Fuka Shirayuki pulled herself together.
It really wasn't that she wanted to cry.
Sometimes, she just got influenced by the original owner's emotions!
She was a god!
A god who controlled the entire direction of the horse-girl world—how could she cry over something this small?
The girl shrugged as if she didn't care.
Standing by the bench at the training track, with sunlight covered by clouds and a cool autumn breeze in the air, Fuka Shirayuki pressed a button on the vending machine and lifted her head to look at Tazuna Hayakawa.
Tazuna asked, "How do I contact you?"
"Phone or LINE—leave me one way to reach you."
Shirayuki thought for a moment, then replied as she decisively hit the button, "LINE."
"I scan your code?" Tazuna asked.
Shirayuki went silent for a beat, then smiled. "I'll scan yours."
Tazuna, who had already opened the scan screen, put her phone away.
She didn't really understand why Shirayuki was so stubborn about something so small…
But that was normal.
People who reached the top usually weren't normal. Having a few quirks was basically "lawful good."
Tazuna tapped away on her screen and handed over her phone.
"This is my contact."
Shirayuki smoothly scanned Tazuna's QR code.
Then she efficiently changed the note to match the name from Tazuna's introduction:
"Tazuna Hayakawa."
Without even looking up, the Green Devil continued, "When do you want to run your debut race? I'll arrange it for you."
"What you're saying is… whenever I want to run, you can make it happen?" Shirayuki caught the key point and asked curiously.
Tazuna answered casually, "Of course. It's a small thing."
Holy—!
A big thigh to cling to!
Only now did Shirayuki truly realize who Tazuna was.
Looks like… even in Japan's horse-girl world, this woman had the kind of influence where she could make heavy things feel light.
Shirayuki wasn't wrong.
To give an example—
If this were ten years earlier and Tazuna ran someone over with her car, they might've even sentenced it as a righteous act of bravery.
After thinking it over, the girl stated her goal. "The debut race five days from now."
"…Huh?" Tazuna finally stopped moving her fingers.
Sensing something odd, she looked up and stared straight at Shirayuki.
To be honest.
For a split second, Shirayuki thought Tazuna knew what had been happening online.
That her "cover identity" was rapidly gaining flesh and blood.
But Tazuna only frowned in confusion and didn't say anything else.
Five days from now?
Was someone already running in that debut race? Who was it again?
Not important.
And it probably wasn't possible to get Shirayuki to change her debut date anyway.
Tazuna could tell Shirayuki was in a hurry—so after the earlier incident, she didn't dare ask questions that might poke at something painful.
But Shirayuki explained on her own:
"I need the debut-race prize money."
Tazuna reflexively asked, "Why? Are you short on money?"
"…Yeah." Afraid her cover would slip, Shirayuki explained, "I have rent to pay. Otherwise… my sister and I will be thrown out to sleep on the streets. I have to be in a hurry."
As expected—
Smack! Tazuna pressed a hand to her forehead.
She really didn't need to ask!
She really deserved to die!!!
How on earth had Fuka Shirayuki ended up this miserable?
With the Three Goddesses in this world, horse girls held higher social status than ordinary people.
And yet Shirayuki still lived like this—Tazuna couldn't imagine what kind of life she'd been enduring.
Pity welled up in the Green Devil's heart.
She thought for a moment…
Then finally decided to say it:
"If you're truly short on money, and you don't manage to win your debut race…"
"Then come to me."
"I can support you. Be a proper horse girl. Run races. Use prize money to turn everything around."
"…"
The air went quiet for a moment.
Tazuna thought Shirayuki might be moved—
But.
Even the thickest clouds have a day when sunlight breaks through.
When the Green Devil raised her head, she suddenly saw sunlight pouring down from the sky, shining perfectly on Shirayuki in the center like a stage spotlight.
Behind the girl was a blaze of radiance.
Slowly, she pulled out the Emperor's business card.
Tore it up.
And said, unhurried and precise:
"That won't happen."
Tazuna asked instinctively, "Why?"
"Because…"
"I won't lose."
"..."
Shirayuki tossed the fluttering scraps into the trash can.
Before the last silence fell, she burned brilliantly—like a proud peacock approaching her first battle.
Her gaze held both amusement and ice-cold certainty.
"I won't lose."
…
…
After everything was settled, Fuka Shirayuki chose to leave.
But not long after she left—
A noisy commotion rose from outside the training grounds.
"Hakimi, hakimi, hakimi!" Tokai Teio hummed as she walked.
To be fair—
This really was the original ancestor of "hakimi." Even an ancient elder would kneel and kowtow to Teio.
"Teio… you're really energetic today!" the Noblewoman said with a smile.
Teio raised her hand and grinned. "Of course!"
"I'm so happy!"
"This feels sooo good, hahaha!"
"I'm finally debuting! I can finally step onto the road of being a professional horse girl!"
Happy like it was Yujiro's summer.
The Noblewoman only smiled and didn't continue.
And then—
Teio noticed the Emperor's gaze and asked curiously, "President~"
"Hm?" Symboli Rudolf snapped back. "What is it?"
"What are you looking at?" Teio asked like a curious kid.
"…" Rudolf stared at the figure that was about to disappear at the edge of her vision, but didn't answer.
That back…
It felt familiar.
The Emperor sank into thought.
Where have I seen that back before?
This definitely wasn't the first time.
But…
She couldn't remember right now—where exactly she'd seen her.
In the end, she answered Teio's question.
"Nothing."
Rudolf smiled, patted Tokai Teio's head, and stepped into the training track.
She also spotted Tazuna Hayakawa resting in the distance…
And the questions surged again.
Does Tazuna know that horse girl?
The Emperor decided to have the Noblewoman and Tokai Teio warm up first.
While she walked straight toward Tazuna.
Even without Shirayuki's back in sight—
Rudolf still wanted to know why Tazuna had come here in person.
Symboli Rudolf stopped in front of Tazuna Hayakawa and asked directly:
"Do you know that horse girl?"
The Green Devil slowly raised her head.
"Who?"
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