Uma Musume: Wine Red Chapter 26: Help Wanted

"Mmhh… Who to recruit… Who to recruit…"

On a fine sunny day, one could see a red-haired young man walking through Tracen Academy with his head down. It is clear to everyone that the man is deep in his own thoughts. Any Umas could easily jump on him now.

"Mmmhhhh… Mmmmhh…!! Mmmmmhhh!!"

"What's wrong with you?"

Seeing their trainer grumbling to himself, McQueen and Suzuka approach him. They don't have any class right now, so they decide to walk around the academy to get so fresh air. That's when they et with the grumbling young man.

"Ah, my wives. Did you miss your husband?"

"Ufufufu~~"

"Who agrees to be your wife, anyway?"

Suzuka had grown accustod to the young man's way of teasing, which is why she just giggled at his words. As for McQueen, she still keeps up her straight woman act against the young man. A stupid husband needs a smart wife anyway.

"You did. Why are you girls here again? Please don't skip class, or you'll get dumb like Teio."

"She'll cry if she hears you, you know?"

"TEIO!! YOU STUPID LITTLE GREMLIN!!! See?"

Sowhere in Tracen Academy, an amber brown-haired Uma sneezes herself to death.

"Ufufu~~ Trainer, I think it's better if you are kinder to your trainees."

"Flip your skirts first."

"No way!!"

McQueen yells at her trainer's request. To flip her skirt for him? At least ask her in private and not in public!! Sadly for the 2 Umas, the young man's skill suddenly beca active as a powerful gust of wind ca from nowhere.

*SSWWWWOOOOOSSSH*

"Activate!!"

"Eeek!!"

"How!?!"

The young man instantly activates his [Truth Seeing Eyes] and burns the sight into his mind. He had gone his entire life with his [Lucky Pervert] skill, it'll be stupid if he hasn't learn when to activate his [Truth Seeing Eyes] to maximize the profit.

"You! You!! I don't know how you did it, but this is your fault, isn't it!?"

"I wish."

If the young man had control over his [Lucky Pervert] skill, then he would have used it like 100 tis when he was with Ramonu, especially when they were both alone in her car. One can only imagine how far their relationship would've developed if that had happened.

"Yo–You didn't see it, did you, trainer?"

"A striped panty of white and F-F-nine-six-E-two pink for Suzuka. And for McQueen, a tie-side panty of D-C-nine-six-F-F purple. Am I right?"

"You deplorable man!!"

"Hey!! It wasn't who flashed their panties like that. If anyone is at fault, it will be you girls. I'm simply a victim in this case."

McQueen wants to retort, but blaming her trainer for a gust of wind? That sounds like sothing a crazy person would do. Weird things have happened multiple tis around this young man before, but none can be directly correlated to the young man. If anything, all of it has been a re coincidence that it happened around him.

But still, McQueen's guts are telling her that the young man is at fault. That he should pay for the mistake. That he should be collared to preserve Tracen Academy's peace. That he should be locked in her basent for all of Umas' safety.

"Is this how young Umas' version of a mating dance?"

"Ma–Ma–MATING!?!"

That's it!! The basent in the jiro Mansion will have a new inhabitant!!

"Co here, my wives."

The young man walks forward to his still blushing wives and puts himself between them. He places his hands on their waists and pushes them to walk with him.

"You see, wives. I'm currently looking for an assistant trainer."

"Assistant trainer?"

"Mhhm~~ All of you are just a bunch of walking headaches, and I can feel my ntal state deteriorating training you."

Both McQueen and Suzuka pinched the young man's ass when he was complaining about them. Clearly, they aren't happy being called walking headaches.

"Ah! Good morning, Trainer Igo."

"Hmm? Isn't it Aoi and ek? You don't have any class, ek?"

"No."

"You girls have plenty of free ti in your schedule, huh…"

The three lovers t with a fellow rookie trainer and her Uma as they were also in the middle of a walk. The weather is perfect for taking a walk, so it's not that outlandish to see people going around nonchalantly.

"Ah! Aoi cutie! There's sothing that I want to ask of you."

The young man pushes his Umas away before kneeling in front of Aoi. He takes her right hand and holds it with both of his. With sincere words, the young man proclaims his proposal to the rookie trainer.

"Will you be willing to spend your days with ? By my side, Aoi?"

"Aaah!! Uhmm— Uuh!! Aaah—"

"He is asking for you to be his assistant trainer."

"Ah…"

McQueen quickly shut down Aoi's imagination when she saw the rookie trainer fidgeting like a girl who had just fallen in love. There can only be one girl who gets to have a misunderstanding routine with him, and that will be McQueen. McQueen will make sure of it.

"No! Mine!"

ek quickly gets between her trainer and the young man, separating them. She put her trainer behind her before retreating away from the threat.

"Don't worry, ek. I'll let you watch as Aoi and I get close to each other. Isn't that what you like? Watching Aoi be happy with soone else."

"Evil man."

"I agree with that."

The young man quickly karate-chopped McQueen's head for the retort. How can his own Uma betray him like this? He is doing this for their own good anyway!

"Ah… I appreciate your offer, Trainer Igo, but I don't think I can agree to that."

"I see… So this ans I need to conquer Happy ek first before I can have you, yes? ek, are you free this weekend?"

"How can you never miss a beat? It's like a superpower for you."

"It's called being quirky, McQueen. It's what I'm taking pride in."

"I would like to focus on training Happy ek for now. Maybe after she has accomplished a great feat, then I'll consider spending the rest of my days with you."

"He is not asking you to be his wife. Only assistant trainer."

"Is it because I'm also a rookie trainer? That's understandable. I wouldn't wanna be an assistant trainer to myself either."

"I think you're a great trainer, Trainer. You just need to prove it. You already managed to train multiple Umas while being a rookie trainer. That in itself is an incredible feat."

Silence Suzuka reinforcent is a very much-needed help for the young man's confidence.

"Sigh… The only thing I can offer to a possible assistant trainer is just money… Do you girls know any desperate person in need of money?"

Everyone shakes their heads to the young man's question.

"Either that or I can blackmail soone into becoming my assistant trainer. McQueen, do you have a small cara I can sneak into the girls' changing room?"

"I hate you."

I thought our blackmail-based relationship was special, but now I know that you blackmail every girl you et! You stupid manwhore!!