Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Oh no, why did I become something other than myself?

"Get out of the way, Ash!"

Seeing herself instinctively raising a sharp object to stab Ash in the back without any control, the girl screamed in her heart and closed her eyes, almost daring not to watch the next scene.

"Thorn-"

"Huh?"

Pinching the girl's falling wrist, a different look finally flashed in Ash's eyes.

"Now this is going to be interesting."

Chapter 83: Privileges and Thanks

The result of the attack is naturally invalid.

If a shambling schoolgirl could backstab him with just anything she grabbed, there would be no point in Ash being the King of the Night.

He let the sharp edge of the scissors cut across his palm, and then grabbed her wrist just before the sharp blade fell. Looking at the bright red path that spread down the girl's white arm, Ash couldn't help but smile.

"I was wondering how an idiot like you could possibly get yourself into trouble, and sure enough, that's what happened."

The momentary sting not only did not annoy Ash, but instead made him more interested in Haruka.

Being able to react, or even resist silently...isn't this super interesting!

"You've been tricked, haven't you? My foolish princess."

Hypnosis? Forced evil and darkness? No... it doesn't seem that simple and direct. Could it be an induction combined with inner desire? Interesting. I'm almost curious to meet the culprit.

"Ash, you really can see that—and I haven't even agreed yet, how come you've become your princess in one go!"

Although she had objections to Ash's words in her heart, Haruka was completely unable to control herself and could only let her "instinct" perform.

"I am the princess." Haruka, with a hollow look in her eyes, continued to struggle unconcerned even though she was completely outmatched. "My nobility, my beauty, my... absolutely, no objections are needed."

"Your objection is unnecessary."

Had my heart been swallowed by the black hole of longing, induced by those words? If so... maybe it's also my fault? This is terrible.

"Is that so? But I am the King, above you!"

"But it's a good point. I like it very much, My Princess."

The wrist that was suppressing him suddenly changed from one hand to two hands, and Ash pushed back until Haruka was pressed against the wall. He also kept his eyes close to the girl, observing the cold and empty expression that Haruka would never show normally.

"Wait, that's too close! Don't get so close!"

"Hey, did you look closely?"

The now extremely cool and dignified "Haruno Haruka", who exudes an unprecedented cold aura even when being suppressed, is really fresh. It's like the change from the usual princess-delusional girl to a Joruri doll.

Hmm~ I like this kind of "coldness" very much.

"If you look closely, Princess Haruka looks pretty good like this~ How about becoming my own doll?"

'don't want...'

Ash couldn't hear Haruka's inner protest from the outside. Just when the girl's tension was about to reach its limit, Ash stopped first.

"never mind."

"No matter how fun a toy is, you'll get tired of it one day. I don't need toys gathering dust in the closet. What I want is your twinkle... No, that's wrong."

"To be precise, what I want is you."

I can see that little figure hiding deep in your heart. I really don’t know what you are afraid of. Didn’t I tell you all this at the beginning?

I, like you.

"!"

The empty, gray eyes suddenly trembled inexplicably when the words fell, and a sudden warmth appeared on the originally unchanged cold face.

"So, Haruka, you're in there, right?"

'The face is so close!'

"If you don't come out, I'm going to kiss you."

"!"

"Let me see." Ash's aggressive gaze was full of anticipation, scanning the girl's face left and right as if he was a carnivore choosing lunch.

"Next is the neck, or would the ears be better?"

'etc! '

"Hmm~ Or maybe starting with the cheeks? The forehead looks great too!"

'This is too direct and too extreme!'

"These lips are tempting me no matter how I look at them. I want to eat them~"

“Everyone says it’s too fast ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Haruka suddenly broke through the barrier of her heart and rushed forward. After brushing past Ash who was dodging and almost falling, she was pulled back by Ash's arm which was just around his waist.

"It really is useful~ Hey, you're back?"

"I..." Haruka, who had been about to complain about Ash's actions, suddenly felt a surge of guilt after seeing the bright red on the man's palm. "I—I'm sorry! I actually did such a thing! Where are the bandages and serial patches?"

"It's okay." Ash, who didn't take it seriously, was even in the mood to joke with her. "I was just teasing you, to see if you'd look guilty."

Seeing the girl frantically searching, tears welling up in her eyes, Ash quickly waved his palm towards her. "Look, it's all healed already. I already said this level of damage is nothing to me."

"Hiss-"

The girl tore her skirt open with a crisp sound. Faced with Haruka who was trying to get closer even with her eyes blurred, Ash had no choice but to put his hand in front of her.

The girl trembled slightly as she grasped the palm of her hand, which was wider than her own. Under some unknown force, the wound healed perfectly at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only a faint white mark on her hand.

But when she thought about what she had done, the girl who was holding Ash's wrist and refused to let go picked up the rag in her hand and carefully cleaned the bloody part for him bit by bit.

"You really are, so cute."

"..."

Pretending not to hear his voice, Haruka lowered her head and bandaged Ash's tearful and blushing face, and finally tied a not-so-attractive bow on it.

"That should be enough..." Haruka was so embarrassed that she covered the hem of her skirt that was torn in a hurry and exposed her nude body. She kept apologizing to Ash. "I'm so sorry, so sorry——"

"Snapped."

Ash's warm palms covered the girl's head in a way that was completely unimaginable at ordinary times. It seemed that he liked her "onion"-like hairstyle tied at the back of her head very much. The man rubbed Haruno Haruka, who was like a little animal, with his hands.

"I've already said that. I don't care."

"And you're my queen... Well, if you don't like it, I'll just call you princess."

"So, since you're my princess, I'll naturally give you the privileges of a princess. What do you think? This is something no one else has."

No matter how frivolous Ash's tone was, Haruka knew that he was only doing it to alleviate his guilt a little.

"Ah."

Without even refuting the ambiguity of the title "my princess," the trembling girl gradually stopped, took a deep breath, and slowly nodded.

"Thank you, Ash."

Chapter 84: Favorability Up↑

"I am..."

"Ahhh~" Ash interrupted the girl's explanation, shaking his index finger. "I know you must have been deceived by someone to do such a stupid thing. I want you to tell me about the person who did this to you."

"Ah!" Haruka was suddenly attacked by Ash's finger on her forehead. Tears welled up in her eyes, turning from sadness to grievance. She covered her head and muttered. "What... You still think I'm an idiot..."

"She's a princess, a Pretty Cure, but she easily believed what others said and almost locked herself up in her heart. If that idiot isn't Haruka, who else could it be?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Ash is a bully!

With a feeling of both grievance and relief, the girl told Ash about her encounter with the beautiful silver-haired girl in the woods yesterday.

"But..." After finishing the story, it was Haruka who started to wonder. "Is it really related to her?"

She clearly just taught me how to play the violin, and the results were immediate! Could this really be her?

Of course, the actual view of the truth of the matter is hidden deeper in Yao's heart, that is... this person who perfectly meets her inner desires and expectations, like an elegant princess who really walked out of a fairy tale, she really doesn't want to think that the other person would be a bad person.

"Well, could that be the case?" Haruka even racked her brains to try to defend him. "There were actually people from Disdak hiding in the woods at the time, using her as a cover to secretly influence me while she was teaching me?"

"Yeah, that must be the case! Then there's no need for her to be the murderer...Ah!"

"Occam's razor—do not add entities unless necessary." As punishment for being foolish enough to even try to defend her, Ash mercilessly gave her another head-smacking blow, leaving her clutching her head and screaming. "No matter how much you hate it, the facts are the facts. Unless you have the power to change the past, this is the outcome."

"But...you said that was a beautiful silver-haired girl with the aura of a noble princess?"

"Yeah...what's wrong?"

For some reason, Yao Ben could feel that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

After gradually building up a similar character model in his mind through Haruka's description, Ash couldn't help but lick his dry lips with the tip of his tongue.

Oh no, this is exactly what I like. Isn't it awesome?

"Ash...King Ash?"

"Ahem!" Ash, looking suspiciously at the girl, instantly turned serious, coughing twice. "Anyway, next time, find a way to lure them out again. The one who attacked my princess... I have to meet him, don't I?"

"Well..."

Once again, I was helped by Ash.

Although we were treated very unfairly from the very beginning, Ash had no intention of taking advantage of others. In fact, every one of us has been helped by you.

The hand covering the hem of her skirt loosened at some point, and the girl walked to the man's side, continuing to stare at his profile as he seemed to be thinking about something important (whether this new princess would be very beneficial to her XP).

At the beginning, they said they were interested in our shining as Pretty Cure, but after being exposed by Kirara and facing their true selves, they became extremely interested in us as individuals? It's really... so straightforward and passionate that it's impossible for others to avoid it.

"Ash, are you still thinking about us?"

If you really like us to this extent, I really don’t know what to do.

Ah——Since I’m working hard to become the princess, I must respond to Ash as seriously as the princess does!

"Yeah." He snapped back to reality from his YY fantasy and said seriously to the man whose expression gave no hint of his inner thoughts. "I owed you a favor before, and I'm still figuring out how to repay it."

In fact, you have already paid it off... Just as Yao was about to say this, she was quickly interrupted by the man's amazing wisdom.

"You want to be a princess, um... If you don't want to be my daughter, then I have a good idea!"

"?"

"If I let your mother be my queen first, wouldn't you, Haruka, become a real princess? Hmm!" As Haruka's initial touch faded, Ash thought about it and felt the plan was more and more feasible. "I happened to have met that lady last time during Family Day. She's actually surprisingly cute. I'm fine with that! How about introducing her to me?"

"Click." The princess perfume bottle and the key combination suddenly appeared in Haruka's hand, whose eyes were once again "empty." "King Ash, your joke is a bit too much."

"I'm not kidding..."

"Precure Princess—!"

"Alright, alright." Realizing she wasn't joking, Ash took a lot of effort to finally coax Haruka into submission. "Really? How else do you plan to make it happen?"

"If this is my dream, I will achieve it in my own way and with my own will, just like how Ash wanted us to become your queens!"

Since you can say such things openly, why can't I work hard!

"Oh, now your points have risen again in my heart. I really want you more and more."

Although her admiration for him was extinguished by Ash's shocking move just when he was about to startle her, after all the laughter and joking, Haruka did feel that they were getting closer in the heart.

“Before…”

"Ok?"

"Why didn't Ash want to teach me before?"