Kitahara."
"Yes!"
Just then, Su Luo's phone buzzed—someone had sent him a new message.
He checked it.
It was from Tamamo Cross.
Tamamo: "Su Luo, I won!"
Su Luo: "?"
Tamamo: "A conditions race—your girl won it! Hehe, hurry up and praise me!"
Looking at her message, Su Luo's brow lifted slightly.
A conditions race…
Tamamo can win conditions races now?
And it's a Central conditions race?
For some reason, Su Luo suddenly felt a chill in his gut, his left eyelid twitching like crazy.
Like something terrible was about to happen.
No, no, no…
Don't scare yourself.
Tamamo just won a single conditions race…
Nothing's going to go wrong, right…?
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