Uma Musume : The Trainer Who Just Wants to Live

Rudolf's plan was perfect. It was a well-thought-out logical deduction of a person who was terminally ill but had not given up hope and was still clinging to a lifeline.

Unfortunately, she had forgotten who she was dealing with. This was Kitano, a person who, at their first meeting, could leave an indelible memory in her proud heart. From this point alone, his way of thinking was largely different from the "ordinary person" in her perception.

And she had not yet considered a fundamental question—why had a miracle like reincarnation happened to her? And even if she had started over, why hadn't the man she cared about changed much, yet this time there were so many people confronting her?

Perhaps the special one was not her. Or rather, the one connected to that special person was not just her.

"Ah, you're here."

And just as he was thinking about whether to help the three poor former charges with their weak training abilities, a sudden voice broke into their private space.

"Rudolf is here too. What a coincidence. Is the student council not busy today?"

And when Rudolf noticed the newcomer, her pupils contracted slightly for a moment, and she subconsciously showed a fierce expression. But she immediately controlled her micro-expression, her tone just losing its usual closeness, as she said flatly, "...C.B."

The newcomer was none other than Mr. C.B., who had returned to her usual dashing self after he had resolved her inner conflict yesterday. This horse girl, who had privately confirmed her relationship with him the day before but had not submitted any documents to Rudolf, now jumped down from a high place on the training ground and stood steadily by his side, greeting him with a cheerful smile:

"Good morning, Train... Trainer Kitano. It seems you were very satisfied with the family dinner yesterday. You look much better today."

"...Family dinner?" However, Rudolf, who only knew he had been taken away by C.B.'s parents but did not know the details, was slightly taken aback when she caught this piece of information. She almost immediately turned her gaze to him and asked in surprise:

"Trainer Kitano, did you stay over at C.B.'s house yesterday?"

"No, Rudolf. He just had lunch with my family," C.B. herself generously admitted what had happened yesterday. She seemed to think it was a very normal thing, completely incapable of provoking the person in front of her, and continued with a smile:

"I talked a lot with him yesterday. You really should have come too, Rudolf. I haven't been so happy in a long time."

"...Is that so?"

However, faced with the harmless-looking C.B., even the Rudolf who had recovered her past memories found it extremely difficult to equate her with the person in her memory—the one who, after his death, had shown no emotional fluctuations and was about to forget her most important partner to start a new life. That image was still replaying in her mind.

Every time she thought of the Kitano she couldn't have, the most precious person she had spent so long to silently bless and let go of, being treated like a disposable rag by C.B., she would feel the anger rising from the bottom of her heart.

But all of this, she could not vent on the C.B. in front of her. She still had her reason. She knew that all of this was not done by the person in front of her. In this world, C.B. had only known him for less than a week. She had no reason and no chance to do anything to him.

—But all these thoughts were overturned by her own self the moment she heard about the family dinner.

C.B. is still after my Kitano! Just like in the last world!

Rudolf didn't know much about their meeting in the last world. She only knew that C.B., who was just a newly debuted horse girl at the time, had argued with the former student council president, Shinzan, to make him her trainer... Rudolf didn't know C.B.'s thoughts, but she felt there were only two reasons for her to do so.

First, C.B. had seen through his talent as a trainer and hoped to use his ability to reach the pinnacle of Japanese horse racing. But this possibility was very low. Only she, who had been in contact with him, knew his ability. C.B. could not have known.

And the second situation... was that C.B. had also seen that he was a person who lacked love and wanted to use her decisive action this time in exchange for his wholehearted support and dedication!

What C.B. had done to him was just like what he had done to Rudolf in their childhood! It's just that their relationship was mutual! They both wanted to realize each other's ideals; it was a relationship of mutual salvation!

And C.B.—from her final actions, she just wanted to squeeze out all his value! To help her become a god, to become the so-called "Japan's Strongest"! She just needed that little bit of help!

This... Rudolf would absolutely not allow it to happen again!

But fortunately, she was very confident that she could handle C.B. this time. And the reason for her confidence was that when he died in the last world, he had kept their "love token" well.

This was enough to prove that in his heart, her status was far higher than C.B.'s! They were each other's eternal "white moonlight." C.B.... was just her substitute.

"A family dinner. I really haven't felt that atmosphere for a long time. The Symboli family is too big. It's not easy to even gather all the young generation of horse girls," Rudolf said, suppressing the emotions in her heart and trying to respond with a smile. But her words seemed to be secretly reminding the person beside her of something:

"Your family is very nice, C.B. Your parents only have you as their daughter—actually, I've been thinking, with your mother's bloodline and talent, if you had a younger sister, perhaps she could also become a very legendary horse girl like you."

"Ahaha, why are you suddenly talking about this? It's a bit embarrassing." However, C.B. didn't seem to have caught the meaning in her words and showed a rather uncomfortable smile. Seeing this, the smile on Rudolf's lips widened slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

She wanted to use these words to convey a message to him. The C.B. family had no new blood besides her, and she herself had already retired. For him, who needed to extend his life by winning races now, C.B. was of no value.

But her Symboli family was different. Though it was big and had begun to show signs of decline recently, it was still better than C.B.'s single daughter. It was more worthy of his attention!

"—However, I do have such thoughts," and just as Rudolf thought C.B. hadn't caught her hidden meaning, C.B. suddenly spoke up, frankly saying to her with a smile:

"The bloodline my parents left me is my pride, and I will definitely continue this bloodline... When I find a man I like in the future and can have a horse girl child, I will do my best to raise her into an excellent horse girl."

"Oh? You're already paving the way for the future?" Rudolf raised her eyebrows slightly and asked with some curiosity, "Then may I ask, what are your standards for a partner? An excellent Triple Crown horse girl like you will definitely deserve an excellent husband."

"Yes... but I don't know what kind of person I like. It's really troublesome."

And after some thought, C.B. still couldn't figure out who she would like. But as her gaze unconsciously fell on the person beside her, who was now concentrating on watching Festa and Gold Ship's training, the smile on her face couldn't help but widen as she said softly:

"But I think I would like someone I am closest to and most familiar with, just like my parents... Only the descendants of two people in love will be truly loved by their parents with all their hearts. I want to give my child the most perfect family."

The closest person? However, the moment C.B. finished speaking, he, who had been listening, couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat... His gaze couldn't help but fall on her smiling face. Looking at the happy smile of this horse girl he had once cared about most, he couldn't help but feel a little moved...

As the most familiar person from the last playthrough, when he heard her words, he couldn't help but think that the person she was talking about was him... In this playthrough, he should also be the closest man to her, right? After all, he was now her trainer, and he had never heard of her having another trainer in this playthrough.

No, no... Kitano Ryuichi, calm down. Don't be like a shameless virgin... C.B. has only known you for less than a week. This must be just a casual remark. What are you fantasizing about?

But even so, he couldn't change the fact that her words had stirred a wave in his heart... And at this moment, another new, joyful voice came slowly, interrupting his thoughts.

"Ah! Trainer Kitano! You're here too!"

In the distance, Special Week, Oguri Cap, and the accompanying Tamamo Cross also came towards him. And looking at these familiar horse girls, he also showed a smile and said teasingly:

"Hello, future trainers."

And this greeting made the three of them slightly stunned. But after glancing behind them and not seeing any new horse girls, he turned his gaze back to Special Week and asked:

"I heard from the President that you've been working hard to become trainers lately. Why haven't I seen your first charges?"

"Since you want to be trainers, you must put your charges first. You can't be so self-centered anymore."

"—No, that's not it, Trainer Kitano. Although we have been teaching juniors lately, we don't want to be trainers!"

However, Special Week and Oguri, who had participated in the bet with Mejiro Palmer, subconsciously thought Rudolf had leaked the matter to him when they heard his words. But fortunately, his next words made them react, and Special Week immediately waved her hand and denied:

"It's just a little interest, wanting to see if I can teach juniors. But I can't be a trainer. I can't even take care of myself, so I can't be a trainer!"

"...I don't know if my prize money will be enough to feed my family in the future. I'm just trying to train juniors," Oguri also nodded at this moment and explained calmly to him. It's just that her reason made everyone a little speechless... especially him.

Others might not know, but as her former trainer, he knew very well how popular she was. Let alone her prize money of over 900 million yen, just the royalties from the merchandise based on her would be tens of millions of yen a year... Let alone this life, even if her whole family were big eaters, it wouldn't be enough to spend that much in ten lifetimes.

"Then it seems I misunderstood," Rudolf also took the initiative to apologize to him at this time. She had not expected that the misleading words she had just said would be exposed so quickly... It seemed that if she wanted to drive away the stray cats around him, she would have to put in more effort.

"It's okay, President. I was just asking casually." And hearing that they were not serious, he was greatly relieved... Fortunately, the juniors of Tracen would not have to face these disastrous trainers. What a relief.

"Then, even if it's just for fun, where are the juniors you're training?"

"Ahaha... well, we haven't found any yet." Faced with his question, Special Week scratched her face in embarrassment. At this time, Tamamo, who also didn't know about the bet but had witnessed the whole process of them looking for disciples, also smiled and explained to him:

"They have been working hard since yesterday, trying to find some juniors to teach their skills. At first, a lot of people came, but these two are too stupid. They can't explain any theory clearly, so they had to go to the track and teach while running."

"But when they got to the track, these two idiots ran with more and more enthusiasm, directly treating it as a race, and discouraged all these juniors, so now no one wants to be taught by them."

...It was about what he had expected. He also couldn't help but laugh and shake his head. Looking at the two of them blushing at being exposed by Tamamo, he also smiled and reached out his two hands, ruffling their dejected little heads, and comforted them softly:

"It's okay. Don't be discouraged if you fail. I believe you can all find your own disciples."

"If you have any difficulties, you can always come to me. I should be able to find some children who are suitable for you."

Familiar with the original story, he naturally knew how to help them find disciples—many of the relationships between the horse girls were based on the factors of the real horses, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to find disciples who were compatible with them.

For example, Special Week's daughter in the original story, Buena Vista, could probably be a good disciple for her. As for Oguri... her bloodline didn't have any outstanding descendants, but if you considered her jockey's factor... King Kamehameha might be very suitable for her?

"Heehee... thank you, Trainer Kitano."

And Special Week and Oguri, who were being petted by him, after a moment of surprise, both showed a hint of joy and enjoyment. Special Week's face was blushing with shyness, and besides being shy, Oguri's horse ears were also flapping back and forth, as if to show her good mood.

"—However, it seems there is another junior who hasn't given up so quickly."

But at this moment, C.B.'s words suddenly pulled his thoughts back. He saw her gaze fall on the racetrack in the distance. At this moment, a particularly conspicuous red figure was leading the pack!

And behind her, Festa and Gold Ship, as well as a few unfamiliar juniors, seemed to be chasing the figure of the escape horse in front. It's just that the speed of the red horse girl in front... seemed to be a notch slower than everyone remembered.

Festa and Gold Ship behind her were slowly catching up... The advantage she had created with her explosive escape was visibly shrinking...

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