Naming Poem in the Morning Light

The next morning, in the lounge after the morning work was finished.

The atmosphere was even heavier than yesterday.

It was not that any new bad news had arrived. Everyone at the farm was simply preparing to draw upon their meager talents for language.

Every year, Mejiro Farm set a naming theme for its foals, combining two Chinese characters for their names.

This year's theme continued the "sun" character used in previous years.

"At this rate, we'll run out of popular Chinese characters in a few years, BOSS."

Zepp could not help but complain.

"How about picking from the characters used in era names?"

"That would just give us a bunch of names the teachers and jockeys wouldn't be able to pronounce at all."

With Rachel Ho and Kikuchi joining the conversation, the number of complaints began to grow as well.

"Anyway... how about Hibae for Luna?"

Asayama, who had not joined the increasingly derailed complaint session and had been frowning thoughtfully before the low table for quite some time, was the first to raise his hand with a suggestion.

"Hibae, huh—"

"It sounds cute~"

"Mm... the characters also match the mother's side."

A little horse illuminated by sunlight, bringing warmth.

Rarely, no one had any objections. The first option proposed was smoothly adopted.

It might have been a little hurtful to say so, but it did not feel like a name Asayama could have come up with. As Zepp thought that, he somehow puffed out his chest with a smug expression.

"Nicely done, Asayama. In that case, I'd better put in some effort too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy manager pressed his fingertips to his temple, imitating Ikkyu's thinking pose.

"So you haven't thought of anything at all."

"When Inspiration comes, even standing up can make