Uma Musume no Nama no Nichijou (Horse Girl), First and foremost

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

The two were trying to guess each other's trading demands or bottom lines.

"What I want is actually very simple. You can make the decision easily without even asking your elders." "I will not sell the secrets of the Horse Girls Association, and those things are not something my department can access. If I were to sell them, it would easily implicate the people involved."

The two of them spoke almost simultaneously.

The statements overlap, yet both parties can clearly hear each other's conditions.

Representative Qianming: "?"

Golden Victory: "???"

This left the pure white horse girl speechless for a moment, unsure of where to even begin to complain.

Instead of asking why the other party thinks of you as so dirty and terrible, you should ask why someone who works a regular job and plays games all day can make such a guarantee.

As for Representative Chiaki, she appeared calm on the outside but was actually very nervous on the inside.

She then realized that what she had said in her excitement seemed quite inappropriate.

Fortunately, when the two showed off their game screens on their phones before the transaction, they were almost face-to-face, leaning close together, playing like close sisters or best friends.

In a noisy environment where the volume is low, it's unrealistic for others in the distance to hear everything.

Well, both of them were basically feeling guilty and didn't want to go to a different place to talk about these things.

This is the only way we can communicate.

"Wait, you said you want something that I can decide. Then hurry up and tell me. I can definitely help you with anything that I can do. If you need it, I can even wipe the slate clean of any grudges between us."

The grudges the two had previously mentioned were now being given away as a bonus by this mobile game addict...

The grudges and all that have already happened are already settled, and it's not like Representative Chiaki is someone who can't get over them.

Just like Golden Victory said before.

Her later shortcomings were largely due to her physical condition not being at its peak because of her addiction to the game, which naturally prevented her from competing with Rudolph, a legendary racehorse girl who could dominate an era.

What she said before was more of a powerless rage stemming from her pride, which prevented her from taking responsibility for the failure, and then she unleashed it after seeing the White Disaster.

However, these words sounded a little too amusing to Golden Victory.

He directly used the grudges stemming from his most devastating defeat as a bonus to secure this deal...

Wow, Qianming's thoughts are really interesting.

Whether the other party believes it or not, Golden Victory will not easily believe that the other party made this decision purely because of the game.

It's a real shame that she retired like this in the end...

Facing this interesting junior racer who had already focused his attention on the Horse Girls Association, Golden Victory immediately stated his conditions with a smile on his face:

"Uh, well, what I want is very simple. First, if there are any important decisions made by the Equestrian Girls Association, you must let me know immediately, especially those that involve me or my Equestrian Girls trainers."

What Golden Victory lacks most is the internal channels of the Horse Girls Association, so this is also a condition she must strive to obtain.

Although Rudolph Symbol comes from a symbolist family, the matters she manages are mostly related to Central Teresen Academy, specifically the students of the horse racing girls there.

At most, they might get some information about the racetrack, but they'd be a step behind in learning about the Horse Girls Association, let alone insider information.

Furthermore, information obtained solely from a single, non-external intelligence source is ultimately somewhat unstable and insecure.

It was as if she was in the process of coaching Oguri Hat, Fujimasa's March, and even the new brilliance of Kasamatsu, and she only received the relevant news after the Japan Cup was almost over.

She was once listed as one of the proposals within the Uma Musume Association, which was to consider whether or not to let Golden Victory participate in the Japan Cup.

Since the pure white horse girl did not appear at the Japan Cup, the proposal was naturally rejected.

Even though Rudolph Symbol knew about this matter after the Horse Girls Association had already made a decision, it was naturally later when she informed Golden Victory.

This highlights the importance of timely intelligence.

Putting aside the fact that you know immediately whether you can change anything, it's still quite frustrating to find out only afterward.

"Hmm...that's fine. Although I can't really participate in the voting process, I can definitely find out about it in advance."

"Hehe, then there's no problem. The second condition is that if your Qianming family has any plans to target me, besides informing me, I hope you can help me delay or even salvage the situation a little."

Golden Victory was unsure what these old men from prestigious families were up to, but she considered this precautionary measure necessary.

"It's possible, but what reason will I have to intervene?" Faced with Golden Victory's request, Representative Qianming agreed but was more interested in knowing the details of how she should proceed: "We need to know that all the insiders are aware of our dispute, right?"

Upon hearing Qianming's confusion, Huang Jinsheng immediately provided the answer:

"Hey! That's easy. Just mention my plan to break off all ties from time to time, preferably making me sound very irritable and mean, or even pretending to cry to get some pats from the elders."

"In that case, my simple-minded and mean-spirited image should become a consideration for them in their actions. Unless there is a real need to carry it out, other daily harassment should basically be ignored."

Representative Qianming: "..."

If you say you're simple-minded or something, then it's questionable whether any of us even have brains.

Although she disliked Kim Seung-ri and even had a grudge against her, this did not affect Representative Chun-myung's objective perception of Kim Seung-ri.

Let's not call him a genius, but the term "prodigy" definitely applies to Seungri...

The request is a bit difficult, after all, it might even affect my status in the Qianming family.

After carefully considering the terms of the deal and what he needed to do, Qianming reluctantly agreed under the tempting offer of the game.

"Yes... yes."

"Finally, and lastly? You said there were three conditions, right?"

He could grit his teeth and agree to the first two, and as long as the third one wasn't too outrageous, Qianming would just close his eyes and pretend he didn't see it.

"Finally..."

But just as Golden Victory heard the other party's somewhat powerless and helpless tone...

The pure white horse girl couldn't help but lick her lips with a bit of interest—she only then noticed that the snack she had eaten before chatting had gotten on her lips.

The tongue can just barely touch it when it's stuck out.

When the other party made a licking face at the important meeting where she had witnessed the bizarre behavior, she was slightly devastated and even considered going back on her promise.

They even originally intended to strongly resist it.

But she gave away way too much gold...

"That is, I want to become good friends with Chiaki~"

"Actually, I understand your resentment and pain back then, but I really don't want to see anyone else fall in front of me."

"You're a promising junior, and I recommended you play some games while you were injured to encourage you. Uh, okay, things went a little wrong here."

......

All these words, while seemingly unexpected at first glance, turn out to be reasonable and worth considering upon closer examination.

The only slight regret is... that it seems a little too late to say all this?

"Of course...".

Gritting his teeth.

I endured it again and again.

But just after Qianming had figured out many things...

What she now receives is the unbearable weight of tears welling up in her eyes.

The competition aims to determine a winner and a loser.

Even failure is a common occurrence in war.

However, the other party's current actions, if they hadn't set aside their prejudice against gold and heard what they said today, would have been a mistake.

Even if their relationship improved after that, it would only go so far and there would be no chance for it to go any further.

After all, she comes from the Chiaki family and is a racehorse girl who prides herself on winning the Triple Crown...

Ultimately, the strong-willed retired racehorse girl turned her head away, no longer looking directly at the pure white horse girl. As she turned around, she quickly wiped away the traces of water that had come from her body from her face.

"Ouch—something suddenly got into my eye. My luck is as bad as ever."

......

"So you've already won over Representative Qianming?"

Seeing that the other party had left the banquet in a disheveled state after talking with Golden Victory for a while, Rudolf Symbol curiously asked Pure White Horse Girl, who had later come to this table to freeload.

"Pretty much~ I originally wanted to stay with Xiao Qianming and eat and drink together, but this girl was so moved by us that she ran away, so I have to come over and freeload with you guys."

"You could also consider looking for younger generations, Little Gold."

Hearing the helplessness and passivity in Golden Victory's tone, Maru Zenki responded with a sly smile.

"We kept hearing them talking about you while we were here, especially that junior racer girl named Miyu, she's so cute."

"Isn't she cute? I'm raising her, I mean she's an important junior horse girl I'm currently training."

"I noticed this Xiaomi Yu sister before. She skipped the selection competition twice in a row, which many racehorse girls are eager to participate in. It would be hard for someone like her not to be noticed."

"Well, Miyu-chan has a bit of a personality problem and needs some help. I just happened to see her and noticed it, so I thought I'd help her out and bring her along to play."

At this point, Golden Victory, who rarely drinks, chuckled with a hint of helplessness: "Hey, in the end, Miyu-chan is still the first Central Racehorse Girl to voluntarily accept my training requirements."

Hearing Pure White Horse Girl's self-deprecating remarks, the two members of the student council couldn't help but show some sympathy for Golden Victory.

As the president of the mascot club, Golden Victory's trainer career before that was not as exciting as it is now.

They were rejected countless times. Even when racehorse girls considered it, once they heard about the White Disaster's bad reputation, they would leave a note the next day asking him to stop harassing them.

Her initial enthusiasm was repeatedly thwarted, and even when she went out wearing her signature bright red sports jacket, people reacted as if they'd seen a monster, fleeing from her...

Ultimately, Golden Victory has gradually chosen the path of self-abandonment.

All I can say is that if there's something to do, and someone to let Golden Victory validate his training methods.

Who would willingly become a lazy bum with nothing to do?

Rudolf hesitated several times before speaking, but worried that his words might offend the other party. Finally, after carefully considering what to say, he symbolically went to comfort Golden Victory:

"Everything is in the past now, and your luck is starting to change, White Disaster."

"There's no need to forget the pain and sorrow of the past, but to dwell on it and lament one's fate from time to time is not the kind of person I know. On the field, I will never give up first place to my opponent. I am the golden victor."