A new day, a new view.
Although Tang Han had been scared half to death by that chain of nightmares last night, his mental resilience was strong. Normally, a night's sleep would be enough to heal that kind of psychological trauma...
More or less.
Heal, my ass! Tang Han had nearly fallen into depression! He had been so terrified that he barely slept all night!
This morning, it had taken him a long time to work up the courage just to leave his room. When he saw the dorm manager downstairs, he was scared half to death all over again. His mental state was awful.
And when your mental state is bad, your brain does not work well either. Tang Han had nearly been tricked by that scummy system into standing in front of the Three Goddesses statue and shouting, "I'm handsome!"
Fortunately, even with his intelligence temporarily nerfed, Tang Han could still snap awake at the critical moment and avoid falling for the system's schemes.
To deal with his poor mental state, Tang Han chose a method called quenching thirst by thinking of plums.
In other words, he thought about Urara and Rice Shower, the two adorable little girls.
The moment he imagined seeing Urara's healing smile this afternoon—and maybe even seeing Rice Shower too—Tang Han was instantly full of motivation, as if all his troubles had been swept away.
Tokai Teio? Dareda? Who is that?
Tang Han spent the whole morning reading and soothing his wounded soul. Then, ten minutes before the time he had arranged in advance, he headed to the training grounds to find Urara.
The moment he arrived, he spotted little angel Urara at a glance, and his exhausted heart was instantly healed.
And to make things even better, Rice Shower—the favorite of all older-brother types—was here too.
"Hah..." Tang Han felt deeply satisfied.
He also noticed Saintly Halo, the overprotective "mom friend," was there too, probably just like yesterday, here to drink honey tea.
Hm? It looked like they had made a new friend too. They were chatting together.
A new friend was good. That meant Urara would be able to benefit from even more friendship training sessions in the future.
Four beautiful girls stood at the edge of the track, gathered together, sharing funny stories and smiling happily.
Everything was so beautiful.
There was just one tiny flaw in that beauty—
Why was that new friend Tokai Teio?!
Small frame, brown hair, blue eyes, and that white crescent-shaped forelock—if it was not Tokai Teio, then who else could it be?
"Ughhhhhhhhhh—"
The painful memories from last night instantly came flooding back, and Tang Han let out a scream on instinct.
But the moment he realized that screaming might attract a monster, he quickly clapped a hand over his mouth and forced himself silent.
Tang Han stared at Urara and the others chatting and laughing with Tokai Teio, unable to make sense of it.
What exactly had happened?! How had Tokai Teio gotten tangled up with them?!
And right now, Tokai Teio seemed a little restless. Every now and then she would glance around, as if waiting for someone.
"Run first. Ask questions later." No matter who she was waiting for, Tang Han chose retreat.
But before fleeing, he still had to fulfill his duties.
He took out his phone.
Ding-dong~
The cheerful conversation among the four horse girls was interrupted by the message alert on Urara's phone.
Urara pulled out her phone and looked at it. It was from Tang Han.
"Huh? Trainer-san says something came up today and he can't make it, so I should follow this plan and do my training on my own," Urara said.
Then she received another message—a training schedule, with the day's exercises written out in detail.
The content was simple and easy to understand. Urara could grasp it without any trouble.
"Wait, Tang Han Trainer isn't coming?! Then doesn't that mean I won't get to drink any more of that delicious honey tea today?!" Saintly Halo's mood instantly plummeted.
"Eh? But... I specifically waited here for him..." Tokai Teio looked even more disappointed.
Ever since she had tasted that S-rank honey tea once, Tokai Teio had never been able to let go of that flavor.
Compared to S-rank honey tea, the extra-thick honey tea she used to buy at the shop now tasted like cement. There was simply no comparison.
Yesterday, just for the chance to drink that incredible honey tea one more time, she had spent the entire day searching for the God of Honey Tea, and had even waited in that meeting room Senior Oguri had mentioned all afternoon, skipping her regular training entirely.
But in the end, she had not found the honey tea god she longed for.
And when Tokai Teio realized she might never find the God of Honey Tea, and might never again drink that world's most delicious honey tea, her mood had plunged straight into the absolute pits. She probably would not even have the motivation to train for the next several weeks.
But then, on her way back, as she passed the training grounds, she just so happened to see Urara and the others drinking honey tea—the same color, the same aroma, exactly identical to the one in her memory.
So she went over to ask, and learned that the honey tea had been made by Urara's trainer. Kind-hearted Urara had even given Tokai Teio her own share to drink.
The moment Tokai Teio tasted it, the familiar flavor made her one hundred percent certain: Urara's trainer was the very honey tea god she had been desperately searching for!
So Tokai Teio had decided to camp out around Urara today just to meet Urara's trainer in person—and to beg for another cup of honey tea.
But now, just when she had finally gotten her hopes up, she was being told that the God of Honey Tea had something to do today and was not coming...
"Ugh..." Tokai Teio's mood sank into the abyss again, her ears and tail drooping lifelessly.
Tang Han did not see how heartbroken Tokai Teio looked, because the moment he finished sending Urara that message, he had already turned around and fled.
"So Big Brother isn't coming today either..." Rice Shower felt a pang of disappointment too when she heard that Tang Han would not be coming.
Her ears drooped as she unconsciously murmured,
"I really wanted to see Big Brother..."
The moment Rice Shower said that, a strange power suddenly emerged from the lucky sachet hanging around her neck and punched Tang Han.
Bang!
Tang Han's foot slipped while he was fleeing down a grassy slope.
Whoosh—
He slid all the way down the hillside without the slightest resistance, until he came to a stop right at Rice Shower's feet.
"What?!" Tang Han was dumbfounded.
This all-too-familiar falling sensation—what the hell was going on? Wasn't the God of Misfortune attached to Rice Shower supposed to have been driven away already? Why was he falling over again?!
"Eh! Big Brother!" Rice Shower noticed Tang Han on the ground and lit up with delight, her horse ears twitching happily.
Just by thinking about him, Big Brother had appeared. How lucky.
With Rice Shower's exclamation, the other three horse girls noticed Tang Han too.
"Tang Han Trainer!"
"Trainer-san!"
"Miss Hokuto Seiji!"
In an instant, Tang Han found himself surrounded by four horse girls. At this point, there was no escape.
It was over.
Tang Han climbed to his feet and looked at the four horse girls with great awkwardness.
Damn it! He had almost made it out, and yet he had slipped at the critical moment. No need to think about it—this had to be the God of Misfortune's doing!
Tang Han: God of Misfortune! You deserve to die!
God of Misfortune: ?
"Tang Han Trainer, what are you doing here? Didn't you say you had something to do and couldn't come?" Saintly Halo asked.
Tang Han was just about to explain, but Urara beat him to it.
"Trainer-san is a super amazing ninja, you know! He must've already finished everything! Right, Trainer-san?" Urara looked at Tang Han with sparkling admiration.
"Right... I already finished all of it..." Tang Han scratched his head.
"Yay~" Urara raised her arms and cheered.
"Trainer-san Let's start training"
"All right..." Tang Han said helplessly.
Since he could not escape anyway, all Tang Han could do now was face his fear head-on.
He turned to Tokai Teio.
"Hello there, Miss Hokuto Seiji... no, wait—Tang Han Trainer~" Tokai Teio greeted him sweetly.
So her guess had been right after all. Miss Hokuto Seiji, who had given her that rare Chairman photo; Miss Nan Xizi, the God of Honey Tea; and the new trainer Tang Han—were all the same person.
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