Horse Girl, Your Friend is Fighting Her Way Out of the Horse Racing Track

"Judging from what you're saying, Senior Lifar, it seems you have a few 'ambiguous' guys over there?"

Poetry and Wine's cheeks flushed slightly, and she awkwardly turned her head to the side, drawing out her words:

"So boring!"

"Hahaha."

The car started slowly, its tires making a soft, rustling sound as they rolled over the gravel.

The boundless lavender fields outside the window receded little by little in the morning light.

The journey from Calais to the airport wasn't long, and with Yongwu leading the way, the tedious process of check-in, security, and boarding went by quickly.

As the plane roared down the runway and soared through the clouds at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the cabin finally quieted down.

Outside the window stretched an endless sea of ​​clouds, like cotton candy, bathed in pure sunlight.

As soon as Yongwu boarded the plane, she asked the flight attendant for a blanket and sprawled out in the spacious seat without any regard for her image.

She tore open the bag of cookies, popped one into her mouth, then tilted her head and began to bother the poet and the wine beside her.

"Hey, Haji, tell me about Teresa, Japan? Is the grass there really as hard as cement, just like Senior Lifar described?"

Poetry and Wine were listening to music with their headphones in, trying to pretend they were asleep, but Yongwu's fingertips had already started poking her shoulder relentlessly.

"Talk to me, it's been thirteen hours, it's so boring to just sit there."

"It seems like you and the three giants are both so energetic that you can't stop once you get on the plane. She was quite quiet during her days at the manor."

Poetry and Wine sighed helplessly, took off one earphone, and looked at her with some resentment.

"It's a bit tougher than in Europe. But as long as you adjust your running style and footwork, it's not impossible to run."

"And don't you fly all over the world every day? Shouldn't I be asking you this kind of question?"

"Okay, then that's not important."

With a wave of her hand, Yongwu cut straight to the topic she cared about most.

"What about 'Canopus'? Why was it named that?"

Upon hearing the name of his own team, Poetry and Wine's eyes flickered slightly.

"The Treson team over there are all named after stars."

Yongwu paused in her chewing, raising an eyebrow.

"That sounds interesting. Tell me about your trainer?"

"He is a good person."

"He has a good temper, but I feel bad for him because he's committed so many crimes."

"Sounds like a nice person."

Yongwu put her hands behind her head and looked at the ceiling of the cabin.

"But why do you seem a bit uninterested? Is it because you don't really want to talk about these things?"

"I'd rather hear about your love life, since Senior Lifar mentioned several, not just one. That's quite interesting."

"Hehe."

Yongwu turned her head and winked at the poem and wine.

“I’m starting to look forward to your return to Teresa, Japan.”

"There's something wrong with it."

Poetry and Wine awkwardly turned their heads away and put the earphones back into their ears.

Tell me about it.

Yongwu grinned mischievously and nudged her again with his elbow.

Poetry and Wine closed their eyes, pretending they had fallen into a deep sleep, and ignored the overly energetic red-haired horse girl beside them.

The sunlight outside the window gradually sank below the western horizon.

Interlude: Chapter 405 I Have Returned

The long flight, which lasted for more than ten hours, finally came to an end.

When the cabin announcement came on, Shi and Jiu wearily took off their earphones.

"We've finally arrived. My bones feel like they're going to fall apart."

Yongwu, standing beside her, stretched lazily without any regard for her image. She ripped off her sunglasses, her amber eyes gleaming with excitement.

"It's been a long time since I've been abroad."

Poetry and Wine silently unbuckled their seatbelts and picked up their bags.

The sky outside the airport was slightly overcast, and the weather was humid and hot.

I didn't expect to be back so soon.

I don't know how to face the people at school~

The black-haired girl sighed in frustration, her mental preparation, which she had made at the manor, beginning to falter slightly.

"What are you daydreaming about, Haji? Go get your luggage."

Yongwu patted her shoulder from behind without a care in the world, interrupting her reverie.

The two passed through customs smoothly and retrieved their respective suitcases from the baggage carousel.

"By the way, did your friends come to pick you up at the airport today?"

Yongwu pushed a huge travel bag that could fit an adult with one hand, tossed a mint in the air with the other, caught it precisely with her teeth, and casually asked.

"I didn't tell them the flight number."

Poetry and wine pulled the lever, and he looked down at his phone.

"I only sent a message saying I'm going back to China today. I plan to go back to Teresen Academy by myself first, to avoid being blocked by them..."

"Oh? You sneaked back to surprise them?"

Yongwu chewed on a mint, making a crisp sound, and a sly smile curled at the corner of her mouth.

"I didn't realize you were so good at QQ."

"Come on."

Poetry and wine quickened her pace; she just wanted to get into a taxi as soon as possible and get back to the academy.

After a while, Poetry, Wine, and Courageous Dance successfully walked out of the hall.

The glass door smoothly slid open to both sides.

Poetry and Wine pushed their suitcases, heads down, preparing to walk towards the taxi waiting area based on their memory.

Before she could take more than a few steps, a familiar voice reached her ears.

"You landed half an hour later than expected. Did you get lost inside?"

"Ok?"

Poetry and Wine froze, raising their heads in disbelief.

Not far away, in the most conspicuous spot directly opposite the exit, stood three horse girls with distinct personalities.

Ai Haibara stood on the far left with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

'...'

"A little wine?"

Before Poetry and Wine could recover from the shock brought by Orihime, the voices of other people came from the side.

Narita smiled and stood in front of Poetry and Wine, waving to her.

"Thank goodness you're finally back safe and sound. I...we were all so worried about you."

Beside Chengtian Road, Lingzuan Qibao lazily yawned. Seeing Shi Yujiu's stiff expression, she slowly raised her hand and waved.

"Hoo hoo~ a little wine?"

"I've been standing here for almost half an hour, my legs are sore. But—"

The gray-green eyes of the horse girl were full of gentleness.

Welcome back.

'Why?'

Poetry and wine completely shut down my brain.

Admiring Orihime, Narita Road, Diamond Treasure.

They're completely unrelated, aren't they?

Why are these three people all here at the same time?!

"How...how did you all get here?"

Poetry and Wine's voices became stuttering from nervousness; her ears perked up, and her tail swayed restlessly.

She instinctively took half a step back, a bead of cold sweat silently sliding down her forehead.

"I clearly...didn't tell anyone my flight number..."

"Although Trainer Minamisaka is tight-lipped, the registration of students from Treson Academy returning home is clearly recorded in the student council."

Ai Mu, with a slight tilt of her chin, offered a reason that poetry and wine could hardly accept.

"Well... because I really wanted to see Poetry and Wine as soon as possible, I went to the student council to... inquire a little..."

Narita blushed, scratched his cheeks sheepishly, and his ears drooped down guiltily.

"I just wanted to see you, so I came along."

Lingzuan Qibao's worried gaze never left the legs of Shiyu Jiu.

"However, just being able to see you standing here safely at first glance makes me willing to stand here for another half hour."

The atmosphere became oppressive.

Damn it, there's even a cooperative hunting arrangement? These guys...

The three horse girls firmly trapped Hagi, who was beginning to panic and try to escape, in the middle.

I'm not... going to die here, am I?

Poetry and Wine looked at the scene before them with a slightly dizzy and blurred vision.

Just as Red King was about to descend upon Earth.

Yongwu, who had been standing behind Poetry and Wine as an invisible man, suddenly poked his fiery red head out from behind a huge suitcase.

The energetic European representative pushed up his sunglasses, his gaze sweeping over the three girls with their different expressions. His amber eyes lit up as if he had discovered some priceless treasure.

Immediately afterwards, she blew a loud, flippant whistle.

"Oh ho!"

Yongwu's personality is such that she is always unafraid of making things worse and is keen to add fuel to the fire.

She stepped forward and wrapped her strong arms around Shi Yujiu's stiff shoulders, completely ignoring the black-haired girl's eyes, which instantly turned terrified and filled with murderous intent.

She flashed a bright smile at the three people opposite her and said with a grin.

"Xiao Jiu, these people wouldn't happen to be those Japanese friends that Senior Lifal mentioned... the ones you've been 'ambiguously involved with,' would they?"

Dead silence.

The arrival hall was bustling with people, and flight information was being broadcast over the loudspeaker.

The world is peaceful, but poetry and wine feel they might die.

"Ambiguous, ambiguous?!"

Narita's face turned bright red instantly, and the blonde girl's ears stood up straight, with steam rising from her head.

She stammered and frantically gestured in mid-air to refute him.