I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Shinji Kitahara was shocked. Although Eclipse had often given him strange instructions before, such as running a certain number of meters or doing a certain number of pull-ups within a specified time, or doing other things, this was the first time he had been asked to do so many things.

"Could you make it less?" he asked tentatively.

"Not one can be missing, and there can be no delays or segmentation," the eclipse calmly responded.

The solar eclipse, which is almost indifferent to everything, is unusually tough on this matter.

Perhaps because he had given up so much today, the energy from that period of giving up was still lingering in his body, and for the first time ever, Shinji Kitahara felt a surge of rebellious thoughts.

"But, I refuse."

His expression was serious: "My favorite thing, Shinji Kitahara's favorite thing, is—"

Eclipse emerged from the kitchen and stared at him with the same look one would give a dead man.

"If you don't do it, I'll jump off you. Choose."

"...I'll do it, I'll do it, okay?"

Chapter Four: Generally through new recruit trainers

Whether Eclipse was joking or serious when he said he would jump if he didn't do it, Shinji Kitahara didn't know and didn't want to know.

Admittedly, even in Treisen, where beautiful girls abound, Eclipse's appearance would be considered outstanding, and since the two are not related by blood, it wouldn't be ethical for anything to happen between them.

However, two problems still exist.

One reason is that his relationship with the Eclipse is rather delicate; they are more like family members who depend on each other than lovers.

It's impossible to say he's never had those thoughts, but at least for now, he still considers her family, and her only family, and he doesn't want to change that relationship.

As for Eclipse's attitude, that's even more of a mystery. Shinji Kitahara still doesn't understand how she views him.

Secondly, the solar eclipse is not yet complete.

He didn't want to go in yet.

In short, the matter ended with him doing three thousand push-ups.

Although I was exhausted, I recovered after a good night's sleep thanks to the foundation from my previous workout.

Then, the next day arrived.

The two got up very early, washed up, ate breakfast, and then headed towards Treson.

Actually, today is the first day of school for Tresson.

Yesterday, the college opened pre-registration in advance to avoid overcrowding and accidents, so that students who lived nearby could come earlier, and some returning students could return to school early.

Today marks the official start of the semester. The Treson cafeteria and dormitories, which were still under preparation yesterday, will open today. Eclipse can go there and eat to its heart's content without worrying about the cost. In the evening, there's no need to go back to that shabby little apartment; instead, you can stay in the dormitory directly.

As for Shinji Kitahara...

He was nervous.

Today is the official start of school, which means a bunch of new horse girls who don't have trainers yet will flock here.

Although generally speaking, no horse trainer would choose a rookie like him who just barely made it, there's always a chance that some clueless person might take a liking to him at first sight. He doesn't want the emperor's situation to repeat itself a second time.

For this reason, he even made special adjustments to his image.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were slightly askew, he yawned as he walked, and even his trainer's name tag was crooked. He looked like the kind of frivolous and unreliable guy.

It has to be said that his outfit was incredibly effective.

Not to mention the other female horses, even Eclipse couldn't resist pretending not to know him.

Excellent. I set it up so smoothly on my first day of school. I must have a natural talent for this.

I took Eclipse to her classroom so she could greet her classmates herself. Then, after tidying herself up a bit, I went to the chairman's office to hold a meeting for the trainers.

Yayoi Akikawa, the chairperson of the Treson headquarters, is an unidentified creature who is shorter than a desk and has the appearance of a loli.

Although she was not tall and needed to stand on the desk to speak, and her appearance was not very imposing, the aura that she exuded when she was serious was quite impressive, which startled all the new trainers except for Shinji Kitahara.

As for Shinji Kitahara?

He's here to shirk responsibility; what does it matter to him whether he's authoritative or not?

As for the content of the speech, it was the usual stuff that leaders say at meetings: he started with some nonsense, then briefly explained this year's teaching plan, and asked the veteran trainers to take care of the newcomers.

After the meeting, the trainers did not leave, but gathered together, with the veteran trainers leading the way in explaining some of the unique common knowledge of Treson to the new trainers.

"First, in Treson, if you are attacked and the attacker is a stray horse, or feel like you've been stuffed into a sack, don't panic. Try not to react at all. Just ignore her, and she'll leave quickly."

"Secondly, in the green area at the edge of the teaching area, you may occasionally see a female horse wearing a white coat. If you see her, please remain calm, do not agree to any of her requests, and avoid letting your comrades come into contact with her, otherwise it may lead to terrible consequences."

"Third, although there is an option to post anonymously on the Treson Forum, it is not completely anonymous. Some special individuals can obtain information through certain means, so please try to restrain yourself. As for strange posts or ideas, we have a private group—but it is by no means truly safe."

"Fourth, never inquire about the chairman's age; this is an absolute taboo..."

The veteran trainers rattled off about twenty points, leaving the newcomers stunned and momentarily wondering if they had stumbled into some kind of eerie school.

Shinji Kitahara was different. His fear stemmed from the unknown, but as a transmigrator, he knew very well where the rules among those old trainers came from.

The ship that likes to attack people and put sacks in their pockets is the Golden Ship. As for the reason?

As the freest alien monster on Earth, what does she need a reason for doing? You wouldn't be surprised if she piloted a Gundam and said she was going back to her Martian home to visit her family, Shinji Kitahara.

The horse girl in the white coat is Alice, a notorious mad scientist in the entire Teresa, whose greatest hobby is creating all sorts of outrageous drugs and finding people to test them on. She is also an extremely dangerous horse girl.

As for the rest, he could roughly guess a few things, and he basically had a good idea of ​​who was capable of what.

After the veteran trainers finished speaking, the newcomers began to discuss among themselves.

New trainers, due to their lack of experience, often find it difficult to take on responsibilities, no matter how outstanding their achievements are.

Furthermore, they didn't believe they had the ability to independently train female horses, so they all planned to join the teams of various veteran trainers as assistant trainers to gain experience and seniority.

So the topic of conversation among the newcomers naturally turned to which senior team they should help out in. Some said that the team atmosphere was good on Otani-senpai's side, some said that Mochiyuki-senpai's side had good results, and some simply said that they were very familiar with a certain senior...

However, after the topic had reached a heated level, some people noticed a problem.

There was an invisible figure in their corner, quietly watching their discussion without saying a word or reacting.

Someone glanced at the nameplate on his chest and then asked, "Trainer Kitahara, what are your plans?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the other trainers' eyes were on him.

It wasn't out of malice. Putting aside all the messy stuff, the teaching atmosphere at Treson was quite good, living up to its reputation as the number one horse girl academy. Although the colleagues were in a competitive relationship, they got along surprisingly well.

"Ah, this..."

Shinji Kitahara rubbed his nose: "I'm not planning to help other teams, because I already have responsibilities..."

"Having taken responsibility?"

"Yes, there are two."

"sure."

A gasp of surprise rang out.

"Which two horse ladies are they?" someone asked curiously.

"Um, one is Eclipse, a freshman who just transferred to the advanced department, and the other is... the Emperor of the East Sea."

This is something that will have to be said sooner or later, so there's no harm in saying it directly.

But this time, there were no gasps of surprise, only deathly silence.

After a long silence, a weak voice finally spoke.

"Is it that 'Emperor of the East Sea'?"

"I don't think there's another horse girl with that name, right?"

silence.

The new trainers looked at each other, unsure how to begin.

They didn't recognize the solar eclipse, but they were familiar with the name of the Emperor of the East Sea.

Rudolph is the most dazzling rising star in the middle school division, a promising junior, and a shoo-in for the three championships. However, he has not yet begun to shine because he has not had a trainer.

As trainers, they had speculated before joining Treson about who would ultimately make this rising star shine, but no one expected that she would choose a rookie trainer who barely made it into Treson.

"and many more."

A voice broke the silence.

All eyes turned to the person who had broken the silence, only to find that he was pointing at Shinji Kitahara—or rather, at the nameplate on his chest.

"He's Kitahara Shinji! That Kitahara Shinji! Didn't you all notice?"

"Kitahara Shinji?"

Perhaps the emperor's brilliance was so dazzling that they overlooked certain things beneath that brilliance.

Once they realized what was happening, the name Shinji Kitahara once again became the source of their silence.

Chapter 5: Urban Legends

Shinji Kitahara is an urban legend that circulated among Teresa and horse racer breeders in various places in earlier years.

According to rumors, when you encounter difficulties related to horse girls, hanging three carrots at least 5cm long in front of your door will have a certain probability of attracting a humanoid creature named Shinji Kitahara to knock on the door.

He looks very young, even childish, but he possesses knowledge and abilities far beyond his appearance, even surpassing those of veteran trainers.

As long as it's a question about Ma Niang, no matter how tricky, obscure, or incomprehensible it may be, he can easily see through it and quickly provide an effective solution.

Moreover, he is quite accomplished in training and never holds back. Whether it is a newcomer or a senior trainer, as long as they are willing, they can communicate with him and learn something. He can be called the "wishing machine" of the horse racing version.

But all of this comes at a price; to get his help, one must be prepared to empty the granary.

The humanoid creature named Shinji Kitahara does not ask for financial compensation from those who seek his help, but he will always ask for food.

The executor is usually a black-haired horse girl who follows him around year-round, but occasionally he will pack up and take the goods back himself.

Some say he's just a figment of the imagination created by local trainers, while others swear that Shinji Kitahara truly exists, but when asked to produce evidence, they can't.

Because Kitahara Shinji seems to only appear in one place for a short period of time, and then mysteriously disappear, never to appear in front of them a second time, as if he never existed.

Because nobody knows who Shinji Kitahara is, where he lives, or even whether he is human.

Over time, the urban legend of Shinji Kitahara spread.

"Of course I am a human being."

"I couldn't find you because I was homeless at the time, wandering with my child, Eclipse. We couldn't afford to eat, so this was the only way we could get food."

"As for why you can't find me, it's because I don't stay in one place for too long. While it's true I helped out, it's also true I emptied their granaries. I'm not shameless enough to go back and do it again..."

"Three carrots was a code I used when I first served my clients. I don't know how it got around, but I figured it wouldn't hurt me to get more business, so I didn't bother with it."

After explaining, Shinji Kitahara looked at the strange expressions on the faces of the new trainers in front of him and asked with some confusion.

"Speaking of which, was I really that famous?"

"It's not a matter of whether he's famous or not, he is... Do you remember which places you've been to?"

Although they are all new trainers from the same cohort, some of them are already using honorifics.

"I don't remember very clearly."

Shinji Kitahara thought for a moment: "But I've been to most of JP, haven't I?"

After all, he wasn't a hardcore, ruthless person; he couldn't bring himself to continuously exploit the same area to the point of exhaustion. He could only keep moving to different places to exploit the same resources.

As a result, he would never plunder a place's granary again, and he would go around and around, basically plundering every place in JP where there was a horse girl.

Wait a minute, thinking about it this way, he has actually been to quite a few places over the years.

Moreover, upon closer inspection, several of the trainers present looked familiar, as if they had seen them before in Teresa. Their expressions seemed to be changing, as if they were recalling something.

After it was confirmed that Kitahara Shinji was indeed that urban legend, and a living, breathing person, the atmosphere in the room became heated once again.

This time, not only the new trainers, but also the veteran trainers came after hearing about him. Some of them had received his help before, while others had heard about him from other people.

While the trainers were enthusiastically discussing the various rumors about him, he, at the center of the storm, showed no pride whatsoever; instead, a hint of nervousness appeared in his eyes.

Oh no, I never expected to become so famous.

If this continues, perhaps some female horse trainers will come to him and ask him to be their trainer because of his reputation.