The Makeshift Operation Changes

Monday morning after the weekend.

The moment one stepped inside, it was obvious that the ranch break room had completely lost its vitality. It could even be mistaken for a colorless black-and-white silent film.

Though the employees could still be heard chatting here and there, their voices were far quieter than usual.

A sluggish atmosphere hung in the air.

"It's so hot—"

Rachel Ho sat on the tatami in a thoroughly unladylike pose, sprawled across the low table like a scoop of melting ice cream.

"You've completely melted."

As she spoke, Kikuchi copied her and collapsed onto the table as well.

"There's no air conditioning out in the pasture, after all~"

It was not even noon yet, but the temperature had already exceeded thirty degrees Celsius.

The season when both people and horses were prone to heatstroke.

"Even the number of visitors has dropped in this weather."

Zepp opened the ranch's official website, glanced at the number of tour applications in the backend, and sighed as well.

"But Mr. Yoshida is still coming this afternoon, right?"

Kikuchi, limp across the table, turned to look at the farrier.

"Remember to call him Professor Yoshida when he gets here."

Ravide offered a reminder as he scrolled through the digital memo on his tablet.

"Got it, got it~"

"By the way—"

Saying that, the Indian man put down his tablet and looked over.

"The construction President arranged at the Yakumo branch ranch should have already started, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

Rachel Ho pulled her gaze away from the digital journal on her screen and nodded without changing expression.

A budget of fifty million yen—

By Yahagi's standards, there would still be plenty left over after the branch ranch was completed.

Naturally, that was impossible.

It was not as though she had developed the