Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Ash said he has no dreams... is that true?"

"If it's not real, then what could it be?" Seeing the girl approaching, the man's interest was piqued. "Why, do people with dreams feel superior to those without dreams?"

This is only natural. After all, I have always used my position as king to gain a sense of superiority from the people below.

"That's not the case!"

The girl, who was completely at a loss for words, shook her head and then spoke seriously again.

"I think truth is very important to Ash!"

"I'm not that boring..."

"I was serious!"

The girl's eyes were still filled with seriousness. No, it was more like she was taking him seriously for the first time since hearing what Qiluo had said about him constantly "role-playing."

"Ash, actually, maybe... unexpectedly, he's different from what we thought, and he's not that bad."

If that's the case, then it means that what I saw was not wrong.

"What are you talking about? The plot of a novel or comic?"

"It's not a novel, it's real!"

She had indeed caught a glimpse of the extremely deep and heavy "black hole" in Ash by chance, but then she thought that the destructiveness displayed by Ash, who clearly possessed such a terrifying darkness, was only possessive. Doesn't this mean that he has also been suppressing himself? Isn't that amazing?

"Ash really likes Pretty Cure, right?"

"Ah, because Pretty Cure can emit a radiance that makes me feel attracted..."

"No way, there's no such thing as liking someone for no reason...at least Ash doesn't like me for no reason."

Yao felt a little sad when she said this. After all, she was officially certified by the other party as the not-so-pretty type, so there was no question of love at first sight.

"I think, for someone like Ash to like Pretty Cure... definitely."

"It must be because the person Ash truly loves is a Precure."

"!"

Suddenly, it was as if someone suddenly ignited a bunch of fireworks that shot straight into the sky in his silent heart. The man who was about to enter the sage mode and didn't care about anything suddenly raised his head.

What did you say just now?

It felt like something that had been hidden all along, something that I didn't even know existed, was spoken out through someone else's mouth.

Why is this happening?

I thought I was indifferent to everything, but...

Now my heart is indeed trembling... trembling with some kind of excitement!

"Ash wants to find the sparkle in us. It must be because the person he truly loves has also made him feel that way."

I don't care, but Kirara, who has a strong sense of self-esteem, would be angry if she knew that the person Ash really liked was Pretty Cure.

Even if Ash was the one who was being forced upon, he would still be angry.

"Since Ash thinks dreams are something that cannot be achieved."

"Then I think that the 'reality' that Qiluo mentioned about what you lost must be your 'dream'!"

In this way, it is just like you acknowledge my efforts to pursue my dream... Just consider it as my "selfish" part, I also want to open the door to your dream!

Step by step, the girl with her hands behind her back kicked the stones on the ground and guided Ash until the gently rolling stones also came to the man's feet.

"That's why I think truth is very important to Ash... Otherwise, if he can only find the feeling of love in us."

"Isn't that too much for both Ash and the person being liked?"

"..."

"Haruka, how do you know this? Is this what they call mind reading or future prediction?"

Or maybe I was mistaken, and he's actually a genius even greater than me?!

"Not any more!"

The girl rubbed her fingers across her face in embarrassment.

"Just think of it as, that..."

How should I put it? I suddenly felt as if I could see a shadow that I had never seen before, but was familiar and similar to myself?

"Um, Pretty Cure's intuition?"

"......puff."

First he spit it out with a light "puff" sound, then he couldn't help but let out two "haha" sounds, and then he burst into laughter in front of the girl!

"I mustered up the courage to say this to you, and you actually laughed at me!"

I was a little worried about you!

"No!" Ash, who was almost unable to straighten his back due to laughter, quickly shook his head. "I just think that I was the one who was too clever."

Qiluo said so much and indeed guessed many of them correctly, but that doesn’t mean she was right about everything.

"She's a little wrong. At least I want to see the part where you rise up and shine and create miracles."

Aren’t there things that are entirely due to my own wishes?

"It really comes from my heart!"

As for the rest, we can wait until it’s finished and pursue it later.

"Thank you, Haruka."

The man's powerful palm patted the shoulder of Yao, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then said something that made her completely unable to calm down.

"I like you."

Chapter 63: Ash's truth? A true confession!

"?"

Seeing Yao's stunned look, Ash thought she didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it again without getting tired of it.

"I like you."

"Because..." the girl tried to start a conversation. "Because I was shining just now, or something?"

"That's right!"

"What?" The girl, who thought Ash still had no intention of correcting his behavior, couldn't help but sigh. "Are you still thinking about these things, even though I told you so...?"

"No, there's something you've overlooked." He raised his index finger and shook it in the girl's face in a negative gesture. "While what you said about me sounds reasonable, it's ultimately just unfounded speculation!"

I don’t even know the past clearly, how can you know more about it than me?

“You’re not wrong to say that…”

After all, I rely on intuition.

"But, compared to the past or future that no one can clearly explain."

Even if you are right, I pursue brilliance because the person I truly like is Pretty Cure.

"My 'present' is what's truly before my eyes, right?"

How could I possibly ignore Haruno Haruka, who even worries about the people she used to hate and her former enemy in front of me?

"I like this girl in front of me, Haruno Haruka, who pursues her dreams and even wants to help others realize theirs."

The girl was like a puppet with the freeze button pressed, and was suddenly fixed firmly in place by the overly confessional words.

"This time I really mean it."

"I'm in love with you."

“This is my reality at this moment.”

.....

...

!

"Eh?"

Holding her completely burnt face, the girl was still staring at the empty venue without coming to her senses. Her face, ears, and even her neck were burning, so Haruka simply knelt on the ground with her legs going weak.

like...?

It's not the kind of possession, it's liking?

The girl seemed to hear the sound of hot water blowing into the kettle.

Isn't this a confession?

"Confession?"

Wait, then Ash is two-timing—

Wait, Ash said that's just my personal speculation. After all, the only Pretty Cure I know are Nan and Kirara. And Ash's previous crush was also a Pretty Cure or something, not a Boomerang. How could it be such a coincidence?

Wait, why am I agonizing over this?

My heart was beating uncontrollably, accompanied by a very confusing sweetness that I didn't know why.

Although I think he said that when we first met... No, no! Haruka, this is completely different from his playful and malicious declaration of dominance! He himself said he was serious, so what's going on!

Even the ball of fur behind her head was shaking. After a cloud of warm mist rose from above her head, Haruno Haruka lost her ability to think for a moment.

"Eh--!?"

The girl's true first experience in a sense was once again taken away by Ash.

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"Do you think what they said about me is true?"

Lifting the "kivat" that was resting on the back of his hand in front of him, Ash chatted with it about what happened today.

"[What do you think, Ash?]"

"Please, I'm asking you, okay?" Despite complaining, Ash finally spoke. "Because you're the only one I can completely trust besides myself... How should I put it, I surprisingly think Kirara and Haruka are right."

Besides, finding your true self sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it?

"But, my so-called truth... is it necessarily a good thing? Maybe it's the kind of thing that's better if I don't know the outcome?"

After all, I can still remember my memories up to the age of 12... The sense of happiness only existed until the age of 5 before my parents divorced, and after that it was just boring memories that were neither happy nor bad.

Wouldn't it be unlucky if the truth I find out then makes me hate it?

"[Ash.]"

The voice that should have been neutral and mechanical flew up from the man's hand, but when it faced Ash, it revealed a sense of hesitation.

“[If you have already made up your mind, then, there is no need to doubt it.]”

“[Believe in yourself and do what you should do.]”

"[No matter what, I will always be by your side.]"

"How come you can speak incomprehensible words now?"

Moving his seat in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the room, Ash sat on the bed and stared straight at his reflection in the mirror. The blue humanoid dragon, with lava flowing between the cracks of its shell, maintained the same posture as himself, ferocious, terrifying, and violent, and had the same indifferent expression as himself.

"I am a human, right?"

"[Yes...correct.]"

The voice gradually became weak, and the little bat swayed from mid-air and fell onto the bed which was neither soft nor elastic.

You wouldn't lie to me, so I believed you, but...

"Being a human being seems to be even harder than being a demon king."

“[......]”