Mejiro Dober used to be in a half-active, half-passive state. Most of the time, she mostly invited rather than pushed. Even when she occasionally became needy, she would still ask Shirayuki what she thought.
She was a very good person to date.
Although Mejiro Dober always habitually said she was not cute at all, the way her pretty face turned red was truly captivating.
At least Fujiwara Chiya liked that side of her very much.
And now, Mejiro Dober was rarely showing a forceful side.
She had gone from half-active to completely active, asking Fujiwara Chiya to do again with her everything Shirayuki's side had once done.
This could no longer be called hinting.
It was a direct statement!
Fujiwara Chiya had thought Mejiro Dober's attitude toward him would at most be the same as toward Shirayuki, or perhaps slightly weaker. But now, it seemed Mejiro Dober's feelings toward him were even stronger than toward Shirayuki's side.
Under Mejiro Dober's continuous pressure, Fujiwara Chiya agreed to her request.
In other words, he would bathe with Mejiro Dober.
Although it was not exactly the first time, there was still a difference between a male body and a female body.
On Shirayuki's side, excitement at most meant a flushed face and a racing heart.
On his side, the reaction would be much more obvious.
Even though Mejiro Dober had already overcome her fear of the opposite sex, would accepting this side as well not be a little difficult?
However, Mejiro Dober seemed to have already made up her mind. After Fujiwara Chiya agreed, she latched onto it and did not give him any chance to argue.
In the end, they agreed that she would go to Fujiwara Chiya's dorm room that evening.
My dorm room…
My dorm room is the Director's dorm room!
Fujiwara Chiya suddenly realized this.
If the Director discovered that he had brought Dober into the bathroom, what would she think?
The massage incident could still be explained away.
No, wait!
That was not explaining it away. That really had been a misunderstanding!
Fujiwara Chiya almost led himself astray.
In any case, if the Director saw him together with Mejiro Dober, it would definitely be troublesome.
Punishment… probably not.
He had already brought several uma musume to his room before, and the Director had not said anything. She had probably silently accepted it. But if he became too blatant, the Director would definitely be displeased.
Wait.
Fujiwara Chiya remembered that the Director had agreed he could occasionally go back and stay in his old room for one night.
In that case, he would not have to worry about the Director coming to inspect the room.
Thinking this, Fujiwara Chiya's nervous heart calmed down. Without that agreement, he really would not have known how to hide this from Akikawa Yayoi's eyes.
In the afternoon, Fujiwara Chiya came to the training grounds.
The next race would be the L'Arc representative race a month later. His opponent was Nase Fumino. The winner would head to Europe, and this was also Fujiwara Chiya's final obstacle before facing the world.
The uma musume under her care included Tokai Teio, Grass Wonder, and El Condor Pasa. Every one of them was an absolute standout. This race's difficulty was in no way inferior to a GⅠ race. It might even be higher than a GⅠ. It could be described as a super GⅠ.
However, he was not fighting alone.
Mejiro Dober, Rice Shower, Agnes Tachyon, Matikane Fukukitaru, all of them were first-rate uma musume.
Of course, that also included Gold Ship, whose strength existed in a quantum state.
In short, judging purely by team strength, Fujiwara Chiya did not think he would lose.
The quality of the uma musume on both sides was evenly matched. Therefore, the key to deciding victory would be tactics.
In a team race, tactics were far more important than the individual strength of the uma musume. A suitable tactic could support teammates, weaken opponents, and prevent the other side from displaying their true strength.
For example, Tokai Teio.
She had the strongest talent among everyone. In a normal state, if Shirayuki wanted to surpass her, she would definitely need to open her Domain. And if Teio also awakened her Domain, the result of the race would become unknown.
Fujiwara Chiya did not want to leave the outcome of the race to guts. That would make the win rate fluctuate too much.
In fact, he did not even want to activate the Domain unless it was the final, final resort. The Domain consumed far too much physical and mental strength from an uma musume.
Fujiwara Chiya wanted stability.
He wanted to use rhythm and positioning to decide victory through a method with a higher win rate.
But that was easy to say and difficult to do.
Trying to defeat Nase Fumino, an advanced trainer, with experience and tactics might be even harder than simply using Shirayuki to defeat Teio directly.
Not to mention Grass Wonder and El Condor Pasa would also be present.
There was no need to explain Grass Wonder. Like Mejiro Dober, she specialized in targeting Shirayuki.
El Condor Pasa was probably similar. She would definitely keep a close eye on Shirayuki too. In all likelihood, all three opponents would treat Shirayuki as their target.
Wait.
If that was the case…
Fujiwara Chiya suddenly had an idea.
After everyone gathered, Fujiwara Chiya assigned the day's training content.
He had more or less finished reading Musaka Ginjiro's notes. There were many parts he still did not fully understand, but even the portions he did understand gave him a feeling of sudden clarity.
Musaka Ginjiro had been a trainer for roughly thirty years. He had trained countless uma musume, including some who were worthy of leaving their names in history. But at the same time, there had also been many uma musume he had failed to train properly.
Musaka Ginjiro had written all of his failures in the notes, marking them in glaring red text, reminding himself again and again.
Those experiences and lessons had all been exchanged for the tears of uma musume.
This also made Fujiwara Chiya understand that even veteran trainers had once gone through green and reckless periods.
Everyone had come through that stage.
He was simply luckier. Before he used more uma musume to learn through trial and error, he had first absorbed experience from his predecessors.
Thank you, Three Goddesses, for giving me the chance to change fate.
Fujiwara Chiya silently recited this.
Beside him, Darley suddenly flicked her ears. She turned her head, looked at Fujiwara Chiya, and revealed a faint smile that was almost imperceptible.
After giving out the day's training instructions, Fujiwara Chiya also stood in the group and warmed up together with everyone else.
Ever since he started training together with the uma musume, the enthusiasm within the team had reached an unprecedented high. It was like a general personally leading the charge, raising morale directly to the maximum. Even Gold Ship had started following Fujiwara Chiya's training.
Other teams saw the situation on this side and began trying to imitate it.
However, after accompanying their uma musume for only a couple of laps, those trainers collapsed on the ground, gasping more out than in.
Just as Agnes Tachyon had said, this was a training method that belonged only to Fujiwara Chiya.
No one else could imitate it.
However, there was one point Agnes Tachyon had gotten wrong.
His training did not affect only Shirayuki.
It affected the entire team.
"Rice Shower, pick up the pace! Doto in front, slow your steps a little and keep the rhythm!"
"Yes! Onii-sama!"
"Y-Yes! Trainer-san!"
After five laps of light running, Fujiwara Chiya had everyone begin preparation exercises.
At that moment, someone tugged lightly on his sleeve from the side.
"Fumino?"
Fujiwara Chiya looked at his rival and childhood friend.
She handed him a sheet of paper.
"This is your training plan."