After filling their stomachs, Kagura led a satisfied Fine Motion out of the store, pondering where to go for a walk next.
Just now, Kagura also went to ask that waitress named Muteki for her contact information and added her as a friend. Muteki recommended the Park near Tracen to Kagura, saying that if she wanted to hang out with friends, she could go to the Park and take a look. She also recommended the newly launched honey special drink from the roadside stalls there.
—— Soshi, that child, is so cute in her daze. It reminds me of my Trainer, he was so nervous when he asked his girlfriend out on a date for the first time. Afterwards, his girlfriend couldn't help but laugh every time she mentioned it to me, it was so interesting.
'Don't laugh at people! Soshi is still young, and besides, she didn't have many friends before. It's inevitable that she's nervous about asking a friend out for the first time!'
—— Hmm~ After all, she's a friend... let's just assume that's the case for now, it's understandable.
Eclipse left a seemingly meaningful but somewhat ambiguous hint and then stopped speaking. Kagura didn't pay much attention to it.
Kagura had also heard about that Park near Tracen from her classmates several times since the beginning of the school year. Because the Support Musume usually attend classes with other Uma Musume, Kagura often heard some strange and unusual stories among the students, listening to those bizarre campus legends, which gave her the feeling of listening to ghost stories.
"Speaking of which, Kagura, have you also heard that rumor recently? It is said that there is a black Little Horse Girls ghost active in the Park at night, and some people have even seen it. It walks silently without making a sound, and you can't see its shadow on the ground..."
Hearing that they were going to the Park, Fine Motion couldn't help but think of the legend that had been circulating in her class recently.
"Indeed, I've also heard this legend... Uh... Soshi, don't be nervous, ghosts probably won't come out during the daytime! Besides, I'm here, if there really is a ghost, I'll protect you."
Although Kagura wanted to say that she didn't believe in ghosts and gods, thinking that she had been followed by a ghost all along, and it could even possess her, she suddenly felt that this legend might not be unreliable.
After wandering around with Soshi for a while, they came to the Park. There weren't many people in the Park in the afternoon. Sparsely, you could see some Trainers taking Uma Musume for a walk here.
Kagura also saw some Uma Musume trying to "attack" their Trainers, but these Trainers "looked" like wood and were completely unmoved, looking like their EQ was running low. In anime, it would definitely be a scene that would make the audience anxious, but Kagura, who had sat in on the Trainer's lecture for a while before, knew that this was probably not because the Trainers were wooden, but because of the self-protection measures that were taught in the lecture at the time... 'What dedicated Trainers, hard work...'
With solemn respect, Kagura silently saluted these "wooden" Trainers in her heart. These are the people who truly adhere to professional ethics and principles, and never add trouble to the students, affecting their careers.
"Kagura, what are those Uma Musume doing?"
Fine Motion, who was following, naturally saw those Uma Musume too, but she was still too young to understand what was going on.
"I don't know, maybe they are acting cute to their Trainers."
Kagura also used a vague statement to muddle through, with the idea of not corrupting the child.
"Acting cute to the Trainer..."
"Speaking of which, Soshi, you've grown so fast recently, have you reached your prime?"
After learning the concept of being in prime, Kagura saw this phenomenon for the first time. Fine Motion's body development recently can be said to have been rapid. In such a short period of time, she now has to tiptoe slightly to touch Fine Motion's head.
"Probably, I even thought Kagura had become shorter! So this is what being in prime is."
"Yes, after being in prime, you can participate in the Tracen school selection race, which can help you find a good Trainer as soon as possible. After training for a few years, you can debut."
"Eh?! Is that how it is!"
"Yes... Speaking of which, if that's the case, I'll have to pull you to the Track to practice with Miss Rudolph and the others recently. It's very important to run well in the selection race and find a good Trainer!"
Kagura had a plan. She planned to run on the school selection race Track first to figure out the Track conditions, and then give Fine Motion some advice or write a guide to help her get good results.
"Hey? No, no, you don't have to bother so much! I..."
"Listen, Soshi, this is a major event concerning your life and future. It doesn't matter if I'm tired, I can just sleep for a few days after I'm done. What's important is your future. You won't have many opportunities like this in your life. Don't leave regrets on this kind of thing, okay?"
As she spoke, Kagura stopped and turned around, reaching out and gently touching Fine Motion's lips with her finger, looking at her with a very serious expression, making Fine Motion unable to speak for a moment.
Fine Motion wanted to decline, but Kagura didn't give her a chance to finish. Looking at Kagura, who was a section shorter than her, the feeling in her heart became more and more obvious. Compared to a friend, Kagura was more like a very easy-going parent or senior.
Because, she had only heard such words from her own parents. Living alone in Tokyo until now, Kagura was still the only person who would care about her and worry about her so much. She felt warm in her heart.
"I understand, then... I'll have to trouble Kagura, thank you! Really, thank you very much!!"
Fine Motion bowed deeply to Kagura, just like she did to her former teacher.
"Pfft... What's with being so formal, aren't we friends? It's normal to help you."
Kagura smiled and quickly reached out to help Fine Motion up. For her, the best reward was for Fine Motion to be able to walk her path in life steadily, and this wasn't a very troublesome thing, she didn't need Fine Motion to thank her so formally.
'Ah ah... Kagura is always like this... unreservedly giving her tenderness to everyone she cares for...'
Fine Motion didn't get up immediately, but followed Kagura's momentum to help her up and rubbed her face against Kagura's shoulder. She realized today that there was an incredible sense of relaxation when she was so close to Kagura.
'Kagura cares about me so much, I can't let her down... Let's try it! I'm not that bad, am I? Sometimes I can do it, right?'
Fine Motion, who had always been a little inferior, looked at Kagura's smile and felt that she seemed to have found a reason to work hard for.
"Soshi, you can hug me for as long as you want when we get back to school. We're still in the Park right now, pay attention to your image."
"Okay! Okay! By the way, Kagura, I heard my Roommate say that there is a very delicious honey special drink nearby, do you want to go take a look together?"
"Okay, that waitress also recommended it to me, but I don't know the way, can you take me there?"
Excellent Quality pulled Kagura and ran from the middle of the Park to a small food cart on the side.
After the two left for a distance, behind a tree on the central lawn, a black-haired Little Horse Girl poked her head out, watching the two leaving from afar, or more precisely, she was staring at Kagura.
"...You said that Uma Musume and I are the same type of person?"
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