Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Even if you want to make fun of us...don't insult us like this!"

Nan was so nervous that she even bit her tongue due to slurred speech, but the girl still stared at Ash with a stubborn look, determined not to let him treat them like fools!

"Do not."

Ash put down his crossed legs and sat up straight from lying down.

"I was serious."

Chapter 12 From now on, you are mine...

"Why do you think I'm teasing you again? I've already canceled my transformation to show my sincerity."

"Besides, the king's words are the truth. There are no lies!"

As long as you agree, you will be the Queen of the Kingdom of Night from today! I can't believe you would refuse such a good offer.

For the Pretty Cure, no matter what mental preparation they had made before, they were now disrupted by Ash's unexpected move.

"Xiaoyao."

Wei, blushing shyly, poked her friend, who, upon realizing what she had just learned, was stunned by the sheer volume of information. "Is this a proposal from the King?"

After all, he has so many elves under his command, and he claims to be the king of the Kingdom of Night or something...so he is a real king, right?

Wait, am I included?

"Eh?"

Poor Pretty Cure girls, the first confession from the opposite sex in their lives was an extremely straightforward proposal, and it came from the villain king who defeated them not long ago.

"Propose... confess?" Haruka held her face in her hands, repeating the words, feeling the temperature on her face grow higher and higher. "You want me to be the queen?"

That noble, gorgeous, distant existence in the stories you like?

But... why is it that something this important! Something as important as the love between parents, the most important thing in life! It should be a mutual recognition of love and affection, so why did it become like this?

The completely indescribable confusion and shyness finally turned into the same question.

Why us?

"No, no, no, that's why I don't understand at all!" Qiluo raised her hand to fan the extremely hot air in front of her, using repeated movements to hide her equally shameful feelings. "Let's not talk about why it's ours, but I don't know how you dare to ask us to be your queen?"

It's really mean to say such things to a woman you've only met for less than ten minutes!

"And what does making us queen have to do with your purpose?"

"Of course I do, see." Ash, now chatting with his "Queen," patiently explained each of them. "First of all, aside from you Pretty Cure, there's no one in this world who can stand up to me. You're the very representatives of Earth. So once I defeat you, no one will be able to stop me from having my way with this planet, right?"

"As for the incoming villain, that's not wrong."

"If that's the case!" Ash raised his clenched fist. "As long as you become the queen of my Kingdom of Night, and become mine! Then this world will naturally become a part of our Kingdom of Night!"

"That way you won't have to fight!"

You seem quite smart, and everyone would be happy if you became the queen.

"No, no!" Qiluo shook her head after hearing what Ash said. "I'm sure that's not how things turned out!"

"Right, right!" But no matter what she said, Ash's eyes remained serious. "I am the king. My words and ideas are the absolute truth!"

"So for me, that's exactly how it went!"

Ah... No, this guy's eyes have been absolutely serious from the beginning to now!

It was really hard to cover her face. Compared with her companions who were speechless and stuck in front of Ash's self-righteous words, Qiluo had to think more.

Calm down, Qiluo! You've decided to shine brightly on stage. You can't lose your composure here... Okay, let's reassess the situation. He should have already made up his mind. If we refuse...

He would use violence to knock us down and take us up the mountain as his concubines, and then physically force us to submit until we acknowledge him as his queen - he would definitely do such a thing!

"Have I...traveled with everyone else into some overbearing CEO prime-time world?"

"There's no point in running away." Looking at the agile Qiluo's twitching mouth, Ash nonchalantly struck another blow. "This is reality, it's all real!"

"Promise it!"

In the Pokémon Honor Guard, a biker with a cannon in his left hand and a rocket in his right suddenly started yelling and booing. As his reaction spread, word spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, the surrounding Pikachus, Grunts, Bunnies, RR Raptors, and Fenrir Wolf all started clapping and booing loudly as they gathered around him!

"Promise! Promise! Promise~! Promise~?"

She circled around the bewildered girls, and faced with the elves' booing that was as morally upright as campfire singing, Qiluo, with a sinking heart, could no longer hold back and slapped her hands on her face.

No! It's over!

"No."

The sudden voice interrupted the commotion. Haruno Haruka, the instigator, was not afraid at all. Instead, she looked at Ash seriously this time.

"Why?" Instead of getting angry as Qiluo had expected, the man asked with interest. "The Queen sounds far more noble than a Princess. Are you really not interested?"

Why? I thought you naturally saintly Pretty Cure girls were happy to sacrifice yourselves for others?

"But no matter what you say, my dream is to become a princess!"

My dream will always belong to me. Even if I am laughed at, I still want to work hard for it. I will never give in just because I am being used!

"If I become the Queen, I won't be able to be a Princess anymore, so absolutely not!"

Maybe what you said is true about nobility, but the meaning of the princess I want to be is definitely different from what you think!

This is the only thing you will never take away!

"Chunchun, is your focus off?"

Although she couldn't help but complain, she agreed loudly in her heart that what she said was good and Qiluo also mustered up her courage to Ash!

"As for what you said, it's the same as Chunchun's. My dream is to become a top model in the shining world. Becoming the queen of a kingdom sounds great, but I'm sorry."

Qiluo playfully winked at the stunned king with her starry eyes.

I am a person who doesn't like to take shortcuts.

"My dream is to become someone who helps others like my father and brother!" Nan, standing shoulder to shoulder with the others, placed his hand on his heart, agitated as he recalled the figure of his admired figure. "Maybe it seems like a trivial thought to a king like you, but it truly means something to me!"

"As for the queen you mentioned, please find someone more suitable!"

The light that once caught Ash's eye once again shone from them, and the gorgeous clothes that had been restored in the light once again became a beautiful existence that highlighted them as princesses, and even surpassed princesses.

"Dreams...dreams, you guys keep talking about dreams." From Nanase Yui, the ordinary person who first mentioned the word, to Kaito Minami, Ash, feeling a strange heat in his heart, he kept chewing on the word. "I don't have a dream, so I don't know. I've never thought about such a thing."

“Is the feeling of realizing your dreams really this wonderful?”

"Yeah!" Despite having some terrible memories, Haruka still gave Ash a positive answer when he asked her about this. "Although there will be countless difficulties along the way, I believe!"

“When you achieve that moment, everything will be meaningful and all you gain will be worth it!”

"You mean."

Like the moments when you shine for your dreams?

Yes, you are indeed shining when you work hard towards your dreams, and your shine will even become brighter with time and effort!

I understand!

"Is that so? Fine, I'll just give up for now."

Under the girls' hopeful gaze, the elves, under Ash's command, took the initiative to assemble in formation and retreat towards the opened teleporters.

"Come to think of it, it's a bit too hasty to ask you to become my queen right now."

"It's so good that you understand—"

"So from now on, you are all the [Queen Reserves] of my Kingdom of Night!"

"?"

Facing the girls' confusion, Ash grinned.

"You, still on the cusp of your dreams, are like unripe fruit. It would be a shame to pick it now and taste the sourness. So, for now, the Earth will belong to you."

"Wait until you are fully mature and shining."

The mischievous smile on Ash's face suddenly turned into a seductive and decadent devilish arc in the eyes of the girls.

"I will come again and choose someone who is qualified to be my queen!"

Chapter 13: Did you escape by your own strength?

It is indeed a good thing to be able to make the extremely stubborn and superior "king" change his own imposed ideas without causing worse developments.

But from the point that the "Queen" becomes the "Queen in Reserve", I always feel that things are heading in a more troublesome direction.

Are you kidding? The fact that you talk to yourself hasn't changed at all!

"Why did it turn out like this in the end?" Qiluo shook her head in disbelief, still wanting to try harder.

"Wait--"

"Have you forgotten? I've already said it before, the King's words are absolute truth. Your status as the Queen's reserve has been recognized by everyone in the Kingdom of Night. It's a set-in-stone fact."

"but--"

"Ah~?" Standing before the expanding portal, the smile suddenly turned into a menacing arc. "If you're dissatisfied again, I won't mind taking you as trophies and taking you to the castle. I'll forcibly evolve you from princesses to queens of the night, okay?"

Pulling up the seedlings to help them grow is also helping them grow.

But this is very boring. You won’t let me down like that, right?

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was forced to remain silent and had no opinions, or rather, they dared not to have any opinions.

"but."

Ash, who had one foot in the other world, suddenly remembered something and pulled his foot back. The girls' hearts, which had finally been put at ease, were once again raised to the ceiling by his unfriendly smile.

Since my subjects have said so, there is indeed no need to rush matters concerning the Earth. However, there is one thing we cannot ignore.

"You are fighting against me as warriors rebelling against me, and given your status as [Queen's Reserve], I can tolerate your disrespect towards me." Nanase Yui, sensing Ash's subtle gaze, felt her gaze rapidly retreat as she began to unsettle. "However, I cannot ignore your intrusion and interruption."

Who told me to be the vengeful King?

"Xiao Wei!"

With a slight tug on the finger connected to the optical fiber, the girl with pigtails flew into the man's open arms in front of them as if she had been hooked by a fisherman?

"Eh? Xiao-Xiao Yao!"

The girl, who was completely unresponsive, tried to move her body, but as Ash was holding her with one hand, she naturally couldn't move at all.

"She'll have to pay the price for her courage and recklessness. Of course, my people will personally teach her proper etiquette." The anxious girls, like ants on a hot pan, couldn't hear him. Ash's words sounded like a threat to them. "That's perfect. With her by my side, you won't be slowing down in your journey to becoming a more perfect princess."

If you want the buds to bloom, besides water and fertilizer, proper sunlight is also necessary! Hmm, I really am smart enough.

"So, my yet-to-be-qualified Pretty Cure, please look forward to our next meeting~"

"Wait, if you want something, come at me, don't attack Xiao Wei!" An important friend was suddenly taken to an unknown place. Haruka threw the combat power factor behind her and was about to rush towards Ash who came to stop her, but at the last moment she could only watch the man who kidnapped Wei perform a feign of respect to her and then disappear into the darkness.

"Aww!"

The girl rushed over to where Ash was originally, fell flat on her face, and stared blankly at her back.

Pretty Cure was completely defeated today. She even survived because her opponent had to spare her life.

As a price, their good friend Nanase Yui, who would stand before them in times of crisis, was captured right in front of Wuneng herself.

"Xiao Wei..."

The girl kneeling on the ground squeezed the black soil that buried the broken flower branch tightly in her hands.

"Xiao Wei ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

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"Xiao Wei..."

The girl lying on the table gripped the edge of the table with great reluctance. Without her seeing, the solid wooden blocks were easily broken into small pieces like wood chips in her hands.

It was still the Second Student Council, which was like the secret base of Pretty Cure, but compared to the harmonious atmosphere of the last discussion about what Haruno Haruka had dreamed about, the room was now filled with a depressing low pressure.