Uma Musume, Master of Love

Haidu Star, clutching a coin in the sunlight, looked somewhat disheveled; the turn of events had been rather sudden.

She was just a teacher... so why did her own sister suddenly become a teacher too?

Then who is the teacher?!

Moreover, Haidu Star has reason to suspect that the astronomers just wanted to use her as an errand girl!

Clearly... all you see is white fur!

Chapter 215 Brilliant: Am I an idiot?!

Haidu Star was absolutely certain that her older sister's purpose was not to teach Huiyi any experience at Ascot Racecourse, because as the younger sister, she had never heard the word "experience" from an astronomer!

Indeed, the teaching was merely a stepping stone for the astronomer to get close to Huiyi. Only by staying by her side could he proceed with the next step. After all, she had suffered quite a bit of anger at Huiyi these past two days, and she needed to get her revenge... Moreover, the astronomer really didn't think any horse girl could resist the attraction that was practically a law of rules emanating from him.

If so, it's just that you haven't spent enough time around her!

After all, astronomers can really admire Huiyi's strong will as a horse girl. She can notice that the charming scenery around her is actually glancing at her every now and then, just like most of the horse girls she has met.

Haidu Star, with a hint of resentment, brought the astronomer a bottle of mineral water and used the remaining euros to buy four bottles of sports drinks. He kept one for himself and gave the rest to the other three horse girls. The astronomer's lips twitched a few times at the blatant discrimination.

However, astronomers can understand this... They guess the younger sister was bribed by Huiyi's two meals... Tsk.

The astronomer felt he should learn how to cook in the future... otherwise, the Star of the Sea would be stolen sooner or later... as for Van Gogh, that fool was not important.

The morning was spent in intermittent training sessions. The astronomer remained under the parasol, holding his phone without saying a word, and it was unclear what he was doing. Huiyi rolled his eyes at him. He had said he was there to teach the Ascot Racecourse how to run, but the teacher ended up scrolling through his phone. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to complain, Huiyi would have fired him long ago.

But actually, the astronomers were applying for the right to use the Royal Trexon Academy's training course. If Ascot Racecourse is a standard racecourse, then the astronomers don't have much to teach, since every horse girl's training course is considered a standard track.

However, Ascot Racecourse is unlike any other racecourse in the world. It is famous for its challenging uphill sprint track. The entire triangular track has a 22-meter-long, exhausting slope from the highest point to the lowest point, which can be fatal for any racehorse without sufficient training.

Astronomers are well aware that the small-scale terrain in Japan does not have such a slope; 22 meters is equivalent to an insurmountable chasm.

And coincidentally, the astronomer could claim to be the racehorse maid who knows Ascot Racecourse best here, otherwise she would have asked Huiyi to find another racehorse maid who won the King's Stakes to teach her, but that's impossible!

"But a 22-meter slope... can Huiyi really train to climb it with her small frame? I'm not worried about Haidu Star..." the astronomer muttered to herself. She didn't know how many slopes Huiyi could run on in Japan, but she was certain that 22 meters was definitely the highest drop Huiyi would experience.

This afternoon, let's go to the Sakamichi training ground and let these newcomers experience what it means to be at the ultimate level.

They ate lunch in the college cafeteria. As foreign students, Huiyi and Meiren Jingzhi naturally didn't have campus cards, as did Haidu Zhixing and Fan Gaoer, who hadn't enrolled yet. In the end, the burden of paying fell on the astronomer's shoulders.

Finally getting a free lunch, Huiyi and Meiren Jingzhi naturally unleashed their talent for eating as much as they could, each taking a stack of food half their height. After paying, the astronomer felt a pang of pain looking at the more than 1,000 euros deducted. So, you guys have adjustable food intake and energy supply?!

"Tianwen, is this your friend?" The cafeteria lady smiled as she looked at the astronomer who was taking back her campus card. This girl used to come here for meals every day before she retired, and she also had excellent results on the field. The two became familiar with each other over time.

The astronomer, her ears twitching, scoffed, "Knowing I was going to treat, she deliberately came to rip me off... and even picked the expensive stuff! A clueless little white horse... oh well." Even she herself didn't believe what she said. The cafeteria lady, whose eyes were already small, narrowed slightly. In her eyes, an experienced woman, the astronomer...

She's all talk and no action, after all, we didn't see much of a reaction from her after she paid; she was just saying it. Anyone who's been there understands what that means. The older woman actually thinks that the astronomer found this white-haired horse girl quite well, even though her eating manners are anything but elegant, she has a very good appetite!

The old saying goes that being able to eat is a blessing, and the auntie, with decades of experience as a housewife, could immediately see the maternal aura about Huiyi. She couldn't be sure about anything else, but this woman would definitely be a good mother!

"Hey... Astronomy, you need to learn to seize opportunities. All those girls around you before seemed so unreliable, but this one seems pretty good?"

"Auntie...this is my...um, student...how could I possibly have such thoughts? Besides, she's not exactly a good horse girl either, very hypocritical, um, hypocritical." The astronomer grinned, having bought another meal from the auntie. To be honest, the two meals from Radiant Glow and Enchanting Scenery were equivalent to more than half a month's worth of the astronomer's high-end expenses.

"Keep it up!"

Astronomers shrug at this.

Witnessing the two men devour half-person-high amounts of food in a whirlwind, their bellies barely heaving, the astronomer was as if he had seen a ghost. Of course, it was also quite shocking for Van Gogh, the supporter of Haidu.

They had never seen a horse that could eat so much and whose size didn't change much before... Logically speaking, someone who could eat so much should have had a big belly by now.

"Phew... I'm full. Western food isn't filling in small portions, but it's still delicious if you eat a lot. Thank you for the treat." Huiyi clasped his hands together to express his gratitude, then patted his not-so-obvious belly with a thud.

The astronomer forked a potato and took a big bite: "If you want to thank me, reimburse me for the meal! You two have eaten up half a month's worth of my luxury expenses in one meal...!"

The meals at Royal Treson are only free for enrolled students; outsiders like Huiyi have to pay. However, the astronomer had no prior knowledge of the food prices, which is why he let the two big eaters choose whatever they wanted, and that's how this problem arose.

"You already have so many G1s, why are you still worried about this meal money? You're so stingy! Let's go to the slope after you finish eating, let me see how you run the slope." Huiyi nodded in satisfaction. She had also taken two photos before eating and posted them on her Moments.

And they even proudly added the caption: "The most sumptuous meal in Britain, hosted by an astronomer!"

You feel justified in eating things you get for free!

Before heading to the slope for training in the afternoon, the astronomer made a point of taking two extra laps to help Huiyi and the astronomer digest their food. His intentions were so obvious that Haidu Star looked at her with a strange gaze from the back of the group without any attempt to hide it, but that idiot Van Gogh didn't seem to think too much about it.

Haidu Star suddenly felt incredibly tired; it seemed like she was the only normal horse girl in the whole family…

Upon arriving at the slope training ground, the astronomer asked the others to wait at the entrance while she went to the guards to verify her identity. After all, injuries could easily occur during slope training, and Royal Treisen was stricter in this regard than Japan.

Each training session requires an application from a highly experienced horse girl or trainer to prevent newcomers from getting injured.

Huiyi was still wearing the training clothes she brought from Japan, bright red and standing out from the others. But standing on the slope and staring at the visible incline, Huiyi felt a little uneasy. To be honest, the steepest slope she had ever walked on was probably Hanshin Racecourse...

"Welcome to the Royal Tresson Slope Training Ground. I specially asked the chairman to apply for this place, otherwise Haidu Star and Van Gogh, who haven't even enrolled yet, wouldn't be able to come here." The astronomer spread his arms and laughed heartily. Standing on this slope, he felt a bit like he was back at Ascot Racecourse, but unfortunately, he no longer had any rivals to compete for the King's Stakes with.

Huiyi stepped onto the wood chips on the slope. She didn't know if it was because of the humid European climate or something else, but she felt that it was much softer than the slopes in Japan, and it was also very moist. She couldn't help but wonder how it was maintained so that no mushrooms would grow on it...

Huiyi moved her foot away and looked at the traces left by the wood chips. Suddenly, she felt that she might not feel good on the slope. She didn't react much when she looked at the charming scenery. It was understandable, after all, she was still a freshman. She had only just started practicing grass court games in Japan. The slope was still too early for her.

The astronomer, standing on the track, transformed from casual to sharp: "Of course, the slope is much steeper than in Asagaya, but that's a good thing. Horse Girls always push their limits!"

"The most important thing when running on this kind of slope is to maintain your center of gravity and your rhythm. Don't get nervous or scared just because it's a difficult slope." The astronomer has a deep understanding of this. During her service, she was also afraid because she heard about the steepness of Assyria, but after running it, she found that... it's not that bad.

"Many times on the racetrack, your winning formula compared to other female racehorses is confidence."

The astronomer arrived at the flat track before entering the slope, stretched his body, and assumed a starting position: "Now watch carefully, pay attention to my movements. The slope requires skill, not brute force."

Originally, I thought I would feel rusty at the start since I hadn't run in a long time, but the astronomer unexpectedly discovered that the last race seemed to have happened yesterday. The strong wind brought by the start messed up the hair of Haidu Zhixing and Huiyi that was not tied up. Huiyi looked at the shadow that hardly slowed down on the slope with some surprise, her mouth slightly open.

Based on my interactions with her over the past few days, I always thought she was a submissive female horse, but Astronomer is a genuine champion of both the British and Irish derbies and the Royal Stakes! Her abilities as a racehorse should never be underestimated!

Astronomers left deep footprints on the wood chips on the slope, each step sending up a piece of wood chip with it, until they stopped at the end of the slope, the feeling of soaring through the air still lingering in their bodies.

"Did you understand? The degree of body tilt and the point of force exertion on the feet." The astronomer walked over, wiping the sweat from his cheeks, with a proud expression.

"...I didn't see it at all..." Huiyi answered truthfully. She really didn't understand the astronomer's actions, but the Star of the Sea City on the side had an abnormal light in its eyes, and seemed very excited.

"I understand now!"

"?"

"what?"

The astronomer was taken aback, and Huiyi immediately asked in confusion, "Excuse me?"

As a racehorse girl who has won several races in a row, I still couldn't understand the technique in one go... and a racehorse girl who hasn't even enrolled in Treisen yet understood it at a glance?! What kind of joke is this world playing?! Although Huiyi knew that Haidu Star was a genius, she thought it was just a matter of a little intelligence and a strong innate physique, but now it seems...

The Star of the Sea City is simply a product of astonishing intelligence and incredible physical strength!

With his chin resting on his hand, Van Gogh continued, "I think I understand a little bit now. Basically, if you can imitate it, you can perform well on the slope, right?"

Huiyi paused for a moment, but ultimately remained silent. The charming scenery, who didn't need to train on the slope in the first place, sat in the rest area and watched curiously. All she knew was that the astronomer had given a demonstration, and the figure running on the slope was indeed very cool... especially the tail swaying in the wind, which was so smooth... She really wanted to go up and take a bite.

At this moment, only one sentence lingered in Huiyi's mind: What kind of monsters are these people? Other racehorse girls need a week to learn and practice for who knows how long, but the Haidu family understands them just by looking at them?

The astronomer nodded with satisfaction, seeing that his younger sister was very quick to understand. So she said, "Well... Star of the Sea City, do you think you could give a performance on the slope? You could also demonstrate it for Huiyi?"

"I tried my best, after all, it was my first time..." Haidu Star said, but the way it prepared to start the race earned it full marks from the astronomer, impeccable!

After the start, as the race entered the slope, the astronomers carefully observed every move of the Star of the Sea. When it reached the end and turned back, the Star of the Sea only had a little sweat on its forehead, and its breathing was even more steady than that of the astronomers.

“I’m starting to doubt this is your first time running a slope… It was too perfect. Impeccable.”

Next up on the track was Van Gogh. Compared to Haidu Star, Van Gogh's skills were a bit lacking, but with his perfect physical attributes, he still managed to fly to the end of the slope with great force. His breathing was a bit disordered, but he was still performing at an excellent level.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?" All eyes were fixed on Huiyi. She was the only one who hadn't yet climbed the slope...!

The pressure from the geniuses around him put pressure on this underachiever...

Huiyi suddenly had a strong premonition... he was definitely going to be broke soon...!

Chapter 216 Brothers Take You to See Pretty Horse Girls

Huiyi always had a psychological fear of slopes. She had been afraid of short stretches of road with large ups and downs since she was a child, especially when she was in a car traveling at high speed, where any undulations in the ground would be magnified infinitely.

Every time the car experiences a feeling of being suspended in mid-air as it travels from a high place to a low place, Huiyi's heart skips a beat. She doesn't know what kind of psychological illness this is, but there is no doubt that she still hasn't been able to cure it.

"Let me make this clear first, I've never been a good runner on slopes, and I'm pretty clumsy. I didn't even understand what was going on just now..." Standing on the soft wood chip track, Huiyi took a deep breath to relax, and the enchanting scenery cheered her on.

"Sis! You'll know after you finish the run—! What if you say that but actually run really well?" The charming scenery had always believed in Huiyi, and these words gave her some confidence.

After warming up, Huiyi recalled the movements of the astronomer and Haidu Star, as well as his experience at the Hanshin Stadium... The slope here is only slightly steeper than Hanshin's...!

The astronomer, holding a timer, then said, "Ready...? Ready... Go!"

Huiyi didn't respond to the astronomer's commands as quickly as the gate, so the gate didn't trigger. Her first few steps forward were quite awkward, as she was extremely unaccustomed to running on sawdust and spent the first few dozen meters adjusting her stride and strength. She had never felt so uncomfortable before.

The astronomer raised an eyebrow slightly and turned to look at the captivating scenery: "Didn't Huiyi practice the slope in Japan?"

The captivating scenery pursed her lips and poked her cheek with one finger, replying, "I spend most of my time in the classroom... I'm not too familiar with your training program. But you probably haven't practiced on the wood chip slope, right? You're the practical type, I guess most of your training involves running alongside other racehorses on the turf."

Thanks to the Astronomer's almost rule-oriented nature, she always gets the answers she asks other horse girls. At this point, the Astronomer also has a training plan specifically for Shining. After making such a mess of herself before, the Astronomer naturally has to regain some face in the training.

Since Huiyi enjoys training by running alongside other racehorse girls... well, the astronomer could join in, right? We can't say that this double derby champion racehorse girl is here to scare us, after all, the astronomer has something to say too.

She did this to train the new racehorse girl, hoping to help her achieve better results in future races!

A very evil plan was conceived in the mind of the astronomer, but the person in charge, Huiyi, was still struggling with the sawdust. Every step forward on this slope was torture for his legs, and his internal organs were also being squeezed to the point of being difficult to accept in this strange posture of high-speed uphill.

The most fatal thing was that her adaptability to the sawdust track was completely X level. When she reached the end of the slope with all her might, Huiyi had no energy left to run forward. Then she let out a sigh of relief and lay down, burying herself face down in the sawdust.

“…Well, I thought she could finish the race, but it seems a bit of a stretch.” The astronomer sighed, but it wasn’t surprising. She’d seen plenty of horse girls like this who would eat sawdust after running up a slope during her time in Treson.

She walked over and lifted Huiyi up with one hand, then used a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe the sawdust and dust off Huiyi's face.

"How was the European route?" The astronomer chuckled. The feeling of regaining all the lost ground in his own field of expertise was even better than sneaking a little cake from the Ocean Star at Christmas!

Huiyi exhaled, her face flushed, and after a long while, she finally said, "There's a reason why you Europeans like to train on challenging terrain... I bet most female racehorses would rather run an extra race a month than train on a slope like this."

"That's not entirely true. We do mostly advocate the idea that one can become a god in a year, but I still want to ask... which tastes better, European or Japanese mud?"

"Get out of here!"

Huiyi was being held by the astronomer with her feet dangling in the air, so she easily swung her right leg and kicked the astronomer's knee hard. If it had been an ordinary shoe, the astronomer could have tolerated it.

The problem is that Huiyi is currently wearing shoes with special horseshoes, and the silicon-based and carbon-based materials are in solid contact. With a bang, the astronomer immediately dropped Huiyi and rolled around in the sawdust, clutching his knee.

"Whoa—!! Why did you kick me—!!" Even though Ma Niang's body was strong, it was still made of flesh and blood. Although this kick wouldn't injure the astronomer, the pain was real. He lay on the ground until the pain subsided slightly before the astronomer gasped and stood up.

Huiyi had already brushed the dust off his clothes: "Mud doesn't taste good anywhere. I'd rather step on you than step on mud."

"Pfft." Van Gogh turned his head and chuckled, then looked at the sky. Ah, the cloudy weather was still quite nice.

It's rare to see Astronomy Sister looking so defeated. If she hadn't placed her phone on the other end for the sake of training, Van Gogh would definitely have recorded her. Haidu Star covered her face with the parchment book and seemed motionless, but a closer look revealed that the corners of her lips, which she was trying so hard to conceal, were constantly in a quantum superposition state of curving and smoothing.

"So who did you learn your kicking skills from?!"

“The Golden Family.” After answering, Huiyi went to the parasol, picked up a bottle of water, unscrewed it, and rinsed her mouth. She spat out the mud that was still in her mouth and let out a long breath. She shouldn’t have been tempted by the astronomer’s nonsense about winning the King’s Championship next year.

She doesn't necessarily have to participate in the Emperor Entertainment Group's 3D competition...!

The pain came and went quickly. The astronomer clicked his tongue as he looked at the figure's back. Sure enough, the proud and arrogant horse girl was impervious to reason and persuasion. But none of that mattered anymore. As long as she knew that Huiyi was not good at the slope, that was enough.

Sometimes, you don't need many conditions to control a person; one weakness can ruin them for a lifetime.

The workload of just one hilltop training session exhausted Huiyi's energy. She really couldn't understand what kind of superhuman physique those horse girls who could do hilltop training two or three times a week had, so she let everyone rest that day.

Back at his lodgings in the afternoon, Huiyi filled the entire bathtub with hot water and lay down comfortably. His flowing white hair spread out on the water's surface, almost taking up half the bathtub. Huiyi pinched a strand of hair and twisted it back and forth, then half of his face was submerged in the water.

"I'll find some time to go to France and visit Longchamp. It just so happens that Ascot is under renovation this year... The King's Stakes have all been moved to other racecourses." Huiyi felt a little dizzy thinking about the information he found on his phone.

One reason she doesn't like going out is that she doesn't like to accept too many new things, and she excludes virtual new things on the internet.

After all, Big Shock is going to France to participate in the Arc de Triomphe next year. Huiyi hasn't decided on her schedule for the second half of the year yet, but she will most likely choose a competition in France or Europe, just like Big Shock. Anyway, Huiyi doesn't plan to compete for the Arc de Triomphe. First, there are too many horse girls participating, and second, she feels that running 2,400 kilometers in a swimming pool like Longchamp is a bit too self-destructive for her.

"Forget it, why think so much now... I'll think about him again after I finish the Autumn Blossom Festival." He blew out a few bubbles in the water, but fatigue only made him feel more exhausted.

———Lin Lu 4 Qi Ba Ren Er (8M)———

"You mean you, a dignified and virtuous racehorse, were kicked by a child horse in your prime?" The deer-haired horse held her alcoholic beverage with disbelief, but when she saw the astronomer's expression, which looked like he had just eaten a spicy radish, she laughed gleefully.

"Hahaha, you've finally met your match! You got kicked by such a young junior, and you still call yourself a senior? Hahahaha!"

The astronomer's eyebrows twitched wildly as he downed his drink in one gulp: "Shut up, you strange light—!! Don't you even know how you lost the King's Trophy?!"

"Oh, so how did you lose to me in the Irish Championship?" Strange Light retorted without backing down. After all, she wasn't the one who got kicked, and besides, they were both retired now, so anyone could expose each other's secrets!

Then the strange light continued, "And you've forgotten that after retiring from the Breeders' Cup, that horse that came in sixth place didn't even make it back to England and cried for days afterward? Tsk tsk tsk, I retired too, but I won the Breeders' Turf Race!"

"I'm 6G1, you're 3G1~ Oh dear~ how can we compete?" Strange Light's mouth was grinning from ear to ear. He had been ridiculed by the astronomer at the Royal Trophy and then constantly being teased by crickets. Fortunately, he got his revenge at the recent Crown.

Besides, they competed on the same day in the US, and she came in first place while the astronomer came in sixth. With that comparison, wouldn't she naturally feel superior?

The saying goes, "If you've already thrown caution to the wind, then you might as well throw caution to the wind." Since both sides have already broken off all pretense of civility, the astronomers are no longer going to give the strange light any face.

“那我问你！你在G2比赛上被日本那个老黄金羞辱的时候你给忘了？堂堂2G1赛马娘被日本那边还没G1的马娘在G2比赛上疑衤三气咎鹨衤三児超过去了！”