The way Uma Musume looks at me is so scary!

"Now you know how reckless you were yesterday, don't you?"

"You should go back to the Mejiro family and be a young lady there. There's no need to torture yourself here every day. That's the world you're familiar with."

At this point, Xiuxing's intentions were quite clear. She knew she couldn't directly stop Megumi Ardan from coming here, so she used a different method to let her know that she couldn't adapt to this place.

In Xiuxingmeng's view, the horse racers of the Mejiro family were all pampered young ladies, so how could they possibly accept such an environment?

Since he knew he couldn't take himself with him and couldn't adapt to this environment, Megumi Ardan could only slink back to the Megumi family home.

To everyone's surprise, after hearing Xiu Xingmeng's words, Mubai Aldan did not show the dejected expression she had expected. Instead, she pursed her lips and looked at Xiu Xingmeng firmly, saying...

"Star Dream! Then you teach me! I'll definitely use this stove to cook you a delicious meal!"

Looking at the stubborn look in the other person's eyes, Xiu Xingmeng opened her mouth, wanting to refuse, but she couldn't say it. After a moment of silence, she could only sigh and announce that she was giving up.

But she would never give up trying to persuade Meguro Ardan to back down in this way. Meguro Ardan also knew what Xiuxing Meng was thinking, but she would never compromise.

Even if she has to relearn a lot of things, she will stay here and stay by Xiu Xingmeng's side.

And so, the competition between Xiuxing Yume and Meguro Ardan, centered around the goals of persuading Meguro Ardan to leave and staying in the northern family, officially begins today.

And the outcome of today's battle is naturally—

The defeat of Embroidered Star Dream.

Chapter 201 Noticing Something Strange

The battle of wits surrounding Megumi Ardan's future unfolds daily within the Northern Mansion. For Megumi Ardan, who has lived in the Megumi family for many years, she witnesses things she has never seen or heard of before in this small world almost every day, together with Xiuxingyu.

In this remote mountain area, far from the hustle and bustle and devoid of any modern atmosphere, Megumi Ardan surprisingly found an inexplicable joy in this simple way of life.

Compared to staying alone in the Mejiro family's small courtyard, where other sisters and elders only occasionally come to visit, living deep in the mountains of the northern family home allows Mejiro Aldan to have more interaction with nature.

Cooking is no longer a convenient act that can be started simply by preparing ingredients and lighting a fire. Megumi Ardan needs to collect firewood and then light it to a suitable temperature before he can cook. During this time, he also needs to constantly observe and pay attention to keep the temperature within a suitable range.

Even with the help of Xiuxingmeng, Megumi Ardan still ended up covered in dust and dirt at first, but her heart was more excited than when she was at the Megumi family home.

Every time she picked up firewood, every time she watched the flames rise before her eyes, every small goal she achieved gave Megumi Ardan a sense of accomplishment she hadn't felt in a long time. Since leaving the arena, she had rarely been able to obtain such satisfaction from the world.

Everyone in the Meguro family treated her like a fragile piece of glass. Only Xiuxingmeng, who deliberately concealed her identity, treated her like a real racehorse girl. She wouldn't look at her with pity, nor would she deliberately arrange any comfortable spots for her to stay alone.

This is a remote mountain far from the modern world, where one must work hard to survive. Every drop of sweat that Megumi Ardan sheds here makes her truly feel alive.

Every small goal she achieves is proof that she is working hard to survive.

Since leaving the arena, Mejiro Ardan has finally come to understand a certain meaning here, a meaning that makes life more than just simply existing.

Under such circumstances, no matter how many troublesome things Xiu Xingmeng found, she could not persuade Megumi Ardan to back down, and this battle of wits in the deep mountains ultimately ended in her defeat.

Xiu Xingmeng couldn't think of a good way to persuade Meguro Aldan to leave. She couldn't just put a sack over his head and throw him back to the Meguro family, could she?

Moreover, even if she did that, it wouldn't make a difference. With the determination that Megumi Ardan had shown during this time, even in her disheveled state, she would still try her best to do everything. Xiu Xingmeng believed that even if she threw her back the day before, Ardan would definitely come back the next day.

Xiuxingmeng had never seen a racehorse girl as persistent as Meguro Aldan in pursuing her. Faced with this undisguised affection, she really didn't know how to respond.

Now that things have come to this, she can no longer say anything harsh to Meguro Aldan to get rid of her. Faced with Meguro Aldan, who comes to the Northern Mansion every day to try to learn how to take care of herself, Xiuxingmeng can only choose to accept her existence.

Another day passed, and Megumi Ardan, just like the Emperor before enjoying spring, sat on the open ground next to the training ground, resting his chin on his hand and smiling as he watched Xiuxing Meng train.

There were also many towels, water bottles and other things beside her. After Xiu Xingmeng finished her training, Megumi Ardan would immediately go up to her and offer her help.

Before Xiu Xingmeng's training was even over, Megumi Ardan's brows furrowed slightly as he observed.

Having accompanied Xiuxingmeng during her training for several months, Megumi Ardan is very familiar with Xiuxingmeng's growth trajectory, and her current training progress is clearly different from before.

The intensity and duration of their training were much less than those in the days leading up to the Emperor's spring outing.

"So it really is because of the venue? This isn't a professional training ground after all..."

Megumi Ardan watched Xiu Xingmeng running and muttered to himself.

In her eyes, her younger sister possesses a talent that she can never match, and is destined to step onto the world stage as a racehorse girl. However, due to the backwardness of the training venue, her training results have to decline.

How could Megumi Ardan allow such a thing to happen? After thinking for a moment, she immediately took out her phone and made arrangements while Xiu Xingmeng was training.

Not long after, when Xiu Xingmeng finished another endurance training session, she did not receive any gentle words or towel from Megumi Ardan. While she was still wondering, Megumi Ardan, who had finished his arrangements, finally came over.

She handed the water to Xiu Xingmeng as she spoke.

"Xingmeng, do you have any plans to train in other places?"

Upon hearing this, Xiu Xingmeng, who was drinking water, immediately raised her eyebrows and said in protest.

"I don't want to go to the Mejiro family again."

To everyone's surprise, after hearing this, Aldan chuckled and shook his head, then wiped the fine sweat from Xiuxingmeng's forehead with a towel and said...

"It's Central Teresen Academy, you know it, right? It's the best school in the country for training racehorse girls."

"They can get better training conditions there. Isn't it a shame that someone with such outstanding talent is limited by the training facilities and their progress is slow?"

Knowing all along that Xiu Xingmeng had a bad impression of the Meguro family, how could Meguro Aldan go against the grain? The training venue she arranged for Xiu Xingmeng on the phone just now was not the Meguro family's, but the Central Tereson Academy.

As a student of Central Tresen, although he hadn't been to school for a long time due to health reasons, Megumi Ardan was still able to take Hideyuki to use the Central Tresen training grounds.

Moreover, with Hideyuki currently enjoying great success, Central Tresen also wants to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with her. She is a racehorse girl with a promising future and has a rift with the prestigious Mejiro family. Naturally, the bigwigs of Central Tresen want to cooperate with her for mutual benefit.

Therefore, Aldan Megumi's phone call was met with almost no procedural obstacles. Now, as long as Hideko agrees, she can immediately take Hideko to Central Teresen for training.

Xiu Xingmeng was also stunned when she heard what Mubai Aldan said. She did not expect that this script world would be related to Central Teresen again.

However, Central Tereson is, after all, the largest horse racing girl training school in Japan, so it's normal that they would notice my achievements.

However, Xiu Xingmeng knew that the slowdown in her training progress was not due to the training venue, but because the curse of the Northern family bloodline made her afraid to push herself too hard and challenge her limits.

So no matter where she goes, all Xiu Xingmeng can do through training now is try her best to maintain her current abilities; it makes no difference to her.

But when she saw the purple eyes of Meguro Aldan filled with eager hope, Xiu Xingmeng couldn't bring herself to say the words of refusal she had wanted to utter.

Well, it doesn't really matter where we train anyway, let's just consider it fulfilling her wish.

Xiu Xingmeng sighed inwardly, her drooping eyelashes concealing the wavering in her eyes. In any case, the limitations of bloodline were always with her, so it didn't matter where she trained.

If I can make Meguro Aldan a little happier, it will be a way of repaying her for taking care of me all these days.

Thinking of this, she nodded her chin almost imperceptibly, a subtle movement that instantly brought a smile to Megumi Ardan's face that was brighter than the morning sun.

As the girl jumped for joy, the ends of her hair swept across the sunlight, leaving a pale blue afterimage in Xiu Xingmeng's eyes.

Chapter 202, awaiting completion of the poetry drama, is currently being updated.

Although they were supposed to be using the training grounds at Central Tresen, training had already started today, so Meguro Ardan and Hidehoshi Yume agreed to meet again at the school gate of Central Tresen tomorrow.

The next day, as Xiu Xingmeng gazed at the familiar scenery outside the window and listened to the female voice announcing the tram, she couldn't help but feel a strange sense of déjà vu.

This was her first time taking the tram to Central Tressen in the script world. The first time she went to the script world, she stayed in the dormitory. The second time, needless to say, she was a star in Kasamatsu Tressen.

Unexpectedly, this time, she would embark on a similar journey to reality in a script world that had nothing to do with Central Tereson. Thinking about the vague connection between the script world and the real world, Xiu Xingmeng almost missed her stop because she was in a daze.

Fortunately, she had already developed a certain stress response to the announcements when the tram arrived at Central Tereson, and the moment she heard the arrival signal, Xiu Xingmeng immediately came to her senses.

The road to Central Tereson in the script world was no different from that in the real world, so Xiu Xingmeng arrived at the school gate without any problems. From afar, she saw a racehorse girl with long light blue hair standing elegantly in front of the gate as if she was waiting for something.

The plain white shirt she wore was bathed in a soft, warm light by the morning sun, and the layered ruffles at the cuffs and collar exuded a classic elegance. Her knee-length light blue printed long skirt cascaded down her back.

Without any deliberate embellishment, her innate noble temperament flows naturally like moonlight, causing onlookers to unconsciously hold their breath, as if taking another look would be a desecration of this beauty.

But when Xiu Xingmeng arrived, the racehorse girl seemed to sense something and looked around. As soon as she saw Xiu Xingmeng, she couldn't help but show a warm and gentle smile.

The haughty demeanor of the young lady that made others feel ashamed of themselves melted away like a glacier the moment she saw Xiu Xingmeng's warm, sun-like smile.

This sudden contrast startled Xiu Xingmeng. Before she could react, Mubai Aldan had already walked over quickly, took her hand, and stepped into the central Tresen without saying a word.

"Xingmeng, you've always stayed at home in the north, so you probably don't know what schools outside are like, right?"

"It's okay, let your older sister take care of you!"

As he spoke, Mubai Aldan patted his chest and smiled at Xiuxingmeng.

In her view, Xiu Xingmeng had always been burdened with the responsibilities of the Northern family and probably had no energy to explore the wonders of the outside world. Now that Xiu Xingmeng had taught her the laws of the deep mountains, she had found a sense of reality in being alive.

So Megumi Ardan also wanted to let Hideyuki know that there is more to this world than just the feud between the Northern and Megumi families. There are many beautiful things in the world worth pursuing.

One reason was that he wanted to change Xiu Xingmeng's training location, but more importantly, Megumi Ardan wanted to take Xiu Xingmeng out for a walk and not keep her in that dilapidated mansion.

Xiu Xingmeng couldn't read minds, so she naturally didn't know what was going through Megumi Ardan's mind. After hearing his words, she gave a helpless twitch of her lips.

You should know that she originally wanted to go to college normally and then find a job. If it weren't for her mother's accident, Xiu Xingmeng might never have stepped onto the competition field in her entire life.

Unexpectedly, not only did she end up at Treson Sports Vocational School, but this time in the script world, she didn't even have a primary school education anymore. Looking at her rapidly declining educational background, Xiu Xingmeng couldn't help but have a strange question in her mind.

Does running make you stupid?!

Just as Xiu Xingmeng was lamenting the impermanence of life and the obsolescence of her degree, Meguro Ardan, who was reunited with his alma mater, excitedly took Xiu Xingmeng's hand and began to introduce her.

"This is the statue of the Three Goddesses. One of the seven legends on campus says that if you can get the gaze of the Three Goddesses, you might receive unexpected good luck!"

"Now that you, Xingmeng, have been seen by the three goddesses, you're sure to have good luck!"

Megumi Ardan pointed to the three goddess statues in front of her and said happily to Xiu Xingmeng. Before Xiu Xingmeng could react, she pulled her to another place.

"This is the cafeteria, one of the seven legends of Treson. Legend has it that at the three mealtimes each day, the terrifying Ozra monster will spawn in the cafeteria and wipe out all the food!"

Hearing this, Xiu Xingmeng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. She believed that she had definitely seen the creator of this legend, and that she was also one of the victims.

Megumi Ardan, who hadn't been to Central Treisen for a long time, was quite excited. This was the place where she used to run, and now that she was back, she felt as if she had returned to the time when she could still run on the field.

She took Xiu Xingmeng's hand and told her everything she knew about Central Tresen, listing everything from mysterious legends to must-see lists.

Although Xiuxingmeng had visited Central Tresen more than once, and had met many of the creators of the legends that Megumi Ardan had told her about, she still quietly stayed by the side of the target Ardan.

She rarely saw Meguro Ardan so excited. To make him happy with the introduction, Xiuxing Meng even nodded and exclaimed from time to time, giving Meguro Ardan a greater sense of accomplishment.

After an unknown amount of time, when Megumi Ardan finally finished telling everyone she knew about Central Tresen and Xiuxing Meng, she scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly and said with a flushed face.

"I'm sorry, Xingmeng. Today was supposed to be a day for you to get used to the training environment. But I got a little too excited. How about this, I'll prepare some delicious food for you tomorrow to make up for it."

She clearly wanted Xiu Xingmeng to relax, but before she knew it, Megumi Aldan had become the one relaxing and listening to Xiu Xingmeng, which made her feel that she was a bit of an incompetent older sister.

Xiu Xingmeng shook her head upon hearing this.

"It's okay, I'm happy to know so much."

Seeing that Xiu Xingmeng had no objection, a smile bloomed on Mubai Aldan's face once again. She looked at the increasingly scorching sun and said to Xiu Xingmeng.

"It's almost noon before we know it. Let's have lunch at the cafeteria. The cafeteria in Tressen is surprisingly good."

"Maybe she's only a little bit worse than my older sister!"

Just as the two were walking hand in hand toward the cafeteria, a racehorse girl suddenly appeared by the roadside. She had fluffy brown short hair and was screaming and covering her nose.

For some reason, Meguro Ardan and Hidehoshi Yume felt a sense of familiarity with this racehorse girl, so they stopped together.

Meguro Ardan took out a handkerchief from his pocket and poked the other person, saying with some concern.

"Are you alright? Should we take you to the infirmary?"

Upon hearing the sound, Masakazuki covered his nose and responded in a muffled tone.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm used to it!"

Chapter 203 The Unlucky Guy Who Targeted Tianqiu

Before she could finish speaking about the poetry drama, blood started seeping from between her fingers. Startled, Aldan quickly and gently wiped the blood from her nose with a handkerchief, asking her with concern as he did so.

"Are you really okay? You're already bleeding."

Dai Jian sniffed, gave the two of them a slightly dazed smile, and confidently patted his chest as he spoke.

"It's alright, it's alright! I was just walking along the road thinking about the Emperor enjoying the autumn scenery, and that's when I accidentally bumped into a tree!"

"In other words, this is the overflowing enthusiasm I have for winning the Emperor's autumn appreciation event!"

When Xiu Xingmeng heard what Dai Jian said about poetry and drama, she didn't know where to begin criticizing him. She looked at the silly-looking other person and said helplessly.

"What kind of world's racehorse girls get nosebleeds from their enthusiasm?!"

"I guess I really need to go to the infirmary. I'm afraid I bumped more than just my nose..."

However, Meguro Ardan, who had just put away his handkerchief, grasped the key point from Masakane's poem.

Are you also going to the Emperor's autumn viewing party?

As if he hadn't heard the word "also" in Megumi Ardan's words at all, Machigane responded with a big smile.

"Of course! Bourbon has retired, and I heard that Miyu is also retiring. So who can stop me, Otaka, from playing poetry drama on this field!"

"I, Taikan, will surely be the champion of this Emperor's Autumn Viewing Competition, hehehe!"