Uma Musume Pretty Derby: To The Basement

Chapter 395: Uma Musume Pretty Derby: To The Basement [395]

As usual, Tokai Teio came to the Student Council President's office early in the morning to visit her idol.

Whenever Trainer Mizuno was not around, Tokai Teio would go chat with Symboli Rudolf, easing the ache of missing the person she loved by sharing the strange and interesting things that had happened lately.

Last night had been Tanabata in particular. Tokai Teio, having failed to invite Mizuno out, was feeling even more depressed and urgently needed to come vent to her idol.

So Tokai Teio had gotten up early and arrived at the Student Council President's office ahead of time to wait for Symboli Rudolf.

And when she saw that the lights in the Student Council President's office were actually on, Tokai Teio was overjoyed. She thought Symboli Rudolf had woken up even earlier than her and come here to work.

"Prez~" Tokai Teio called in her soft, childish voice as she pushed open the door to the President's office.

The moment she opened the door, she saw three women and one man sitting in a neat row on the cramped sofa, their expressions solemn. Their trembling eyes faintly revealed a trace of nervousness, as though they had just done something bad.

However, Tokai Teio was in no mood to pay attention to such details right now. Her head was full of wanting to discuss her Trainer with her idol, so she noticed Mizuno, squeezed between the three Umamusume, at a glance.

"Trainer?!" Tokai Teio cried out in surprise, never having expected Mizuno to be here too.

"Trainer~" Tokai Teio could not wait any longer and pounced toward Mizuno, burrowing into his arms like a small animal. She wrapped both arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest.

"Suki~ suki~ suki~" Tokai Teio confessed her love while greedily sniffing the scent on him.

But as she sniffed, Tokai Teio suddenly noticed that Mizuno smelled a little strange.

This smell was something she caught every year from April to May, carried over by the breeze on the street. It smelled stinky, with a particularly bitter feel to it. Tokai Teio did not like it at all.

But what was on Trainer Mizuno was different. Although it was a similar scent, his was sweeter and more fragrant, like brewed rice wine, giving off a faint, mellow aroma that made an Umamusume a little dizzy.

"Trainer, why do you smell so good? Did you put on some perfume?" Tokai Teio lifted her head and asked.

"!" That question scared the other three Umamusume beside them half to death, because the smell on Mizuno right now was not perfume at all. It was proof that they had gone through a great battle last night!

"Teio, why did you come so early?" Symboli Rudolf smiled awkwardly, trying to change the subject.

"Because I missed Trainer Mizuno so much I couldn't sleep~" Tokai Teio smiled brightly as she stared at Mizuno's face, her tail wagging happily like a puppy's.

"Oh right, Trainer, why are you here? Weren't you away on a business trip?" Tokai Teio asked, then looked in confusion at the other two nervous-looking Umamusume.

"And why are Air Groove-senpai and Maruzen-senpai here too?"

Tokai Teio could still understand Air Groove-senpai being here. After all, she was the Vice President, so it was normal for her to be working with President Rudolf in the Student Council President's office.

But Maruzen-senpai being here was a little strange. She was not a member of the Student Council, and she had not appeared for more than a month. Now that she had appeared again, she was actually together with Trainer Mizuno. This made the possessive Tokai Teio faintly smell a hint of an affair.

"Ah, me?" Being stared at by Tokai Teio made Maruzensky break out in a cold sweat. Her guilty eyes drifted to the side. "I went on the business trip together with Onii... Trainer Mizuno. We only just got back early this morning."

"But Trainer said he was going on a business trip with the school bus driver, didn't he? Why did Maruzen-senpai go along too?" Tokai Teio continued asking.

"Ah..." Maruzensky did not know how to explain and stammered, unable to get the words out.

At that moment, Air Groove helped her out.

"Trainer Mizuno did indeed go with the school bus driver at first. It was just that they were a little short on hands, so he brought Maruzensky along too."

"Eh? Is that so?" Tokai Teio tilted her head, half understanding. "Then how does Air Groove-senpai know? Did you go too, Air Groove-senpai?"

"That's right." Symboli Rudolf took over the conversation. "Actually, I went along as well. After we finished handling everything, we only got back here in the middle of the night. Since there were many documents that needed organizing, we spent the entire night dealing with them here."

"Oh~ So that's how it was." Tokai Teio nodded thoughtfully, then looked in confusion at Mizuno, who had stayed silent the entire time.

Ever since she entered, it had always been the President and the others explaining things. Trainer Mizuno had not said a word, as if his mouth had been sealed shut.

"Trainer, say something." Tokai Teio affectionately rubbed against Mizuno's chest again, blinking her big eyes adorably.

Mizuno: ...

What was he supposed to say? Should he tell her everything Symboli Rudolf and the others had done to him last night? Or should he follow along with their lies and hide the truth?

Mizuno looked at the nervous expressions on Symboli Rudolf and the others, then at Tokai Teio's pure eyes. After hesitating again and again, he finally decided to hide it.

After all, Tokai Teio was only a young girl who had debuted barely two months ago. In terms of strength and connections, she was far beneath these three veteran Umamusume. Telling her would not help anything. It would only add to her worries, make Tokai Teio jealous, and send her into a dark turn. So going along with them should be Mizuno's best choice at the moment.

"The President and the others are right. We really did 'work' all night..."

"Phew..." Hearing Mizuno's answer, the three Umamusume immediately let out a breath of relief.

Good thing Trainer Mizuno did not reveal the secret. Otherwise, for the sake of their reputations, they might have had to activate Plan Two and lock Trainer Mizuno in the dungeon.

"You worked all night? Then Trainer must be really tired!" Tokai Teio said in surprise.

"Yeah, pretty tired..." The corner of Mizuno's mouth twitched as he held his waist. Both of his kidneys were still aching faintly.

With the amount of exercise those three Umamusume had done last night, if it had been any other Trainer, their pelvis would probably have cracked by now...

"Then hurry back and sleep, Trainer!" Tokai Teio jumped out of Mizuno's arms, grabbed his arm, and started pulling him outside. "If you worked that hard, you have to rest properly!"

"Mm." Mizuno did not refuse and stood up from the sofa.

He had happened to be lacking an excuse to leave this den of demons. Now that Tokai Teio wanted to pull him back to rest, Mizuno was naturally happy to accept. And in order to avoid exposing themselves, Symboli Rudolf and the others presumably had no reason to refuse.

Only, Mizuno and Tokai Teio had just reached the door when someone called them back.

"Wait!" Symboli Rudolf called out to Mizuno, took an exquisitely made key from a drawer, then placed it in Mizuno's palm.

"Here. This is the key to the Student Council. With it, you'll be able to come in here at night from now on."

Mizuno looked at the key in his hand, a question mark practically popping up over his head. "What would I come here at night for?"

"Because when we have needs, we'll be here at night too," Symboli Rudolf said with a smile.

"At night, you'll be here to... Hiss..." Mizuno sucked in a cold breath, suddenly understanding what she meant.

The Emperor was planning to expand this place into a hunting ground!

"Teio, this is for you." The moment he stepped out the door, Mizuno immediately turned around and handed the key to Tokai Teio.

"For me? Yay!" Tokai Teio held the Student Council key, delighted.

Now she could enter the President's office anytime to chat with the Prez~

"Thank you, Trainer~" Tokai Teio really wanted to jump up and kiss Mizuno, but he looked far too tired right now, so she did not act rashly.

"Something this meaningful should be done after Trainer Mizuno has recovered his energy~" Tokai Teio convinced herself, then continued hugging Mizuno's arm as they walked toward the tent at the Academy Flowerbeds.

As they walked, Tokai Teio suddenly noticed a very crucial blind spot.

"Eh? Trainer, you can walk on both legs now?"

...

Not long after Mizuno left the Student Council, a handsome-prince Umamusume, Fuji Kiseki, happened to pass slowly near the plaza in a dejected state.

With her keen sense of smell, as she passed through the staff-building area where the Student Council was located, she suddenly caught a faint, unfamiliar scent in the air, drifting out from the Student Council President's office.

The scent was not blood, but it was connected to blood in some way.

"What a unique scent... Could it be him?!"

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T/N: ... THEY ACTUALLY FUCKED HIM OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG WHERES THE SCENEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

(i have the fabled chapter 393.... i will translate it teehee but surely such a thing cannot go on webnovel! oh no no no!)

(i translated it and posted it on webnovel since theres noa ctual seggs... sigh)

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