Chapter 58: The Beloved Little Treve
"Grandma, I'm back! Is lunch ready?"
The young girl who walked through the door had orange hair and blue eyes. She was petite, with two soft ears standing tall and upright.
Her features were exquisitely delicate, and her beaming face radiated youthful energy. She could easily be called a top-tier beauty.
But her attire was completely mismatched with such an appearance.
A set of old, blue-and-white sportswear was currently covered in snowflakes, mud, and bits of grass. The collar, pant legs, cuffs, and other areas were visibly severely worn, their original colors now completely indistinguishable.
"Oh, Treve's back."
A kindly-looking old woman soon poked her head out from the living room, smiling broadly at the girl who was changing her shoes:
"Carrot pasta will be ready to eat soon, but you have a friend here to see you."
"Hi~ Little Treve."
A smiling woman with a full head of golden hair also peeked out from the living room, waving at Treve. "I came to see you."
"Intello, what brings you here?" Treve asked, puzzled, looking at her friend. "Is something up with the academy team?"
"I'm telling you, your family really should get a phone or computer. It's such a hassle having to visit your house every time we need to contact you!"
Treve walked into the living room and saw her friend sprawled ungracefully across a chair in her dining room, limbs splayed.
This Intello was an officially debuted horse girl from the French Central Academy and also her good friend.
She was tall and large-framed, with strong, powerful legs—the type most favored by the Central Academy currently. She was also one of the horse girls selected for the exchange study program to Japan.
"Where would our family get the money for something like that? You know we don't have it."
Treve sighed, picking up Intello's phone from the dining table to browse.
"The Japan Tracen Academy sent over the information for this exchange team. It's on my phone; you can take a look. They also seem to have a race video, which has already been sent to Lady Montjeu. We should be able to see it this afternoon."
As soon as Intello finished speaking, she saw Treve's grandmother walk into the dining room carrying a large pot of pasta. She unceremoniously plonked it on the table with a thud.
"Um... Thank you, Grandma, but I already ate before coming, so I'm not hungry yet."
Intello quickly spoke up, stopping Grandma from serving her a plate as well.
"Tch, you look like a sturdy girl, yet you can't even handle a plate of pasta?"
Grandma rolled her eyes in annoyance, directly serving Treve a plate instead.
She watched her adorable granddaughter pick up a fork and immediately bury her head in the food, eating with gusto, before nodding in satisfaction and leaving the dining room.
"Grandma's tomato-carrot sauce pasta is really delicious," Treve said, her face already smeared with red tomato sauce, but she still looked up to promote it to Intello.
"Forget it, I'm not eating that," Intello quickly waved her hands, then suddenly remembered something and asked:
"What are your plans for this exchange study trip?"
"..." Hearing this question, Treve slowed her fork-wielding pace slightly. Her head buried in the bowl, her ears drooped slightly as she answered softly:
"The academy... doesn't seem to have plans for me to go along."
"Eh? Then let's go talk to Lady Montjeu," Intello was stunned for a moment before immediately suggesting a solution. "If it's her, she definitely wouldn't be stingy with such a small amount of funding."
"Forget it, Intello," Treve pressed down on her friend's wrist and shook her head. "I don't want to trouble Lady Montjeu with something like this. It's just Japan; there will be opportunities in the future."
"But something like this isn't really trouble?!" Intello tried hard to persuade her. "You were so looking forward to this exchange study trip to Japan, even volunteering to be everyone's life assistant just to join the team!"
"If Lady Montjeu really agreed to help, wouldn't that be using her power for personal gain? I don't want to put Lady Montjeu in a difficult position because of something like this."
Treve shook her head, showing great respect for Montjeu.
"Ah, you... You clearly have so much talent, but the academy favors larger builds now, so smaller horse girls like you are missing out on so many opportunities."
The two looked at each other, both falling into a regretful silence.
"Why does the little girl look so unhappy?" Grandma suddenly returned to the dining room, carrying a huge ceramic pig in her hands.
Treve recognized it—this was the piggy bank Grandma always used to store spare change.
"Treve, you want to go to Japan, right?"
Grandma smiled very breezily. She placed the piggy bank on the table, pulled out a hammer from behind her, and directly smashed it down!
Countless coins and small-denomination banknotes flowed out as the little ceramic pig shattered, spreading across the table. The amount was quite substantial.
"Take this money and go."
Grandma didn't hesitate, handing over the money to her beloved granddaughter.
"..." Treve looked at the old woman in silence for a moment, then broke into a bright smile: "It's fine, I really can't use this money, Grandma. You should use it to get yourself some dentures instead. Dentistry is quite expensive these days."
"Hey, is that really okay?" Intello tugged at Treve's sleeve. "You won't be able to go to Japan Central Academy this way."
"True, I really wanted to see Japan's El Condor Pasa and Special Week—one who narrowly lost to Lady Montjeu, and the other who even defeated her on her home turf. When I saw those two races, I thought... Japanese horse girls are really strong."
"I want to race against both of them, and if possible, compete with other horse girls too. That's true."
Treve shrugged, her expression relaxed:
"But we can talk about it next time. I'm still very young; I haven't even run my debut race yet."
"Intello, remember to bring me back some tasty treats from Japan. I've heard Japan has a lot of specialty foods."
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French Central Academy, Training Ground.
Bathed in the afternoon winter sunlight, the snow on this training ground had long been cleared away.
At the moment, Treve was accompanying several exchange students in their warm-up exercises. They chatted easily among themselves, smiles on their faces, the air filled with an atmosphere of vitality and enthusiasm.
"Treve, make sure to do thorough knee warm-ups," a red-haired horse girl corrected Treve's movements. "Your body is so flexible; it's easy to develop leg or knee problems."
Though this petite life assistant Treve was not a formal member of their team, all six horse girls were very fond of this little girl. So, they usually tried to let her train with them, allowing her to use many of the training ground facilities for free.
Moreover, everyone actively helped analyze Treve's running style and physique. Several horse girls privately said it felt like caring for their own little sister.
"Okay~ Thank you, Senior." Treve smiled and thanked the one who reminded her, then began moving her legs and feet even more seriously.
"By the way, have you all seen the video sent from Japan? Lady Montjeu seems to have already uploaded the video to everyone's computers."
Another blue-haired, muscular horse girl stretched her waist while casually asking the others.
"It's already been sent?"
The golden-haired Intello loved jumping into such lively discussions. She quickly stopped her movements and ran to the edge of the field to retrieve a laptop from her bag. "Should we postpone training a bit then?"
"Everyone, come take a look! Let's see what's so amazing about this training race video of the seven-member Japanese exchange student team!"
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