"Kid, long time no see."
"So you've been running a winery in Europe all this time?"
Before heading off to compete, Koichi went to the address he had been given.
Sure enough, his old man was staying there.
The place was a small estate with a distinctly old-world European feel.
Once he saw it, everything from before made sense. So this was where all those euros had come from.
"What do you mean, I've been running a winery? Our ancestors left this to us. Back then, they wanted something to fall back on."
Teruhiro Sasaki rolled his eyes.
He had originally come to Europe to get some money together to repay his loans back home.
But after arriving, he had unexpectedly run into problems here. By the time they got their cash flow sorted out, Koichi had already competed in several races with Golden Masterpiece.
"Not bad, old man. I always thought our family only ran a ranch. I never imagined we had a business like this overseas."
Koichi looked around curiously.
Having a winery like this overseas was certainly nice.
On second thought, it made sense that he had never known. He had been sent to the Horse Racing School when he was very young and spent years there. After he returned, the conflict between the two of them had only grown worse.
As for Saki Ikegami, who had come with him, she had already followed the butler down to see how the wine was made.
His agent certainly had a keen interest in this sort of thing.
"Now that you've become a first-rate jockey, is there anything you'd like to say to me?"
Teruhiro Sasaki asked as he showed Koichi around the estate.
Honestly, he had never imagined Koichi would achieve so much. He had asked that trainer