My fiancée Yukino

Then he took another big gulp of yogurt.

The others were fine, but Artoria, though curious about the spicy flavor, wisely refrained from trying it, having tasted the real spiciness of Sichuan cuisine at other restaurants before.

Although she has a big appetite, Artoria is not very good at handling spicy food; mild spice is her limit.

Artoria was leaning back on the sofa, a satisfied smile on her face. She was rubbing her stomach with one hand and scrolling through her phone with the other, looking for food guides for her upcoming summer vacation.

Although Luo Bai knew what delicious food was available, he still needed to do some research to find the specific restaurants.

Artoria is currently very engrossed in creating food guides and collecting recipes, and she's incredibly enthusiastic about it.

Because of the concert in July, after resting for about fifteen minutes after dinner, Hoshino Ai ran upstairs to the karaoke room to continue practicing.

Glancing at the direction of the stairs, Yang Nai asked Luo Bai, "Is Xiao Ai going out again tomorrow to rehearse at the concert venue?"

Luo Bai nodded and said, "Yes, she also took leave on Monday and will be back on Monday night. Mai, please take care of her."

Mai smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I'll take good care of her. I'm not too busy on Mondays anyway. I'll cook her meals and bring them over. Putting everything else aside, Ai is really focused when she's busy; she easily forgets the time if no one reminds her."

"Focus is the key to achieving higher levels and greater success."

Luo Bai smiled, clearly looking forward to the upcoming concert.

As for the concert tickets, they have long been sold out, including the tickets for the next two shows of the tour.

As the concert date approaches, online discussions about Ai Hoshino's concert are becoming increasingly heated.

All of this motivated Ai Hoshino to rehearse even harder before the concert, striving to present her best performance.

.........

On Sunday morning, Luo Bai woke up in Shi Yu's room. Besides Shi Yu, Eriri, with her golden hair flowing down her back, was also there, hugging him tightly.

I don't know how Shiyu managed to get Eriri to come over at night.

Luo Bai had initially thought that after what happened in the afternoon, the girl wouldn't do anything that night, but it turned out she wouldn't.

That's why I made such a decisive decision.

A few minutes after Luo Bai woke up, Eriri also slowly woke up.

Upon opening her eyes and seeing Luo Bai so close to her, Eriri was clearly stunned for a few seconds before realizing what had happened and immediately burrowing into the covers.

"..."

Seeing Eriri's actions, Luo Bai speechlessly lifted the blanket and looked at the girl who was covering her face with her hands, saying, "Now that things are like this, what's the point of you hiding like this?"

"Waaaaah! Stop talking!!!!"

However, Luo Bai didn't let Ying Lili continue to hide like that. He pulled her into his arms and began their emotional exchange that morning.

After breakfast, Luo Bai took Eriri with him and went out to play as agreed, just the two of them.

Although the progress was faster than Luo Bai had expected, the result was still quite good.

Walking down the street, Eriri hugged Luo Bai's arm with a happy expression, practically leaning on him.

Luo Bai said with a smile, "You weren't like this when you woke up this morning."

Eriri stuck out her tongue and said, "Well, I was really confused last night. I just acted impulsively, hehe, but the result wasn't too bad."

"It's only because there's no one else around right now, otherwise I'd like to see if you could be this uninhibited."

"Hehehe, we'll talk about it later! Oh, there's a game store over there, let's go check it out!"

Although it was supposed to be a date, the places they went to were still related to their hobbies.

The game stores and model/figure stores in Chiba City are not located in the more 18+ area of ​​Akihabara; they are all normal stores.

Even so, Eriri still managed to find a figure she had never been able to buy before in a secondhand store.

Volume 1: Chapter 773 Summer Vacation (1/2)

After buying what she liked, Eriri was completely satisfied and had nowhere else she wanted to go, so Luo Bai simply took her to the game company for a stroll.

The Uma Musume Girls mobile game project is now fully on track. Eriri, who was involved in some of the character designs at the beginning, hasn't been around for a while, but she's been playing the game all along and has managed to raise some great Uma Musume girls.

After arriving at the company, Eriri saw many design proposals for the unreleased racehorse girls, as well as design drafts of many special forms of racehorse girls.

I even saw several horse girl figurines that had already passed the gray prototype stage and been painted, including Miyu, Tokai Teio, and Mejiro McQueen.

Seeing the expectant look in Eriri's eyes, how could Luo Bai refuse? He found someone from the company, went to the warehouse, and took a few finished products, handing them to Eriri.

Luo Bai smiled and said, "Perfect timing. These figures in the painting stage won't be released for about half a month. You can be one of the first reviewers besides the official ones, and make a video or something. Anyway, the channel is already up and running, it would be a waste to just do live streams, wouldn't it?"

Eriri nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that's what I was thinking too. I've been preparing to make a walkthrough video for the Elden Ring DLC, and we can film that too. As for editing, I can do the game walkthrough myself, and Mom can help me with the figure video editing, since she knows how to do it anyway."

"You can arrange it yourself, but don't forget that final exams are coming up soon."

"Okay, okay~~ Studies come first!"

As she spoke, Eriri happily put all the figurines into her bracelet, and then left the company with Luo Bai, completely satisfied.

They didn't go anywhere else and went straight home.

Seeing Eriri's beaming face when she returned, Shiho, who had been revising her manuscript all day, asked curiously, "Where did you go having fun?"

Then, Eriri took out all the figurines she had bought and received.

"Heh heh, these are today's haul!"

Shi Yu looked at these things and shook her head helplessly. In the end, it was still the same.

However, given Eriri's courage last night, I'll leave her be for now.

Mi Yu also came over at this moment, looking curiously at the figurine in the box that had the same name as her.

Although they share the same name, the character Mi Yu in the game has several different designs, but she is still very cute.

"We have it where I'm from too! It's a very popular horse girl, and there are tons of all sorts of plush toys and merchandise!"

Oguri Hat said confidently, "There are quite a few MiYu products on the market now. When I went shopping before, many stores placed MiYu products in the most prominent places."

Mi Yu said shyly, "Well, you have quite a lot of merchandise related to the Little Chestnut Hat, and it's the best-selling item."

Mi Yu is right. As a popular racehorse girl who debuted early on, even when she was semi-retired due to health reasons, Oguri Hat's merchandise was still the best-selling.

Even the equally popular veteran racehorse Rudolph Symbol, as well as the rising stars Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, are still a bit inferior to Oguri Hat in this respect.

Oguri Hat wasn't surprised at all, nodding and saying, "Of course, I've been a horse girl for a long time, and I've won quite a few championships, so it's normal for me to be popular! But Mi Yu, you've performed on the winner's stage so many times, it won't do to be so shy all the time. Ah, speaking of which, I haven't asked you what you plan to do after you retire."

"Ugh?"

Mi Yu paused for a moment, then, after thinking it over, said with some distress, "I...I can't think of anything..."

Yang Nai smiled and raised her hand: "I have a suggestion. Since you're easily embarrassed in public, why don't you just become a housewife and help take care of the kids and cook? Besides, you've been learning to cook and you're doing pretty well, aren't you?"

"Take care of, take care of the children..."

Mi Yu's face turned bright red, and she started to feel dizzy, clearly imagining that scene.

Rin smiled and said, "It seems you definitely thought about it, otherwise you wouldn't have reacted so directly. But I still have to say, what kind of child would a human and a horse girl have? And it seems that in that world, there are only horse girls and no horse boys. The rules of that world are really strange. I wonder how it will be here."

Luo Bai nodded and said, "Well, I guess there probably won't be any horsemen or anything like that, but the possibility of humans and horse girls is about 50/50."

Then, Luo Bai hugged Mi Yu and kissed her forehead.

"There's plenty of time to think about what you want to do in the future, no need to rush."

Looking at Luo Bai, Mi Yu smiled happily and nodded gently.

........

June passed quickly, and July slowly arrived.

Zongwu High School is also facing its final exams.

After two days of exams, the results were released. As expected, Luo Bai still held the top spot in the grade, while Yukino came in second.

After so many exams, Yukino finally gave up. Second place is fine, since the difference between their scores wasn't that big, just a few points. She had already gotten full marks in science, so the difference was only a little in humanities.

After the exams, it's naturally time for the summer vacation that all students have been looking forward to.

As soon as summer vacation started, Hoshino Ai went to Tokyo immediately after finishing her exams to begin her concerts.

The final ten days of rehearsals before the event.

Because it was summer vacation, Luo Bai slept in a little longer that day. The air conditioner was on in the room, and he was holding a soft linen coat in his arms. He didn't wake up until eight o'clock.

After getting up, Luo Bai lazily went downstairs and saw that Philon had already gotten up early and was practicing magic control with Sakura.

Seeing that Luo Bai had gotten up, Philon immediately withdrew his magic and ran over.

Good morning, Philon.

Smiling, Luo Bai picked up Philen and said, "You were supposed to be watching Mi Yu and Sister Little Chestnut Hat's match today, but you're still working so hard."

Philon nodded and said, "Sister Medea said that magic practice cannot be interrupted. We must always ensure that we have control over our magic power and be able to use it at any time."

Although he really wanted to say that a child doesn't need to be so strict, Luo Bai didn't say it when he saw how much Philon loved magic.

"Good, keep it up." Looking at Sakura who was walking over, Luo Bai asked, "How long have you been practicing?"

Sakura smiled and said, "Half an hour, not long at all, just like usual."

"Let's rest for a bit first, and then we'll set off after breakfast."

Volume 1: Chapter 774 On the Way to the Arena (2/2)

After breakfast, everyone changed into a slightly thicker set of clothes and then entered the world of Uma Musume Pretty Derby.

Spring hasn't arrived here yet; it's in the transition between winter and spring, and the temperature is still a bit low.

As soon as she came over, Rin shrank her neck, exhaled, and said, "It suddenly got colder, I'm not used to it."

Luo Bai was fine. After casting a warming spell on everyone, he got into the car arranged by Treson Academy and headed to the competition venue.

Sitting in the car, Luo Bai called Elena, who was embarking on her journey again.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Luo Bai, I can't come this time. I ran into my master's friend in this city, and he asked me for help."

"Did something happen?"

Luo Bai raised an eyebrow. "Can you handle it?"

Elena snorted and said, "Who do you think I am? I'm the Gray Witch, of course I can! I'll hurry up and finish this, and I'll come over as soon as I'm done! I may miss the competition, but I should be able to come when you guys go to the beach!"

"Okay, then I won't bother you today. If you need any help, just contact me."

After hanging up the phone, Luo Bai looked at Rin sitting next to him: "I can't come. I have something to take care of. I guess it's some kind of magic-related case. She's a friend of Master Elena, probably the one she mentioned who is another disciple of her mother."

Rin nodded with some regret: "Well, there's really nothing we can do about it. I was hoping to exchange some of my recent insights with Elaina. But speaking of which, their family relationships are really interesting. Elaina never knew her mother was a witch, and the teacher she studied under was her own mother's disciple. What does that mean? She's become her own mother's grand-disciple?"

Yang Nai also popped her head out from the back seat and said with a smile, "We already complained about this when Elena mentioned it before. She's still very upset about it, and her expression was hilarious."

Luo Bai smiled and then looked at the four-member band and Ijichi Hoshika sitting on the other side.

“This place is pretty much the same as our world, except for the horse girls. You shouldn’t have any trouble adjusting. How are you feeling?”

Looking out the window, Hongxia said happily, "It really is another world! Even though it's modern, it really is another world! Ah, senior, is that horse girl on that big billboard over there a celebrity?"

Luo Bai glanced through the car window and said, "That one is also Treson's horse girl, Golden City. Besides being a horse girl, she also works as a model and is quite famous in the fashion industry."

"Oh! It does look like an advertisement for a fashion brand!"

Next to Nijika, the socially awkward Little Lonely stared wide-eyed at the street outside, and even saw two horse girls racing against a car in the horse girl's exclusive area.

"Wow, that's amazing! So many female horses! Are those two racehorses too?"

Riding in the car with them, Megumi McQueen, sitting in front of them, smiled and said, "They're not racehorse girls, just ordinary horse girls. Not all horse girls in this world can become racehorse girls. Some horse girls who aren't particularly talented choose other paths, some study, and some participate in various jobs. Being a horse girl still has many advantages."

Megumi McQueen did not participate in the Dream Cup this time because her injury had just healed and she was still in the recovery period. If she forced herself to participate in the competition, she would not be able to adjust to her best condition and would have to wait until next year.

She wasn't too disappointed about it; missing a few matches was just the beginning, which was much better than her previous injury being incurable and forcing her to say goodbye to the competition altogether.

Sitting next to Megumi McQueen, Shinobu Kocho said happily, "At first I was worried that you, McQueen, would insist on participating. After all, the Emperor is also participating. As an opponent, you must want to have a good competition in such an important event."

Hearing Shinobu Kocho say this, Megumi McQueen said with some regret, "Indeed, I did have that thought at first, but after considering that there will be many more opportunities in the future, I gradually calmed down. But I have to say, it is true that we have lost an opportunity to compete against the Emperor in a special competition. We can't miss it again next time."

After a pause, McQueen Megumi added another sentence.

"Also, I'll temporarily refrain from participating in the same competition as Mi Yu."

After learning about the existence of the other world, Megumi McQueen understood why Miyu and Oguri Hat's strength had increased so much.