The next day—Monday—it was time for afternoon training again.
As usual, Tang Han arrived early and waited at the edge of the training grounds. Only after Urara and all the horse girls training with her had gathered did he slowly walk over.
"Good afternoon," Tang Han greeted them as he entered everyone's view.
"Good afternoon, Trainer~"
"Hello, Big Brother…"
"Ohohohohohoho—good afternoon, Tang Han, Trainer."
"Hello, Tang Han, Trainer~"
"Good day."
Urara, Rice Shower, King Halo, Tokai Teio, and Mejiro McQueen each greeted him in turn.
"Alright, alright, alright." Like an elder handing out New Year's money, Tang Han distributed a cup of honey special drink to each of the girls.
"Thank you~"
After thanking him, the five beautiful girls began happily enjoying their drinks.
Once they were half full and their motivation had risen, Tang Han started explaining Urara's training plan for the day.
This week, Urara's training load was heavier than last week's.
After all, her debut race was next week. Tang Han had to make her strong enough to take first place.
Although Tang Han's doctor's coat now had a full four months left on it, meaning he did not urgently need to complete tasks to extend its duration, and his survival was already much more secure than before—
That only meant, on the surface, that getting Urara to first place was not something he needed to panic about.
But Tang Han also had another issue to consider:
Misfortune would recover her strength before long.
Within three months, Tang Han had to guide his chosen horse girl to victory in a G1 race and gather enough Hope energy to face Misfortune when she returned.
Compared to the true prodigies, Urara still was not strong enough. She needed much more training to catch up.
Of course, Tang Han was not about to pressure or exploit Urara just because time was tight. He would only use the most reasonable, effective, and enjoyable training plan possible to help her improve.
"Then let's begin today's training."
"Okay~"
But just as everyone finished warming up and prepared to head onto the track, Tang Han suddenly heard Lucky's warning in his mind.
Beep beep beep, Boss, the alarm's gone off.
Tang Han replied inwardly, The alarm went off? Is there danger?
Nope.
If it's not danger, then is it something good?
Also nope.
Tang Han: ?
If it's neither dangerous nor good, what do you mean?
Lucky hesitated.
How do I put this…
Right. Think of my alarm system like a traffic light. Red means danger, green means safety.
So what is it now?
Yellow.
Tang Han: Huh?
It means I can't tell whether it's dangerous or not. What happens next depends entirely on your decision. Your next choice will determine whether the future turns lucky or unfortunate.
That kind of situation existed too?
Tang Han let out a faint chuckle.
"My next choice, huh?"
He was not afraid of this warning at all.
Because he was rational.
He had faced this sort of crossroads countless times before—situations where he had to choose the direction forward—and more often than not, he had picked the right path.
So Tang Han was not the least bit worried that his decision would lead to misfortune.
That was simply how capable he was.
Just as he was thinking that, Rice Shower shyly stepped up in front of him.
"Big Brother…"
"Rice Shower, is something wrong?" Tang Han asked.
After spending several days with Rice Shower, Tang Han's resistance to her cuteness had increased dramatically. Even when she called him "Big Brother" now, it no longer made him instantly die of emotional overload.
"Rice Shower… actually has something she wants to show you…"
She lowered her head timidly, fidgeting with her fingers in nervous embarrassment.
"Oh?" Tang Han was curious.
Was Rice Shower going to give him another gift?
Chocolate? Please no. After what happened last time, Tang Han had developed something of a trauma toward chocolate. He really did not want to eat that stuff again.
Still, if it was a gift from Rice Shower, then as a "big brother" type, there was no way he could refuse. At worst, if he got drunk again, he could just have Lucky keep an eye on him so he would not do anything suicidal.
But what Rice Shower wanted to show him was not a gift box of chocolates.
It was something even more lethal to Tang Han.
"Haa…"
Rice Shower took a deep breath, trying to summon her courage.
That only made Tang Han even more curious.
What exactly was she trying to show him?
Then Rice Shower lifted both hands in front of her chest.
"Onii-sama…"
In a soft, sweet voice, she called out and made a heart shape with her hands toward Tang Han.
"Mmm…"
But she could not even hold the pose for a full second before she blushed furiously and crouched down in embarrassment.
In front of the real Big Brother, she still did not have enough courage to act cute.
Because of that, the little heart she had fired at Tang Han was tiny and unstable—fragile enough that it looked as though it might shatter from the lightest touch.
Rice Shower's tiny heart floated slowly toward Tang Han.
Pop.
It struck Tang Han softly and entered his body.
Tang Han shuddered.
And then…
He simply stood there.
Completely motionless.
There was no further reaction.
As though Rice Shower's attempt at acting cute had done absolutely nothing to him.
Tang Han: "..."
"Mmm…"
Rice Shower secretly raised her head, only to see Tang Han reacting like that, and her heart sank.
Big Brother had no interest at all in her trying to be cute…
And the way he was reacting now…
Did that mean he hated her?
So after all…
Rice Shower was not cute at all…
"Uuu…"
Her ears drooped and her spirits fell.
"Trainer~?"
Beside him, Urara poked Tang Han curiously and found that he was standing there like a piece of wood, utterly unresponsive.
Could it be that Trainer was practicing some amazing new ninja technique?
"Yay I want to learn too"
Urara stood next to Tang Han and, like a little wooden doll, also froze in place.
"Tang Han, Trainer?"
King Halo, Tokai Teio, and Mejiro McQueen also noticed that something was strange about Tang Han and gathered around him.
Normally, if they came within one meter of him, Tang Han would immediately step back, always keeping a careful distance and radiating an unmistakable keep away aura.
But now, they had come right up beside him. They could even reach out and touch his clothes, yet he still showed no reaction whatsoever. Even his usual cold, distant air had vanished.
"Tang Han, Trainer?"
The horse girls curiously poked at him with their fingers, finding it rather amusing.
They normally never got to touch Tang Han, Trainer.
But now they could touch him as much as they wanted.
And somehow…
It felt like, at this moment, they could do anything they pleased to him.
Should they pull down his hood and see what he really looked like?
The girls did not know what had happened.
But Lucky, attached to Tang Han, did.
Because Lucky could see that above Tang Han's head, two enormous characters had appeared:
[Charmed]
Lucky: Boss! Snap out of it! Boss!
Tang Han: "..."
Lucky: Boss!
Tang Han…
…had stood there and died from sheer emotional overload.
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