"Wait...! This is too... too weird!!" Zennin Gloria couldn't understand Hakki's principles of action at all. The things she had just said were not something a normal person could think of!
Hakki pressed her fingertips on the bridge of her nose and rubbed back and forth, her ears drooping against her scalp. "Wasting food would get me punished. I was young and didn't know better, so I was afraid of being scolded and just swallowed it. Thinking about it now, it was pretty stupid."
"Later, my temper was worn down by society, and I just went with the flow," Hakki finished her explanation, then once again returned to the embrace of Mother Gravity, falling heavily onto the soft sofa and starting to snore.
The more competitive she was as a child, the more she slacked off in college. This emotion reached its peak when Hakki's parents died in a flood. Alone, with no more ties, the only wish that had supported Hakki's efforts—to let her parents retire well—was also shattered. She graduated without a purpose, worked, and was completely rounded out by life. Until she was also hit by a big truck and transported to this world full of beauty and hope, it was just that she had already thrown away that hope and beauty.
Her words plunged everyone in the training room into silence. Oguri Cap, the instigator of the event, fidgeted with her fingers, at a loss. She couldn't have known that this would be a slightly heavy topic.
"Um, CuckooBird... I'm sorry..."
"Eh~ it's not a sad thing, I'm not affected! Eat when you should eat, sleep when you should sleep. If Oguri really wants to apologize, then a sincere apology requires showing your belly," Hakki raised her arm and waved a few times, grinning to reveal a mouthful of white teeth.
"Apologizing by showing your belly, what a strange thing..." Zennin Gloria was already numb to this. She covered her forehead with one hand and turned to focus on maintaining the sports equipment.
Nase Fumino and Kitahara Jones exchanged a look, communicating with their eyes to meet at the izakaya tonight.
The afternoon also passed idly in the training room. After dinner, she returned to the dorm. Deep Impact also looked preoccupied. After all, what Hakki had casually said today was a bit heavy in her opinion, not like something a horse girl in the prime of her life should have experienced.
"Deep Impact...! Can I take a shower first?" Hakki had been enduring her sweaty body all day. She grabbed her pajamas and dashed into the bathroom without looking back.
She felt that the relationship between the two of them was heading in a cold direction, but Deep Impact didn't know how to remedy it. Most of the time, wasn't it she who brought up some inappropriate topics that caused Hakki to fall into that state?
"Maybe I should go learn... the art of language? But how do you learn something like that?" Deep Impact sat on the edge of her bed, her fingertips tapping on the screen. Seeing the trashy courses being promoted on Horse-tter, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Maybe she should ask... someone she was familiar with?
"Phew~ a shower feels so good," Hakki hummed a little tune, drying her hair with a hairdryer in front of the mirror. She proactively started a topic. "Deep Impact, do you think running is fun?"
"Hmm? Ah? Running... it's very fun. I really enjoy the feeling of flying on the grass. I feel like I can fly, a feeling that I won't lose to anyone in speed!" When it came to running, Deep Impact was very spirited.
Hakki nodded thoughtfully after listening, then turned her head and said, "I've actually never felt that running was fun. It's tiring and you get a mouthful of mud."
Deep Impact was speechless. She saw the small horse girl in front of her with her long hair down, her amethyst-like eyes shining with a unique light. She was determined to say something grand and righteous, but Hakki's tone changed again.
"But—! I've changed my mind. I found that if I go to a race, I can earn prize money. Money makes me happy, and running can win prize money. So... running = makes me happy!" A charming smile bloomed on her lovely face. Deep Impact was almost mesmerized by this smile. She had to admit, Hakki's ash... was really fragrant. Not to mention she had just come out of the shower, and really carried the scent of shower gel.
At this moment, a thought arose in Deep Impact's heart—anyone who wouldn't be captivated by such an ash-haired horse girl must be a god...
Her mind was filled with Hakki's white hair, so much so that Deep Impact didn't even hear what Hakki said after she smiled. It wasn't until Hakki raised her voice and shouted, "Deep Impact...!" that she came back to her senses, but as for answering... Deep Impact felt it was a bit difficult.
"Ah hmm? What's wrong..."
"I was just saying! What do you think of my idea just now? Motivate myself with the prize money from races every day, and then walk onto the racetrack full of spirit! And finally, achieve both fame and fortune!" Hakki jumped back onto her bed, dangling her bare feet, her upper body flopped onto the soft quilt.
"Hehehe... and then it's a snowball effect... earning more and more, my fame also getting bigger and bigger...! Money that can't be spent in eight lifetimes! That's great!"
Mmm... pure white... her careless movements were clearly observed by Deep Impact opposite her. Sometimes she had to marvel at the many great inventions of mankind... like the nightdress Hakki was wearing now...
Deep Impact shrank back into her quilt, hiding her face that had turned red from seeing something sexy. This was really...
So great!!!!
April and May also passed in a flash. The winner of the Satsuki Sho in April was called Daiwa Major. When Hakki saw this news, she wondered if this horse girl was related to Daiwa Scarlet, after all, they both had Daiwa in their names. And the winner of the Japanese Derby was called King Kamehameha, creating the first variable two-crown horse girl in the history of Japanese horse racing. His popularity was quite high recently, surpassing Daiwa Major by several heads...
In short, there were still many strong horse girls in this generation, but it had nothing to do with Hakki. After all, their strength was in medium distance, while Hakki's current activity plan was on the short and mile path. It was not certain that she would run into these monsters in the classic year next year.
The training during this period was quite effective. Hakki's limit had been raised another two hundred meters from 1200 meters, and she was about to touch the threshold of a standard mile race. This progress made Kitahara very happy. But as the debut race approached, Kitahara was more worried. After all, since enrolling, Hakki had only undergone one trial race. What kind of performance she would have on a 1000-meter track... no one could be sure.
"The gate draw is out!" Kitahara's voice in the training room attracted the attention of the whole team. Hakki was the closest, poking her head out from in front of Kitahara to look at the document.
"Let me see which gate I'm in? It can't be the outermost gate, right?"
"Hakki Byakku, gate four! This is a great position. It's not too close to the inside to get blocked, and not too far out to waste energy!" Kitahara was quite surprised. The pre-race pressure was temporarily reduced a little!
"Now then! Our next goal is to set off for Hakodate Racecourse!"
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