"She's crossed the line! The Hopeful Stakes! First place! Tokai Teio!"
"Not long after her big win in her debut race, she has already won her first G1 championship before the classic year! Now, with a strength that is almost the strongest of her generation, she is aiming to become the second undefeated Triple Crown horse girl after Symboli Rudolf! And she has taken her most solid step!"
"Let's congratulate her on her victory! Then next, second place is Ibuki My Kagra, third place is Nakayama Festa, fourth place..."
She won. After winning by a clear margin of two lengths, Tokai Teio knew that she had now become one of the very few horse girls who had been promoted to a G1 winner before even entering the classic year.
This was not her original plan. For the achievement of "undefeated Triple Crown," she had originally planned to be as stable as possible before stepping onto the classic Triple Crown races. According to her plan, she only needed to win three OP races to secure her qualification for the Satsuki Sho. Challenging a G1 race in her rookie period was actually still risky.
But she still did it. Not only because she suddenly figured it out and wanted to win the undefeated Triple Crown in a way that surpassed Rudolf, but also because... she felt this was a good opportunity for her to find that person.
She was not overjoyed by winning her first G1 victory. Her gaze, from beginning to end, was scanning every face in the stands. She was searching, searching for the person who was "waiting for her" in her chaotic memory fragments, the one who could be her only trainer.
She felt that that person must be watching her somewhere. If not in the stands, then in the sky... And this answer, perhaps only at the moment she achieved the undefeated Triple Crown, could be confirmed.
If, after completing the undefeated Triple Crown in her dream, she still hadn't found that person... then there was no doubt that this might mean she was destined to never be reunited with her dream trainer in reality. She could only, like the her in her dream, continue to run with the last wishes he had left behind.
But before that, she would never give up the search for her destined trainer. She carefully scanned every face, but did not find a single one that, besides joy, fanaticism, and excitement, had that... gratified expression that one should have when watching their own daughter grow up...
No—there is still one person! A person who had long since been eliminated by her and placed on the "absolutely impossible" list was now also in the stands, silently applauding.
In an instant, after circling around and finally returning to the finish line, her gaze and his in the front row of the stands crossed in mid-air. At that moment, her pupils couldn't help but blur for a moment...
Only he... in this huge racecourse, only his expression was so similar to the expression that the person she was looking for would show her. That look of pride mixed with a hint of relief made her heart suddenly accelerate and ache at this moment.
It's really similar... Trainer Kitano, you must be a person very similar to the trainer I'm looking for. If I didn't have these memories, these expectations that I can't betray, I might really be attracted to you.
But... what a pity. You are not the person I'm looking for. Your gaze is not on me alone.
After a moment of melancholy, faced with the roaring racecourse, she, in her racing silks, raised a hand high, held up a finger, and under the boiling cheers of the whole crowd and the continuous flashing lights, left what she considered to be her most dazzling figure!
"This is—the first crown!"
"I will become a horse girl with an unprecedented undefeated four crowns, surpassing the president! I will let everyone see my heroic figure!"
So, hurry up and notice me, my destined—Trainer-san!
A moment later, in the student council office, with the video that had been replayed who knows how many times on the tablet finally ending, the expressionless Rudolf finally put down the tablet. And at the same time, Mejiro Palmer, who was sipping black tea in front of her, finally spoke calmly:
"You've already watched this video several times. At first, I thought you were happy that that child had won. After all, as she said, if she really became the second undefeated Triple Crown winner, then her current record has already surpassed your performance in the classic year."
"But now it seems you're not happy at all... you've even started to see this child you personally trained as a part of the threat."
"...You wouldn't understand, Palmer. You don't understand my current conflict and worries."
And in the past few months, Rudolf could be said to have been living in pain and anxiety every day. Since she had recovered her past memories and learned about Teio's future from C.B., she had not slept well for a long time.
Since Teio's memory seemed to have gone wrong, she had shown a diligence and determination that even Rudolf was worried about. She had tried every means to hone her skills, to achieve the most beautiful victory, to attract attention in the most reputation-enhancing way, just so that she could find that "destined person" as soon as possible.
And witnessing all of this, Rudolf could be said to be at her wit's end—she had to worry about the hidden danger in Teio's leg, lest she have another fracture like in her previous life and never recover; and she was even more worried that if Teio continued to win like this, her childhood friend, whose life was hanging by a thread, might leave her again.
No matter which of these happened, she could not accept it... especially since she was even more worried that in the future, such a scene would happen... the "daughter" she and Kitano had raised together would personally end the life of the "father" she had been searching for...
She didn't dare to think, didn't dare to think about what would happen if such a scene occurred, how she and Tokai Teio should face it, and what face she should have to face this former daughter of hers... but she had no way to stop all of this.
"I don't think you need to worry too much. Trainer Kitano's condition has been quite good recently."
Mejiro Palmer, who had no past memories, was calmer than her. She calmly poured herself a cup of hot tea and said:
"Although Teio won against Nakayama Festa this time, that girl Gold Ship is not bad. After her debut race, she won another GIII-level race, which should have bought him some time."
"But it's far from enough," Rudolf also stood up from her seat anxiously, her head aching. "In the future, Teio and them will have several years of clashes. If they can only win some GIII-level major prize races under her rule, time will not be enough."
"Just the recovery from one race takes at least one to two months. He will absolutely not allow them to compete while tired."
"If this continues, even if they run until graduation, how much time can they bring him? A dozen months? Or a few years? Is that enough for him to raise the next generation of horse girls who can win races for him?"
"...Actually, I've been wanting to ask for a long time, Rudolf. Are you a little too familiar with him?"
However, at this moment, Palmer, who had also been worrying about the training of her family's McQueen and Dober, her charming phoenix eyes looked at Rudolf with interest. She always felt that during the time she was away, had something happened that she didn't know about?
"What—Palmer, you—"
And as expected, after Palmer's words fell, Rudolf, who was still anxious, reacted as if her tail had been stepped on. But before she could speak, Palmer answered calmly:
"If you want to say why you would know, then don't say it, Rudolf. Your performance is too obvious."
"The last time we met to discuss, you didn't call him by his first name like this. A person like you, if your relationship hadn't become closer, you wouldn't take the initiative to close the distance, right?"
"By the way, I also heard that you and C.B. had a fight a while ago? It seems this is the first time you've had such a big conflict. And you have a bad temper, but C.B. is a patient person. And what could make you both so agitated at the same time... I think it could only be him, right?"
Saying this, Palmer, who was still aware of everything in the academy even at the Mejiro home, put down her teacup and looked at Rudolf with a particularly solemn gaze, asking, word by word:
"What on earth happened, Rudolf? If it's convenient, can you tell me everything you know?"
"..."
However, the moment Palmer's words fell, Rudolf fell into a silence. She was also thinking, scrutinizing Palmer, whether she was worthy of her revealing everything she knew.
After all, no matter what, the first person to know about his secret and propose to help him was Palmer. Rudolf did not doubt her determination to save his life, but it was precisely because of this that she was a little hesitant.
After all, the precedent of C.B. was still fresh in her mind. She now knew that the person who had had an unforgettable experience with him was definitely not just her.
And if C.B. could awaken her past memories, then there must be others who could do the same—she even suspected that eighty percent of the horse girls now surrounding him had a similar past with him. Otherwise, her childhood friend, who had not even been able to find a charge before, would not have attracted so many horse girls at once.
What she was very worried about now was... the first one to discover his secret, Mejiro Palmer... could she also be one of them?
...No, probably not, right? Rudolf's eyes wrinkled slightly. Looking at the somewhat confused Palmer, she couldn't help but shake her head with a bitter smile, subconsciously abandoning this idea.
As a fellow childhood friend, she knew Palmer's proud personality too well. This was a noble young lady who was even prouder than her. And in her and Kitano's lifetime, the only one whose childhood was influenced by him was her. She didn't remember him having any contact with Palmer.
After all, the education Palmer received from the Mejiro family was in a completely different direction from the Symboli family. Rudolf could still follow her parents out of the family and meet him by chance, but Palmer could hardly even leave the Mejiro home, being wholeheartedly cultivated into a hexagonal warrior before she stepped out.
No matter how magical it was, he shouldn't have had any contact with her, right? Even if they had had contact, with her understanding of her proud personality, a trainer like him who did not meet her "perfectionist" ideals would probably not be to her liking, right?
"C.B. said... now, everything should be centered on his life. Everything else has to be put on the back burner."
"Palmer and the Mejiro family's help should also be able to provide some assistance now. Otherwise... I'll have to find a way to get them to help us too."
Having figured everything out, Rudolf now also sorted out her mood. The moment she turned her gaze to Palmer again, a smile appeared on her face. After a moment of silence, she said softly to her:
"Palmer, I... can I trust you?"
"I am probably the most trustworthy person, Rudolf." And Palmer also answered her in a very relaxed and calm tone. This young lady, whose every word and action was elegant and represented the reputation of the Mejiro family, also answered calmly:
"I won't tell anyone about today's matter. You can rest assured."
"...Then, Palmer, do you... believe that a person's memory can cross time and space, just to meet their destined person again?"
"Huh?" Palmer was slightly stunned for a moment, blinking her eyes in confusion for the first time. And in the next moment, she saw the face of Rudolf, who was now lost in memories and was also planning to reveal all these past events to her, show a... happy smile that made even her feel a little dazed.
That smile, mixed with many complex emotions, but after filtering out all the dissatisfaction, leaving only the beautiful part, the most precious memory, at this moment, with Rudolf's gentle voice, slowly flowed into her ear.
That was... a world she had not yet touched. What both of them did not know was that after today, all of Palmer's previous confusion, troubles, and sorrows would be answered on this day...
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