During training, time passed day by day, and she completed her full-fledged training at a very young age.
Later, with the help of the Three Goddesses, she enrolled in Tracen Academy.
There were more Uma Musume around, but it was troublesome.
Whether it was those who talked about where to play all day, or those who trained together.
After the race, everyone is an enemy, no matter how good your relationship is now, it will still become strained after the race.
Rather than being so sad then, it's better not to know them from the start.
Humans can't run with Uma Musume no matter what, so it doesn't matter, she can be a little nicer to them, but it's troublesome if they get entangled with her.
Daily training cannot be neglected, but because she couldn't be too unconventional, she could only extend her training time while doing low-intensity training.
Otherwise, being isolated would be troublesome, the Student Council and the Chairman seemed to be people who couldn't stand such situations, and then she would have to talk to them and do a lot of troublesome things.
So, just keep training.
That guy named Maya Chiffon always came to find her, how troublesome.
The dormitory was a single room, which was great, at least there wouldn't be troublesome roommates.
Classes? I already know everything, it's a waste of time.
She was like a demon possessed, doing what she had to do alone.
She would continue like this, then participate in the preliminaries step by step, then join a team, then continue to run races, and reach the peak of "strongest."
If she hadn't met that guy... "I'm telling you, even a problem child has a limit, okay?"
What's the problem? Excellent grades, excellent athletic ability, and so on in other aspects, she can also reasonably arrange her time and perfectly combine work and rest, what's wrong with me?
"And then just indulge in the fantasy of 'perfection'?"
I am not perfect, so I must become perfect.
"Don't joke around!" The other party left angrily, Ling couldn't understand.
One night, while she was continuing her daily routine and doing extra training, the other party came to find her when she was alone again.
"Are you still continuing?"
That is natural.
"You... what exactly do you take yourself for!?"
?
"What exactly do you take yourself for? Acting all high and mighty, what do you take those opponents who are fighting for their dreams for!?"
"You're clearly struggling there, why don't you tell others!?
"Living like a machine all day, aren't you tired!?"
I'm not tired, I also understand the balance between work and rest, so I specifically arranged rest time.
"Is that what I'm talking about!?" As if provoked by her words, the other party's anger intensified.
"Running alone, practicing alone, do you think you're doing great!?"
So? What does it have to do with you?
The other party inexplicably came to her and started yelling at her. Out of politeness, Ling listened for a while, but it was all useless information to her, and it wasted a lot of time.
If there's nothing else, I'm going back to the dorm, the time for homework has been shortened a lot.
"You!" The other party was clearly furious, clutching her chest and gasping for breath.
Then, as if it were a daily routine, every time she trained at night when no one was around, this guy would always jump out and scold her, but Ling would selectively ignore the other party and continue her training on her own.
Until one day, Ling couldn't find her hair ornament.
"It seems you value this thing a lot, don't you?" That night, the other party came to her with the hair ornament.
Give it back to me.
"Is this your attitude towards a benefactor who helped you retrieve something?"
Please return it to me.
"Tsk... you're quite quick to react to this kind of thing."
Please return it to me.
"I don't understand why you value a common wooden hair ornament so much, but it's naturally impossible for me to just return it to you."
I told you to give it back to me.
"Oh, angry? What is it, don't you also show human-like expressions?" The other party tossed the hair ornament in her hand, smiling... "Hey, hey, hey, going straight for it? You better be careful, this thing is in my hand." Saying that, she tightly gripped the hair ornament.
Sirius Symboli saw a panicked expression on this reclusive Uma Musume's face for the first time.
It was the most fragile expression she had ever seen, if a normal person saw such an expression, they would be overcome by a deep sense of guilt and return the item in their hand to the other party, right?
But she couldn't, after all, she had boasted to her older sister that she would help this child.
If she continued to guide her and let her express more emotions... Give it back to me... "Huh?" No... this... the unexpected development caught even Sirius Symboli off guard.
Give it back to me!!!
Her tearful roar even attracted some Uma Musume.
She gave it back.
She underestimated the importance of this item in the other party's heart, and even more underestimated the fragility of the other party's inner self.
In a sense, she did make Ling more human.
Because Ling became even more unwilling to interact with Uma Musume.
Any Uma Musume who dared to approach her would be stared at with an extremely aggressive gaze, and if they continued to approach, they would even be attacked.
Afterwards, the matter spread, and she, the "perpetrator," could only be "righteously punished" by Rudolph, being suspended from school.
Later, various other things happened, and Ling also changed, becoming able to communicate normally with others, and also becoming increasingly gentle.
Her actions at the time were also understood by the other party, who later specifically came to apologize, and she naturally also apologized for going too far at the time.
Then, because Ling felt that she couldn't let the other party's reputation be ruined by a misunderstanding, she publicly revealed the matter through rumors, letting everyone in the Academy understand that Sirius Symboli was a "misunderstood good person" who "played the villain to help her." Coupled with Sirius Symboli's outstanding looks, she gained high popularity within the Academy, and everyone was happy.
And in fact, it was true, Sirius Symboli, as an "antagonist," pried open a crack in Ling's closed heart, allowing the subsequent warmth to illuminate her inner self.
She was very grateful to the other party, but at the same time, the other party's actions at the time were indeed excessive.
So both sides went their separate ways and did not continue to contact each other afterwards.
"Hey, hey? Zaima?" Seeing Ling in a daze, Sirius Symboli called out, even thinking of coming over and patting her face.
Naturally, she dodged.
"Is there something wrong with your head? I remember you crashed into the gate on your first debut, is it delayed onset?" She asked with a worried look.
#! Sure enough, this guy is annoying!
"Nothing, I just thought of what you did back then."
"Hey, hey, hey, we both apologized to each other back then! And you accepted it!"
"So, what do you want from me?"
"Nothing much, I just plan to go abroad this year, I heard you're going too?"
"I'm sorry, but I just finished my Trainer certification and still need to lead a team, so this year I'll probably only participate in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe."
"I see, but I'll also participate in the Arc de Triomphe, so you better run well then."
"That's natural, I'll fiercely leave you behind so far that you won't even see my back."
"That's not necessarily true, but... hey~ a team... what's its name?" The other party seemed very interested.
"Sirius"
"Hey, hey, hey, isn't that my name? Do you like me too?" Her face showed an "amused" expression.
"Don't dream, that's not about you," Rei Zai rolled her eyes.
Yes, it's definitely not you.
I was talking about my past self… Sirius, commonly known as Sirius in English, comes from the Greek Σειριος. In China's "Twenty-Eight Mansions," it belongs to the Jing Mansion, and is located within the Sirius Celestial Official. In the Sirius Celestial Official, there is only one star, and it is an ominous star, "the omen of aggression."
I will use this to warn myself not to become like I was back then, and to remind myself that I always have companions who support me.
However, the tsundere Rei Zai naturally wouldn't say these things.
"Forget it, want to grab a drink?" Rei Zai asked.
"Huh? Don't tell me you're underage; even if you were, no shop would serve you alcohol, right?" The other person's face was filled with disdain.
#!
Sure enough, this guy is still annoying!
Speaking of which, Sirius Symboli is Rudolph Symbol's cousin; both are from the Symboli Family… Oh, Rudolph Symbol!
Rei Zai mentally added another mark against the Emperor.
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