"The food here is delicious!!"
"Goldship!! Don't be so loud!"
The moon replaces the sun's position in the sky, which means that it's time for supper. In the mansion, dinner is served at several long tables.
Goldship can be seen gorging herself on mountains of food. How can she not? Unlike in Tracen Academy, every food here is made by professional chefs using premium ingredients. It's not like she gets to eat these foods every day.
On the other hand, Suzuka was still capable of keeping herself in check and was ashamed of what THE CREATURE Goldship has become.
"McQueen, what do we do about Goldship?"
"Don't worry, Suzuka. I've already told everyone what kind of creature Goldship is. Everyone is prepared to meet her."
"What kind of horrible stories have you been telling everyone?"
"The truth, Trainer. Only the truth."
"Mmhh~~ Say, McQueen. Why are there so many empty chairs?" The Monarch questioned while she slurped down an entire bucket of hachimi that the chefs made just for her.
"That's because the Branch family hasn't arrived yet. They said they'll come later tonight."
"Branch family?"
"Yes. The families under Grandmother Musashi and Grandmother Taiyo."
"Uuhh… I don't understand why you need to break off the family like this?"
"It's because if it were kept in one family, Grandmother Asama would have too much to take care of. By breaking the matters into her sisters, she can focus on the financial part of our family.
Grandmother Musashi's family focuses on finding and training notable trainers to be inducted into the Mejiro Family. While Grandmother Taiyo's family is focused on training umamusumes."
"Eeh!! So that means you have trained under Grandmother Taiyo?"
"Yes. Before I joined Tracen Academy, I trained under Grandmother Taiyo."
"So your first time wasn't with me, huh? You lied to me, McQueen."
"Stop making it weird, Trainer!!!"
*RING* *RING* *RING*
A bell rang at the door of the dining room, which caught everyone's attention. A butler was standing there with a little golden bell in his hand.
"The families of Lady Taiyo and Lady Musashi have arrived. Please follow me to greet them at the front doors."
"I'll stay to eat dinner."
"No!! You come with us, Trainer!!"
The young man was dragged by his wife to meet her family at the front door. The young man could only pout as he was dragged against his will.
At the front, 2 cars and 2 buses were parked, with the 2 cars parked directly in front of the door. The car seemed to be waiting on something before the one inside wanted to get out, and the question was soon answered.
*Clack* *Click*
The people inside were waiting for an audience to watch them exit whilst aura farming.
From the front car, an umamusume with light pink hair got out of her car with vigor. Her hair is styled in a side-swept manner to her right side, and a massive black ribbon holds her hair behind her head. The young man can tell that this umamusume is the sister of Mejiro Asama from how youthful she is when she is supposed to be so old. On her hips is 2 scabbard who look like they contain actual swords.
"Good evening, everyone. I do hope Asama hasn't bored you to death. Hahahahaha!!"
"Good evening to you too, Musashi. You are as lively as ever." Mejiro Asama answered calmly to her sister's lively greeting.
Isn't that literally just Musashi Miyamoto from Fate/Grand Order?!? Do you have no creativity, you stupid author?!?!
Suddenly, the young man experienced a painful butt cramp.
Fucking twat!! Is that how a God fights?!?!
"I'm glad that everyone is still healthy."
The second old hag exited her car, but with more grace than the first hag. Her deep violet hair is neatly tied in a motherly-side plait. Her dark kimono stretches down to her ankles, and from the small glimpse of her feet, it can be seen that she is wearing stockings.
"I see that life hasn't treated you as nicely as it does to Musashi, Taiyo."
She doesn't look that old compared to the 2 of you.
Taiyo does look somewhat older than both Musashi and Asama, but that doesn't mean she is full of wrinkles and gray hair. She still looks like she is in her middle age when she is supposed to be way older.
"Now can you two let your pupils out of their buses and join us for supper? We're in the middle of one before both of you come."
"I know~ I know~ We're sorry. We know how cranky you can be if people interrupt your meal."
"So does everyone."
Holy fuck! I can't believe I'm going to see an old hag being cute like that!! She is pouting like McQueen after I ate her pudding!!!
*Clap* *Clap*
"Come out, everyone."
The doors of the 2 buses open up, and out come the branch members of the Mejiro Family. All of them lined up perfectly in front of the main family like soldiers preparing for inspection.
"All of them seem to have grown quite nicely." Asama said as her eyes scanned the line from one side to the other. "Whose the ace of your family then?"
"Kei Haku, come here." Musashi commanded one of her pupils, and a young man who looked slightly older than Igo Heita walked out of the crowd. His jade-colored eyes were sharp, and he himself exuded the aura of a gentleman. "I suspect that he may have what it takes to enter Tracen Academy."
"From my side is Mejiro Michi. Can you walk forward, dear?" From the lines of young umamusumes, an umamusume with white hair gracefully stepped forward. Igo Heita knows that Suzuka is the epitome of flatness, but being defeated by an umamusume who is younger than you is something else. Heck!! Even McQueen is defeated when it comes to breast size by Mejiro Michi, as the latter has a similar number to Ryan. "She has been progressing quite well. I'm inclined to let her debut, but I would hold onto her for a little bit longer."
"I see… Mister Shinji and Ramonu, what do you make of these two?"
"At a glance, they might have what it takes." A man who looks like he is in his 40s speaks out in a dignified manner. This man was Shinji Yami, Mejiro Ramonu's trainer who guided her to win the Triple Tiara, and Igo Heita's senior. His short silver hair looks like something straight out of a shonen anime. "But glances can be deceiving. A trainer and a trainee can only be truly judged on the track."
"Mister Shinji is right." Ramonu speaks up, looking like she wants to get back to the dining room as soon as possible. Ramonu might not look like it, but she is quite a glutton. "I have no words to exchange with someone who has not tasted a real race yet."
"If that's what the older generation has to say, then let's hear from the younger generation. Mister Igo and McQueen, do you feel intimidated if they become your competitor?"
"Uh… Intimidated?
"That's an interesting choice of words, Miss Matriarch."
*Grab*
"Uh! Hey!!"
The cocky red-haired young man stands beside his first trainee and grabs her skull as if to remind her who she is training under.
"The word intimidated is used to make it seem that I'm full of myself and that my abilities aren't all that great. Like a king who is sitting on a throne of lies. I suppose it's only natural for people to look down on me since I couldn't win the Triple Crown."
"With all due respect, Mister Igo Heita! That is not what I–"
"Then if you really believe in your ability, come and dethrone this King and Queen. Will this couple become a page of your story, or will you become a building block for my ascendancy to dethrone the old hag Ramonu and old geezer Shinji Yami?"
Old geezer? I don't look that old, do I?
Calling me an old hag when he is older than me, how rude.
"I will be waiting for you at Tracen Academy, Kei Haku and Mejiro Michi."
"Yes, sir!"
"I shall do my best."