Shinji Kitahara was not at all surprised that Symboli Rudolf could see through his relationship with Tokai Teio.
After all, it had been over a month. Even Special Week had vaguely discovered the abnormality in his relationship with Teio, let alone Rudolf, who often paid attention to her situation.
But what surprised him was that after he answered, she did not show a dangerous expression like last time, nor did she say that he should leave Teio. She just sighed with some helplessness.
"As expected, that child still hasn't given up that unrealistic idea..."
How should I put it? The current Rudolf had completely lost her previous aggressive and majestic aura. Instead, she looked more like a weary old father who didn't know what to do with his rebellious child. Just looking at her was tiring.
It wasn't that she didn't want to ask him to help persuade her. But the problem was that she herself couldn't persuade her. Then what effect could he, a nominal trainer who had known her for less than two months, have?
And if he really went to persuade her, it might even have the opposite effect. In a more serious case, it might even cause her to leave the team in a fit of pique, which would then trigger some other accidents, like messing up her schedule and missing some important races.
But the problem is, if he didn't persuade her...
"I don't think it's completely impossible."
He suddenly spoke up.
Although he didn't want to get involved with her, looking at the weary expression on her face, he suddenly felt a sense of empathy. After all, in the past, he had also looked at all sorts of silly children in front of him with the same expression on countless days and nights, and some were even more tiring than her.
Plus, this time Rudolf was also communicating with him properly, and had even just promised to help him with the investigation, and had not asked for any reward. So he also felt that it was necessary to give the other party some return.
After all, he didn't like the feeling of owing others.
"Her talent and strength are quite good, and she has also self-studied a lot of trainer knowledge."
"Although it's definitely not enough compared to a real trainer, she also has her own advantages, which is that she knows her own body better than an ordinary trainer and can learn and adjust in a targeted manner."
"And she seems to have a very clear understanding of this, and has always been using this advantage of hers, and has thus walked out her own path. It's still uncertain what the future holds."
He wasn't comforting her, but was stating a fact.
Unlike Tachyon and Digital, Teio was neither a genius in theory nor an expert in practice. In fact, in these two aspects, she was far weaker than an ordinary Tracen trainer. Logically speaking, she had no ability to train herself at all.
But she had done it, and in a way he had never seen before.
Unlike all other trainers, all of Teio's training plans and methods were based on her understanding of her own situation.
She learned very little, but everything she learned was what she needed.
She didn't have much practical experience, but the problem is, all of it was her own experience.
With just this little, if you asked her to be a trainer for another horse girl, she would probably be fired the next day for being too incompetent.
But for herself, it was just barely enough—but only barely.
Rudolf could also understand what he meant, but her expression still didn't change much. Then she sighed with some helplessness. "But no matter what, it's still better to have a trainer. Even if it's just an ordinary trainer, it's still better than her fumbling around on her own like this."
He shrugged. "But at least, she does have the possibility of winning the Undefeated Triple Crown on her own, doesn't she?"
She shook her head. "One percent and ninety-nine percent are both 'possible'. And a horse girl only has one chance to debut in her life. She's being willful with the only chance in her life."
"But, this is also her only chance to chase you, isn't it?"
He looked at her, his gaze calm. "You also said that a horse girl only has one chance to debut in her life. You are like this, and she is the same. She is being willful with this only chance, that's right, but if she's not willful now, she won't have the chance to be willful in the future."
"But..."
She seemed to want to say something, but was directly interrupted by him.
"But when you chose to challenge the Undefeated Triple Crown on your own without relying on a trainer, did you ever consider whether that would be a bit willful?"
He looked at her and said seriously, "Care leads to chaos, President Rudolf. I can understand your feelings. I also don't like the feeling of a pearl being covered in dust. But the problem is, this is her own choice, and also her pursuit, not yours or mine."
"If you're really for her good, then you should respect her choice and provide her with help on this basis, instead of imposing your own ideas on her in the name of goodwill."
"...But she's just a child."
"You were also just a child back then."
Silence.
Then a sigh.
"Indeed. I have been too concerned."
It wasn't that she didn't understand these principles. It was just that she really liked and cared about Teio and didn't want her to go down the wrong path, or a path that was not so correct.
And before, because Teio was her private matter, she was too embarrassed to talk about these things with others. She had only talked about it with Air Groove and Narita Brian.
And as for those two, the former's style of doing things was extremely strict, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with Rudolf correcting Teio's willfulness.
As for the latter, although she was not very good at this kind of thing, after thinking about it, she also felt that it was better for children to listen to adults. Moreover, Rudolf's ability was also obvious to all, so in the end, she also chose to support her idea.
So, although she also felt that something was wrong, seeing that the people around her seemed to support her idea, she slowly suppressed that trace of incongruity in her heart.
But now, after talking with him, after that layer of false confidence was peeled off, she finally saw the essence of her own behavior.
That was a forced interference, and even domination, of Teio's life.
Just like what that old woman, Speed Symboli, had tried to do to her.
As expected, the blood of the Symboli family still flows in my veins...
She sneered at herself in her heart, and then, just as she was about to speak again, she found that Air Groove's expression beside her seemed a little wrong.
"What's wrong, Groove?"
"...No, nothing."
Her expression was a little complicated.
She really didn't know how to answer this question. After all, she couldn't just say that just now, watching the conversation between the two of them, she had suddenly had a sense of déjà vu of an old married couple talking about their child's schooling, right?
And why did she always feel that it wasn't the first time the two of them had talked like this? Because at least in her impression, Rudolf would not talk to a stranger like this, let alone show such a posture.
Could it be that these two knew each other before?
She couldn't help but wonder.
But Rudolf and Shinji seemed to be completely unaware of this. Then, after talking about this topic for a while longer, he prepared to leave.
And just as he was about to leave, Rudolf, as if chatting casually, "unintentionally" mentioned that she seemed to have heard his name at the Symboli family before and asked if he knew anyone from the Symboli family.
"No."
He shook his head like a rattle drum.
Know people from the Symboli family? What a joke.
In fact, if it weren't for the investigation of Kudo, he would have never chosen to have contact with her, let alone any contact with anyone from the Symboli family.
Just as he had told the old horse girl at the clothing store before, horse girls are already a dangerous species, and those with a family background are each more heavyweight than the last. Let alone contact, he even wished he could stay as far away from these people as possible, and had been paying attention to this problem all these years. How could he possibly know someone from the Symboli family and not know it himself?
Did she think he was an idiot?
However, he did not doubt the truth of her words. After all, although he had not had contact with people from the Symboli family, he had, after all, been running around in various places all these years, and he had heard from the trainers that he had apparently become an urban legend, so it was normal for him to be mentioned by people from the Symboli family.
And she also seemed to just mention this matter casually, and did not press further after he refused.
Then, after a few more casual chats, she saw him out of the student council room, and then sat back in her chair, her gaze gradually deepening.
She was quite confident in her ability to identify lies, so it was basically certain that he was not lying, and there was no need for him to lie.
Which meant that the 'resistance' had nothing to do with him, and he might even be completely unaware...
Although after these days of investigation, she was basically certain that this matter was the work of that old woman, Speed Symboli, the problem was that she couldn't figure out what she was trying to achieve by doing this.
A wanderer who was not even a trainer, what could he have to do with her? And why did she have to go to such great lengths to hide his existence from her?
And what was even stranger was that just now, when she was talking with him, a strange sense of familiarity had arisen in her heart, so much so that she had unconsciously relaxed and had shown a posture that she would not show in front of strangers.
But the problem is, this was only their second formal exchange, and the situation during the first exchange was so bad that it couldn't even be called an exchange. How could there be a sense of familiarity?
Her index finger tapped on the desk, and she fell into deep thought.
...
Meanwhile.
After finishing his conversation with her, he returned to the training field and began to wait for the results from her side.
It's just that he hadn't waited long before the finished training Teio came to his side and asked him what the President had found him for this time, and whether it had anything to do with her.
Looking at the worry in her eyes, he thought for a moment, and feeling that the previous remarks might have increased this child's affection for him, he chose to tell the truth selectively.
"We mainly talked about some work matters, and then finally she said she seemed to have heard my name at the Symboli family and asked if I knew anyone from the Symboli family..."
"Then do you know anyone, Trainer-san?"
"Of course not."
His tone was very certain and affirmative.
What a joke. He wasn't an idiot. How could he know someone from the Symboli family and not know it himself?
And speaking of this, it was instead Teio who, after hearing this, blinked and then showed a thoughtful expression.
"Trainer-san doesn't know anyone from the President's family? But now that you mention it, you are indeed a bit similar..."
"...What's a bit similar?"
"You and the President are a bit similar."
"...What?"
He looked astonished.
He and that Symboli Rudolf were similar? What a joke.
"It's not that the two of you are very similar, but just some details, and sometimes your thoughts and logic are a bit similar, like..."
She looked at his hand, which was holding the clipboard, and stared at the index finger that was gently tapping on the clipboard, and said with conviction, "When you two are thinking, you both like to tap your index finger."
Hearing this, he instantly stopped tapping his index finger, and then resumed the action. "What does that prove? I also know an old lady who likes to tap like this."
He complained, and then suddenly realized that this habit of tapping his index finger seemed to have been passed on to him by her.
Damn it, how come I only learn the bad things and not the good things.
But the problem is, that doesn't prove anything.
There are plenty of people in the world who have the habit of tapping their index finger when they are thinking. It's just a very ordinary habit. What's so strange about it?
"But it's really similar..."
She muttered in a small voice, but for a while, she couldn't say where they were similar. In the end, after muttering for a while, she threw herself into her training again.
As for him, he didn't take her words to heart either, just treated it as a child's joke.
After all, one was the emperor of Tracen with an Undefeated Triple Crown, and the other was a slacker who had been wandering outside for food and clothing for many years. From personality to status to family background, there was not a single thing that matched between the two.
Moreover, she was an existence from that recognized monster family, the main Symboli family. Although she looked quite kind now, from her performance at their first meeting, no matter how gentle she appeared now, the blood of the Symboli family still flowed in her bones.
Maybe there was another side to her that was unknown to others, a complete dangerous species. She was not even the same species as a slacker like him who was full of thoughts of goofing off. How could there be any similarity?
While thinking, he took out his phone and continued his daily slacking.
And behind him, there was a whisper that could not be heard by ordinary people.
'How come this person has no idea of his own danger?'
'That's right. No matter how fierce that little girl Rudolf is, it's just because her upbringing was a bit strict. And little Eclipse is just used to hitting a little harder. But don't you have any idea what you've done?'
'...But aren't we three mostly responsible for him becoming like that?'
Listening to the crosstalk in her ear as usual, Eclipse's expression did not change at all. It's just that she didn't quite agree with the views of these three treasures in her heart, and she even intended to prove it to them with actions.
Thinking this, she poked his waist with her finger. When he turned his head, she said with a blank expression, "I'm sleeping at your place tonight."
Visibly, his face turned green.
"Eclipse, recently I..."
"Jump you on the sofa, or sleep together. You can choose freely."
"...I was going to say I've been missing you too recently. Then let's sleep together."
He immediately surrendered.
And after getting the answer she wanted, she silently retreated again, silently swept her gaze over the air beside her, her eyes full of the meaning of "See, he's not dangerous at all. You guys are thinking too much."
But she didn't expect that after this glance, the three voices beside her not only did not stop, but became even more絮叨 (xùdao - long-winded/nagging), and there was even a trace of resentment and sourness in them.
'That's completely because it's you, little Eclipse. Try changing to someone else...'
'Little Eclipse, are you really not doing this on purpose? Why do I always feel like you're showing off...'
'...Little Eclipse has no such feelings at all. You all know that. Can you stop being so embarrassing?'
However, these subsequent comments had nothing to do with her.
Because after that one glance, her gaze was once again focused on the person in front of her. She didn't pay attention to what those treasures beside her were saying and quietly began to daze off.
It's just that, after some time, an extremely faint sound was heard, lingered in the wind for a moment, and then instantly dissipated, unheard by anyone.
"It's pretty good, though. Where's the danger..."
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