Uma Musume: To The Top!!

"Mm..."

Fumino's eyes flickered slightly as she looked at the names Kuroha had marked out and fell into thought.

Kuroha smiled and was just about to turn back toward the kitchen when a voice suddenly sounded by his ear.

"Darling~ I want some scrambled eggs. Don't add anything. Just ordinary scrambled eggs will do."

Darley, off to the side, winked playfully at him and laughed lightly.

...Darling?

Fumino's eyes suddenly widened. She turned her head and looked at Kuroha with an expression that practically said, You're surprisingly young at heart.

She had long since gotten used to Kuroha's beyond-friendship relationships with the other uma musume.

After all, she herself had come later.

But no matter what, she had not expected that her future husband would not even spare one of the Three Goddesses of the uma musume?!

"...Got it."

Kuroha walked over helplessly and gently pinched the red-haired goddess's cheek. Then he spread his hands toward Fumino, whose expression had turned strange, as if to say that he was troubled by it too.

Just as he was about to leave, Fumino seemed to remember something and hurriedly called him back.

"Oh, right. Aside from me, Aoi seems to be planning to take in a little horse girl to teach too."

Kuroha stopped in his tracks and turned back in surprise.

"Aoi? Her license is still a local trainer's license, right? Is she planning to start with local races?"

"That's not it."

The purple-haired beauty shook her head and explained, "That little horse girl is from Central too, but she's a new student who only just entered the elementary division this year. She's probably still two or three years away from her true awakening."

Only then did Kuroha understand.

"That works. The timing just about lines up with her applying for her Central license. What's her name?"

"I think she's called..."

Fumino frowned slightly as she thought, then casually took her phone out of her pocket and checked her notes.

"Found it. She's called Happy Meek."

Kuroha froze for a moment upon hearing the name, then smiled and shook his head.

...The bright, rainbow little white horse, huh.

He had not expected that even after changing teams, the bond between Aoi and Happy Meek would remain unbreakable.

Was this fate?

Thinking that, Kuroha nodded indifferently.

"If Aoi has her eye on her, then there's no problem. When the time comes, it'll be the same for you. Once you choose the horse girl you want, register her as a Chasing Light uma musume together."

"Chasing... Light?"

Fumino hesitated somewhat.

Kuroha keenly noticed her hesitation. He walked over and lightly knocked her on the forehead.

"Ow—" The purple-haired beauty subconsciously covered her head and let out a small cry.

"What are you thinking? You and Aoi are also Chasing Light trainers now. If the girls you train aren't registered under Chasing Light, what else would they be registered as?"

Kuroha's voice turned somewhat serious as he said in a low tone,

"It's not only the horse girls I personally guide who are called Chasing Light uma musume."

"After you joined, the children on your teams can carry that name too."

"This team isn't mine alone. It belongs to everyone..."

As he spoke, Kuroha suddenly realized that Fumino was staring at him in a daze.

"What is it? Did I say something wrong?"

Fumino abruptly came back to her senses, and a faint, almost imperceptible blush rose on her fair cheeks.

She tucked the hair by her ear behind it, narrowing her eyes slightly with a smile.

"Then by that logic, does my little Creek count as a Chasing Light uma musume too?"

"..."

Hearing this, Kuroha opened his mouth, fell silent for a long while, then could only nod helplessly in the end.

"...If you want her to."

At Central Tracen Academy, in the middle division.

Inside a classroom, a brown-haired girl with an impressive figure suddenly shivered.

Super Creek stopped writing.

Her expression turned into a blank, innocent "OVO" look as she sat there, completely at a loss.

Strange...

For some reason, she suddenly felt as if she had inexplicably accomplished another very great achievement...

...

Lunchtime soon arrived.

The Chasing Light uma musume returned to the villa one after another, some after class and some simply because they were hungry.

The cheerful laughter of lively girls gradually echoed throughout the entire house.

In the kitchen, Kuroha was preparing the final soup.

Suddenly, a soft, warm body bumped lightly into his back. Immediately afterward, a pair of small, adorable horse ears peeked over, twitching.

"Trainer, it smells so good..."

Oguri Cap stared fixedly at the lavish dishes on the counter that had yet to be plated.

Her eyes could no longer hold anything else, and she was practically about to drool.

Kuroha indulgently rubbed her gray-haired head and smiled.

"Want some?"

"Yes!"

Oguri Cap's head instantly turned into a pile driver as she nodded furiously.

"Here."

Kuroha picked up a piece of braised meat and fed it to her. The gray-haired girl accepted it precisely, chewing as pink bubbles of happiness practically appeared around her mouth.

"Where did you go to play today?" Kuroha asked casually.

It would have been fine if he had not asked. The moment he did, a wronged expression appeared on Oguri Cap's face.

"I clearly went out to play with March today, but for some reason, the buffet restaurants we usually go to wouldn't let us in."

"I haven't eaten anything since this morning..."

"..."

A polite but awkward smile appeared on Kuroha's face.

You really have no idea why they would refuse you entry?

He skillfully picked up a plate and handed her the egg fried rice piled up on it like a small mountain.

"All right, all right. Take this and fill your stomach a little first."

"Mm! Trainer is the best!"

Oguri Cap happily accepted the plate, but she did not immediately leave. Instead, she obediently tilted her head and nudged into Kuroha's arms.

After spending so much time with these girls, Kuroha naturally understood the unique "secret signals" of his horse girls.

He smiled, lowered his head, and kissed that soft, fair cheek.

Oguri Cap immediately broke into a brilliant smile.

Her cheeks were full and glowing. Then, in high spirits, she carried her little mountain of rice out of the kitchen.

The moment she left, the bell-like laughter of her companions rang out from outside.

"Oh my, Oguri, why are you eating so little? Did Trainer mistreat you?"

Hearing this, Oguri Cap shook her head with complete confidence.

"Trainer said this is just to help me fill my stomach before the meal starts. Inari, do you all want a bite?"

Although she was a glutton, she was never stingy when it came to sharing food.

However, looking at that plate of "pre-meal snack" that was almost half a person tall...

All the horse girls in the living room simultaneously showed polite but awkward smiles.

One after another, they expressed that they were not hungry for the moment.

Everyone was exceptionally satisfied with dinner that night.

As a result, once the night grew quiet, the villa's atmosphere also became warmer and more intimate.

...

The next morning, training resumed.

After once again thoroughly wearing out all of his horse girls through training, Kuroha was now sitting behind the desk in the trainer's office, refreshed and clear-headed.

In front of him stood two tall, graceful figures side by side, one chestnut-haired and one black-haired.

The aura and gazes of Bourbon and Rice Shower had long since shed the innocence they had when he first met them. They had become sharp and confident.

Even Rice Shower, who had always been timid by nature, was now filled with an indescribably powerful presence.

After several months since their true awakening, they had finally completed all preparations to welcome their debut race.

(End of Chapter)

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