Bearing a Heavy Responsibility / I Want to Carry You

Ryan nodded repeatedly, fully agreeing with Zhou Yuang.

That was why she had come. McQueen was part of the Mejiro Family, after all. How could Ryan stand by and watch her sink into despair?

"What you said before about how McQueen felt about me—you said it to give me the confidence to do this, didn't you? Thank you."

Zhou Yuang bowed to Ryan without hesitation. She looked flustered, then broke into a cheerful smile.

"McQueen isn't just family to me. She's an indispensable rival, too. So... I'm leaving her to you."

Ryan returned his bow with perfect grace. Once she said that, Zhou Yuang knew he had to find McQueen.

Before that Fatty Filly sank into the depths and froze into an ice-cold rice cake, he would haul her out and tuck her into his arms.

He would warm her up, and then... let that Fatty Filly repay him with her sweetness.

Hopefully, she wouldn't stick to his teeth.

Chapter 183: Bearing a Heavy Responsibility

As soon as Zhou Yuang left the training room, he ran for the training grounds.

He had left McQueen to train alone because his attempts to recruit anyone had gone nowhere.

Rather than waste more effort, he had wanted to give her some peace of mind.

A trainer's duty wasn't just to care for an Uma Musume's body. He had to care for her heart, too.

Zhou Yuang wasn't about to stand by like an idiot while McQueen trained herself into exhaustion and ended up in the Infirmary, as she had in Sirius's original story.

The rookie trainer in that story had been rather dense, and as a newcomer, he'd lacked experience.

Zhou Yuang, on the other hand, would put together a training plan McQueen could be happy with. What would he gain by letting