Uma Musume : The Trainer Who Just Wants to Live

Agnes Tachyon. Even in Tracen Academy—a place where horse girls attacked trainers, where teammates schemed against each other to prevent rivals from getting close to their trainer, a place where it was highly likely for faces to be torn and fists to be thrown—she was a notoriously "dangerous individual."

The reason was simple. Besides being a highly talented horse girl, she was also extremely interested in all sorts of bizarre scientific research. She possessed one of the most brilliant minds among horse girls, and... a correspondingly massive amount of courage.

At the request of a certain horse girl, she once developed a potion to cure body odor. The result was a concoction that accelerated metabolism and sweat by inducing arousal, thus expelling the odor faster. Under her deliberate promotion, this potion sold out overnight. For the next month, trainers across Tracen Academy wailed in agony, and the number of trainer disappearances increased fivefold compared to the previous year.

She also took on various research and development requests from horse girls and trainers alike. Whether it was truth serums, tranquilizers, or energy drinks with no side effects... she could create all sorts of potions, and they all received unanimous praise from anonymous users.

But it was precisely because of her audacity, and the fact that no one knew how she confirmed the efficacy of her drugs, that most people treated her like a mysterious "mad scientist from the Tracen black market." They respected and feared her, and no trainer dared to try and recruit this dangerous horse girl.

—Until Kitano's playthrough where he met her.

When a mad scientist horse girl in need of a guinea pig met a trainer with little time left, who held a "might as well try anything" attitude because an accident would just mean another reincarnation, the two, who could each get what they wanted from the other, hit it off immediately, confessing their secrets at their first meeting.

Yes, Agnes Tachyon was the only horse girl in all of his playthroughs who knew all of his secrets, aside from the fact that he was a transmigrator.

With the attitude that a patient should be honest with their doctor, he had laid out all his special traits. As expected, when the Tachyon of that playthrough discovered such a miraculous human, her interest was piqued, and she immediately decided to make him her trainer.

"Everything you've said, I will verify through all-out competition. If, as you say, your life can be extended and even your illness can be slowed, then perhaps your miraculous constitution can become a crucial basis for my greatest research!"

"For that, I will do whatever it takes to keep you from dying, my dear trainer. If you died, I would find it a great, great pity~"

—At that time, her unique, seemingly ever-rational, wine-red eyes had sparkled with astonishing excitement for the first time.

And what she didn't know then was that one day in the future, her words would truly come to pass. It's just that... the process of doing "whatever it takes" to keep him from dying would be more wretched and painful than she could have imagined.

Even he had never imagined that in the end, it would be this girl, who had wanted to save him with all her heart, who would bear the blame for it all...

"This is my laboratory. Please come in."

Nakayama Festa pushed Kitano into a remote area of Tracen Academy. Here stood a small, Japanese-style loft, almost as large as a house for a family of three.

And he knew that in this loft, there was another "eccentric." If Tachyon was here, then the other one would surely appear...

"We're here—ah, Cafe, come and say hello to our guests."

The moment Tachyon finished speaking, Kitano and Festa saw a horse girl with a figure very similar to Silence Suzuka's, but dressed entirely in black, slowly walk out. She held a steaming cup of coffee, a white ahoge stood straight up, and her golden eyes were as mysterious as if they could see through things invisible to ordinary people.

This was Manhattan Cafe. Another acquaintance of his from that playthrough. She and Tachyon had both been his charges. Compared to Tachyon, Cafe made him feel much more at ease. She wasn't the type to cause much trouble.

Aside from the fact that she could see ghosts and had a ghost friend by her side, she was just a slightly quirky horse girl.

"Huh?"

However, the moment Cafe's eyes met his, the quirky horse girl's expression went slightly blank. And what was even more confusing was that although she hadn't spoken, an invisible voice echoed.

"Who? Who's talking?" The already on-edge Nakayama Festa was startled by the sudden voice. As she looked around, she immediately moved to protect him, her expression tense, as if ready to flee with him at the slightest sign of trouble.

At this moment, the dazed Cafe finally recovered. Then, one of her horse ears twitched, as if someone was whispering something into it. She finally nodded slowly and explained:

"It's nothing... just my friend."

"She won't harm you. Please rest assured. Just think of her as an invisible ghost."

Saying this, Cafe paid no mind to Festa's reaction, instead turning her gaze to the wheelchair-bound Kitano. A complex emotion flashed in her eyes before she said softly:

"Trainer Kitano Ryuichi... right? Please, have a seat. You must have your reasons for coming with Tachyon. I will accompany you."

"As expected of you, Cafe. You really know me~" Tachyon smiled. She was about to step forward and take the place of the still-reeling Festa when something happened.

Just as she was about to get within two steps of him, both of them felt an invisible resistance blocking their path. The next moment, Tachyon was pushed back several steps by an unseen force before she could stabilize herself.

For a moment, the atmosphere became tense. Besides the now-pale Festa, the other three all knew about the "friend's" existence, but they were very surprised that she, who usually never showed herself, would actively do such a thing.

"...Friend, be quiet. Tachyon-san knows her limits." The confused Cafe was also surprised by her friend's extreme reaction but still offered a reminder. Finally, after watching her friend sit down on a part of the sofa, she finally relaxed.

At this moment, Festa could no longer hold back. She came forward and pulled on his sleeve, her teeth chattering slightly. "Kitano, I think this place is a bit weird. We can still leave now. I'll break down the door..."

"Don't be afraid, Festa. It's just a ghost. You're not even afraid of Auntie Higashi (Higashi Roman), are you?"

"But I can't see or touch this thing—Eek! S-she's touching me! She's touching my head with her hand! I can feel it!"

However, the fearless Festa, who had no resistance to this kind of supernatural phenomenon, felt her hair stand on end the moment she felt the ghost's touch. Her ponytail poofed up, and she began to dodge around. And from Cafe's gaze, it seemed this friend would not be getting off Festa's head until their conversation was over.

As for the reason... well, he was quite clear. In the original story, the entire Gold Family lineage were all her bloodline descendants. It was only natural for her to feel a sense of closeness to Festa.

"Well then, since the nuisance is gone, let's talk about what's next."

Although Tachyon had been hindered at first, she quickly recovered. But this time, she didn't make any physical contact with him, just sat on a nearby chair and said with an interested smile:

"Trainer Kitano, I actually investigated you before I sought you out."

"It's hard to imagine that someone with congenital bone cancer, even in its late stages, can still move like this. An ordinary person in your situation would have been in the hospital waiting for death long ago."

"But you are different. And after Nakayama Festa's debut race, your condition is clearly better than when you first started—what a miracle."

As she spoke, she couldn't hide her excitement and stated the conclusion she had drawn from the information she had gathered:

"I'll be direct, Trainer Kitano. Your constitution... seems to have the effect of 'slowing down,' or even 'reversing' your illness. It's just that certain conditions seem to need to be met to do so."

"And I am very interested in your constitution. If you are willing to give me a small blood sample, I might be able to create many extremely useful potions. And in return, I will also do my best to develop a potion to cure your bone cancer. What do you think?"

Tachyon laid out what she considered to be a fair and undeniable offer. For someone like him, whose life was almost hopeless, he would surely grasp at even a one-in-ten-thousand chance. This was her confidence.

And in fact, he would not refuse, but not because of any hope... but because he felt he owed her an answer.

He knew she was a horse girl who kept her promises. She could fulfill them. It's just that... he had never had the chance to tell the past her this. At that time, it was already too late.

But at least, this time, she might have more time to fulfill her promise. He believed that if she could do it once, she could definitely do it a second time.

And so, after a moment's hesitation, faced with this horse girl who, though mad, had ultimately shown him a glimpse of her inner vulnerability, he, just like his past self, entrusted his fate to this horse girl he had just met.

"Then I'll leave it all to you, Tachyon."

"...Well then, here's to our happy cooperation~ Guinea Pig-kun."

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