"As long as you don't use that ability no matter what happens in the future, and take good care of your body, not taking any risks that might shorten your life, you will definitely be able to last until the day Festa and Golshi win races for you."
"Even if the classic year is not good, the senior year is also fine. If all else fails, you can also take the expedition route... I have already explored all the places where Japan goes on expeditions the most for you."
"Don't worry, I have worked hard to build some connections in those places. They should help communicate with Tracen Academy. Anyway, as long as you can win races, you have a chance to live."
The only thing Stay Gold was concerned about now was his lifespan issue. And she was quite confident that Golshi and Festa would not cause him any trouble in this regard.
According to his own interpretation, his "life-giving" ability could make a horse girl's injuries recover faster, and even allow some horse girls with very fragile physical constitutions to withstand the intensity of some races, thus avoiding the risk of fractures—he had also learned about this ability in an accident in a certain playthrough.
He found that as long as he calmed down and the thought of "wanting to exchange his own life for someone else's" appeared in his mind, he could, through intimate contact with the person who was being infused with life, input his own life force into that object.
Generally speaking, hand-in-hand life infusion was the most gentle method, and also the one he could control best. Of course, the larger the contact area, the faster his life force would be lost, and the more he would lose control.
As for why he knew all this... obviously, he had done the same thing more than once, and not just to one person. Although Stay Gold had not said it out loud, she was also very clear about this.
However, she was very confident in her family's bloodline. Her family's horse girls could have all kinds of problems, but there would be no problems with their legs and feet. As long as no major accidents happened, they would definitely not have problems like fractures or periostitis. Their bodies were all top-notch.
For example, she, Stay Gold, had been racing in Japan and abroad for so many years and was still persisting on her path. Her legs and feet had never had any problems.
But what she was not at ease about was him, who had gone through who knows how many reincarnations, how many people had been forever remembered in his heart... she was afraid that he would say on his lips, "he will always stand with his charge of this playthrough," but in fact, when he met his former charges, he would still not be able to help but be soft-hearted, not be able to help but pay for the feelings that only he knew.
"So, I forbid you from using this ability again. You'd better forget that you have this ability. No matter who you care about is injured, who has a fracture, who is in critical condition, I will not allow you to exchange your life for someone else's."
"Your life is no cheaper than anyone else's. You don't need to be the savior of the horse girls. Just live a good life, understand?"
Speaking of which, her eyes also flashed with a hint of extraordinary solemnity as she said to him calmly, word by word:
"Otherwise, I'll have you, and let you watch my belly grow bigger before you die, but you'll never see your own flesh and blood in the next life, and live a lifetime of pain and unease."
"...What a vicious curse, Stay Gold."
And after a brief silence, he, just thinking about that scene, felt his stomach start to hurt again... and more importantly, her "curse" had, in a way, already come true on him. His own biological daughter had even crossed time and space to "hunt him down."
He couldn't imagine what it would be like if he had another daughter to "hunt him down," especially with Invincible being so strong and extremely eager to receive her parents' love. If she had another half-sister, she would probably tear him alive.
"Alright, I promise you. I will never use this ability again."
"...I hope so."
And seeing him agree so readily, her long-held worries were somewhat relieved. Now, lying on her side next to him, her expression finally relaxed a lot. The tired her slowly closed her eyes, her words still muttering:
"In that case... as long as we last until Orfevre and the others debut, everything will be fine... although I don't see how strong that child's talent is, but if you say it's no problem... I believe you."
"So, until that day comes, absolutely don't do anything that will harm your body... don't make me so worried while I'm abroad."
"I won't, Stay Gold. I won't let anyone worry anymore."
And he also gently stroked her long, black hair, habitually helping this girl, who had been working hard for him since the last playthrough, to fall asleep.
From his experience as her trainer in the last playthrough, he knew very well that she was not a very outstanding horse girl. She might have great potential, but her inability to go all out on the racetrack had made her miss many opportunities to win the championship.
It wasn't that she was doing it on purpose. Especially after she had guessed his lifespan problem, she wanted to win races for him more than anyone else, but she couldn't overcome her own "karma"—the "karma" of being completely immersed in her wild side once she was fully engaged in a race.
But she had worked very hard to overcome it. Especially when she repeatedly confirmed his remaining time and knew that his time was short, she had desperately participated in races, torturing herself to exhaustion just to win!
She had even participated in three races in one month, just to win a GIII or even an OP race, to extend his time... He had wanted to stop her, but was always counter-killed by her with forceful and violent means—she had tied him up more than once, preventing him from stopping her from participating in races by any means. So much so that in that playthrough, he had even been rumored to have "abused his charge"...
And it was also because of her precedent that in this playthrough, he did not dare to tell Festa and Golshi about his lifespan... These horse girls of the Gold Family had the same personality. If she would do anything to extend his life, then Golshi and Festa would probably do something just as excessive.
But in the end... they were all for him to live. Even if their actions were a bit rough, even if their way of expressing their feelings was a bit clumsy... but he still saw that they were willing to fight hard for him to live.
"Sleep, Stay Gold. You've been on expeditions for so long. You should rest."
"...Kiss me."
However, in a daze, before falling asleep, she inexplicably blurted out a vague sentence. Her eyelids, which were fighting, kept twitching, as if it was her final struggle.
"Okay."
And faced with her rare act of spoiling, he, who had been kissed by her either roughly or gently many times in the past, faced the now-rarely-showing-her-affectionate-side her, also gently placed his two fingers on his lips, and then gently pressed them on her lips.
His action was much gentler than her in the last playthrough. But in the end, the reason he couldn't bear to kiss the girl in front of him was still because he had some reservations in his heart... he himself knew very well that the promise he had made not to use that ability again would probably be difficult to keep.
After today and tomorrow, it would be the time for Tokai Teio to step into her classic year. He had no way to stop her fate of fracture, or rather, he could not persuade himself to let her, as in the game, smoothly become that undefeated Triple Crown genius.
From a "father's" perspective, he hoped more than anyone that she could live a perfect life without any illness or disaster. But also from a father's perspective, he did not want her life to be so smooth...
This seemed very contradictory, but he knew that a person could not go through life without suffering losses. The less losses a person suffers, the more hysterical and agitated they will be when facing a predicament in the future. Even a horse girl like her, her future life would not be smooth sailing.
—Moreover, with his current position as the trainer of Nakayama Festa, Gold Ship, and the others, if he helped her and achieved her undefeated Triple Crown, what would Festa and Gold Ship think? Would they be sad? Would they feel that they had not responded to his expectations? Would their determination to run for him be diminished?
Therefore, in a dilemma, he chose to act as if he knew nothing and did not take any extra action...
But at least, he might be able to help that child get through that painful period faster... just take it as the last thing he, as her former "father," could do for her.
"...But if I do that, will I still have enough time?"
"Honestly, I said at the beginning that I wanted to be a ruthless trainer and use the horse girls as a tool to extend my life... I still can't deceive myself, can I?"
Laughing at himself, he also slowly closed his eyes. He and she were lying on the same tatami mat, and he finally fell into a not-so-painful sleep that he didn't know how many times he could still savor...
...
"Bathroom..."
And in that instant, just as he and she had just fallen asleep, the door of a room in the Gold Family's home also slowly opened. Gold Ship, in a red nightgown, with her cleavage half-exposed, also got up in a daze and fumbled towards the bathroom.
However, just as she extended her fingers, wanting to brush a strand of her beautiful hair behind her shoulder, she suddenly noticed something and stopped her steps, subconsciously looking at her palm.
—It was a pair of hands that could not be called delicate. Because she was extremely good at handicrafts, and also served as the head chef of the family, her hands, which had been doing rough and heavy work for many years, could not be compared to those of a young lady who did not do any manual labor.
But at that moment, she found that her palms had suddenly become much more delicate. Her hands seemed to have suddenly become as delicate as McQueen's, and even her skin had become much smoother, as if she had just had a SPA.
And in a daze, having understood something, she subconsciously turned her gaze to Stay Gold's room. After a long silence, a faint, bitter smile appeared on her face... like self-deprecation, and also like relief.
"Is that so... Big Sis and his relationship... just got better? So I became more real in this world, more accepted by this world."
"As expected... is it impossible for me... is this world still rejecting me?"
"What a fool. Compared to him, I have more ways to exist in this world... as long as I am still that guy's..."
The self-deprecating words came to a halt here. Her voice silently dissipated. Finally, as she silently approached her room and quietly opened the door, her gaze also noticed the scene of him and her sleeping in the same bed at this moment...
In the dark night, the suddenly blue pupils of this Gold Family horse girl, after a complex emotion flashed through them, finally said silently in her heart:
"I will let you live, Kitano, no matter what my ending is... I will let you live."
Perhaps, only after "I" leave... can the horse girl named Gold Ship tell you her feelings with all her heart.
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