I, the horse racing girl, really didn’t sprint!

It is indeed romantic to knit a scarf by yourself, but as a horse girl, she really does not have the time for it. Although she can consider buying some attack speed equipment to quickly increase the speed of knitting scarves.

After taking a shower, Barbatos dried his body and walked out of the bathroom.

The first thing you see is a red figure lying lazily on the bed in the nebula sky.

Well, it’s the nebula sky.

A nebulous sky dressed in Santa Claus clothes.

Seeing Barbatos coming out of the bathroom, Xingyun Tiankong sat up from the bed, "Merry Christmas."

"?!!"

This, Nebula Sky’s Christmas gift couldn’t be herself.

The nebula sky in Santa Claus clothes looks pretty good too, or it looks much better than the nebula sky in school uniform.

"Hey, are you scared?"

Looking at the dazed Barbatos, the nebula sky revealed a little brightness. "It's a rare Christmas, so we should at least experience the Christmas atmosphere a little bit."

In fact, she didn't intend to do this at first.

It was only after discovering that Barbatos had quietly left, probably to buy Christmas gifts.

I just thought about whether I should spend this year's Christmas with Barbatos, so I made some preparations while Barbatos was taking a shower.

Fortunately, due to the high intensity of the training, Barbatos' bathing time was not as short as usual.

This was something she could only observe as she was in the same dormitory.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have time to prepare anything.

She had been practicing with Barbatos and was a little tired, so she just lay down on the bed, although this probably wasn't something surprising in Barbatos' eyes.

"Merry Christmas!"

Barbatos raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said Merry Christmas to the nebula sky.

It would be great to travel to this world with Uma Musume and meet Nebula Sky.

At this moment, I really want to hold Xingyun Tiankong under me and do something beyond the scope of friendship. This is probably the happiness and joy that even the victory of the Winter Dream Cup cannot replace.

Thinking of this, she walked forward, ready to take out the hidden Christmas present.

Give the nebula sky a little surprise.

Although she only bought a long scarf, giving a scarf at Christmas means "I love you forever", which is a quiet confession of love.

Just at this time.

Xingyun Tiankong walked up, reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her to the side.

He reached out and turned off the switch of the dormitory light on the wall, plunging the entire dormitory into darkness. He could only barely see the outlines of things inside the dormitory through the light from outside.

There was a slight sound of switching, Barbatos' mouth opened slightly, and a scene he had never imagined appeared before his eyes.

The ceiling, walls, bed... everything in the dormitory is connected together to form a blue starry sky.

"Again! Merry Christmas!"

"This starry sky is my Christmas gift to you!"

At this moment, Barbatos felt that something in his heart was touched, like a big dye vat that was overturned, coloring his entire inner world.

Xingyun Sky finished taking a shower before him, Xingyun Sky was wearing Santa Claus clothes, and the familiar smell of shampoo was right next to him. It was an unprecedented satisfaction and heart-throbbing feeling.

“This starry sky is so beautiful.”

Barbatos spoke from the heart, just like last time on the Ferris wheel.

The hand that was originally grasped loosened, causing Xingyun Tiankong next to her to turn her head slightly and feel Barbatos' hand grasping her hand again, with their fingers interlocked and holding tightly.

"I love it and will definitely grab this starry sky!"

Barbatos followed his inner choice and spoke out what was in his heart, as if he was stating his lifelong oath.

Xingyun Tiankong pursed his lips slightly. This sounded strange, didn't it? "It's too early to get excited. Come and look over there."

How could she, who was so intelligent, not know what Barbatos meant by this? She could clearly feel her heart beating faster, but she forced herself to calm down.

A blush had appeared on her face.

But he still pointed to a spot in the starry sky in the room.

Barbatos looked in the direction indicated by the nebula sky, where there was a shining star.

"That's another gift. Let's go grab the stars!"

Holding hands with Nebula Sky, he walked towards the other end of the "starry sky" and stretched out his hand towards the star pointed by Nebula Sky.

Just as Nebula Sky said, the stars were caught and held in her palm.

“Is this the star in the sky?”

"Haha, it's an acrylic piece of a star. I caught a fake star-sama."

"After all, we are just children. This is the limit."

"But this star is pretty good too. It will sparkle even more after the show! I spent a long time picking it."

"Hey, it's just a little too plain."

"Now, wouldn't it be a bit disappointing to receive a Christmas gift like this?"

"No, I'm very happy."

"really?"

"This is the most beautiful star I have ever seen."

"Hehe, then today's plan is a great success!"

"but……"

Nebula Sky looked at Barbatos, pursed his lips, and said, "But, one day..."

"We need to capture the real stars and carefully consider how to fight."

Looking at Xingyun Tiankong's face which was already flushed, Barbatos felt a little overwhelmed for a moment. In the end, he couldn't help but stepped forward and held Xingyun Tiankong in his arms.

"Ah."

A hug like this is the limit now.

She really wanted to confess her feelings right now and be with Xingyun Tiankong right now. She believed that Xingyun Tiankong would not refuse either.

But she also understood what Xingyun Tiankong had just said.

To catch the real stars, you have to think carefully about how to fight, which means you have to prepare well on how to express your feelings.

So she couldn't confess her feelings so abruptly now.

At least... at least it should be half as romantic as Nebula Sky’s Christmas gift this time.

Even though he has watched many romance dramas and read countless romance novels, Barbatos, who calls himself a master of romance, only feels that there is nothing more romantic in the world than the Christmas gift of the nebula sky.

And that sentence, "No matter what, we are just children, this is the limit."

What this means is that they are both still children now and cannot do things like Senior Tony and Senior Moonlight did. After doing such things, they will experience a certain degree of decline in their careers.

This decline is not obvious in Senior Tony and Senior Moonlight, but it is real.

Both Nebula Sky and Barbatos are talented horse girls, and both have the opportunity to become Triple Crown horse girls. They both desire victory in the competition.

Things like that can only be done after retirement.

This is how Barbatos himself understood it.

Her condition declined after that incident, and she was able to make up for it by cheating, but what about Nebula Sky?

Liking someone doesn’t mean you can’t lust after their body, but at the same time you need to respect their dreams and not make them sacrifice for your own momentary desires.

Barbatos understands this, and... just being with you, whether it's running together, practicing together, holding hands together, no matter what the time is, it makes me extremely satisfied.

Love is never just worldly desire.

"Yes, I will. I will definitely prepare a battle plan carefully."

"My dear star."

Being hugged by Barbatos, Xingyun Tiankong's heart beat fast and he couldn't help but bury his head lower, feeling a little happy and a little embarrassed.

Barbatos was delighted that he understood the meaning of her words, but he was embarrassed and annoyed that she should have known it in her heart, so why did she say it out loud?

I don’t know if it was five minutes, ten minutes, or an hour.

The two people who were hugging each other gradually separated.

Xingyun Tiankong took out a small remote control from Santa Claus's clothes and pressed it gently. The starry sky in the room began to gradually fade away.

"this is?"

"It's an indoor planetarium. I need to return it tomorrow."

Nebula Sky introduced that Barbatos didn't know much about this matter.

Xingyun Tiankong, with a blush on his face, stretched out his hand.

"So what's Star-sama's Christmas present?"

Barbatos scratched his head in embarrassment. He always felt that compared with Nebula Sky’s Christmas gift, what he prepared was a bit too simple and not at all heavyweight.

Even for this Christmas gift, she spent nearly an hour choosing it.

He turned around and took out the prepared Christmas gift from under his computer desk, took the initiative to open the box, and wrapped a long scarf around Xingyun Tiankong.

The only thing to be thankful for is that at least the scarf looks good on Xingyun Tiankong.

"Compared to Star-sama's Christmas present, mine is a bit too ordinary."

Xingyun Tiankong shook his head slightly, holding the scarf that Barbatos had put on with both hands, and lowered his head, "No."

"This is the best Christmas present I've ever received."

Chapter 177: Santa Claus walking backwards?

Arima Memorial.

This is the end of the G series competition in the regular sense every year, and it is the place where each year comes to an end.

But this has nothing to do with Barbatos.

At this time, she was still practicing and had no intention of even watching Arima Kinen.

It wasn't just her. The friends from Nebula Sky, Ulala, Condor, Flying on the Grass, Holy King Halo, Special Week, and Canopus didn't go out of their way to watch the Arima Kinen race as they were busy with other things.

Some of them are still practicing, while others are preparing for future competitions and debut events.

Or they would talk about the ghost stories of Tresen Academy during Halloween.

Compared to Condor who will go to watch Barbatos' Hanshin Special Youth Tournament, although Arima Kinen also has some powerful horse girls, it has little to do with them in essence.

It will be a long time before we meet again.

There was a strange story during Christmas that surprised Barbatos.

"Santa Claus walking backwards".

It is said that on Christmas Day, a Santa Claus running backwards appeared in the Tresen Academy.

Of course, if he doesn't run backwards with his head on the ground, then it wouldn't be a ghost story, but rather an episode of a ghost story, the kind that gives people chills just thinking about it.

And if he walked backwards like that, then when Santa Claus came down the chimney, he would definitely land on his head.

How big a head would it take to withstand the impact without breaking into pieces?

So, the Santa Claus ran in the opposite direction, with his face facing backwards.

It is said that the speed is not slow, and is even not worse than the "Victory Ticket".

"Senior Moonlight, we should believe in science."

In front of Barbatos, Moonlight Madness was waving a samurai sword and preparing to look for the backward Santa Claus.

"The lottery ticket is my daughter, I can't let her be bullied by this weird Santa Claus."

This British noblewoman showed a protective side of her that Barbatos had never seen before, making Barbatos feel that as a horse girl, she must be good at something else.