After the little interlude, Shinji's group encountered no further accidents and arrived smoothly at the clothing store, even buying some gifts on the way that the elderly horse girl might like.
Actually, Shinji had wanted to buy some gifts last time. But then he thought that with the old horse girl's personality, giving her money to buy what she liked would be better than giving her gifts. As a result, she refused to take the money at all, so now he could only resort to buying gifts.
Then, they entered the shop, greeted the old horse girl, and put down their things. After stating their purpose, the old horse girl didn't waste any more words and immediately got to work, collecting the data needed to make the racing silks one by one.
Height, weight, measurements...
Limb details, flexibility, skin resistance...
Style requirements, color preferences, detail handling...
The reason he hadn't had Eclipse and Tachyon measured last week was mainly because the creation of racing silks was not a one-way street. Before accepting a reservation, the old horse girl also needed to check her own inventory to determine what she could do, and by the way, she also had to purchase a new set of measuring equipment. This was her first time accepting a reservation for racing silks since she moved here, so there was indeed a lot to prepare.
It wasn't that Shinji hadn't thought of helping, at least with buying things, or even just carrying bags. But the problem was, although he was good at picking clothes, he was really not good at making them. Asking him to help buy equipment would just be causing trouble.
And as for carrying things? An old horse girl is still a horse girl. She didn't need the help of a frail human.
After smoothly finishing the data collection, the old horse girl looked at the time and suggested that they stay for dinner. Shinji thought that it was a rare opportunity to see her, so he didn't refuse.
As for Teio and Tachyon, who were here for the first and second time respectively, although they were a bit embarrassed, because of Shinji's invitation, they also ended up agreeing. It's just that after agreeing, they both thought of something and looked at Eclipse at the same time.
"I know her appetite. You don't have to worry."
After saying that, the old horse girl went into the kitchen and specifically told them not to help, just to sit there obediently.
Then, before long, several plates that could be called basins were brought out. And not just the quantity, but the color, aroma, and taste were all of a very high level.
You have to know, although the Tracen cafeteria provided a buffet, the chefs there were all famous. The quality of the food was comparable to that of a high-end restaurant outside. But compared to this old horse girl's cooking, the food at the Tracen cafeteria seemed so tasteless. Even the somewhat reserved Teio and Tachyon ate with great relish, and the food in front of Eclipse was disappearing at a terrifying speed.
Then, after the meal, Eclipse took the initiative to offer to help clean up the dishes, and Teio followed suit. As for Tachyon, she also wanted to help. But as a famous good-for-nothing in daily life, she really didn't have the ability, so she could only sit at the table and start thinking about whether she should bring some potions as a gift next time she came. Although she often caused trouble, and the potions she made all had some side effects, she actually had a lot of good stuff in stock with no side effects. It's just that the quantity of those good things was not large, and most of them were supplied to a certain junior she was very fond of. She didn't even have much left for herself.
As for Shinji and the old horse girl...
After Shinji finished eating, the old horse girl called him out to the courtyard outside the shop.
After finding a place to sit down, the old horse girl took out a pipe that looked valuable and had some age to it. After lighting it, she took a deep puff and then exhaled.
Amidst the swirling smoke, her eyes seemed to drift, as if she had returned to many years ago.
"Brat, that new little girl, she's related to the Symboli family, right?"
Shinji didn't know why she suddenly brought this up, but he didn't think much of it and honestly nodded. "Her name is Tokai Teio. She's not related to the Symboli family, but she's very close to that Symboli Rudolf, and it's said that Rudolf has chosen her as her successor."
"Is that so..." she nodded, then frowned slightly. "No wonder. But it's a bit strange. How could that foolish woman tolerate such a thing..."
Her voice grew smaller and smaller, and she muttered for a good while. But because her voice was too low, Shinji couldn't hear what she said next.
After a pause, she continued, "Forget about that little girl, but the other members of the Symboli family, especially the main family, I suggest you don't have any contact with any of them. Stay as far away as you can."
"They... are a group of monsters in human skin."
"I understand." Shinji's tone was sincere, and he couldn't agree more with the old horse girl's words.
Contact the Symboli family? What a joke.
Horse girls were already a dangerous species, and those with a family background were each more heavyweight than the last. And Symboli Rudolf was a heavyweight among heavyweights. Let alone contact, he wished he could stay as far away as possible, even to the point of racking up negative affection just to reduce the risk.
If he were targeted by an ordinary horse girl, he could still maneuver a bit with the skills he had honed over the years. But if he were targeted by those young lady horse girls, especially Rudolf, he could basically just declare himself dead. After all, he was just one person. No matter how much he struggled, he couldn't fight against an entire family.
Seeing him being so sensible, the old horse girl smiled with relief, but soon she thought of something, and her expression gradually became strange.
"I say, brat." She took a deep puff of her pipe and slowly exhaled. In the swirling smoke, her expression was unclear. "What do you think about getting married?"
"I have no thoughts of it for now." Shinji's tone was sincere. "After all, as you know, Granny, working at Tracen, getting married is a ticking time bomb."
"At least until Eclipse graduates, I have no such plans."
"Then you plan to marry her?" she asked.
Hearing this question, Shinji showed a wry smile. "Granny, you know our relationship. At least for now, neither of us has such thoughts. As for the future... we'll talk about the future in the future."
The future? You still have a future?
Behind the swirling smoke, the old horse girl's expression was complicated. She had the urge to smash the pipe in her hand onto his face.
"Do you know what kind of situation you're in now? It's been less than two weeks since school started."
"I know," Shinji said matter-of-factly. "But don't worry, Granny. Although I have a lot of horse girls under my name, I'm not one of those trainers who don't know their limits. I've been keeping a good distance from them. I haven't even added a single one of them on LINE. There won't be any problems."
Friends of convenience Teio, the foodie combo Oguri and Special Week, Tachyon who only saw him as a special guinea pig, and two others who were just passing strangers in name only. Although the team size had reached seven, in reality, so far, he had only guided three of them, and two of them were safe idiot foodies, and one was a mad scientist who was only interested in research.
Compared to other trainers, his interaction with the horse girls under his name was pitifully small, probably not even a fraction. He hadn't even added them on LINE.
He had already done this much. Forget about how can you lose when you're this far ahead, at the very least, he had the advantage, right?
Silence.
The old horse girl had originally wanted to give him a hand, but after hearing this and seeing the confidence on his face, her gaze gradually changed.
This kid deserves to be jumped to death.
"Fine. Then don't regret it."
After the old horse girl finished speaking, she looked at the puzzled expression that appeared on his face, was silent for a moment, and then suddenly laughed.
Then, under Shinji's even more puzzled expression, she looked back at the shop and spoke again.
"I quite like these few. Bring the rest over to have a look when you have time."
"Are you referring to the other three who have reserved racing silks? They're not in a hurry to debut yet, and the matter of the racing silks is not very urgent..."
The old horse girl glanced at him, her eyes holding three parts regret, three parts pity, and the remaining ninety-four parts schadenfreude.
"It's fine. It's good to bring them over to have a look in advance. Or it's perfectly fine if you bring a few more over."
"Anyway, as long as a certain someone doesn't mind having too many racing silks, then this old lady certainly doesn't mind either."
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