A young girl walked on a street where heavy snow was falling.
Because it was a hasty escape… fleeing from her family in a hurry.
So Rudolph Symboli was not wearing many clothes, only an undershirt when she left home.
She didn't even bring any money.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the young Rudolph Symboli could only huddle under the slide in the children's park.
There was a small space under the children's park slide, large enough to accommodate two adults.
And because it was a snowy day, no one else was playing in the children's park.
Soon, Rudolph Symboli had to consider whether to go home.
Because she had not yet undergone her full growth, her small body found it difficult to endure in the heavy snow.
Moreover, her stomach began… feeling the hunger gradually creeping up her spine, Rudolph Symboli crawled out from under the children's park slide.
But as soon as she stood up, she felt her head hit something hard.
"Ouch!"
Rudolph Symboli, refocusing her gaze, saw a young Uma Musume, just like her, who had not yet undergone her full growth.
That Uma Musume seemed to have hit her head, so she was covering her head with her hand and hadn't opened her eyes yet.
"Um, are you okay?"
Seeing her covering her head, Rudolph Symboli, due to her upbringing, chose to apologize first.
Although she ran away precisely because of her upbringing, it was also because of this that the other party responded after opening her eyes: "Um, I'm fine."
Her voice was soft, unlike Rudolph's, which was a bit more composed.
Facing the other party's gaze, Rudolph felt a bit of confusion.
One must know that it was a snowy day, and it was impossible for any adult to let children come to this children's park.
So… "Who are you?"
Evidently, the young Rudolph Symboli didn't have such strong thinking abilities, so her first choice was also the choice most people would make: first ask for the other party's name.
Compared to Rudolph Symboli, the Uma Musume she bumped into had thinking and logical abilities that an Uma Musume who hadn't undergone her full growth typically lacked.
So she simply responded: "I won't tell you!"
Rudolph Symboli was about to get angry when her stomach rumbled, interrupting her attempt to get angry.
Along with the rumbling stomach came a feeling of weakness from lack of energy.
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Tokai Nature looked at the Uma Musume in front of her.
She didn't know who she was, but after hearing her stomach rumble, Tokai Nature just looked around.
As a transmigrator, she was different from the Uma Musume in front of her.
She could tell that the other party had also run away from home, but unlike her, who had a premeditated plan, she seemed to have run away in a fit of pique with her family.
So, Tokai Nature thought for a few seconds and then spoke: "You seem hungry?"
"No!"
She proudly denied Tokai Nature, but the next second her stomach rumbled again.
Looking at her, Tokai Nature just recalled the twenty thousand yen she had secretly saved up.
These were all saved by Tokai Nature little by little over time.
Especially after knowing, with the advantage of being a transmigrator, that she would definitely marry Rudolph Symboli, she had saved it up little by little.
As a transmigrator, she absolutely did not want to marry Rudolph Symboli; at the very least, it had to be Mejiro Ardan.
Even if it meant giving birth to a very cute daughter, Tokai Teio, it was still the same.
So, this time was just a test to see if she could live independently.
After all, if she left the Tokai Family, many things would need to be handled by Tokai Nature herself, so she had to test if what she had learned was useful.
And she had originally planned to spend all her money and then go back.
So, Tokai Nature showed kindness:
"Do you want something to eat? I can buy it for you."
"C-can I?"
Although the other party didn't seem like a good-natured child, it didn't matter.
For Tokai Shizen, children were easy to deal with, so Tokai Nature solved the problem with a simple sentence.
"Yes, you can, but you have to take me to Tracen Academy, okay?"
Tokai Nature didn't know where Tracen Academy was, because she didn't have a phone, couldn't find the tourist area, and couldn't buy a map.
Compared to herself, a stranger in a strange place, Tokai Nature immediately determined that this Uma Musume child definitely knew the situation within Tokyo, which was why she made such a request.
"Tracen Academy…"
The Uma Musume looking at Tokai Nature didn't have much time to think, because her stomach interrupted her thoughts: "Okay, but you must buy me food!"
"Okay, I'll buy it for you."
Saying this, Tokai Nature looked at the little Uma Musume: "Let's go, we'll go to Tracen Academy first, and then I'll buy you something to eat."
"Mm."
The little Uma Musume, who had lost her ability to think due to hunger, agreed to Tokai Nature's request without any hesitation.
Subsequently, the two arrived at Tracen Academy an hour later.
And Tokai Nature also kept her promise, buying her some snacks along the way.
There was no proper meal among them, because the other party was a little Uma Musume, so Tokai Nature didn't plan to just buy her a bento or something from a convenience store on the way and be done with it.
Instead, she was thinking of her, planning to wait until they reached the Shopping Street near Tracen Academy, as seen in the anime, to buy her a proper meal.
The Shopping Street there was closer to Tracen Academy, so the food flavors would generally be more suitable for Uma Musume.
But when they reached the Shopping Street outside Tracen Academy, the two were about to part ways.
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"Um, can I go with you?"
Rudolph Symboli, mustering her courage, made a request to the other party.
The reason for her request was that she didn't want to go home, because Speed Symbol would definitely continue to lecture her.
That's why she didn't want to go home.
And it was precisely because of this that she posed such a question to the other party.
"Eh? No, little Uma Musume should go home."
"But, you're also a little Uma Musume…"
Then the other party fell silent.
The other party didn't know how to respond to Rudolph Symboli, because she instinctively, subconsciously, ignored this aspect of the problem, which was why Rudolph Symboli caught her off guard.
However, after about a minute, when Rudolph Symboli was almost done eating the chicken nuggets in her hand.
She finally spoke.
"Alright, alright, but I have conditions!
First, when I say it's time to go back, you go back. No resistance allowed.
Second, whatever I make, you can only eat that!
Third, whatever I want you to do, you do it!"
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Tokai Nature, having made these three demands, looked at the other party.
She knew that as long as that Uma Musume agreed to these three demands, Tokai Nature could make her go home early.
Because for children, being told what to do and only being able to do that is a very boring thing.
So Tokai Nature didn't think she could last long.
Just as Tokai Nature had imagined, the other party agreed.
Looking at the little Uma Musume who agreed to her demands, Tokai Nature simply turned around: "Then follow me."
Subsequently, it was another hour's journey.
It was a good thing these two were Uma Musume, otherwise, children would never be able to walk that long.
Finally, after a two-hour journey, Tokai Nature finally found the place she had chosen, the most suitable place to stay when running away from home.
Tracen Academy Old School Building.
Although it was locked, it was easy for a little Uma Musume to slip inside.
And because it was an abandoned building, no one lived there, making it the perfect shelter.
At least better than under the slide in the children's park!
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