I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

At the same time, the sound of water in the bathroom suddenly stopped, followed by what sounded like the sound of someone drying hair.

After a long while, the moment the bathroom doorknob turned, Sirius looked up and met Rudolph's gaze as he emerged from the bathroom. In the silent darkness, the taste of Shinji Kitahara on his lips was particularly noticeable.

click-

That's the sound of a doorknob being twisted when gripped.

Then Rudolf's voice rang out, his tone icy.

Sirius, what are you doing?

"I?"

With one hand covering Kitahara Shinji's mouth, Sirius sat on Kitahara Shinji's lap, looking at Rudolf not far away with a playful tone.

"It's just a small punishment for the losers."

"Any questions?"

Chapter 234: Today Was a Bit Bitter

As night deepened, Shinji Kitahara's disastrous first day of the Lunar New Year finally came to an end.

Shinji Kitahara was initially taken aback by Sirius's sudden action, but after calming down, he characterized it as a prank that Sirius had accidentally messed up.

Although Sirius was given a few words of advice afterward, he didn't take it too seriously and soon fell asleep.

As for Rudolf, his dissatisfaction was quite evident in his eyes when faced with Sirius's obvious provocation.

But because they had been up all day, and Kitahara Shinji's breathing was gradually becoming longer, despite the turmoil in his heart.

But in the current situation, there was nothing she could do but watch helplessly as Sirius, after his provocation, swaggered away from Shinji Kitahara.

After taking a shower, she went straight to Rudolf's bed, seemingly not considering herself an outsider at all.

Then, the night passed.

When I woke up, I felt that the relationship between Rudolf and Sirius seemed to have deteriorated again.

But thinking that this was ultimately a matter between the two of them and shouldn't have anything to do with him, Kitahara Shinji didn't inquire further. Shortly after waking up and washing up, he asked Rudolf to take him out of the Symbolist House.

Originally, Rudolf wanted to take this opportunity to be alone with Shinji Kitahara and talk to him about some things.

Unfortunately, after learning that Rudolf was going to send Kitahara Shinji away...

Sirius suddenly appeared out of nowhere and offered to hitch a ride, forcibly boarding Rudolf's car and denying her and Kitahara Shinji any chance to be alone, allowing Kitahara Shinji to return to the academy smoothly.

"Finally back..."

Back at the academy, looking at the familiar gate and reflecting on the day's events, Shinji Kitahara felt as if he had been transported to another world, and his heart was filled with emotion.

Fortunately, it's all in the past now.

With this thought in mind, Shinji Kitahara let out a long breath and then stepped into the academy.

What he didn't know was that the end of that unlucky day didn't mean the end of everything.

In fact, this is only the beginning.

......

At the same moment that Kitahara Shinji stepped into the academy, a car belonging to the Tokai family also drove into the Symbol family's residence.

"I'm sorry, this child keeps asking to see you..."

The housekeeper from the East Sea family apologized helplessly to Rudolf in front of her, followed by the East Sea Emperor, who was holding an enormous cup of honey drink, tilting his head and looking sullen.

"It's okay, I'm free anyway."

Rudolf didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After exchanging a few polite words with the housekeeper and seeing her off, he turned to look at the Emperor of the East Sea, reached out and patted her head, and said with a hint of helplessness.

"Your Majesty, you're not a child anymore; you can't keep throwing tantrums like this..."

"They lied to me first."

After taking a few sips of his honey-infused drink, the Emperor of the East Sea said, feeling wronged.

"They clearly promised to take me back to the academy to see my trainer after the New Year, but the very next morning they insisted on dragging me to that 'social gathering'..."

Rudolph raised an eyebrow: "Didn't you have a cold?"

"That's what they said. Actually, I've been there the whole time, I just haven't gone out..."

After taking a few more sips of the honey drink, the Emperor of the East Sea spoke again.

"Back then, they even said that the student council president was there too, trying to trick me into going out, but I didn't believe them..."

"They didn't lie to you about this; I was really there at the time."

After a pause, Rudolf added a sentence.

"Oh, right, Trainer Kitahara was there too. If you had gone out then, you could have chatted with him..."

"Trainer?"

The Emperor of the East Sea raised his head and asked in confusion.

"How did he end up there? He's not from any family, is he?"

"he......"

Rudolf paused in his speech.

"He had some things to take care of, so he went there. We happened to run into each other, so we chatted..."

There was no way she could talk about the blind date. After all, even disregarding the emperor's possessiveness, she was too embarrassed to mention the embarrassing situation from before.

As for the fact that Shinji Kitahara was her trainer, she originally wanted to find an opportunity to tell her, but after thinking about it for a while, she gave up on the idea.

After all, the feelings of the Emperor of the East Sea for Kitahara Shinji were clear to everyone except Kitahara Shinji, even to the wood on the roadside.

At any other time, she might have explained the situation, but now, with the second year of the Emperor's Tournament about to begin, it was the perfect time for her to aim for the Classic Triple Crown.

If everything were explained to her at this point, and it aroused the emperor's emotions, it could very well affect her performance in the competition, and even whether she could maintain her usual training would be uncertain.

Not to mention, she had only just heard the news and her mind was still a mess.

Not to mention dealing with the Emperor of the East Sea, she herself didn't know how to face Kitahara Shinji or how to handle her relationship with him.

Therefore, after the Emperor of the East Sea asked the question, Rudolf quickly changed the subject through conversation, preventing the Emperor of the East Sea from thinking about it any further.

As for the Emperor of the East Sea, after listening to Rudolf's explanation, he loosened his grip on the honey drink slightly.

Last night, although she didn't attend the social gathering because of a tantrum, she eventually left with her family members.

As she was leaving, standing in the darkness, she caught a glimpse of a familiar car that symbolized her home.

Originally, she just intended to go over and say hello, but when she saw two familiar figures inside the car, she froze in place.

Why are the trainer and the president together...?

Afterwards, with her mind in a state of confusion, she sent messages to Shinji Kitahara and Rudolf respectively, wishing them a Happy New Year and inquiring about their well-being.

Strangely, even though she clearly saw the two of them together, both Kitahara Shinji and Rudolf Symbol stated that there was no one else around them.

This is very strange.

Holding his phone and looking at the messages on it, the Emperor of the East Sea tossed and turned all night.

Then, after waking up the next day, she immediately contacted the housekeeper in charge of her affairs and asked her to bring her to the Symbolist House so that she could ask Rudolf in person.

Originally, the Emperor of the East Sea was somewhat uneasy before he arrived.

But after hearing Rudolf's explanation, she thought about it and realized that she might be overthinking it, since Rudolf had already admitted that she had spent some time with Shinji Kitahara yesterday.

Moreover, as far as she knew, her trainer, Sang, didn't have his own car yet because of poverty (actually, it was mainly due to opposition from others), so it was very likely that he left by hitching a ride with the chairman.

The time she sent the text message was quite some time after she saw the two of them together, so it's very likely that Trainer Sang had already gotten off the bus and was alone with no one else.

"That's it..."

The Emperor of the East Sea felt a little relieved. After chatting for a while, he noticed that more and more people from the symbolic family were gathering around him, so he said he wanted to go to Rudolf's room to continue the conversation.

Rudolf did not object.

Although Shinji Kitahara slept at her place last night, she still took considerable measures to mask the scent in order to prevent the rest of the Symbol family from noticing anything amiss—after all, the Symbol family has quite a few horse girls.

Therefore, she wasn't worried that the emperor would discover anything after entering, so she nodded and led her to her room.

Not long after Rudolf entered the room with the emperor, there was a knock on the door, and someone said that the Symbol of Speed ​​was looking for her and wanted to talk to her about something.

"Your Majesty, please wait here for a moment. I will be back after we finish talking."

"Uh-huh."

The Emperor of the East Sea nodded obediently and watched Rudolf leave the room.

then--

boom.

After confirming that Rudolph had disappeared from sight, the East Sea Emperor placed the honey drink on the table, then pounced on Rudolph's bed and started rolling around on it.

"President, hehe, president..."

After rolling around in Rudolph's sleeping spot for a while and absorbing a considerable amount of the guild master's energy, the East Sea Emperor sat up, looking much better.

She knew it! The president and trainer would never lie to her, let alone betray her...?

The Emperor of the East Sea suddenly froze.

Perhaps because she was rolling around a bit too much, she stirred up some things that were originally in the cracks of the bed.

For example, a black hair that looks somewhat familiar.

Nobody knows how that hair came about.

It might have stuck on when the group was at the dojo last night, or it might have fallen off on its own while someone was sleeping.

In any case, it appeared in the room and fell into the gap by the bed while Rudolf was tidying up, without being noticed.

Now, it was held in the hands of the Emperor of the East Sea. After examining it for a moment, he stretched out his nose and gently sniffed it.

The scent was very faint; a different horse might not have been able to smell it at all.

But as mentioned at the beginning, the East Sea Emperor's sense of smell is among the best, even among horse girls with a good sense of smell.

Therefore, she not only smelled a familiar scent from that seemingly ordinary strand of hair, but she could even discern how long the scent had lingered.

Very fresh.

It looked so fresh, as if someone had spent the night there.

Silence, quiet, deathly stillness.

Staring intently at the black strand of hair in his hand, the Emperor of the East Sea's gaze deepened.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she put away the hair, returned to the sofa, picked up the cup of honey drink, and sat quietly until Rudolf returned.

"I apologize, Your Majesty, for keeping you waiting..."

Rudolf pushed open the door and entered, then noticed that the Emperor of the East Sea seemed to have a strange expression on his face, and asked with concern.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"......No."

The Emperor of the East Sea remained silent for a moment, then took a deep sip of the honey drink in his hand.

"It's just... a little regrettable that I didn't go out last night to chat with you two, the guild leader and trainer..."

"What's there to regret? If you want, I can send you to the academy right now..."

Hearing Rudolf's words, the East Sea Emperor did not respond, but silently sipped his honey drink.

I just don't know why, this honey drink, which is usually supposed to get sweeter and sweeter the more you drink it, and you can never get enough of it.

Today was a bit bitter.

Chapter 235: Bear the Consequences

After returning to the academy, Shinji Kitahara's life returned to normal.

Although I learned a lot, my mind was in a mess, partly because Sirius was causing trouble.