"Special event quest? What's that?"
Luo Cheng had been here for a long time, but this was the first he'd heard of a special event. The Horse Girl Training Manual had no mention of it. Was it like the random attribute-boosting side stories in the Umamusume game?
As Luo Cheng was thinking, Seiun Sky shifted in his lap, leaning closer. She wiggled her ears, pressing them against his chest, looking like an adorable, doting wife.
"How bold, Trainer," Seiun Sky's lazy voice whispered in his ear. "You're doing this with Seiun-chan even though Teio-chan is right here. Wouldn't it be better to do it in private? But if the Trainer doesn't mind, then Seiun-chan doesn't mind either."
A tempting mist filled her sky-blue eyes. As Seiun Sky's lips parted, thin silver threads stretched between them in the sunlight. Seeing her face, like a liqueur-filled candy, Luo Cheng reached out to touch it.
"Ahm~"
Seiun Sky bit his thumb. The smooth sensation tugged at his heartstrings. Her lips were so soft. So cute. He wanted to...
"That's enough! Time's up!" A fuming Tokai Teio could no longer contain herself. She couldn't wait like a lady while Seiun Sky was doing... that. That Seiun Sky was going too far!
Tokai Teio directly grabbed Seiun Sky and pulled her off Luo Cheng, then plopped down on his lap herself. "Trainer," Tokai Teio lowered her head and shook her ponytail, waiting for him to pat her.
Seiun Sky didn't get angry. She lazily put her hands behind her head and watched Teio's harmless performance.
"What are you two doing?" Luo Cheng asked while patting Teio's head.
"Trainer, don't you think Teio has been eating too much recently?" Seiun Sky said with a mocking, yet harmless smile. "I feel like Teio is about to turn into a little round ball."
"You're the one who's a round ball! My great Teio's figure is flawless!"
Teio's body type was on the petite side, but her full legs, slender waist, and delicate bust were all perfectly proportioned. Luo Cheng thought she could rank in the top five among all horse girls.
"It's good to eat more. It helps with growing."
"Trainer, 'growing' doesn't mean 'getting fat,' does it?"
"Of course not. Teio is perfect just the way she is."
"Hehe~" Tokai Teio leaned back against Luo Cheng's chest, gently rubbing her head against his chin. Seiun Sky glanced away, her eyes looking off into the distance, as if lost in thought.
"Teio, get down for a bit. I have something to do." Luo Cheng still hadn't figured out what was happening. He was just going along with their conversation. His memory didn't quite line up with theirs. What were they talking about, being fat or thin? Wasn't he just doting on Sky like a cat owner?
"What? Trainer held Sky for so long, and I only get a moment! No! I want to hold the Trainer!"
Tokai Teio clung to Luo Cheng's lap, shaking her body. The frequent contact caused a surge of blood in Luo Cheng. As if sensing something, Tokai Teio stopped moving. A sly grin appeared on her face as she gently rubbed his thigh.
"Trainer, you don't want me to leave, do you? If you say, 'My dear Great Teio, please stay and keep me company,' I'll help you with your little problem. Look, Trainer, you've already reached the doorstep of me, the great Teio. Just a little more, and you'll arrive at my most comfortable spot."
How could this little pony be so knowledgeable?! Forget doting on Sky; it was time to dote on Teio!
"My dear Great Teio, could you please stop causing trouble for the Trainer?" Seiun Sky tugged on Tokai Teio's tail. The girl yelped in pain and jumped off.
"Sky! What was that for?"
"Can't you see the Trainer is distressed? You're a horse girl, yet you're always causing trouble for the Trainer," Seiun Sky said self-righteously.
After returning to the real world, the horse girls' emotions became incredibly rich. This place was clearly more interesting than the uneventful game world. Luo Cheng listened to the two horse girls' conversation.
Come to think of it, was this a random event?
"Aren't you two going to class?"
"It's break time. We came to play with the Trainer and happened to meet up."
"But class is about to start."
"Then let's go back."
"What? It's just getting started, Trainer!" Tokai Teio complained.
Luo Cheng also wanted to stay with them, but he had a more important task now. He realized he had briefly returned to reality, and it was perfectly integrated with the game. A random event. That's right, these were little interludes in the long process of raising them, just like in the Umamusume mobile game!
There were race events, random events, and what else... character events? If raising them was the game, and the events were reality, then entering an event meant returning to reality. Luo Cheng was gradually piecing things together. He seemed to have figured out how the system worked.
He was in a semi-transmigrated state. This was his normal state, and the system world he initially entered was the abnormal state.
Tokai Teio had no idea what the Trainer was thinking. She puffed out her cheeks. The Trainer was ready, and her body was also warmed up. All that was left was for the Trainer to enter her nursery. If they were alone, Tokai Teio would have definitely made the Trainer comply, but unfortunately, Seiun Sky was still there, so it wasn't so easy.
Reluctantly, Tokai Teio had no choice but to leave the room. Shortly after they left, the door opened, and a green cat-like figure sneaked back in. It was Seiun Sky. A smile played on her lips.
"Trainer, finally it's just the two of us."
She had pretended to leave just to trick Teio into leaving. Teio was too naive.
So what was Sky here for? Was she here to take over where Teio left off and complete the great task of raising babies?
Seiun Sky leaned in close to Luo Cheng's ear and said expectantly, "Just now, the Trainer said he wanted to go fishing with me, right?"
Luo Cheng was stunned.
The event... had been triggered.
It happened in a very strange way. It felt natural, yet the coincidence was eerie. They seemed to be controlled by something unseen, silently guided here.
Swallowing, Luo Cheng spoke with a strange feeling in his heart, "That's right, I want to go fishing with you."
"In that case, Trainer, you must come with me. This weekend, Seiun-chan will take the Trainer to the small forest. Don't worry, with Seiun-chan protecting you, the Trainer won't be in any danger. We can relax and unwind all day, how does that sound?"
"...Sounds great. What should I bring?"
"Seiun-chan will prepare everything for the Trainer. Just make sure to bring yourself. I look forward to our weekend together, Trainer."