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After Lucia took everyone to tour the rooms.
"You can check later if there's anything else you need, and feel free to tell Auntie anytime. No need to stand on ceremony."
"Thank you, Auntie." x7
Lucia smiled happily and looked around, "Eh, isn't someone missing? Where's that cute girl from earlier, Doto, right? Where is she?"
The horse girls also looked around and realized Doto was gone.
"The cat-chasing girl... she probably went to play with Dango." Lucian said.
"I knew there was an extra room." Lucia remembered she had clearly counted them all, "Then leave the last room for her. Son, go downstairs and tell her, and by the way, bring up some of their luggage."
"Got it."
.....
Lucian went downstairs and found Doto dog-crawling on the floor at the corner of the living room.
Dango was curling its paws, quietly staying on Doto's back.
"Doto, how did you know my house doesn't have a dog?"
"Tra-Tra-T-Trainer, please don't say weird things. (=✖ ᆺ ✖=)"
Lucian squatted down, "Then tell me, what pose is this?"
"I was originally playing with it, but it suddenly jumped onto my back and won't come down. （⌯'ㅅ'⌯）"
Lucian picked up Dango into his arms, "Alright, they've already chosen their rooms, so the last room is for you."
"No problem, as long as I can stay it's fine." Doto got up, looking at the cat in Lucian's arms, "Ka-, Ka-Ka-Ka-Kawaii desu ne~"
"Hurry and get your luggage to your room. Once you've put it away, you can come back to play with Dango."
...
After Lucian showered and lay down, he unknowingly fell asleep, without even turning off the lights.
Perhaps the horse girls were tired too, or maybe they didn't dare to act out on the first day, so Lucian spent a peaceful night like this.
He slept until almost noon, and when he woke up, he was full of energy.
"Good morning?" Lucian went downstairs.
Lucia glanced at him, "See what time it is now, and you're still saying good morning."
"Trainer is just like a little pig." Haru Urara was sitting in front of Lucia, with Lucia applying makeup to her, while Rice Shower and the others watched from the side.
"My own bed is comfortable." Lucian scratched his hair, "What are you all doing? Are we going out soon?"
"Lucian-kun, did you forget? Auntie said yesterday she'd take us to buy new clothes."
"Trainer sleeps one night and forgets everything. He even dares to forget what Auntie said~" Seiun Sky added fuel to the fire.
"Auntie, Trainer was probably too tired yesterday. Auntie, don't blame Trainer." Haru Urara suddenly spoke up for Lucian.
Seiun Sky: "?"
Good tea; she felt like she was sold out in an instant.
Silence Suzuka indifferently watched all this. A little green tea contest? Interesting.
"Alright, Urara, don't move around, or the eyeliner will be crooked." Lucia was painting very seriously.
"Oh oh~"
Haru Urara obediently sat still, and soon Lucia finished.
"Is it pretty?" Haru Urara first asked the horse girls expectantly, then finally asked Lucian, "Trainer, do you think it looks good?"
"Pretty." Lucian nodded, "Actually, I know how to do it too, just like how you all did it to me last time. I can add a few strokes for you."
Tokai Teio whispered, "Trainer really holds grudges."
Dextrous Bailey nodded her head, "Yeah, yeah."
Lucian: "Draw a turtle on Teio's face, turn Bailey into a tabby cat."
Even those who hadn't spoken were called out by Lucian, "Draw a crow on Suzuka's face, smear whatever on Sky's face, Spe-chan, Rice-chan... and Urara, give you a pair of little wings too!"
"Ahem." Lucia dry-coughed a few times, "Son, how about you draw on Mom too?"
"No no no." Lucian's arrogant momentum instantly deflated, and he obediently went to the washroom.
Lucia patted the empty seat in front of her, "Rice-chan, you're next. Come sit."
"Yes, Auntie." Rice Shower, imitating Haru Urara, sat properly in front of Lucia.
Lucia thought to herself: This child is so cute too.
"Has Rice-chan done her own makeup before?"
"Yes, but only a little bit."
"I see." Lucia smoothed Rice Shower's hair, "Your hair quality is very nice. Why do you cover your eyes?"
"Because, because I like this style..."
"Oh, as long as you like it. You're really pretty." Lucia sighed, finding it hard to imagine Rice Shower and Urara standing on such an intense competitive stage.
"Auntie is pretty too. Trainer probably inherited Auntie's genes... and Uncle's." Rice Shower said.
"How is Rice-chan so sweet-talking? But your Trainer wasn't this handsome before." Lucia thought about it and continued, "It was like he suddenly grew into it."
Except for Doto who was playing with the cat in the corner, the other horse girls' ears all twitched upon hearing this.
As one of those whose black history was being exposed, Silence Suzuka was naturally very interested, "Auntie, what was Lucian-kun like when he was little?"
"He was quite chubby back then." Lucia applied makeup to Rice Shower while recalling, "He didn't do homework as a kid, didn't exercise, just loved eating all kinds of food, and got fatter and fatter. His classmates all called him Little Fatty."
Seiun Sky quickly asked, "Auntie, do you have photos of Trainer from when he was little?"
"Yes, of course. I have the photo albums saved. I'll get them for you to see later."
Seiun Sky excitedly said, "Great!"
Tokai Teio puzzledly glanced at Seiun Sky.
Haru Urara followed up, "Auntie, what happened after that? What was Trainer like later?"
"Being called Little Fatty every day made him feel bad, so he'd cry in his room every day when he came home."
The book of memories continued turning pages, but the expression on Lucia's face no longer had the initial joy. She sighed, "Because his dad and I were busy starting our business, after middle school we rarely accompanied him. He didn't have many friends, gradually became silent and withdrawn, and went astray."
"His grades were still good, but he picked up some bad habits, like getting into fights and dyeing his hair yellow..."
Special Week looked in the direction Lucian left, suddenly feeling a strong empathy.
She seemed to understand his loneliness. Besides the vast ranch, besides flowers, birds, fish, and insects, she had no other friends.
But fortunately, she had a foster mother who always accompanied her.
"No wonder when I first arrived and got bullied by Bailey's running style, Trainer-san got so angry..."
She wanted to go to the washroom right now and hug Lucian.
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