Almond Eye's Debut and "Secretary" Little Kita

"It's... all kinds of consultations and invitations from parents."

After answering, Anjing Zhen revealed a helpless, bitter smile:

"It should be said that it's thanks to you. Recently, quite a few parents have contacted me through various channels, hoping I could take a look at their children and assess their potential.

"But with this sort of thing..." He shook his head.

"Even the most experienced Trainer would find it difficult to determine a Horse Girl's future before Full Maturity.

"Besides, I know my own limits. You could say I'm fairly capable when it comes to training, but I'm nowhere near one of a kind. At most, I'm young enough to have plenty of bold ideas. And on top of that, Little Kita, you're a Horse Girl with astonishing talent to begin with. That's how we achieved what we have so far.

"So when it comes to those parents and children, wouldn't it be far too irresponsible for someone with limited ability like me to rashly offer any kind of evaluation?"

Anjing Zhen believed he had a sufficiently accurate assessment of his own abilities.

He knew full well that all he had was knowledge of names destined to shine brilliantly, such as "Kitasan Black," "Almond Eye," and "Spring and Autumn Equinox." Being a Trainer was far from something that could be done well simply by knowing a few names.

Take Kitasan Black, for instance. What he knew was the Real Horse's achievements, but as for how those achievements had been attained, he knew nothing. Up to this point, all of his training and race arrangements had been slowly worked out through study and little by little experimentation.

Therefore, he never simply attributed his past results—or the results of any Trainer and Horse Girl—to some unique "eye" or talent.

Instead, he attributed