The formula for victory is already in my hands!
That was the one and only thought in Urushihara Tōru's mind as he stared unblinkingly at Haru Urara.
Maybe it was one of the perks of transmigrating, but even though he had already spent a year in this world, the scenes from Uma Musume Season 2 were still vivid in his memory.
Now that he had recognized Urara as a character who appeared in the anime, more and more scenes featuring her surfaced in his mind.
Most of them were little more than shots of her from behind, but that head of pink hair was simply too striking.
More than that, Urara had not been a mere background extra in the anime. She had gotten proper close-up shots and even spoken lines!
There was no doubt about it.
This was a famous racehorse in her own right, a horse girl destined to inherit the soul of a celebrated legend.
"Mr. Trainer…?"
Even under the intensity of Tōru's fixed stare, the petite pink-haired horse girl showed no sign of discomfort. She only tilted her head in confusion.
Why is this trainer staring at Urara like that? Have we met before?
Most horse girls were naturally sensitive to being watched, so for her to remain completely unbothered by someone else's gaze meant she had a remarkably steady heart.
As expected of a horse girl fated to inherit the spirit of a great racehorse.
Suppressing the smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, Urushihara Tōru did his best to sound calm.
"Anyway, let's introduce ourselves first. My name is Urushihara Tōru."
He pointed to the trainer's badge on his chest, the one marked with the letter G, and continued:
"As you can see, I'm a rookie trainer who just got certified."
"A rookie… trainer?"
Spring Urara's round eyes suddenly lit up.
She hurried closer and tugged at the hem of his clothes.
"Then, then… would you be willing to become my trainer?"
Tōru's heart leapt.
A horse girl who was basically offering herself up on a silver platter!
He had never expected that the very horse girl he had set his sights on would actively make the request herself. Overjoyed, he was just about to nod in agreement when he heard another voice.
If only this trainer would say yes. I wonder when Urara will finally meet her very own trainer…
Huh?
He had not even answered yet, and Urara was already assuming she would be rejected?
Had she already been turned down many times before this?
In an instant, all kinds of melodramatic scenes flashed through Tōru's mind.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.
The Dragon King returns.
You looked down on me in the past, but one day you'll be beyond your reach.
Could it be that this horse girl named Haru Urara had the classic underdog-reversal protagonist script?
Unknown before debut.
Famous everywhere after debut!
Just imagining the future—after Urara became a legendary horse girl, when reporters came to interview him and asked how he had managed to win the favor of such a legend—he could casually toss out a line like:
"Oh, it was nothing. Urara was the one who came to me."
The thought alone made him want to hum with satisfaction.
But while Tōru was lost in that fantasy, Urara—having received no response for too long—quietly let go of his sleeve.
So it's no good this time either…
"Sorry, Mr. Trainer. Looks like I made things difficult for you."
Urara forced a bright smile onto her face and waved her hand.
"Please just pretend I never said that…"
"That won't do!"
Realizing that the legendary horse girl he had already reserved in his heart was about to slip away, Urushihara Tōru snapped out of his fantasy at once. He grabbed Urara's hand and shouted earnestly:
"Please, by all means, become mine—my horse girl!"
"Eh… ehhh?!"
…
"Understood."
Inside the chairwoman's office, the chairwoman herself—Akiyama Yayoi—opened a folding fan with the word Acknowledged written across it.
"So, in other words, the disturbance just now was not a case of a newly certified trainer suddenly attacking a small horse girl. Rather, it was the scene of a horse girl and trainer forming the most precious of contracts. Is that correct?"
Please do not make it sound like they were registering a marriage.
Urushihara Tōru, who had been tied up and escorted to the chairwoman's office by security after grabbing Urara and shouting those words, lowered his head.
It was all because he had gotten too flustered. In his rush, he had blurted out something that sounded far too misleading.
Yes, what he said definitely sounded wrong.
But that was absolutely not what he had meant!
"I also do not believe Trainer Urushihara is the kind of trainer who would do such a thing."
The one speaking up for him was the chairwoman's secretary, Hayakawa Tazuna, dressed in her green uniform.
A warm smile rested on her face.
"During his time in the trainer course, Trainer Urushihara studied diligently and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his work. After finally obtaining his trainer qualification, instead of attending the celebration party with his peers, he came straight to the training grounds to begin observing undebuted horse girls. Whether it's everyone in the trainer course or myself as the chairwoman's secretary, we all believe that Trainer Urushihara will surely become an excellent trainer."
"That's right, that's right! Trainer is a really good person!"
Even though this was only their first meeting, Haru Urara vouched for him without the slightest hesitation.
"Calm yourselves. Didn't I say from the start that I already knew it was a misunderstanding?"
Akiyama Yayoi closed her fan and stepped in front of Urushihara Tōru. Her blue eyes, which seemed to conceal something vast and unknowable, studied the rookie trainer intently.
"Question. Are you serious? About wanting to sign a contract with Urara."
"Of course I'm serious!"
Urushihara Tōru answered without a moment's hesitation.
What kind of joke was that? This was a famous horse girl with confirmed anime appearances.
If he let this chance slip by, then when was a rookie like him ever going to get another opportunity to sign such a powerful horse girl?
For just an instant, Tōru felt countless emotions pass through those blue eyes in front of him—only to vanish the next moment.
"Confirmation. Are you truly certain?"
There was an unreadable nuance in Yayoi's voice.
But that was fine. If he could not read it, he could always cheat.
Urushihara Tōru heard the horse girl's inner voice clearly.
For a rookie trainer, won't this responsibility be far too heavy?
I see.
So she was worried that entrusting a future legendary horse girl to a novice like him might be wasting her potential?
As expected of the chairwoman of Tracen Academy—she had seen through Haru Urara's qualities as a horse girl at a glance?
If he did not have his cheat ability, he never would have guessed that this small and delicate horse girl would one day become such a dazzling existence.
Which was exactly why he absolutely could not let go now.
Urushihara Tōru's brain worked at full speed.
"I know that, compared to veteran trainers, I'm lacking in many ways as a newcomer. But when it comes to passion for horse girls, I'm confident I won't lose to anyone."
He turned toward Urara and smiled.
"More importantly, I'm the trainer Urara herself chose. Even if you don't want to believe in me, then please believe in the Urara who believes in me!"
"Trainer!"
Seeing Urara's eyes begin to redden with emotion, Urushihara Tōru knew it.
In Tracen Academy, where the horse girls always came first—
he had already won.
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