From the club specially funded and established by the Gold family, Orfevre emerged after a day of training, calmly nodding to the reporters who had been waiting for a long time.
"Excuse me, is what you said at the Triple Crown horse girl exhibition true?"
"I do not deign to lie."
"So you believe that the previous Triple Crown horse girls were not—"
Hearing the reporter's clearly leading question, a cold glint flashed in Orfevre's eyes. An unspeakable pressure immediately fell upon the reporter, making his body instinctively take several steps back. If it weren't for the help of his colleagues, he might have been so scared that he would have collapsed on the ground.
Orfevre raised her head and looked down at the reporter who had already lost his nerve, her voice cold. "If a horse girl wants to go one step further, she must have a race that pushes her to her limit against an opponent of equal caliber."
"And I have not seen such a worthy opponent in this generation."
"Therefore, this generation's classic Triple Crown will be, and can only be, my stage alone—"
"Without exception!"
The reporter, who was being stared down by her, his heart was pounding wildly, and a cold sweat was constantly trickling down his forehead. His legs were trembling uncontrollably. His instincts were telling him to flee immediately, but seeing her terrifying eyes, which were like Mount Tai pressing down on him, he lost all strength to even move. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, he nodded tremblingly. Only then did she withdraw her gaze. The reporter, who had finally escaped from this pressure, immediately went limp.
"Is there anything else you want to ask me?" Her gaze swept over the reporters present. The ones she looked at all broke out in a cold sweat. After all, the fate of the previous impertinent questioner was still right before their eyes.
However, the reporters' thirst for a scoop eventually overcame their reason. After repeatedly weighing their words in their minds, another reporter finally stood up and asked, "Have you decided on your next race?"
"The next race worthy of being bathed in my glory is the Spring Stakes." Because this was just an ordinary question, her tone also softened a little.
Seeing her withdraw her previous violent demeanor, the reporters all rushed forward, scrambling to ask questions.
"Why hasn't the Gold family's Gold Ship appeared in public for a long time?"
"My sister has gone traveling."
"What do you think of the central Tracen's new star, Triumphant Ballet?"
"A decent level, but unfortunately, she was born in my generation."
"There are rumors that you intend to go on an expedition abroad to challenge the Arc de Triomphe after winning the classic Triple Crown. Is this true?"
Hearing the last reporter's question, a rather wild smile appeared on her lips. She aimed her brilliant eyes at the camera behind the reporter, as if she were announcing to the whole world, "I will not only participate, but I will also break that shameful curse and bring victory and glory back to the Gold family!"
With that, she strode towards the waiting luxurious car, ignoring the reporters' responses behind her. However, as she was about to get in, her ears twitched. She had suddenly picked out a question from the reporters that interested her a little.
"Do you know of Celestial Weave? The country horse girl who recently announced her participation in the Kyodo Tsushin Hai. I heard she wants to represent the local horse girls and pull all the prestigious families from the central circuit down from the championship seat."
"Hoh—" Orfevre turned around, her eyes slightly narrowed, her tone playful. "A mere country horse girl has such great ambition?"
"Yes! And she's from Kasamatsu Tracen! The Kasamatsu Tracen of the Miracle Generation's Oguri Cap!"
"Hmph, hmph, hahahahahaha! Interesting! You've amused me!" As if she were amused by the reporter, she let out a hearty laugh, looking at him as if he were a clown or a court jester.
"Is... is there a problem?" A drop of cold sweat trickled down the reporter's forehead. The previous scene was still fresh in his mind. He subconsciously wanted to back down. But, he glanced at the press pass hanging around his neck. It clearly read—
Gifu Publishing, special correspondent Kanno Tajin.
His surname came from Mount Tajin on the outskirts of Kasamatsu. He had also grown up in Kasamatsu. After becoming an adult, he had also found a job in Gifu Prefecture, which was only a ten- or twenty-minute train ride from Kasamatsu. A courage that had come from who knows where suddenly supported his steps that had wanted to retreat. Faced with her playful eyes, he straightened his back and replied, "Celestial Weave won almost all of the top-tier races at Kasamatsu last year. She is our pride. We all believe she has such a possibility!"
Faced with this king who carried the glory of the entire Gold family and was looked up to by almost all of Japan, he closed his eyes and shouted the words in his heart like a cannonball. But just as he was preparing to face her wrath, she suddenly said, "Good guts."
Hearing this, he opened his eyes tentatively. He saw that she was looking at him seriously. "But... it's not that I'm deliberately looking down on the local horse girls."
"Trainers, training facilities, training grounds—they are too far behind the central circuit. Even if they are lucky enough to make it to the central circuit, they will immediately be overwhelmed by the intensity of the races here."
"The horse girls with a little bit of talent have long since been selected into the central Tracen."
"Those who are left in the local circuit—"
"Even if they are lucky enough to get into a central race, they won't get any good results."
With that, she opened the car door and got in.
Kanno clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, but he still didn't relax. He certainly knew that what she had said was the absolute truth. As a horse racing reporter, he also knew how big the gap between the local and central circuits was. But whenever he wanted to give up and retreat, he would involuntarily think of last year, the scene when he was sent to Kasamatsu Racecourse to watch the Kasamatsu Kinen. The brilliance that that red streak of light had erupted with on the track had made everyone turn their heads. Even he, who had long since been disappointed, couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope, to the point that he had just asked such a question.
"What if? What if she really wins the Kyodo Tsushin Hai!" he clenched his fists and shouted in the direction she had left.
Just as he was watching the black luxury car start to move, thinking that he would not get an answer, a leisurely response suddenly came from ahead. "Then let her come find me at the Satsuki Sho."
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