Chapter 1296: with translation of chapter title

NO．200：Sirius, the chief warlike ominous star

Sirius is the brightest star visible from Earth in the whole sky; although its significance as a nighttime marker falls slightly short of Venus (also called the Morning Star, but it is a planet), it still has attracted considerable attention throughout history.

But frankly speaking, when lost in the deep night without direction, people still prioritize the Big Dipper and the nearby North Star.

Because the position of the Morning Star often changes, and it's hardly visible in the deep night, while Sirius itself is a constellation that somewhat tests astronomical knowledge, Sirius is not often used as a guide.

It is more often mentioned as part of a constellation, or as an embodiment of an omen of aggression in the East, largely carrying an ominous meaning of bringing war and disaster.

In a certain sense, the symbolism of Sirius truly lives up to its name.

Whether it is her consistently aggressive attitude, or her experience of going to extraterrestrial battlefields after 6 battles and 4 wins on home soil (the association is located off Earth, for example, the competitions promoted and arranged in Heaven's Gate City), it makes her live up to her name, and like Bai Ren, she is a lone wolf living apart from the crowd.

But just as Bai Ren later ended up with an extraordinarily hard-to-describe result, Sirius's achievements in extraterrestrial battles were also quite miserable, and the choice to return to Earth was at one point slashed by the sharp pens of extremist media as a fleeing defeat.

No matter how you say it, the fact of returning to Earth after multiple defeats lies there; the cards circulating among fan groups have no shiny, variant, or gilded reprints, and the number is a mediocre 4, which is not very auspicious in either the Dongyan or Jidong linguistic context.

Moreover, the research on the spirit of horse racing is equally sad; the experience of wandering without a fixed home, competing everywhere yet rarely achieving success, is simply called the drifting Sirius.

As for her trainer…… the trainer selected and provided by the Symbol Family, had almost no news before Sirius returned to Earth.

Considering that Yuechi Symbol was still present then, and that the group of elders who held meetings in the main house were still alive, and again considering Rudolf's past trainers' experiences…… the outcome of Sirius's trainer is obviously not convenient to examine in detail.

Precisely against this information backdrop, the confidence and arrogance consistently displayed by the rose-haired woman truly could not suppress Aomo in the slightest.

He always felt a certain degree of regret for Sirius's situation.

Although this is obviously not what the other party wants, and might even provoke them, in his view, more than half of the problems in that failed expedition all the way stem from the vicious cycle brought upon by the main house.

Even if distant from the Symbol Family, the step-by-step oppression of fighting alone on foreign battlefields never left.

The oppressive, deformed atmosphere never departed; the girl never broke free from her childhood feelings, and her trainer, standing in a multi-sided pressure-resistant position, ultimately ending up in an unspeakable state was also a natural outcome.

And when that girl's age had grown enough to be called a woman, and she could only return to her hometown carrying that sorry performance, she generally prepared herself to oppose the family to the end.

In an exceptionally passive manner.

She defied many experts' predictions by not re-entering any competition, which should have invited ridicule, but in the information crucible of the Jiemen District that changes in an instant, her bit of news failed to stir any waves.

No one paid attention; this might be the best outcome, yet it might also be her greatest torment.

After all, that hardened, arrogant demeanor is not necessarily all an act; at some point, she was indeed largely that proud girl.

While running on different tracks from her childhood sweetheart Rudolf, she highlighted the Symbol Family's foundation.

Over time, it almost became a habitual persona; even at her weakest, she never retracted, and that hollow-shell-like layer instead became the final shield, a line of defense against all hostility and malice.

And as things stand now, whether her heart still retains that initial confidence and pride, Aomo believes it does.

It is said that childhood misfortune requires a lifetime to heal, but if you have been opposing misfortune since childhood, then you are only one opportunity away from the anticipated happiness, though that opportunity is often fleeting.

A person's life often has countless opportunities, but what one can truly hold in hand is usually only one or two.

But there is also a kind of fortune called happiness descending from heaven, which descends lacking a sense of reality.

This is not fleeting, but an opportunity that will lie before one's eyes for a long time.

The incident in which Yuechi Symbol, together with the Symbol Family's elder team, took their bow, indeed affected the lives of too many people.

There are those who stepped down into obscurity, and those who encountered sudden brightness; the former are not worth noting, while the latter evidently includes the symbol of Sirius.

They are mostly like the doctor of Rhodes Island, the grand special of the Kazzarell Military Committee, and Holorheyya at the training field, all struck dumbfounded by the sudden turn of fortune in life.

Dazed to the point of lacking realism, they often retain doubt in their hearts, feeling that one day they will wake up still trapped in the urgency of being unable to see the future.

Aomo is all too familiar with such a mindset, for even from a young age he has seen too many of these feelings in the interview cases of transmigrants.

The intense ecstasy does not bring an immediate return to ordinary happiness, but rather a heightened suspicion and tension that lasts for a considerable period.

Aomo never asks why the symbol of Sirius clings to him, nor does he ask how her personality—giving no face to anyone, and being too lazy to say a few more words—comes to constantly 'toss' him.

That is an overly foolish question, and it could lead to even more foolish developments.

After all, frankly speaking, the symbol of Sirius may be a warrior unwilling to yield, but the result of long-term opposition to the Symbol Family is likewise an alienation, presenting an extremism beyond the ordinary.

Aomo Lindun never believed that the Symbol Family had any psychologically healthy individuals in a universal sense, just as he believes only warriors bestowed with scales and claws can fight evil dragons, and those who can persist in the Symbol Family for so many years while maintaining a normal-person facade deserve special attention.

He does not discriminate against the existence of psychological alienation; after all, he also has self-awareness, but this does not mean that those who are alienated must approach each other without any reservation.

For his own relatively satisfactory life, he has always tried to place those alienated individuals who would disturb his living condition as far away as possible.

Alienation can also degenerate.

Humans are creatures easily influenced by environment; the elation-seekers' gains and losses do not last a lifetime, and such people are more often like children, their hearts filled with childish joys and sorrows, which only need time for them to heal themselves.

Thus, when you repeatedly ignore the Symbol of Sirius's ever-clear demand, sidestepping the topic of 'becoming a trainer' with jokes and irrelevant talk, even though she always appears crude, boorish, and lacking emotional intelligence, she will gradually withdraw.

Gradually learning to let go.

And gradually she will no longer regard you as special; at that point, your surroundings will also gradually quiet down, needing only occasional updates from other members of the Symbol Family about her status, or scrolling through the dynamics on her Umastagram account, to count as a genuine return to normalcy.

But, will the facts really develop so smoothly?

Are you perhaps so focused on your confrontation with the Symbol of Sirius that you have overlooked the girls around you?

Or have you considered that, due to the same demand from the girls around you, the Symbol of Sirius's 'moves' might change, gaining a few points that could be counted as a methodological outline?

"……Perhaps you are right."

"Are you being stubborn? The facts are clearly laid out before you."

At dusk, it is already the time when many students stride out with light steps after school, and also the time when the Tressen 'exam kings' each appear.

This time, it is Aomo, covered in black smoke, standing at the edge of the parking lot, looking at the smug Symbol of Sirius.

Just as she said, even if she continues to keep silent and sell mysteries, when Aomo welcomes back the girls who have been tuned to the best decisive outfits, and also welcomes the variously styled bickering, he can somewhat see some similarity from the comparison between this high school group and the college and veteran groups.

Then comes the verification of an absurd conclusion.

It is because of oneself.

Although this still cannot prove how much Qianming and Bai Ren want to make oneself their trainer, at least, the fact that one became Rudolf's trainer in the news did indeed affect them, making them unwilling to talk about matches.

But this wasn't already foreshadowed, was it? They clearly knew this arrangement beforehand, so why do they now present a ……

Just thinking that Qian also occasionally shows a kind of 'knowing but unable to accept' willfulness, Aomo's puzzlement is largely relieved.

Although there are still many unknowns, this part can indeed be fitted into a formula, with a very low threshold for understanding.

But... but this again...

You're not thinking you're a new training instructor unworthy of this honor, are you? You're not wondering... why it's you, are you?

"..." He checked his train of thought in time, but the other person finished it for him; Aomo already raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"You want to say..." He looked up at the distant dusk, "You guys don't really need any professional expertise, do you?"

By now you know this too, right? We're not those little girls; we don't need to stare from the start at coaching running form, regulating breathing, training judgment—we even each have our own resources and connections.

You just need a calming pill, at least someone who won't hold you back, can support you, an unwavering friend, even a stable logistics.

Exactly, you're finally starting to get smart, starting to look a bit like how we were when we first met.

……

Now, start worrying—I'm glad to see you looking so worried.

Tianlangxing symbolically smiled; only this expression, Aomo dared say, was her heartfelt joy.

The Dream Cup won't start until next year; in two days it's still those little girls' match—they've just begun. Even if it's Qianming, the representative whose style is all over the place, and Chengtian Bai Ren, who charges ahead cluelessly, they'd still have the self-respect and pride not to disturb those little girls' crucial development phase, so just focus on training them during this time—don't overthink it.

But you know I'll inevitably think a lot.

Ah, indeed, so go ahead and think—wonder whether you should leave them hanging like that, just as you're doing now.

……

——

... Suzi team member.

You all heard that pretty clearly, right?

... Hmm, training instructor, the pressure is huge.

... He really should tell us.

What say? Tunshujun couldn't possibly say such a thing—I'm saying that woman following Tunshujun all this way has ill intentions; now I say unite, you guys have no objections, right?