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"Trainer, why do you only give me a nickname?" Twin Turbo focused her firepower on the little horse still happily enjoying her food, Matikanetannhauser. "Can't you give Matikanetannhauser one too?"
"She's eating nicely, why are you bullying her?" Lucian laughed.
"Exactly, exactly!" Matikanetannhauser puffed out her cheeks in agreement.
"Because I think her name is too long, it's hard to cheer when I call it."
"Eh? Then I really wronged Twin Turbo." After Twin Turbo explained, Matikanetannhauser looked at Lucian with expectant eyes instead.
Lucian was rendered speechless.
This kid would probably help count the money if she were sold.
"Uh... nicknames sound crude, they should be called affectionate terms." Lucian corrected first. "Since you want the same kind of nickname as Twin Turbo, I'll think about it."
Doto: "Tann? (‾◡◝), no, Fukurai's name also has these two characters, I'll get confused (╯︿╰)."
Matikanefukukitaru is Doto's other close friend on campus; the two often do fortune-telling for people in school.
Their fortune-telling booth is actually tolerated by the academy.
After the school festival, many stalls were dismantled, but the fortune-telling booth still stands firm.
Urara: "Just call her Tannhauser, wouldn't that be fine?"
Twin Turbo was dissatisfied: "Still too long."
Tokai Teio: "When Two Turbo races, do they all just cheer 'Turbo'?"
"Waaah——Teio!" Twin Turbo bared her sharp teeth, pointing menacingly at Tokai Teio. "I challenge you! I challenge you!"
Tokai Teio waved her hands. "Harm harm~ but I refuse~"
Special Week chimed in at the right moment. "Then doesn't that just leave 'hauser'?"
Her video call with Silence Suzuka hadn't ended yet, so Silence Suzuka was also watching with interest.
Seiun Sky wagged her finger. "No~ you can also call her 'ser'."
Lucian laughed. "By your logic, you could call her 'Tann' too."
Matikanetannhauser looked left, looked right, turning her gaze to whoever was speaking.
After everyone discussed... they still didn't come up with a result, and in the end decided to call her Tannhauser.
But Twin Turbo clashed with Tokai Teio again. "Trainer, does Teio have a nickname? No, does she have an affectionate term?"
"Teio is just Teio..." Seeing Twin Turbo's frantic look and Tokai Teio's smug aura, Lucian suddenly felt giving one wouldn't be bad. "Teio is 'Hachimi'."
"Hachimi?" Twin Turbo didn't have time to think, immediately firing back at Tokai Teio. "Little Hachimi!"
Alas, this move was ineffective against Tokai Teio, minimal effect. "Yeah, I love eating hachimi, and I like singing hachimi songs, what about it?"
"Ah——" Little Sharky scratched her hair.
Nice Nature disdainfully moved her bowl away. "Twin Turbo, I don't really want to eat your dandruff."
"Trainer, what about me, do I have an affectionate term?" Seiun Sky, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.
Lucian was stunned. "You're walking right into the gun barrel."
"What's wrong with walking into the gun barrel? It's not like I haven't before, just a few days ago I still..."
Lucian picked up a piece of meat and directly stuffed Seiun Sky's chattering little mouth.
Silence Suzuka left, now it's your turn to be the riddler?
A glance, Lucian caught Silence Suzuka on the screen... so Seiun Sky was saying it for Silence Suzuka to hear.
Seeing Silence Suzuka's smile hiding a knife... Lucian wasn't afraid, Silence Suzuka couldn't crawl through the internet to vent anyway.
As for the future, deal with it later.
"Since Seiun you sincerely asked, then I won't hold back." Lucian withdrew his hand, rattling off several "affectionate terms" at once. "Salted fish, fishing guy, curly hook, lewd horse girl..."
Seiun Sky's face stiffened, but she accepted them all, laughing. "Looks like Trainer really likes me, really understands me, otherwise how could there be so many affectionate terms."
Lucian was still wondering why Seiun Sky was acting abnormal today, when he was suddenly surrounded by gazes.
So this is where they were waiting for him...
"Trainer, what about Urara? Does Urara have more than Seiun?"
"Urara, is it possible these aren't good um... affectionate terms?" Lucian felt he had dug a pit for himself and now had to jump in.
"Doesn't matter, Seiun has so many!" Haru Urara shook her little head, insisting Lucian give a reason.
Lucian quietly looked at her for a while, rubbing her head. "Urara is a horse girl who can bring warmth and strength to those around her, always encouraging others, in my eyes she's a little angel."
"Little angel!?" Haru Urara lowered her head, clutching her skirt tightly. "Little angel or whatever... Trainer can pass this time."
When we go to Kochi, I'll find time to whisper with Trainer.
After saying that, Lucian rubbed Rice-chan's head who was closest. "Rice's nickname... Rice-chan, Big Rice taking a bath hahaha."
Rice-chan: "Onii-sama, I didn't ask for these affectionate terms."
Lucian had already said it, didn't care anymore. "Spe-chan, your titles probably don't need me to say much, right?"
Special Week: "Trainer-san, please spare me."
She probably has the most titles out of everyone present.
"Bailey... nothing for now, we can ask privately." Actually he wanted to say it privately, couldn't expose Dextrous Bailey's "admiration" identity.
"Next is Doto, Little Klutz."
Doto: "Trainer, I'm not a Little Klutz. (≧﹏ ≦)"
"For Nature, TBD, depends on your future performance."
Nice Nature: "Trainer, this kind of performance should be left to Twin Turbo."
Still left Silence Suzuka and Mejiro McQueen.
For safety's sake, Lucian automatically skipped Silence Suzuka.
"Trainer, there's still McQueen~ what nickname will you give McQueen?"
Lucian hadn't forgotten, but Tokai Teio still reminded him.
Mejiro McQueen gave Tokai Teio an annoyed glance, then shyly looked at Lucian.
She didn't seem to refuse...
"For McQueen... you, uh... pampered young lady."
Tokai Teio: "What kind of name is that! No no, redo redo!"
"I can't think of any, Teio is so excited, then Teio think of one yourself." Lucian still knew his limits, had to wait until he was closer with Mejiro McQueen before teasing about this and that.
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