Uma Musume: To The Top!!

Kuroha also noticed Sunday Silence's abnormal reaction.

He soothingly rubbed the girl's little head, then smiled as he introduced her to the two French Uma Musume before him.

"This girl's name is Sunday Silence. She's an Uma Musume from America. I don't know whether you two have heard of her. Because of certain circumstances, I'm taking care of her for the time being."

Hearing that, Brave looked at Sunday Silence's pretty face, which did seem vaguely familiar.

After hesitating for a moment, she nodded.

"Sunday Silence? America's dual-crown winner from two years ago. The legendary Uma Musume who was only one step away from achieving a Triple Crown. Of course I know her."

After saying that, Brave smiled and gave Sunday Silence a nod.

"I've long heard of you."

The black-haired girl's long bangs divided her face, making it impossible to see her emotions clearly.

Sunday Silence half narrowed her eyes and looked at Brave, who had taken the initiative to show goodwill toward her. She gave no response at all and simply turned her head aside with a cold snort.

"...Ahem."

Kuroha awkwardly smoothed things over.

"This kid's personality is just like that. Don't mind her."

Brave glanced sideways at Dancing Brave, who was standing beside her with a "watching the show" expression all over her face, then echoed with full understanding.

"It's fine. I'm long used to it."

As the vice president of France's Tracen Academy, she had quite a lot of say when it came to raising problem children.

Following that topic, Brave also expressed her apology.

"Our child was rather rude just now. I truly am sorry. If Trainer Kuroha has time afterward, why don't I treat you to a late-night meal as an apology?"

Kuroha glanced at his wristwatch, then smiled and shook his head, politely declining.

"It's a little late now, so I should head back first. Otherwise, McQueen and the others will get anxious waiting. As for the meal, let's leave it for another day."

Brave nodded in understanding.

After the two exchanged polite farewells, she stood where she was and watched as Kuroha and Sunday Silence's backs gradually blended into the night.

...

In the rest area.

Once they had gone far away, Dancing Brave seemed to have all the strength drained out of her in an instant. She suddenly collapsed onto the bench and looked up at the night sky.

The radiant moon was quietly reflected in her eyes.

Brave turned her head strangely.

"What's wrong, Shu?"

"Nothing. I'm just tired from training earlier and wanted to rest ages ago."

Dancing Brave curled her lip and could not help complaining.

"But then the two of you had to put on that gentlemanly act and sit there talking, so I had to force myself to keep it up too."

When Brave heard that, she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Isn't that your own fault? What were you yelling about in the middle of the night for no reason? You practically dragged him over here yourself."

"..."

Dancing Brave suddenly fell silent.

She stared blankly up at the sky. Only after a long while did she answer in a somewhat drifting voice.

"I just wanted to see with my own eyes what the trainer who raised someone like McQueen was really like, that's all~"

Brave turned her head.

Looking at the dark-skinned girl bathed in the gentle moonlight, who at that moment inexplicably seemed a little quiet and refined, she fell silent for several seconds before sitting down beside her as well.

Her long, slender legs crossed elegantly. Resting her cheek in one hand, Brave gazed at the bright moon in the night sky. After a while, she asked with a soft laugh.

"Can you win? The race in seven days."

The corners of Dancing Brave's mouth instantly curved into an unrestrained arc.

"Of course. I'm Dancing Brave. How could I lose?"

"But your [World] still isn't complete. Compared to me at my peak, there's still a bit of a gap."

Brave reminded her.

"It's not like McQueen has necessarily reached your height at your peak either, Brave-nee."

Dancing Brave answered casually.

Immediately after, the girl suddenly stretched out her hand and raised it high toward the night sky, then clenched it hard into a fist.

Her voice carried an intense fighting spirit as unstoppable as an erupting volcano.

"And even if her [World] really has reached your peak, Brave-nee, I can still beat her all the same!"

"Oh?"

Hearing that, Brave not only did not get angry, but instead turned her head with great interest.

"You're that confident?"

"Hehe!"

Dancing Brave gave a sly smile, and her tone suddenly slowed.

She slowly opened her clenched palm, as though she had caught the bright moon hanging in the heavens in the hollow of her hand.

"Because this era is my era."

"The era of me, Dancing Brave!"

...

Inside Chasing Light's villa at Giltown Estate.

As soon as Kuroha entered the door, he first responded to the three Uma Musume's longing for him.

After that, he gave everyone a simple introduction to Sunday Silence's background.

He also explained that, for the period ahead, she would join Commoner Queen as a sparring partner and assist McQueen with side-by-side training runs.

However, the moment the serious matters were finished, Kuroha did not even have time to drink a mouthful of water before Godolphin and Commoner Queen grabbed him by the arms from the left and right and forcibly dragged him straight up to the second floor.

Bang!

With the crisp sound of a door closing, only two girls were left in the first-floor hall, staring at each other.

"Uh..."

Sunday Silence first raised her head and looked rather dazedly toward the second floor. Then she asked softly, "McQueen?"

"What is it, senpai?"

McQueen, who had been wearing dead-fish eyes, immediately arranged her expression after hearing the voice and replied gracefully in a soft voice.

"Aren't you going up with them?"

Sunday Silence blinked.

In the month since joining the team, Sunday Silence had long since adapted to the sight of Chasing Light's Uma Musume occasionally teaming up for late-night raids on their own trainer.

At first, she had been a little worried about whether the trainer would be worked to exhaustion.

But very soon, she stopped finding it strange.

McQueen's expression looked like she had bitten into a bitter melon.

"The trainer and Godolphin-sama said I have a race in a week, so I need to show restraint."

"Oh..."

Sunday Silence seemed not to understand much of that. After all, she was still a pure little Uma Musume, so she could only nod faintly.

"Then, senpai, are you not planning to go up with them?"

After finishing her complaint, McQueen subconsciously asked.

"...Can I go up?"

Hearing that, Sunday Silence pointed at herself with a completely blank look on her face.

Only then did McQueen remember.

This senior from America was not like Obey Your Master-senpai, who had already known the trainer for a long time.

That was why, two months after joining the team, Obey Your Master-senpai had naturally reached that kind of closeness with the trainer.

As for Sunday Silence-senpai, even counting everything, she had only known the trainer for a little over a month...

Thinking this, the young lady of the Mejiro family suddenly fell silent. Then she answered somewhat awkwardly.

"I don't know."

"Oh."

Sunday Silence obediently nodded again.

Then, she suddenly took a fluffy object from her arms and stuffed it into McQueen's hands.

"Right. This is for you."

"?"

McQueen, her head full of question marks, lifted the fluffy thing in her hands and looked at it. It was a chibi Oguri Cap plushie.

"Why are you giving me this?"

McQueen was puzzled.

"Because Oguri Cap is very cute. And McQueen is very cute too!"

Sunday Silence answered with extreme seriousness.

"..."

McQueen held the plushie and was left utterly disoriented.

It seemed another very strange senpai had joined the team...

(End of Chapter)

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