Chapter 285 395
As fellow members of the Three Goddesses of the Umamusume world, they could naturally sense each other's presence and divine power.
The moment the two streaks of light descended over Tokyo, they shot toward the Mejiro training grounds like meteors.
However.
Just as they were speeding toward the sky above the training grounds and caught sight of Godolphin sitting on the corridor railing, smiling and waving up at the sky, the two streaks abruptly slammed on the brakes in midair.
"?"
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The two clusters of light hung frozen in the air for several full seconds, as though they were trying to confirm whether their eyes had deceived them.
Only then did they slowly drift down and float to the front of the group.
As for Super Creek, who had been standing nearby a moment earlier, after hearing the exchange between Godolphin and Kuroha, which sounded almost like some kind of private code, her thoughtful nature immediately told her that something important was probably about to happen.
So she quickly found an excuse and quietly left the corridor, leaving the peaceful space to Godolphin and Kuroha.
Hummm...
The red and yellow clusters of light, both carrying threads of sacred aura, slowly descended and hovered at eye level with Kuroha.
Then, a steady female voice filled with deep confusion suddenly exploded from the yellow light.
"Godolphin, what is going on with that body of yours? Where did all that extra divine power come from?!"
The instant she and Darley Arabian had seen Godolphin from the air, they had almost thought, for one terrifying moment, that Godolphin had secretly broken their principles and forcibly reclaimed part of the blessing power given to the Umamusume children in order to shape a body for herself.
But that thought had only flashed by for an instant before years of mutual trust crushed it.
They knew full well that with Godolphin's gentle nature and her deep love for the children of later generations, she would never do such a thing.
"Hm? This?"
Not only did Godolphin not panic, she happily raised her fair arm and looked it over.
Then she covered her mouth and let out a bright, cheerful laugh.
"Byerley, what do you think? It looks just like before, right? Amazing, isn't it?"
"...Godolphin."
The yellow goddess's voice was thick with speechless disbelief.
Meanwhile, in midair, the red light did not immediately join in on the reunion between Godolphin and Byerley.
After sweeping a glance around, she instantly spotted Kuroha sitting there calmly, watching the two goddesses play around.
After a brief pause, the red goddess floated over curiously.
Looking at the red glow hovering in front of him, only a short distance from the tip of his nose, Kuroha showed no fear at all. Instead, he gave her a warm smile and raised a hand in greeting.
"Hello, Lady Darley. My name is Kuroha. I'm a trainer at Central Tracen Academy."
Unlike the tension and awkwardness he had felt the first time he met the Three Goddesses, after spending so much time with Godolphin, Kuroha had come to realize that the so-called Three Goddesses of the Umamusume were really just girls who had lived a little longer than most and happened to possess miraculous powers.
Perhaps because they spent most of their time cooped up in that strange world of theirs, their personalities were nowhere near as lofty or hard to approach as he had once imagined.
If anything, being around them gave Kuroha the odd illusion that he was simply dealing with girls like Maruzensky and Rudolf, only with a little more mature charm to them.
"Ah? Oh... hello..."
The red light froze for a moment, then responded in a very gentle tone, sounding slightly dazed.
The red goddess stared at Kuroha for a second, then, as though she were examining some kind of rare animal, inexplicably began circling around him.
After spinning around him several times, she suddenly stopped and said something astonishing.
"Hm... you must be that newly born one of our kind in the lower world, right? Is all the divine power Godolphin is using to maintain her body coming from you?"
"!"
Hearing that, Byerley was startled as well. She floated straight down and landed atop Godolphin's head. After thinking for a moment, realization suddenly dawned on her.
"A new one of our kind?"
She had figured it out too.
Since Godolphin would never reclaim the children's blessings, then the divine power making up this body of hers had to come from somewhere.
And in the current world, apart from the Three Goddesses themselves, the only being who possessed such pure divine power was that unknown new one of their kind who had appeared not long ago.
Seeing that the two of them had guessed the truth so quickly, Kuroha and Godolphin exchanged a perfectly tacit glance.
Then Kuroha slowly rose to his feet and lifted both hands, palms facing upward.
In an instant!
Dreamlike seven-colored radiance gathered and emerged in Kuroha's palms.
The blessing power, so concentrated it seemed almost solid, instantly transformed into two dazzling spheres of light, swelling rapidly.
In barely more than ten seconds, they had formed into two massive spiraling orbs each more than a meter across right there on the corridor.
They radiated an energy that was both heart-shaking and incomparably warm.
"I've removed the restriction on the power. Ladies, why don't you condense proper bodies first, and then we can talk?"
Kuroha spoke with a smile.
"..."
The red and yellow lights stared at the two enormous masses of strangely pure divine power before them. At first they froze for a moment, then, without the slightest suspicion or hesitation, they instantly turned into streaks of light and plunged into the spheres.
At once, the radiance exploded outward.
The outer shapes of the blessing power began twisting and reshaping the moment the two goddesses fused into them, gradually settling into form.
Then, within the light, two pairs of long, smooth, fair legs were outlined first, followed by flat lower abdomens with healthy, defined lines.
After that came generous, magnificent curves, full and unapologetically abundant.
Finally, two exquisitely beautiful faces, each with her own distinct charm, gradually came into focus inside the light.
Tap.
Two pairs of smooth jade-like feet lightly touched down on the corridor floor.
Then, with a flash of soft light, just as Godolphin had done before, the two goddesses who had just remade their fleshly bodies only had to wave a hand lightly.
A brand-new set of clothes was immediately formed for each of them out of divine power.
"Haaah... the feeling of standing on solid ground again really is just the best!"
The first to speak was a dark-skinned girl with reddish-brown hair and green eyes.
A white streak ran through her bangs, and she wore a daring white-and-red cropped outfit that showed off her figure.
Completely unlike Godolphin's blue athletic wear, which wrapped her up from head to toe, this red goddess looked every bit like a passionate, flashy bombshell.
After landing, Darley Arabian first excitedly pinched her own springy cheek, then turned to Kuroha with an open, bright smile.
"Ku... roha, right?"
"I'm really happy to have met you. Looks like I really do have to thank the sun for guiding me here~"
"...Darley, what are you doing? Carry yourself with a little dignity. At least have some awareness that you're one of the Three Goddesses."
Next came a steady voice carrying unquestionable authority.
As the radiance fully dispersed, a chestnut-haired Umamusume in a sharp yellow military-style uniform stepped out, a vertical scar running over her left eye.
She frowned slightly as she looked at Darley.
But the red goddess was not intimidated in the slightest.
Instead, she puffed out her lips in grievance, fake-wiped tears from the corners of her eyes with both hands, and complained in a teary voice.
"Waaah... I finally got a body again, so relaxing a little during my break should be fine, shouldn't it?"
"You're so cold... wuuu... Byerley, I'm so heartbroken, waaah..."
The act contrasted completely with her bold, flashy bombshell style.
With Darley deliberately hamming it up and fake-crying like that, she came across less like a goddess and more like a mischievous, slightly black-hearted tease, which only made her strangely more charming.
"Exactly, exactly, waaah~"
Godolphin also covered her face at that point, acting as though she wanted to cry along with her.
"It's fine once in a while, right?"
"..."
Looking at Darley and Godolphin, neither of whom had even the faintest trace of goddess-like dignity, Byerley rubbed her forehead with a headache and sighed, utterly helpless against her two old friends.
Then she turned around, straightened her appearance a little, and faced Kuroha properly.
"My apologies for that. Mm... they usually aren't like this. Your name is Kuroha, correct?"
She paused, and her tone softened slightly.
"By the custom of this country, may I call you Yu-kun?"
"And you don't need to be too restrained either. You can just call me Byerley."
At that moment, on the corridor outside the trainer's office at the Mejiro training grounds, all three of the Umamusume world's Three Goddesses had descended together.
(End of Chapter)
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