"Good job, assistant. I'll give you candy as a pay rise."
"Ah shit! I accidentally threw a clothes-dissolving acid vial!"
"Bullshit!!"
The young man quickly gets out of dodge when his assistant throws a vial full of green liquid. He knows that his assistant is lying because she throws the vial like a baseball.
"Alright!! That's another cut to your salary!!"
"Ah!! I accidentally dropped twenty clothes-dissolving acid vials!!"
"Fuck you!!"
The young man has to dodge the incoming vials one after another consistently. He swiftly performs somersaults, rolls, hops, and royal guards at each incoming vial.
"Kukuku!! I can do this all day, assistant."
"Ooh! To think the day has come that my skill as a mad scientist has been bested. I guess it's time for another training montage for me."
"Oh goodness… Good job, Trainer Igo Heita. She is already a handful to deal with, now she'll become even more of a menace."
"Well, the one who has to deal with her is the student council, Air Groove. I can walk away with zero concern for my life."
"Sigh… You are such… Sigh…"
"Ehehehe!! Alright!! Back to the inn we go!!"
With the cue from the young man, the group leaves the beach and makes its way toward the inns. The summer sun has begun to dive beyond the horizon, painting the sky reddish orange.
"Say, trainer, what do you usually do in your room after sunset?"
"I invite my harem to have a massive adult sleepover."
"What's an adult sleepover? Can Urara come too?"
"Trainer Igo Heita, can you not tell some very hard-to-explain words to your young trainees?"
"Go ask Rudolph, Urara. She knows all too well what an adult sleepover means."
"For Pete's sake… You are quite the handful man, Trainer Igo Heita."
"If you be a good girl, then maybe I'll invite you to my adult sleepover, Rudolph."
"Oh yeah? Who else would be in this adult sleepover you are so proud of?"
"Uuuh… It's a secret. It's better if it's a surprise, right?"
"Yeah, sure… What's next? You're going to tell us you're actually a secret agent who serves the British Crown or something like that?"
Not that far off from reality, Brian. Maybe she's a counter-intelligence meant to root me out.
"Bye~~ My women are waiting for me."
The young man casually walks away from the group toward the trainers' inn. His entire body language tells everyone just how confident he is in himself. No one would want to turn their body away from a group of umamusumes if they were in his shoes.
"Who is convinced by his stupid story?"
"No one. He is a massive liar. He probably said all of that to appear like he is popular."
"He is an idiot."
"Fufufu~~"
"Ramonu, what are you planning?"
Every umamusume quickly turns their head toward Ramonu once Air Groove points out that the Queen is giggling evilly. If they're in a fantasy setting, Ramonu would be the Evil Queen aiming for the weirdly-annoying-and-perverted Prince Charming.
"There's no need to worry, Air Groove. My only intention is to straighten Trainer Igo Heita into becoming a gentleman."
"Do you think he's capable of that?"
"It's better if we try, Brian."
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"Uuuh…"
I'm going to get fat if this keeps going. Maybe I'll join team Minaz on their next training session.
Air Groove walks down the onsen hallway after deeply cleaning herself in the umamusume onsen. Air Groove's daily activities during the training camp have been lacking in physical activities that burn off carbs, which is where her concern is coming from. She can now pinch and pull on her belly.
"The east wall is the least guarded, but that's a trap."
"They expect us to attack there. They'll quickly retroute the PMC from all sides to the east wall."
"But that's what we wanted. We pretend to fall for their trick, and once they reroute all the members, we strike on the unguarded sides."
Air Groove's ears caught a glimpse of a group of umamusumes planning to attack the trainers' inns. As a vice president of the student council, Air Groove has the responsibility to keep the peace in Tracen Academy, and that means she needs to stop the brewing disaster.
"Stay and be quiet, Air Groove."
"Huh?"
Before Air Groove could ever take a step forward, Mejiro Ramonu suddenly appeared behind her and grabbed the former by her shoulder.
"Ramonu, are you a part of this conspiracy?"
"Of course, not. I already have my people inside the PMC. There's no need for me to plan a raid at the trainers' inns."
"I think I just heard something outrageous."
"I have no quarrel with your sense of duty to stop them, but I do have a quarrel with the fact that you will not take advantage of the situation to gain something for yourself, Air Groove."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Fufufu~~ Watch and learn, Empress. Watch and learn."
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"So you're here to rat out your fellow trainees' plan on their D-Day, yes?"
"Indeed, Major."
The Queen and the Empress make their way toward the trainers' inns once they have gotten enough intel on their fellow umamusumes' plan of invasion. Guns are immediately pointed at them the moment their feet enter the trainers' inn's ground. They were quickly apprehended by the PMC. Thankfully, Ramonu was quick on her mouth.
"And what would you want for that information, Mejiro Ramonu?"
"Major!! Do we really just believe what she said?! She can be lying!!"
"I've also taken that into account, but the Empress is here with her. Her presence alone tells me that the Queen isn't lying."
So that's why she brings me here. She wants to put an air of legitimacy by bringing a member of the student council. What a bitch of an umamusume.
Air Groove is both appalled and awed by the Queen. She now knows what the Queen meant by gaining an advantage in whatever you do. The Queen stopping the Empress not only made sure that the plan of invasion would still hold value to the PMC, but also brought a member with authority here with her.
"There's a certain young man that I have my eyes on. I would love for his room to be moved to the trainees' inns."