I'll Fight Fate, Then Show You I Can Win

Zhou Yuang held her gaze for a moment, then nodded.

"Aldan, sit by the track for a while. I'll be training my Uma Musume later. Would you like to join us... or watch?"

"..."

It was, admittedly, a good chance to learn.

Aldan knew other trainers and Uma Musume would not readily let her do that.

After all, those trainers worried they would bear the main responsibility if something happened to her.

Aldan thought for a moment. Looking at the trainer who had cared for her since they met, she shook her head with a bitter expression.

"Trainer, you said you wanted to see how far I could go on my own, didn't you?"

"Yes... So until the Trial Race, you won't accept any training supervised or arranged by a trainer?"

The moment Aldan shook her head, Zhou Yuang understood why she was so determined.

Before showing him her true self, she wanted to remain untouched by anyone else's help.

She had accepted Zhou Yuang's changes to her plan before, but she had devised the training plan herself. He had only helped fix a few bugs.

"Yes. I'm sorry to refuse your kindness, but I swear I'll give it everything I have on the day of the Trial Race."

Aldan spoke earnestly, her delicate brows drawn together.

Once Zhou Yuang released her arm, she checked how her body felt again. Finding nothing wrong, she bowed to him.

Then she slowly walked away.

She was grateful that Zhou Yuang had supported her, but she would not lean on him.

If she was going to lean on him, it would be as his Uma Musume.

An Uma Musume of the Mejiro Family could rely only on herself and the trainer who was Mind and Body as One with her.

But whether she