A Lamborghini Countach hugged the edge of the road.
Inside, warm-toned cabin lights reflected the silhouettes of two horse girls.
The one behind the wheel had wavy brown hair and a name that carried weight like thunder—Maruzensky. Eight races, eight wins across her entire career: a legendary Uma Musume.
And…
In the passenger seat sat the Emperor—Symboli Rudolf—equally impossible to underestimate.
A leading figure of Japan's Uma Musume world. Bearing the title "Emperor," standing at the very peak of her era.
With the Kikuka Sho approaching, Symboli Rudolf had gone to the JRA to handle official business. As her friend, Maruzensky gave her a lift on the way back… and now the two were returning to school—only to happen upon Fuuka Shirayuki along the way.
At this moment—
Symboli Rudolf's gaze drifted out the window, following Fuuka Shirayuki's back.
The Emperor pressed her chin thoughtfully.
Maruzensky noticed her companion spacing out. She glanced over and smiled.
"What's up?"
"I saw an Uma Musume who's… very interesting." The Emperor withdrew her gaze and said calmly.
"Hm…?"
Maruzensky's toe tapped the brake lightly.
She looked out the window in surprise and watched Fuuka Shirayuki running.
To be honest—
At first, she actually felt a sense of anticipation. If even the Emperor said she was interesting, then she must be strong, Maruzensky thought.
But…
Once she noticed Fuuka Shirayuki's speed, she couldn't help frowning.
Maruzensky pulled her eyes back and asked, puzzled, "What's interesting about her? This level?"
From her perspective…
The one running there was just an extremely ordinary Uma Musume.
Nothing stood out at all…
Maybe she could scrape the bottom in OP races or G-class events. If she got lucky, she might snatch a single title. If she got unlucky, she'd get nothing.
Girls like that… were everywhere at Tracen Academy.
Maruzensky didn't understand what exactly had surprised the Emperor.
All she felt was that Symboli Rudolf probably needed rest.
But—
The Emperor gave a light laugh. "Yeah."
"…So what's interesting about her?" Maruzensky pressed.
Symboli Rudolf finally lifted her head.
Those violet eyes—majestic by nature—fixed on Maruzensky as she explained, word by word.
Symboli Rudolf said seriously, "If we're talking speed alone, she's average. Very average. But… look at her running form. Where's the technique?"
Hearing that—
Maruzensky looked again.
And frowned again.
Fuuka Shirayuki's running…
Could only be described as clumsy.
It really didn't look like she'd ever learned any technique at all. No matter what it was, you shouldn't be running like that.
What was the difference between this and trying to punch through a steel plate with brute force?
But—
At that exact instant!
Inspiration struck Maruzensky like lightning. She snapped her head up.
And instantly understood why the Emperor was surprised.
She wasn't even using technique… and she could still run this fast.
Then—
What if she learned proper technique?
Wouldn't all that raw talent finally have somewhere to go?
Watching her companion's eyes shift from confusion to clarity, Symboli Rudolf smiled faintly.
"Yes."
"Exactly what you're thinking."
"Even without learning any technique—without using any—she's still bursting out this kind of speed through sheer physical talent… That's why I said she's interesting. Isn't she?"
Maruzensky wore a smile. "True."
She asked again.
"Do you want to bring someone like that into the school? Like that Cinderella back then."
Cinderella…
Maruzensky's words stirred the Emperor's memories.
But Symboli Rudolf only shook her head. "No need."
"Next year will be the fiercest year of competition. The Golden lineage wants to manufacture a Triple Crown winner for two years straight, the top daughters of every bloodline are stirring, and there's also an 'Emperor' pursuing an undefeated Triple Crown. Someone like her—even if she staggers her way in—will be swallowed whole in an instant!"
"And besides…"
"She looks pretty old. She'll probably hit deceleration soon."
Symboli Rudolf made her judgment.
She really was interesting.
But it should end here… shouldn't it?
There had only been one Cinderella for so long.
In this era… it was hard. Out there, everything was bloodlines, connections, family backing.
A Cinderella like Oguri Cap…
Even after all these years, even if a second one like that appeared—
Even if Symboli Rudolf wanted to recreate that kind of legend—
The success rate was infinitely close to zero.
Hearing the Emperor say that, Maruzensky stepped on the accelerator. The Lamborghini Countach roared, slipping past Fuuka Shirayuki.
Maybe she really was just ordinary?
Maruzensky thought so.
But at the very last moment—when the car drew alongside the horse girl—Maruzensky, almost without meaning to, looked over.
She didn't see strain on Fuuka Shirayuki's face.
No exhaustion.
Instead, she looked relaxed.
Like she was casually out for a night run.
…Would she really slow down soon? That expression didn't look like it. Not only was she not slowing—she almost looked like she was getting faster.
Was it an illusion?
A faint premonition rose in Maruzensky's heart.
Maybe…
Her old friend was about to make a misjudgment—for the first time in history.
…
…
Fuuka Shirayuki, of course, noticed none of what happened inside the car.
She only kept heading home… unconsciously running more than ten kilometers. With the return route added, it would probably be thirty or forty kilometers total.
She could run it all in one go?
Her brows lifted in surprise, a little confused.
But… was that really something worth being shocked about?
Besides, the original owner of this body could stay on duty for twenty-four straight hours!
Maybe Uma Musume were just like this, she thought. Their stamina was naturally different from humans. Maybe this was just the average baseline—something anyone could do.
Thinking that—
Fuuka Shirayuki didn't hesitate. She went into her bedroom to shower, letting hot water wash over her again and again until calm returned.
She toweled off and looked into the mirror blurred with steam.
At last, a hint of amazement appeared in Fuuka Shirayuki's ordinarily still heart.
Even though her transmigrated identity was just a country bumpkin…
She had hair as white as first snow—silky like milk—and eyes filled with a pale, lonely blue-green.
In short: white hair, cyan eyes, lively horse ears twitching—unmistakable Uma Musume traits.
And this "country girl" was… pretty.
Fuuka Shirayuki thought so.
She sat back down at her old computer and began researching information on Uma Musume.
Time passed in a blur.
According to her deep dive… Tracen Academy had plenty of interesting Uma Musume.
For example: Orfevre—her ads were everywhere, on billboards across the city. The strongest of this generation, about to challenge the Classical Triple Crown throne—undeniably the strongest.
A golden flash—the peak of the era!
And then there were Tokai Teio, Gold Ship, Daitaku Helios, Curren Chan… all famous names, all with their own records.
The moment she saw their achievements—
Fuuka Shirayuki got more and more excited.
"Holy crap, this one called 'Kaisen Ballet' has recognition! Should I just ride her fame?" She stared at the screen, thinking excitedly—then, out of habit, opened the next page, and the next. The dense text nearly stabbed her brain.
In the end—
Fuuka Shirayuki yawned.
Sleepiness pooled in her cyan eyes. She looked at the dazzling information and let out a long sigh.
"They're just stepping stones on my path to becoming a god."
She said it flatly.
She couldn't be bothered to keep researching their personalities and profiles. The pen was in her hand. She was the author. She could write whatever she wanted…
Once her popularity value was high enough, even fake would become real!
So—
She had no interest in understanding her future defeated opponents.
She simply opened the backend dashboard for the chapter she'd just published and glanced at the stats.
[Bookmarks: 3]
The approval speed wasn't bad—getting through review even in the middle of the night…
The popularity was a little tragic, but Fuuka Shirayuki stayed calm.
She wasn't an author who excelled at openings. Besides, the plot hadn't even unfolded yet.
She habitually clicked into the comment section.
[Not bad… looking forward to more.]
[Uma Musume fanfic? The author's got guts. Adaptation isn't random, and "dramatization" isn't lying. Hope you seriously research your material.]
Seeing that second comment—
Fuuka Shirayuki thought: Research my ass.
I'm a god! What I say goes!
She opened her writing program again.
Staring at the blank page, she finally felt ideas for the next chapters—and how to arrange the ecosystem.
Fuuka Shirayuki locked onto her last lingering thought.
Then let's leech off fame.
The girl murmured softly, and a faint golden glow rose over her keyboard. With a shake, the keyboard shot straight into the heavens! The noblewoman Donna cried, "Woe is me!" and was captured—refined on the spot into popularity points!
Fuuka Shirayuki thought for a moment—
And decided she still couldn't use real names in this book.
If she used real names and got doxxed, she'd be finished. So she might as well use Chinese names—leaving an imprint of her previous life, while also giving her protagonist a CN nostalgia buff.
[Chapter 2: The Broken Engagement]
After the protagonist Luo Tianque lost his speed and fell from genius to mediocrity, a high-born noblewoman in Tokyo Tracen barged in with her people—here to break off the engagement!
Luo Tianque questioned calmly, "Donna—won't you wait even one year, one month, and one day?"
"Of course not!"
[Chapter 3: Don't Bully a Poor Youth]
"Donna—I'll call you Donna one last time. From now on… when we meet again, I can only call you 'Noblewoman'!"
"I just want to say…"
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"
Fuuka Shirayuki poured out three whole chapters in one go and hit the publish button.
…
Far away in Tokyo Tracen, the noblewoman Donna suddenly felt a bad premonition.
She seemed to have forgotten something…
What was it?
She only remembered it was important—yet no matter how she tried, she couldn't recall it.
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