"McQueen?"
A siren blares inside the young man's head. Something just doesn't feel right about this McQueen. The usual McQueen would be yelling at him at the top of her lungs.
"Did you fight with Teio? What is it now?"
McQueen silently strolled away from the door and toward the young man. This silence finally made the young man stand up in preparation to meet his first trainee.
"McQueen? If you are worried about whether I'm still sad about your loss, it's okay. I'm focusing on our futures."
"Trainer…" McQueen stood in front of her trainer, but before the young man could ask any further, the Lady of the Mejiro hugged him tightly. "Let's elope."
"I beg your pardon."
"Let's get married and run away. Let's go somewhere far away from here and start a new life. Just the two of us."
"How bad was the fight? Teio would forgive you easily if you ask."
"Has Big Sis Ramonu told you about the ball?"
"The ball…? AH!! Mejiro's Year-End Ball, right?
Yeah!! She told me that I was invited."
"Don't!! Don't go!!!"
"Look… I promise I won't be an embarrassing piece of shit when I'm there. Besides, it would be rude to reject the offer of your grandmother, no?
So I have to–"
"PLEASE!!!"
McQueen lifted her face and looked directly at the young man's face, her face full of tears. It was an ugly cry that didn't spare any emotion in her heart. All of it was displayed on McQueen's face.
"McQueen…"
The young man finally understood the gravity of the situation. McQueen is in her most vulnerable state, and it has something to do with the ball.
The young man has knowledge about the Mejiro Family and their tendency to act like your typical wealthy family from the Middle Ages, but he has almost no knowledge of what happened in those events. He doesn't know if McQueen has a bad memory associated with the ball or not, as the Umamusume game doesn't dwell much on that topic.
"It's alright… What's scared you this much?"
[Uma-Siren] Level 2 activated
"Tell me what makes you worried, McQueen."
"I-I don't want to lose you!! Just like the Triple Crown, you're going to be taken away from me because I failed!!"
"I will? Is that what your grandmother told you?"
"That will happen!!"
"So it's just your assumption, huh? I understand that your mind is not in a great place right now, but it's not good to let it affect your decision.
And how unfaithful do you think I am?"
"Very."
"But I'm still loyal to you regardless of how many wives I have, no?"
"I have never heard a more contradictory statement in my life before."
"It will take a ridiculously powerful hypnosis to pull me off of you. Once I set my eyes on a goal, I won't let it go.
Why are you so confident that your family will take me away anyway? Has it ever happened before?"
"Yes… If Grandmother believes that a trainer would be more beneficial in training someone else, then she will do so."
"And you think that it will be more beneficial if I train someone else other than you?"
"Yes…"
"You seem to be so sure of this. Do you have someone in mind?"
"No…"
"And yet you're so sure of it. Don't you think you're putting the tenth floor too quickly when your foundation isn't built yet?
That's like preparing for our tenth child while still carrying our first one."
"But… I'm a failure…"
"We are a couple of failures, McQueen. Your failure is because of me too.
Why would your grandmother want me when I'm also a failure?"
"..."
"We both are a package, McQueen. Once you have made a contract with me, nothing will separate us."
"Promise…"
"Hahaha… Of course!
I'm going to come to the ball and proclaim my love in front of everyone. If your parents do not approve of our relationship, I will steal you away from them."
"Hahahaha… Are you a dragon or something? Stealing a young lady from her family to keep her in your tower."
"That's not a bad idea. I can't wait to marry you."
"Fufufu~~"
With his trainee now smiling again, the young man can finally relax. There's no greater joy to a trainer than seeing his trainees smiling, except for a billion dollars.
"Say, who will attend the ball anyway?"
"Plenty of rich people, with one of them being the Head of the JRA and his wife."
So those two will come too, huh? I guess that should be expected since Ramonu has a connection with him.
"Do they bring expensive items with them?"
"Please don't steal things at the ball…"
"Either those or I'll steal your first time."
"I dare you. Do it! I dare you! Push me down and strip me off my uniform!!"
"You're getting bold, aren't you? It seems that arrogant Monarch is rubbing on you."
"Or that I know your threats are as hollow as your head."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Yeah… What are you going to do about it?"
*Grope* *Grope* *Grope*
"Are you trying SOMETHING? I could NOT feel it."
Of course McQueen felt the young man's hands groping her body, but compared to how highly he talked about himself, it was nothing.
You would expect someone who confidently proclaims their pervertedness to be bolder when he gets his hands on a surrendering young noble umamusume, no? That's why McQueen keeps taunting the young man who only has his hands around McQueen's waist and belly.
"I will make you eat your words, McQueen."
"I wIlL mAkE yOu EaT yOuR wOrDs~~ Bla bla bla bla~ That's what you sound like."
"..."
"Chicken."
"..."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! WAIT!! WAIT!! THAT TICKLES!!! WAIT!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO!!!"
The young man was getting sick of McQueen's cockiness and decided to do something about it. Since his hands were already around her stomach, the young man decided to punish her there.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! WAIT!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!! I'M SORRY!!!! I'M SSSSSSOOOOORRRRYYYYYY!!!!!"