White McQueen and Little McQueen

Looking at Little McQueen before her, White McQueen gave an elegant curtsy.

"Have you found my husband in the real world?"

White McQueen and Little McQueen

She had said it before: even if something called a dimension separated her from her Trainer,

she would break through it so they could be Mind and Body as One!

She would never allow her path with her Trainer to be confined to three short years of training.

The Uma Musume named Mejiro McQueen would soar through the sky, unbound by gravity. Like a winged horse, she would pass beyond the horizon and head toward a future where she and her Trainer alone were Mind and Body as One.

So White McQueen had come here... Was that what had happened?

Little McQueen stared in astonishment at the version of herself before her, one who had fully reached Full Bloom.

Seeing herself in the livestream had been strange enough. Now, faced with another self in person, Little McQueen felt something closer to fear.

The Happy Valley Effect had struck.

"Are you... me from the training simulation?"

"That's right. Did you watch those three years in the livestream too?"

Seeing her smaller self trembling, White McQueen gave a soft laugh.

"I'm not a monster. Why are you so afraid of another you?"

"It's still hard to get used to."

Wouldn't anyone be frightened by the sight of their own double?

There was even a saying in Japan that seeing another version of yourself meant you would die.

And lately, she had heard, stories about imposters had become popular. Little McQueen had seen one a few days ago and couldn't sleep afterward.

"I feel a little strange too. But seeing a tiny version of myself is rather nice. It's like having a little sister."

White McQueen looked