At Tracen, Skilled at Doing Time

Was another horse girl coming to this room?

Oguri Cap was utterly puzzled. Just as she was about to knock again, Zhou Yuang answered from inside.

"Give me a moment. I'll open the door."

She heard Zhou Yuang's voice, and her keen ears also caught the sound of curtains being drawn.

Why draw the curtains?

Oguri Cap didn't understand. As far as she remembered, people usually did that at night.

She also remembered people near her home drawing their curtains at certain times.

Strange sounds would follow, and whenever Oguri Cap asked about them, her mother would cover her ears and lead her away.

Her mother had told her more than once afterward not to ask again.

Could my Trainer be doing the same thing as those people?

Oguri Cap stood at the door, thoroughly confused. When she heard footsteps approaching, she lowered the hand she had raised to knock.

She wouldn't want to hit her Trainer.

When the door opened, Oguri Cap saw Zhou Yuang standing there.

Tall even among Uma Musume, she could see past Zhou Yuang's shoulder. Silence Suzuka was opening the office window.

...Silence Suzuka?

What's going on? Why is she in my Trainer's office?

The moment Oguri Cap saw Silence Suzuka, question marks practically sprang up over her head.

She isn't one of my Trainer's Uma Musume.

Something felt off, though Oguri Cap couldn't say what. All she noticed was a glint from something on the hand Silence Suzuka placed on the window frame.

Perhaps Oguri Cap didn't quite understand it herself, but when she saw Silence Suzuka's ring glint, then watched her turn back with the air of a married woman, her fists clenched.

"Uh, Oguri Cap?"

She spotted Silence Suzuka right away?

Seeing Oguri Cap look past him, Zhou Yuang immediately knew who