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"Rudolph symbol, what do you mean by that?"

Chapter 203: He seems to be in a good mood.

Rudolf's questioning of Sirius's symbolism and his close association with Shinji Kitahara sounds rather odd.

After all, it was she who initially wanted Shinji Kitahara and Sirius to get along well, and now that the two are communicating more and more frequently, she should be happy about it.

In fact, in the few days when their relationship had just improved, Rudolf was indeed in a good mood and even considered whether to try to have Kitahara Shinji act as a mediator to ease the tension between them.

However, after several days of observation, Rudolf, while delighted, discovered a small problem.

Their relationship seems to have progressed a little too quickly.

Initially, their interactions and familiarity with each other progressed at a normal pace, but ever since that attack, Sirius Symbol has started frequently visiting Kitahara Shinji.

So far, there has been no change in their relationship, not even the slightest sign of it.

Especially since Rudolf, as a long-time arch-enemy, was quite clear about Sirius's preferred type, he quickly realized it.

If things continue to develop in this way, then forget about the time it takes; it would be a miracle if their relationship could even maintain normalcy for a quarter.

If Shinji Kitahara were a normal trainer, then even if something happened between Sirius Symbol and him, it would be her own business, and Rudolph wouldn't have any objections or interfere.

The problem is that, according to her deduction, Shinji Kitahara should have the blood of the Symbol family, making him a close relative of hers, and she is also a close relative of the Sirius Symbol, so this situation... is somewhat discordant.

Rudolf symbol also knew that the best solution to this matter was to clarify everything with Sirius symbol in its entirety now.

The problem is, she can't bring herself to say it.

Putting aside the situation on the Speed ​​Symbol's side, just considering her relationship with the Sirius Symbol, she would never tell her such an embarrassing thing.

But it didn't matter if he didn't tell the truth. Tresen's title of emperor wasn't given for nothing, and Rudolf quickly came up with another way.

"Sirius, I believe you've seen the Emperor's performance as well."

With his arms crossed, Rudolf's face showed a serious expression, revealing no sign of guilt.

If it were someone else, faced with Rudolph's behavior, they would most likely be fooled by her, believing that she was only thinking of the Emperor of the East Sea at this moment, and would not have the slightest suspicion.

Even Sirius didn't react at first. After listening to Rudolf's words and seeing her serious expression, she subconsciously began to reflect on her recent behavior.

But before Sirius could even fall into deep thought for a few seconds, as she processed the words, a sense of unease suddenly arose in Sirius's heart, causing her to frown slightly.

Wait, something's not right.

Others may not know, but Sirius, as Rudolf's long-time arch-enemy and childhood sweetheart in a sense, is very clear.

Because of his past experience as a symbolist and the influence he received after arriving in Tresson, Rudolf's views on love can be described as extremely skewed.

The prevailing philosophy has always been free love, where one fights for their own feelings, and the winner takes all and the loser is eliminated. It's no exaggeration to call it Darwinism in love, and it's one of the main reasons why the Treisen-Trap style is so prevalent today.

But under these circumstances, Rudolf deliberately kept her with him today and talked to her about matters concerning the Emperor of the East Sea...

Is it possible that concern leads to confusion?

After all, she had interfered in the East Sea Emperor's selection of trainers before, and even left behind a dark history. With this precedent, it doesn't seem unreasonable for her to interfere in the East Sea Emperor's relationships... No, wait!

Sirius symbolizes raising its head, finally discovering the greatest source of its inner unease.

Rudolf's attitude at this moment is incredibly serious.

According to Rudolph's symbolic tradition, she shouldn't interfere in the love affair of the East Sea Emperor. Instead, she's more likely to treat it as a trial and a test, allowing him to strive for and prove himself.

Even if he were to intervene, such a trivial matter would not warrant Rudolf keeping her behind to discuss this issue so seriously.

But after realizing this, Sirius symbolized that the doubts in his heart not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

Why did she do this?

Given Sirius's straightforward nature, she should have asked the question on the spot after having this doubt, directly confronting Rudolf.

But today, for some reason, just as the words were about to come out, looking at Rudolf's serious face, Sirius suddenly raised an eyebrow and swallowed his words back.

Because she sensed something unusual about this matter.

She was certain that Rudolf's symbol was not lying, since, apart from a certain blockhead, almost everyone could see through the East Sea Emperor's intentions.

The problem is that, while Rudolf's symbolism and what she said were both correct, she overlooked a very important point.

That is, compared to her Sirius symbol, the person who suggested that she and Shinji Kitahara have been getting too close lately seems to be getting closer to Shinji Kitahara.

In fact, it could be said that they were getting a little too close, after all, she had never seen the 'emperor' be so intimate with any other man before.

In this situation, combined with Rudolf's current behavior, a slightly bold guess began to emerge in Sirius's mind, even causing a slight change in the way she looked at Rudolf.

This woman...

Is she going to steal a man from her junior?

.......

the other side.

Just as Sirius's gaze gradually changed, Shinji Kitahara and Ardan Meguro's conversation was also drawing to a close.

It must be said that, as the eldest daughter of the Meguro family, Meguro Ardan has a very good temperament and manner of speaking, making her an excellent conversational partner.

At first, Shinji Kitahara was somewhat wary of her because of the Mejiro family's status.

However, after exchanging ideas for a while, Meguro Ardan revealed his identity as a "paranormal enthusiast" at the opportune moment, using the presence of Sunday tranquility as a starting point, and easily dispelled Kitahara Shinji's suspicions.

As for the matter of blind dates, although Shinji Kitahara was not very keen to talk about it, under Aldan's skillful guidance, he still managed to glean a considerable amount of information, which she silently kept in mind.

However, even after learning about Kitahara Shinji's predicament, Meguro Ardan did not take any immediate action.

Not only did he not offer to help, but after the conversation turned to ghosts, he never mentioned related information again, as if he had just casually chatted with him about these things.

After they parted ways, out of Shinji Kitahara's sight, Ardan Mejiro took out a small notebook, quietly wrote something on it, and then smiled as he put it away.

She seems to be in a good mood.

Chapter 204: Just Right

After talking with Meguro Ardan, Kitahara Shinji's life returned to normal.

Even the slow-witted Kitahara Shinji sensed the impending storm given the current situation and took some actions to try and fight back, such as trying to avoid one or two blind dates at the end of the year.

But in the end, not only did he fail to succeed, Shinji Kitahara couldn't even see the slightest hope of success. In the end, he could only accept his fate and pray that nothing would go wrong.

However, despite the setbacks in his matchmaking endeavors, Shinji Kitahara's situation in other areas, such as Uma Musume no Musume (Horse Girl), has been surprisingly smooth.

Aili Digital achieved a perfect triple crown in the autumn, winning the Aili Suzi, Manchester Tea House, East Sea Emperor, and the mud track event tried by Necha, all with outstanding performances.

Although compared to Uma Musume, the outside world doesn't pay as much attention to the trainers behind Uma Musume.

The problem now is that, even setting aside Ali Digital's three autumn titles, this year's first G1 race was almost entirely dominated by his female riders. Even the previously fractured Silent Suzuka made a comeback in December and won a G2-level race.

Although people's energy is mainly focused on year-end related matters due to the Lunar New Year, and the media staff are also on holiday, no one is digging into the situation behind them for the time being.

However, it is foreseeable that once his situation is exposed after the New Year, it will inevitably attract a wave of attention, which is also a problem that gives Shinji Kitahara a headache.

The approaching blind dates, the rise in reputation, and the ever-present, increasingly active 'black market' lurking in the shadows...

From this perspective, Shinji Kitahara will probably spend this year's Lunar New Year sighing and lamenting. After all, there are so many troublesome things that he can't seem to resolve, so it's hard to be happy.

But in reality, as the year drew to a close, Shinji Kitahara's lips curled up more and more each day, and he seemed to be in a much better mood.

Could it be that these troubles have taken a turn for the better?

Of course not. After all, he could find a way to stall for other troubles, but those two old women wouldn't listen to a word he said.

So why did Shinji Kitahara's mood get better and better?

The answer comes from comparison.

The incident began in early December when Shinji Kitahara suddenly received an invitation from other trainers to join a group chat containing only a portion of the trainers.

When he was first added to this group chat, there weren't many people chatting, and Shinji Kitahara didn't know what the group chat was for, but he didn't leave it and just left it there.

Then, as time went by, especially as the end of the year approached, the originally quiet group chat gradually started to receive more messages, and the frequency of speaking also increased.

It wasn't until a few days ago, when the sheer volume of messages flooded the chat, that Shinji Kitahara remembered the existence of this group chat. After clicking in and looking around for a short while, he understood the true nature of the group.

This is a group that runs away with buckets.

However, although it's called the "bucket-carrying runaway group," it doesn't mean that the trainers who joined this group wanted to resign from Treson like the civil engineering guys, but simply wanted to escape from their horse trainers for a while.

For outsiders, the New Year is a day worth celebrating, whether it's the holiday, family reunion, or the festive atmosphere.

However, for Treson Academy, this period around the New Year is basically the peak time for trainer disappearances throughout the year.

As the year comes to an end, I wanted to get together at the end of the new year to summarize the year's events, but then I lost contact with everyone while summarizing.

There are stories of people who, as the year draws to a close, accidentally let slip during a chat about the pressure to get married or blind dates in their hometown. The next day, when they wanted to go home, their wives, with their luggage and a big smile, blocked their door and then disappeared.

Another scenario is that after the three-year competition ends, Ma Niang is about to leave Treson Academy, but she and her trainer seem to have nothing going on the surface, yet they could both disappear or lose contact at any time.

If the first two scenarios could be considered as having a chance of survival even if they occurred, since the female horses aren't demons, they might just want to spend the New Year with their trainers or be dragged to meet their parents.

So, if the last scenario really happens, the probability of survival, even if it's not infinitely close to zero, is about the same.

Based on this, Treson Academy even issued a trainer curfew in mid-December, explicitly stating that trainers are not allowed to go out without special approval, especially when accompanying horse girls, in an attempt to reduce the probability of accidents.

But there's a saying: "When there are policies from above, there are countermeasures from below."

Despite the curfew, the trainers' incredible mobility led to a number of disappearances as the year drew to a close, giving rise to a "runaway train" group that became Shinji Kitahara's biggest source of amusement these days.

To be honest, Shinji Kitahara is not someone who likes to build his happiness on the suffering of others, but the problem is that there is just too much fun in this group.

This joy comes not only from the various straightforward attacks of the horse girls on the wooden trainers, but also from the many suicidal actions that trainers take in order to escape the horse girls.

The more common approach is to use the chairman's connections to arrange business trips or normal vacations in an attempt to leave the college, only to be followed and stalked in various ways.

For a more playful twist, after celebrating with Ma Niang after the final match, he secretly left without saying goodbye, and then, after getting into a taxi, he suddenly looked up and found his own representative sitting next to him with a smile on his face.

The most extreme case involved two straight male trainers who, in order to avoid their respective team leaders, conspired privately and then publicly came out as gay in front of both team leaders. And then...

There's no after that.

Anyway, until now, Shinji Kitahara has not received any more messages from them.

Just happy.

Amidst this joy, Shinji Kitahara also harbored a slight sense of doubt.

According to the person who started the group chat, the people invited to the group were all people who were generally considered to need to run away, including Shinji Kitahara's old acquaintance, Yosuke Higashimori.

But the question is, why was he invited in in the first place?

Although Shinji Kitahara admitted that he had indeed had a lot of trouble this year, the problem was that he didn't feel he had any need to run away.

Staring at the chat on his phone, Shinji Kitahara thought and thought, and in the end, he could only connect the matter to Alice.

It's not that he thinks Alice might have any feelings for him, but he recently learned from Tsuna Sugawa that the reason why trainer disappearances have been so rampant in recent years is largely due to Alice, the queen of pranks in Treson.

Especially considering that when he recently visited Alice's lab, the medicine boxes that were originally packed full were now almost empty, even without this group chat, Shinji Kitahara could probably realize some of the problems.

“Trainer Kitahara, don’t you really think you have… no, nothing at all?”

Surugawa Tezuna hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

She had just gone to Alice's lab with Shinji Kitahara. Her purpose wasn't entirely to spend time with Shinji Kitahara, but more to teach the mad scientist who had added so much work to her workload a lesson—the screams were still echoing in their ears even after they came out.

Kitahara Shinji didn't pay much attention to Tsuna's question and chatted with her about recent work matters as they walked. As they talked, the topic gradually shifted to New Year-related topics.

"The New Year is almost here, Miss Junchuan, when do you plan to go home?"

"I... I usually don't go back."

"not going back?"

"......Um."

Junkawa Tessuna nodded, but did not explain why.

After all, she couldn't very well say that she was almost thirty and still unmarried, and that she would be bombarded with questions from her parents, relatives and friends every time she went home, so she was afraid to go back and could only use being busy with work as an excuse to hide in Tressen, could she?

To avoid further questioning from Kitahara Shinji, and without giving him much time, Surugawa Tetsuya directly countered with a question.

"So, Trainer Kitahara, what are your plans for the New Year?"

"I don't have any plans."

Shinji Kitahara shook his head.