Mission Complete: [Apologize to Tokai Teio]
Mission Rating: E
Reward: None
Suggestions:
Take off the Doctor's Outfit and let Tokai Teio see your true face. That is the prerequisite for a proper apology.
Add Tokai Teio as a friend and change your avatar to the same Symboli Rudolf image as hers.
Show Tokai Teio that you are about to possess abundant experience, and invite her to become your assigned horse girl.
...
"Yeah, yeah, sure. Next time."
Seeing that the system, after he had completed the mission, was once again offering basically the same setup suggestions as before, Tang Han did not argue. He chose to brush it off instead.
I can agree with my mouth without doing a single thing.
"Alright. Time to finish the next apology mission."
Tang Han looked at the three horse girls in the distance, still chatting animatedly, then turned and left the cafeteria.
In truth, after delivering the honey special, he had not immediately gone. Instead, he had hidden himself in a secluded corner and watched Tokai Teio and the others from afar.
Only after confirming that Oguri Cap had not revealed anything useful did Tang Han leave in satisfaction.
The apology mission had forced him to come into contact with Tokai Teio again, yes—but now that the mission was finished, he would absolutely, definitely, under no circumstances have any further entanglement with her.
Next, he was off to find Rice Shower.
(The joy of a big-brother type.)
But Tang Han had not seen Rice Shower come to the cafeteria for dinner. Based on his brother-type understanding of Rice Shower, that meant she was very likely in one particular place.
With his hands in his pockets, Tang Han headed for the training grounds.
...
Several diligent horse girls were still training at Tracen's practice field.
Evening was falling, and the dim light blurred the world into shadows. Running under such conditions was far harder than it was under a bright sun.
And on top of that, this was the time when one ought to be eating and replenishing energy. After an entire afternoon of training, the horse girls had already burned through all their strength. To keep running on empty stomachs at a time like this was a serious test of willpower.
"Oysters~"
A few unnamed horse girls, though hardworking, could not hold on for long. One after another, they collapsed onto the grassy track.
But aside from those exhausted girls, one small horse girl was still running.
"Heave-ho heave-ho"
The petite horse girl wore a little black hat adorned with a blue rose. Maintaining a steady rhythm, she jogged lap after lap across the grass without stopping to rest even once.
That horse girl's identity...
Was none other than the brother-types' beloved Rice Shower.
Even though every muscle in her body ached, her lungs felt like they were on fire, and sweat had already soaked through her training clothes, Rice Shower kept running. There was not the slightest sign that she intended to give up.
She still had ten laps left before reaching the goal she had set for herself, and until that goal was completed, Rice Shower had no intention of stopping.
At the outer edge of the training ground, the afro-haired new trainer had gathered the others around him and was pointing this way and that at the horse girls on the track.
"No good," he said, shaking his head. "Her running form is no good, and her natural talent is no good either. Completely hopeless."
The afro-haired trainer's real name was Hiroshima Baozha.
By virtue of his audacity in refusing the senior trainers' offer and his critiques that sounded vaguely reasonable, Hiroshima Baozha had already begun to emerge as the unofficial leader of the little group of new trainers.
"Yeah, true enough," the others agreed.
Even Goumon Kantsuu, who was also among them, frowned, clearly unconvinced.
"Trainer Hiroshima, what about that horse girl?" Goumon Kantsuu pointed toward Rice Shower, who was still stubbornly running.
"She's been going the whole time. She's working very hard. Looks like she has a lot of guts."
Before his older brother disappeared, Goumon Kantsuu had learned a little about horse-girl training from him. He still had at least some eye for this sort of thing, and he immediately spotted the extraordinary strength of Rice Shower's will.
But Hiroshima Baozha merely sneered at the very thing that set Rice Shower apart.
"She's too small, and she's not fast. Doesn't look like she has the talent to win championships. What's the point of guts?" he declared confidently.
"Talent decides everything. For a genius, all it takes is a little effort to win. But for mediocrities, no matter how hard they work, they'll never even touch the shadow of a genius running casually ahead."
"Exactly," the other new trainers chimed in.
Most of them looked down on Rice Shower, this small and unimpressive horse girl. And even the few who did not entirely agree were swept along by the tone Hiroshima Baozha had set, and ended up accepting the same conclusion.
"Let's go, let's go. We'll come back tomorrow and see if there are any horse girls worth taking on."
Hiroshima Baozha snorted proudly and led the others away.
Though Goumon Kantsuu did not agree with him, he lacked the courage to speak up, and could only follow after the group.
After the new trainers left, the horse girls who had run out of stamina also gradually departed the training grounds, leaving only Rice Shower behind to continue running.
A few more minutes passed, and she was finally down to the last two laps before reaching her goal.
But the exhaustion in her body made her steps heavier and heavier.
"No... I can't give up yet. I have to finish the goal I set..."
Rice Shower came to a stop and rested briefly.
"Go, Rice Shower! Ganbatte, oh~"
She raised her hand in a tiny, adorable gesture of self-encouragement.
Then, having cheered herself on, she started running again.
"Pfft!"
Tang Han had only just arrived at the training grounds, and he was immediately struck by a direct hit of Rice Shower's cuteness.
It was as though he had been shot. He dropped to his knees, clutching his chest and gasping for air.
Back when Tang Han had first watched Rice Shower's story, just seeing her do that little "oh~" had already melted him into a writhing mess. Now that he was seeing Rice Shower do it in person, Tang Han, as one of the brother-types, nearly had his heart stop from sheer overload.
At that moment, he became rather grateful that he had managed to suppress his brother-type impulses earlier and had not chosen Rice Shower as his assigned horse girl. Otherwise, faced with Rice Shower's adorable presence, he would definitely have lost every shred of reason and transformed into the ultimate Rice Shower doting fanatic... and then, sooner or later, gotten horse-girl-jumped once her affection maxed out.
Tang Han took the lucky sachet out of his inventory. A blue rose was embroidered on it. All he had to do was give it to Rice Shower, and the apology mission would be complete—much simpler than Tokai Teio's apology mission had been.
But Rice Shower was still running right now, so Tang Han decided to wait until she finished before going over. Just like when he had delivered the honey special to Tokai Teio, he could simply slip it quietly into her pocket and leave, avoiding unnecessary contact in case his brother-type tendencies flared up.
Two laps were nothing for a horse girl. It did not take long before Rice Shower completed her goal and stopped to catch her breath.
"Now!"
With the lucky sachet clenched in his hand, Tang Han silently approached Rice Shower.
But when he got to within about ten meters of her, his foot suddenly slipped, and he crashed face-first into the grass.
Thud!
"Eek!"
The sound of Tang Han falling startled Rice Shower. She turned toward the noise—but saw nothing at all.
A little frightened, she quickly hurried away.
"Ow..."
Tang Han pushed himself up from the ground and touched his nose.
That fall had nearly flattened it.
"This is bad."
Seeing that Rice Shower had already gotten farther away while he was down, Tang Han hurried after her.
But again, just as he got to within about ten meters of Rice Shower, his foot snagged on a clump of grass that had somehow twisted together like a rope.
Thud!
Tang Han smashed face-first into the ground again.
"Eek!"
Rice Shower looked toward the noise once more, but still could not see anything. Her face went pale as she imagined something terrifying.
Then she took off running.
"Wait—"
Tang Han was just about to call out and make his presence known, but a sudden gust of northwest wind rushed straight down his throat and blocked his voice.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
By the time Tang Han cleared his throat and was ready to call after Rice Shower, she was already far away.
Only then did Tang Han realize something was seriously wrong.
Why did these unlucky accidents keep happening every time he tried to get close to Rice Shower?
And not once, but three times. Three.
Things did not happen three times in a row by coincidence. Something was absolutely preventing him from approaching Rice Shower.
In response to Tang Han's confusion, the system finally explained:
"It is the God of Misfortune attached to Rice Shower. It is preventing you from giving the lucky sachet to her."
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