Less Flirting, More Work

[Freest Uma Musume on Earth]: There they go again. Every time an Uma Musume from the Mejiro Family brought up something like this, she couldn't help speaking for the family.

[Tracen Cold-Joke Master]: Well, Takamine was an Uma Musume from the Mejiro Family too.

Takamine had never had a trainer, but her family's influence meant she could still understand that creed.

More than that, she held herself to exacting standards when it came to love.

Rudolf understood Takamine. She had come this far the same way.

But Rudolf was a little curious. With her reach throughout Tracen Academy, she knew Takamine had been training under Zhou Yuang in private.

And Zhou Yuang had said things like all the Uma Musume he trained were his wives...

"Trainer Zhou Yuang... Is he planning to marry into the Mejiro Family?"

Aldan, Takamine, and, if McQueen counted, Zhou Yuang now had ties to three Uma Musume from the Mejiro Family.

Rudolf could almost see a future where Zhou Yuang married into the family.

Tsk, tsk. The Mejiro Family might end up taking too many of the spots.

"Did you think I got that close to you just because I wasn't using my head?"

Zhou Yuang pointed at his bandages. He hadn't acted on impulse; he'd come prepared.

"...You really are an infuriating man."

McQueen spoke sharply, though the feeling in her eyes never changed.

"Trainer-san, since you're going this far, I'll have to go a little too far myself."

"Too far?"

"That's right. Since you've taken that step, I won't hide anything from you anymore. I'll show you every flaw I have, exactly as it is."

Good or bad, whether it was her willfulness or her sense of duty, she would let him know all of it.

Loving someone was simple: you proved it