Chapter 1573: with translation of chapter title

NO．188：But they undoubtedly merely observed the surface.

Perhaps this is a kind of being overly sentimental.

When you show up to provoke someone who otherwise has no impression of you, your image tends to earn an extra nervous label on top of being a villain.

But if you pretend to be completely unrelated and honestly just go run your own course……

That is probably Aimu Zhiji, not her Senlinbaoxue.

Nor is it her Ailisuzhi.

Yes, even though Ailisuzhi and the others know nothing about this side of Senlinbaoxue, it does not stop them from likewise straying onto the edge of being overly sentimental.

Because early this morning, a handwritten letter brimming with fragrance appeared in their activity room.

Indeed, although today is neither February 14 nor March 14, the letter landing on the trainer's usual single-person sofa is enough to display an astonishing presence!

But before the ever-effortlessly rule‑breaking Ailisuzhi could take the lead without any mental struggle, the trainer, whose sensory acuity is evenly developed, moved faster with a thoughtless casual raise of the hand——

The magic‑constructed phantasmal claw, on its retracting trajectory, avoided all the horse girls' rushes, fully revealing the worth of a mage's hand that has always stayed in the top ten of the yearly ordinary spell ranking.

But the trainer who received the letter did not hide it at all; on the contrary, they opened the envelope in front of everyone, read it once, and then promptly covered it with black flames.

The burning process encountered no hindrance, but at its end there was a broken circular pattern of light, proving that the letter was not merely smoked but also bore some kind of energy treatment.

"Grandma sent this, apparently intending to come to the scene to watch you run."

?!

Although the visit to the orphanage in the Berd Demon Realm had no participation from anyone present, the female party involved is a pink‑haired JK who never dresses up to go out at night; she hangs around the 'sisters' group like a fisherman waiting for a chance to show off, and everywhere she drops the line 'How do you know?'

So these horse‑eared girls all understand——

The grandmother mentioned by the trainer, together with that envelope that seemed to have something unclean attached to it, can only be that one person.

That person, equivalent to a guardian, in a time when a foster father has become an electronic foster father and there is no real sense of seeing parents, her arrival truly counts as meeting the mother‑in‑law.

However——

Yet no one present was looking forward to it.

Even the usually most emotionally steady Burgundy showed a hint of instability after their astonishment.

This likewise benefited from a certain pink‑haired JK spilling information like a storyteller.

Whether subjective or objective, the claim that the mother‑in‑law harbors some deformed affection for the trainer is enough to make everyone present feel it utterly absurd, while also adding a bit of impetus to strike out.

——But obviously, that was several months ago, when a group's brief trip to Berd ended.

Nowadays, who still harbors thoughts of striking out is a mystery, but merely because of this morning's shock, everyone has entered a state of high alert!

Never did we expect that the first target to openly show hostility would be the mother‑in‑law; everyone's hearts felt a subtle complexity, yet no one doubted this was excessive vigilance, especially since Suzi deliberately brought this message into that group that no longer speaks, and immediately got a response and 'reinforcement'.

They were saying that once the trainer's accompaniment ends, they'll immediately come over to take over 'protection', and they even want to drag the trainer away right now…… You could say this vigilance is feigned, but it's not impossible; however, the words wanting to drag the trainer away are absolutely genuine!

Including those four seniors similarly seated in the stands, these four horse girls in the Gaoyue Prize staff passage are entering with such a 'battle‑ready posture' that could easily spark news topics, which is hardly not expressing an impartial hostility.

Being able to express a long‑hidden thought in this concrete action is obviously also a means of releasing pressure.

It's just that the picture looks a bit off, with too many distant camera angles, foreseeing many interview questions and another round of hot‑topic buildup after the race……

They've all been handed over to a more professional team, so there shouldn't be any need to hand in resignation letters asking for someone better, right?

Although in these two dreams there is not only Reiwa and Chazuo, there are also direct invaders—some seeking to settle the theater's accounts, others trying to 'invest'—making Aomo feel that his fans and anti‑fans might become even less controllable than before, but……

As for professional handling in the online domain, the room for improvement in either the real or digital sphere is just that; if those fellows dare to be bolder in meddling with the collective subconscious…… then it would become another case that makes the poor golden cat work overtime and gain extra experience.

Yes, Biquetez lately has finally gotten what she wanted after much effort; although her career has long been bountiful, she can now reap in love as well, but…… her career and love can both be abundant, yet love and career both being abundant is rather unlikely—being unable to set down that excess sense of duty means her workload stays the same as ever, and even though those around her congratulate and advise her, slightly delegating some tasks that colleagues usually delegate, the time she can spend near Aomo is far less than that of her contemporaries Badger and Holorhaea.

Of course, you could also say that Badger and Holorhaea are essentially Aomo's subordinates, and even counting work hours as part of their interaction is a huge advantage that few can match.

But she also can't compare to the equally diligent Texas.

Of course, she also can't compare to the regular high‑school attendee Shinjou Akane.

She often can't even make lunch or dinner, coming late at night just to grab breakfast; occasionally an emergency pops up and she can only return home in the middle of the night, failing to make a full squad, let alone making it to Aomo's extermination battle's P3 stage—she has long become the 'poor big cat' muttered by the fixed team's teammates who aren't very humble.

Of course, even when she can usually catch the battle countdown, she can at best barely count as a support slot.

Clearly there are several fellow townspeople on the team, but even among them there are differences in skill.

Even the team member with the least apparent activity, Ishamara, is someone she can't match; at a glance, the second‑least active Holorhaea unexpectedly out‑endures her, let alone Rei, whose DPS always tops everyone, and Texas, who has always been the main tank.

She had thought she'd be a good cohort and comrade, together with Badger, lurking in a corner and being nagged for a lifetime, but Badger also occasionally opens up a little.

By secretly linking with a monster to activate the monster controller's trait that surpasses ordinary humans—since it's usually turned on then off immediately, it can only last a short while, hence called a 'minor opening'; if the squad leader discovers it, the punishment is skill sealing plus a death sentence.

This is because the squad leader of the full team is the most inept human, giving the team an inferiority complex. jpg

As a goddess, she neither seeks progress nor can she bear to see others activate!

How can we log timber in a dungeon while competing against such vermin!!

So there are 'people' who will secretly grind (x).

Leaving aside how many hide from the fixed team to sneak into board‑wild matches or privately duo‑queue with other teammates, today, without the demon extermination battle, the poor big cat simply appears as scheduled at every key point inside and outside the racetrack stands—whether it's vacation or overtime is unclear.

Aomo feels she doesn't need to be on such high alert, after all, Dawn‑Lord hasn't heard any movement in the Dawn‑Seekers Club, and most of the investigation and arrests coming from the URA Association have kept that side preoccupied.

Just thinking that the other side has come to the racetrack a few times and added shifts each time, and each overtime is related to her, the demon also has that certain 'b‑number' that only she shouldn't speak of.

As for turning around, look at the encirclement of these few girls nearby……

While walking the stairwell, Aomo had a faint feeling of being about to give a campaign speech, but he just sighed silently without saying anything.

The card cases in their pockets were all trembling; each one, in this pre‑battle formation, genuinely expressed emotion and resonated with each other's monster cards.

But compared to Ailisuzhi's former unflappable demeanor, she is now clearly in a different state.

They face the enemy as if on high alert, their fighting spirit high; their seriousness resonating with the cards is like the long‑suppressed emotions finally being vented and released.

Just as we gave them relief, Aomo sighed again.

Sometimes he feels he's indeed been too strict, even though his interactions with the horse girls are often complained about by coworkers as being too lax and indulgent.