All things considered, though her spirit was pulled from her body, she felt remarkably refreshed after that sleep. Plus, she now had an aura that acted like a tranquilizer. Huiyi felt her personal safety at Tracen Academy had just leveled up significantly.
And this new physical trait seemed to take effect immediately. When Huiyi woke up, the sky outside was just beginning to lighten. She had gone to bed late, close to midnight, but now it was only five o'clock. She felt as if she had slept a full twelve hours, completely satisfied.
This meant she could make better use of her nights to grind through game events and dailies. Even if she pulled an all-nighter, a quick two-minute nap in the classroom would be enough to get her through half the day!
"Phew~ I'm in such a good mood!" Huiyi, brimming with energy, tiptoed as she got dressed. It was rare for her to be in such high spirits, so she decided to go for an early morning run!
She opened and closed the door just as quietly. But after Huiyi left, Deep Impact stealthily lowered the blanket from her face. "So Huiyi has always been working this hard... I just never noticed..."
Deep Impact had thought she was a genius-level horse girl, but now she realized that Huiyi's path was paved with sweat...
For the first time, Deep Impact felt so shallow. Thinking about her own attitude during training... she felt like she had been treating it like a game!
The more she thought, the more she felt she had let down her parents who sent her to Tracen Academy, and let down Trainer Nase who had poured her heart into training her. Deep Impact threw off her covers, fumbled for her phone on the nightstand in the dark, and called Shinka-senpai. She wanted to strive for greatness together with her friend!
But swept up in a sudden rush of passion, Deep Impact had clearly forgotten the time. Normally, any sane horse girl would be sound asleep at this hour. Not everyone was like Huiyi, able to stay up all night and still be full of energy.
"M-yeah?! What is it!" Shinka-senpai had her phone on vibrate under her pillow. Sometimes she got calls at night, and she didn't want to disturb her roommate.
"Shinka! Let's go work hard together!"
"Huh? Did you hit your head or something? It's the middle of the night, what are you talking about? Or has your little gray-haired roommate driven you crazy?" Shinka-senpai's morning temper was quite fierce, especially when someone tried to drag her out for a run at this hour.
At that moment, a thought crossed Shinka-senpai's mind. Had she been slacking off during her daytime training? Could it be that Deep Impact was just pretending to work hard while actually slacking off, and now she'd had an epiphany?
No, that can't be right! How could she get such good results if she was slacking off?!
Shinka-senpai was suddenly wide awake. Maybe there was some truth to what Deep Impact was saying...?
The streetlights were still on as Huiyi completed a lap around Tracen Academy. She had never enjoyed jogging before, but this time, Huiyi chose to shift her focus from the music in her headphones to the scenery of the riverbank receding with her steps.
Since it was so early, Huiyi could run however she pleased on the path. Finally, slightly out of breath, she stopped by the side of the road, leaning against a tree to catch her breath.
"Phew~ Jogging really is good for the mind and body. This pace is already much better than my previous life!" Huiyi looked at her running pace on her phone with satisfaction, but now she felt a pang of regret.
If she could show this pace to her old friends from her past life, they would be utterly shocked!
Huiyi had kept the habit of taking pictures and posting updates for decades. This time, she held up her phone, found a good angle against the rising sun, and took a photo, posting the raw image directly into her fan group.
She had also changed her alias in the group to "Gugu Bird Official."
[Gugu Bird Official]: Early morning exercise is good for the mind and body. I highly recommend all you older otaku learn from me. [Image]
[Is It a Crime to Hit Someone While Buying Soy Sauce?]: Whoa, I never thought the streamer would actually go for a morning run. Are you being held hostage? If so, blink twice!
[Pure Ash Like Ice]: Wow!! So pretty! But Gugu Bird, you're wrong! I'm not an older otaku! I'm a pure-hearted young girl waiting for the love of a gray-haired horse girl~ My current waifu is that little gray-haired girl who can cook from the Hakodate 1000m debut race!!
[Gugu Bird Official]: Seriously, Ice-sis, are you always online? Don't you sleep?
[Pure Ash Like Ice]: Well, I just got back to Japan from the US, so I'm still jet-lagged. Fragmented sleep gives you the illusion that I'm always here. Ahh~ If I could, I'd really love to use my dollars to whisk that gray-haired girl away...
Hmm? Wait... America? Dollars?
Coupled with her absolute obsession with gray-haired horse girls, Huiyi suddenly had a very bad feeling... But thinking about the well-known persona of that horse girl from her past life... it wasn't this perverted, obsessive character...
[Gugu Bird Official]: Haha, Ice-sis, you should get some rest. I'm going to continue my run!
Closing her phone with a guilty conscience, Huiyi clutched her long hair, feeling a bit troubled. If her guess was correct, then Ice-sis could easily doxx her. But she hadn't, which probably meant she genuinely liked her...
After a moment of thought, she had caught her breath. But just as Huiyi was about to continue her run around Tracen, a strange shadow appeared under a streetlight at a bend in the riverbank ahead, holding an unidentified object and walking erratically.
Her reason told her to mind her own business, but the kindness ingrained in the soul of a horse girl made her walk over to take a look. Under the light, she could vaguely make out a pair of chestnut-colored ears, but noticing her gait...
Could this horse girl be drunk? But Tracen Academy had a rule that students, whether retired or not, were not allowed to drink.
"Um, are you okay? Are you a student here?" Seeing the person hugging a large white pillow, Huiyi was even more confused. What normal person would walk around on the street hugging such a big pillow?
"Hmm...? Hah~ I am! Is it already morning?" The chestnut-haired girl yawned, covering her mouth with one hand while holding the pillow with the other. Her eyes cleared up a bit.
"So you were... out all night...? Maybe?" Huiyi's tone was uncertain. The girl didn't look like a delinquent, but her behavior was hard to explain.
The chestnut-haired girl nodded, then shook her head, looking indecisive. "Yes and no... Um, I told my trainer. I saw an ad for this pillow that said you could get a quality night's sleep even camping on a hillside, so I went to the riverbank to try it out."
"Uh...? Just for that?"
"Yeah, and it turns out they weren't lying!" The chestnut-haired girl's face was blissful as she nuzzled the pillow in her arms, her answer completely serious.
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