Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"..."

After a period of time that lasted so long that the girl began to feel embarrassed and uncomfortable, to her surprise, it was Ash who took the initiative to let go of her hand and chose to retreat.

The hands that had been about to take advantage of her to grope her didn't move as Nan had expected. Feeling a sense of relief, the girl stared at the calm expression of the man in front of her and was taken aback.

Hey, aren't you going to... force me to submit to you?

"Well...there's no need to say such extreme things."

"Eh?"

Hearing Ash's disappointing voice, Nan even felt a sense of guilt for some reason, thinking, "Did I say too much?"

No, no! That's not right, right? Why would I care about him? He's clearly always been wrong! I won't feel guilty just because of a little change...

However, even though he had given up, he was still in a bad mood.

"Looks like I've disappointed you?" Seeing the subtle change in Nan Ce's expression, Ash closed the window behind him that had been opened to let in the wind. "Yeah, I'm disappointed indeed."

"Alright, alright, you've already said this much. I'll just give up for now."

After all, Ash, who had been joining in the fun at Haruka's place, found that their progress seemed to stagnate after they became friends, so he came to Nan with the mentality of trying it out, and so he came to the outside of the dance room and feasted his eyes.

When one route doesn't work, try another. That's the valuable knowledge I've learned from the treasures we've received from the public, called "galgame."

But for someone with a strong sense of self-esteem like her, it seems to have the opposite effect now.

"Give up...you?"

Really, you're not going to do anything?

"I like your strong and rebellious side; it gives me a sense of conquest and satisfaction." Ash nodded, acknowledging the thought. "But I do understand the principle of overdoing it. I don't want to break your strings and leave you looking broken. That wouldn't be fun."

"Princess Nan." As he spoke, Ash walked to the door of the dance studio, ready to leave.

"Actually, if nothing else, I quite like the way you look so graceful and confident when you dance."

Is this what you like?

"Wait, wait a minute—" Hearing Ash's last words, the excited girl unexpectedly stopped Ash as he was about to leave. "You said before that you wanted our Princess Pretty Cure to be your wife, the queen of your Kingdom of Darkness."

In this case, of course we will want to resist you.

"What does this mean, ultimately? Do you want people like us, or are you just like Disdak wants to block all hope, our dream?"

Is he trying to possess us? He wants to take the Pretty Cure's power for himself? Why would he, the ruler of a nation, attack three commoner girls like us? I just can't understand...

"You were pretty smart when you were the guild leader, but why don't you understand now?" Looking at the hesitant Nan, Ash was the one who looked so strange and incomprehensible. "Isn't the answer obvious? It's because I like you."

"Like...like?"

As the daughter of the "Haiteng Group" in terms of background and wealth, and as the recognized "College Princess" of Noble College in terms of beauty, Haiteng Nan has received many confessions and requests for relationships both inside and outside the school. She has always rejected them in a decent manner and has heard this word before.

But never before had she felt such a strange mood as now.

There was no other time like now when she felt the warm moisture on her cheek.

"Isn't it just your sweet words when you say you like us?"

After all, every time you say "I like you" you say it very easily, so it doesn't seem like you are serious at all?

"Haha~ You've picked up a little bit of my sense of humor?" Ash replied, his hand resting on the doorknob. "If I didn't already like you, why would I choose you to be my queen? Do you think I'd put myself in a difficult position?"

"So, that's correct?"

So, are you serious? No...that's not right? It's completely different from what I thought!

"Do you think it's easy for me to say this? I say it every time because I mean it!"

Do you think my purpose is just to win your hearts and then have fun with you? Idiot~ If that were the case, I would have packed up and sent you all home without saying a word, just like I planned from the beginning.

But there's nothing I can do~ Love comes too fast like a tornado. Who made the light you all shone together at that time so much in line with my feelings? Plus, I'm a philanthropist, so didn't I fall in love with all of you at once?

"What I want is never the superficial existence you think it is. In fact, it's more than that! What I truly want is everything, including your shining hearts!" Pointing his finger seriously in the direction of Kaito Nan, Yazheng matched the lines with a handsome and standard pose. "If you like someone, of course you like everything about them!"

Nan's face flushed bright red. "You—this is too sudden! Confessing like this... That's annoying! Don't make it so easy!"

It obviously sounds worse than just wanting our bodies, but why is it so handsome?

"Want to see it?"

As soon as Ash stepped out of the dance studio, he suddenly disappeared. When he made a sound again and attracted Nan Zai's attention again, he had already appeared downstairs.

"So! No matter who you're talking to, or how many times you want to tell me, I can do it!"

"Wait, wait!" Seeing that all the students seemed to be attracted from the teaching building on the other side, Nan realized what Ash was going to say and tried to stop him with a blushing face. She even wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into immediately.

Facing the pigtails swaying beside the half-open window, Ash took a deep breath and shouted loudly with his hand making a trumpet shape.

“I like you—!”

"My love is completely sincere! Everything about me! From the inside out, whether it's my mind or my body, there's nothing to be ashamed of! So, you can say it as many times as you want!"

Although the person shrank down, the windows next to him were still open, and I could see the shadow of the light blue pigtail swinging happily.

So cute.

"What's going on? What's going on? There seems to be quite a big commotion."

"I don't know, but it seems like someone is confessing to someone in the other building... It seems to be that Ash!"

"What? It's that Mr. Ash? Oh no... I'm heartbroken!"

Ash's unabashed behavior naturally attracted a crowd of onlookers, but Miss Kaito Minami, who was being labeled the "victim," was in a terrible state. Even as the student council president and a Pretty Cure, she had never imagined encountering such a situation. The thought of someone outside going to such lengths for her made her feel as if her head was on fire.

"No... stop talking!"

Facing the curious gazes of countless students, Ash continued to confess shamelessly, as he said.

"So my love is genuine—"

"Princess Precure! Love you!"

The student council president, who was huddled behind the window and trembling, suddenly froze and almost fell to the ground when he heard the name.

Yes, his liking does mean liking all of us.

"Princess means princess, we've already learned that in the textbook." A student discussing this thought of Haruno Haruka, a classmate who always talked about princesses, but shook their head and dismissed the idea. "Haruno does bring it up a lot, but who is Precure?"

"Could it be that there's a princess from some country named Precure? That doesn't seem likely..."

"But to receive a confession like that... only a princess can do that, right?"

The students who were shocked by Ash's sudden confession were whispering to each other, while on the other side, the Platinum Dormitory Headmaster who had rushed over after hearing the news was lecturing Ash with a serious face.

"I think it's truly a youthful achievement for young people to find someone they love and work hard for them." The Platinum Dormitory Head, gently pushing up her reading glasses, hadn't expected the smiling man before her to be so bold. "But next time, please don't make such a loud noise in Noble College. It's causing trouble for everyone."

"Ahahaha~ Next time, definitely, next time."

After all, she looked like she wanted to see proof from me. If I didn't actually verify what I had said, wouldn't it make me look like a stingy person who doesn't keep his word?

Looking at the "admiring" looks in the eyes of the surrounding students, Ash was even more confident. Isn't this another step closer to my goal of conquering this academy? Ha, it really kills two birds with one stone!

"I just hope you can be more careful, and..." She pushed up her oddly reflective reading glasses, a glint of curiosity in her eyes. "Mr. Ash, who is this lady named Precure...?"

"You want to know? No problem, come on!" Ash, instantly excited by what he heard, couldn't help but want to share his feelings. "Precure are the beautiful and powerful warriors in legends. I'm going to tell you about their benefits..."

"Ahem! I think I need to have a good talk with the janitor about this matter." Not being able to see him was not only a matter of reputation, but even his true identity might be exposed. Unable to just watch any longer, Hai Tengnan quickly jumped out and dragged Ash away from the hesitant Platinum Dormitory Supervisor.

"What...are you thinking?"

"You're a Pretty Cure?"

"I mean everything up to now!"

Of course, if you'd actually yelled my name in front of everyone, I'd probably be afraid to come to school for a week. But I still can't relax. The main thing is, this time the confession wasn't to us, but to Pretty Cure? What the hell...

How should I put it? If it were Ash, his self-willed behavior would be consistent with his character, and I should have viewed it with a more rational mindset.

But... even though I was right in front of him, the response he got was "Precure". I feel a little disappointed...

"Oh~?" Ash hadn't expected this to be an unexpected gain. "Nan, are you jealous?"

Or are you jealous yourself?

"No, that's not right! Why would I think that? I should be the one having trouble!" Ash watched with great interest as the girl, who was talking to herself and worrying about herself, acted out her own performance. "Why would I feel this way? Have I really been tricked?"

Are you saying that you did the same thing to Haruka as I did to her, which is why she was bewitched by you?

Unable to look directly at the gaze, Nan quietly shifted her gaze to the other side. The girl placed one hand on the other arm to hide her shyness.

"Because of you, I have developed unnecessary feelings in my heart..."

"I'm so embarrassed." Thinking that she was still obsessed with the topic of "Pretty Cure", Ash simply revealed his true self to her: "Actually, I'm a pure love fan!"

"Pure, pure love?"

Nan almost burst out laughing when he heard this. Was Ash kidding when he said he was "pure love"?

"After all, I am Ash, the king! My love is universal, and it's not enough to just focus on one person."

Seeing Ash acting so great and saying such weird and arrogant things, Hai Tengnan couldn't help but burst out laughing in front of him for the first time.

"Pfft... So this is pure love for the King?"

"Of course!"

"I just purely love every Pretty Cure!"

Isn’t this pure love?

Chapter 41: Kaito Nan's Bizarre Adventure

"So don't misunderstand me."

"I'm a pure love party!"

After hearing Ash's twisted logic of "pure love = pure love for everyone", the first thing that arose in Kaito Nan's heart was not only a little anger as if he was being played, but what came out more was the feeling of laughing from the bottom of his heart as if his funny bone was tickled.

It was as if what she took for granted was shattered by another kind of "taken for granted", and this sense of absurdity made her laugh.

"Pfft - what is that!" Nan, who was originally chuckling, shed tears this time. However, unlike the previous time when she was so angry that she almost cried, this time she really couldn't help but laugh from the bottom of her heart.

"Talking about pure love like this... Hahahaha! I'm sorry! But I couldn't help it, hahaha!"

Seeing Nan laughing so hard that he could hardly stand up straight in front of him, it was Ash who began to feel a little confused.

What's wrong? I didn't even touch your funny bone.

Although I didn't know what was going on, I was originally planning to give up this strategy.

But I just said some sincere words, and somehow I felt closer to you.

"Could this be the legendary accidental planting of willows that eventually lead to a forest of trees?" Ash, feeling a surge of interest, immediately attempted to press on. "You're smiling happily... Now, in this state, do you feel even more drawn to me?"

"Pfft..." The girl backed away while covering her face to hide her laughter. "No, it's just you, Ash, who's being too self-indulgent...hahahaha!"

Although I said that, I felt that communicating with him was not that scary anymore.

"Is that so? Then I'm leaving."

How decisive.

Seeing Ash disappear through the portal without a trace of regret, Nan felt a pang of emotion. Sometimes, like rice cakes, he could cling to us no matter how hard he tried, but other times, he could easily give up on us.

"You want to see us shine for our efforts and dreams..."

So, including this is also your way of "liking"?

I felt inexplicably moved with my hands folded across my chest.

"Well?"

For some reason, the figure that usually disappears without a trace in the blink of an eye, but today, for some reason, only the vortex portal that looks like the back of a YGO card is left standing there.

"What's wrong...?"

Just as she was wondering, she saw a small figure with short ears peeking out from the edge of the portal. I remember you were...his inseparable spirit, his shapeshifting elf?

"[Come in.]"

Kivat waved his wings at the girl who was still in a daze outside the door.