At last, the task of getting an assigned horse girl was complete.
With his life extended by another week, Tang Han finally let the knot of tension in his chest loosen a little.
But as if deliberately refusing to give him even a moment to breathe, the system immediately issued a new mission.
Main Quest [Mission 2]: Get your assigned horse girl first place in an official race
Reward: Doctor's Outfit duration extended by one week
Penalty: None
"First place in an official race?"
Tang Han looked at Urara, who had only just finished dead last, and rubbed his chin in thought.
Hmm...
To be honest...
The difficulty of this mission...
Actually wasn't that bad?
Getting Urara to win first place would definitely be hard, but it was not impossible.
The key lay in the book Tang Han had studied the night before: Trainer: From Beginner to Basement.
Just like before, the first half of that notebook was pure suicide bait—learn from it and you would only end up in a basement faster. But the second half was genuinely useful. If someone could fully master it, they could absolutely become a veteran trainer.
Tang Han had already finished reading the latter half. He had only really understood about twenty percent of it, nowhere near complete mastery, but even that had already given him a huge amount of knowledge.
Just from watching Urara's race a moment ago, he had already spotted all kinds of problems in her running form, race tactics, and muscular condition. If he could fix all of them, she would definitely be able to run much faster than she did now.
Winning the Arima Kinen was out of the question, of course.
But taking first in an Open-class race? That was possible.
Still, even as Tang Han felt hopeful about the future, there was also a tiny bit of sadness in his heart.
Because near the end of that book, there was actually a chapter called Postpartum Care for Horse Girls...
The guy who wrote this thing had almost certainly gotten thoroughly violated in the end, and judging from how detailed that postpartum-care section was, he had probably been violated by a whole pack of horse girls.
Tragic.
Back to the point.
The hard part of this mission was not the goal of getting first place.
It was the hidden time limit behind it.
If no other missions showed up, then Tang Han's Doctor's Outfit would only last one more week.
He was not some anime miracle-worker of a trainer, and Urara was not Special Week. Wanting Urara to debut and win first place within one week was pure fantasy.
So what could he do to solve that problem?
"System, are there any side quests?"
Tang Han's solution was simple:
Work-study.
If one week was not enough time to train Urara into a horse girl capable of winning first place, then he just needed to keep extending that one-week deadline by completing side quests.
"Of course there are," said the system, and it listed several tasks for him.
Side Quest: Declaration of Independence
Description: In front of at least ten horse girls, take off the Doctor's Outfit, raise both hands high, and loudly shout, "I'm gorgeous!"
Reward: Doctor's Outfit extended by one month
Side Quest: God of Honey
Description: Tell Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen that you are the person capable of making S-rank honey special, and agree to their invitation to visit their homes
Reward: Doctor's Outfit extended by ten months
Side Quest: Friendship Training
Description: Become friends with a fellow rookie trainer and train horse girls together
Reward: Doctor's Outfit extended by three days
...
"What do you mean there's only one real option here?!"
Tang Han stared at the list in annoyance.
"Become friends with a fellow rookie trainer...?"
He looked over at the other new trainers and began thinking about who he should befriend to clear the task.
Over there, the rookie trainers had more or less finished poaching their chosen horse girls, and the final outcome was:
Aoi Kiryuin, sole daughter of a prestigious trainer family, beat out Hiroshima Baozha and secured Happy Miko, the first-place finisher of the debut race.
Meanwhile, the explosive-haired Hiroshima Baozha settled for second-best and, by sheer force of arrogance, successfully poached Minaminankai, who had placed second.
The soft-hearted guy Goumon Guantong poached Daisy, the third-place finisher.
A few of the background rookie trainers had also managed to secure horse girls they liked, while only a small handful of proud, overconfident new trainers ended up without any assigned horse girl at all.
After thinking it over for a while, Tang Han settled on a candidate.
But he did not go up and talk to that person right away. He decided to wait until later.
If he walked over now and tried to make friends, his intentions would be too obvious. The other person might easily think, This guy ended up with the weakest horse girl, so he's probably weak too. He's definitely coming over to cling to someone stronger.
So Tang Han decided it would be better to wait until that person ran into training difficulties. Then he could use what he had learned from the book to help them. That way, he would not be misunderstood, and the odds of success would be higher.
Which meant that right now, Tang Han needed to devote all his energy to training Urara.
"Urara, let's go register your information first. After that, we'll start training."
"Okay~"
Urara nodded obediently.
Once a horse girl was taken on by a trainer, she and the trainer had to register the relevant information together, informing the academy officially that she now had a trainer. Only then would the officials recognize that she was under a trainer's care and allow her to enter races.
At Tracen, the people in charge of that process were the Student Council.
Which meant Tang Han had to go see Student Council President Symboli Rudolf.
Tang Han was not actually afraid of meeting Rudolf. She was buried in work all day, so she probably would not pay special attention to him.
What he was afraid of was running into someone else.
Symboli Rudolf's fangirl—
Tokai Teio.
The last time he had faced her directly, he had used the fake name Hokuto Seiji, thinking he would never have to deal with her again, so he had not worried about being exposed in the slightest.
But now he was going to register official information, which meant he had to use his real name. If Tokai Teio happened to be present, the lie from before would be completely exposed, and after that... who knew what kind of trouble would follow.
"All I can do is pray I don't run into her."
Tang Han scratched his head and headed for the Student Council room together with the excited Urara.
But before they had gone very far, a soft, sweet voice called out to Urara.
"Urara-chan~"
"Ah, Mi-mi!"
Urara answered happily.
Rice Shower.
"Urgh..."
The moment he saw who it was, Tang Han nearly suffered cardiac arrest on the spot as one of the brother-types.
"Calm down... calm down..."
He forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and stayed quietly to the side.
"Mi-mi, did you watch my race just now? Running is really so much fun!" Urara asked expectantly.
"I watched," Rice Shower replied.
In truth, she had been standing at the edge of the crowd watching the entire time. She had just been too shy to call out and cheer for Urara.
But the moment the race ended, she had come straight over.
"It's a shame I lost again. Everyone was so strong," Urara said with a sheepish laugh.
"Urara-chan, you already ran really well. Next time, you'll definitely get first," Rice Shower comforted her.
"Really? Then next time I'm definitely getting first! Promise!"
"Do your best, Urara-chan. Ganbare oh"
Rice Shower raised her little hand in an adorable cheer.
"Ganbare oh"
Urara copied her, raising her own hand the same way.
"Guh!"
Tang Han took a direct critical hit from the double cuteness and dropped to his knees.
I'm out of HP!
Medic, save me!
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