"Cure Heart Engage Mode!!"
"So beautiful..."
Ash stood there blankly, looking up at the girl in the "wedding dress", and slowly loosened her clenched and bleeding fists.
He has been defeated.
There was no need to continue fighting. Not only was his unimaginably enhanced cure heart crushing him at a geometric level. Under the indescribable suppression, he couldn't even get close. He could only watch blankly as Aida Mana held up the pleats of his skirt on both sides and walked towards him step by step.
There was something in the darkness inside the body, like a mouse encountering a cat. It screamed loudly and hissed, trying to escape. Ash pressed his palm on his chest, using his body as a line of defense to block it.
I can't let you run away...
The bouquet in Aida Mana's hand turned into a bow of light. He strung the bow and drew the arrow in one go. The brilliant arrow had almost poked Ash's chest, but it had not been launched yet.
"What's wrong? You are Pretty Cure who protects the peace of the world and upholds justice and love. What are you waiting for? You don't need to mind. Just knock down this evil person like me."
"Mana, remember your agreement with me!"
That's right, the two of them made a promise not long ago when they broke through the past and returned to the present!
The girl pursed her lips, biting her red lips with her white teeth, and made up her mind.
"What I need is not arrows, but love!"
As soon as Ai's words fell, the bow of light in his hand, which could even shatter planet-level darkness, dissipated on the spot and turned into the purest light, wrapping the two of them in an actinic cocoon.
"You..."
Ash wanted to say something more, but at this moment, his heart was so trembling that he couldn't say anything.
"Not everyone is used to loving and being loved, is that right, Ash?"
Because that's the kind of person you are.
"So, in this case, let me love you!"
He opened his arms and embraced Ash into his warm embrace. The ribbons used as decorations on his clothes also hugged him gently, and he jumped off the cliff with Ash in his arms.
"Let go, let go, I'm not the person you should save, I don't-!"
The mouth was struggling fiercely, but Ash's struggle was no better than that of a baby.
"It's so noisy, Ash, you have always done such and such willful things to me in the past, and you never cared about our feelings!"
"This time, it's my turn to be willful to Ash!"
From simply wanting to be friends with him at the beginning, to now wanting to save Ash's heart, is this Pretty Cure's great love for everyone, or is it just her Aida Mana's selfishness? Probably all.
Just like Poker King mistakenly released Jikochu Progenitor in order to save Princess Angie. You can scold him loudly for his behavior, but is it wrong for a father to simply think about his daughter?
Selfishness and love have always been two sides of the same coin, and no one can separate them.
So Ash, please accept this selfish and willful "love".
In mid-air, Ash could feel that the things in his body began to scream, roar, and struggle fiercely, as if they were dying in the light. However, no matter how strong the resistance was, it seemed so ridiculous in front of the love that was conveyed to his heart.
The fierce resistance at the beginning gradually evaporated and subsided under Aida Mana's frank treatment, until Ash finally felt the warmth and peace of mind like a long-lost mother's embrace and... peace in her heart.
"Crack-"
The dial flashing with electric sparks fell from Ash's arms and fell into the abyss where it was missing.
"Ah..."
Ash's face showed peace that he had never seen before.
"What a warm light..."
He couldn't help but stretched out his hand towards the light in front of him.
Me now.
Surrounded by infinite light and love from Mugen.
Chapter 156 Two intertwined and overlapping hearts
"What's going on!"
The girls outside the mirror only saw a flash of white light in the world in the mirror, and then all the mirrors shattered, and no one could be seen in them.
Everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pot and wanted to know the final result. Who won and who lost? Who will stay in the end?
Is it Ash?
Or Mana?
No matter who wins, there will be no real winner in this battle, and everyone will be the loser.
However, no matter what the outcome is, if someone falls in this battle, it will be a painful outcome for them, but they always have hope in their hearts.
"Is there no way we can go to the world in the mirror?"
"Right, this!" Aguri suddenly remembered after hearing Rikka's words. After taking out Ryuga Card Deck from his pocket, he called out Ride Shooter from the mirror. He was about to start but had to stop.
"With this, I can go to Mirror World, but..."
Aguri looked around impatiently. How could they, junior high school students and elementary school students, come into contact with motorcycles? Who would drive them?
"Let me do it."
Finally, under the surprised eyes of everyone, Arisu got on the car, turned the accelerator and lowered the protective cover.
"Arisu can actually drive?!"
"Hey~Sebastian taught me in Hawaii. Let's set off now. I hope we can catch up."
The cool feeling on his forehead awakened Ash's consciousness.
There is no longer the chaos caused by evil and darkness in the body, and there is no pain that the past world Dark Echo brought to me from time to time. Even the pop-up windows have disappeared.
Ash All the bones and muscles in his whole body ached wildly, but he felt that his heart was extremely pure and clear, as if he had never lived so truly.
Extremely awake, my completely awake brain began to recall the past.
Lying in the ruins, with his messy short black hair buried in the dust, Ash let out a long sigh and kept hitting his forehead with the back of his clenched hand.
"Really... I really have done something stupid."
To actually let a girl kill someone and force the other party to take my life. Obviously this is never an easy thing. It is really the lowest level.
You've gone too far...
"Ash."
"Mana..."
Pulling up Ash who was lying on the ground, Ai, who pursed her lips and kept trembling, raised an equally trembling fist. The blond precure degenerated into a red-haired girl in the light, and the remaining fist hit Ash hard on the face.
"You, big idiot!"
Ash flew out in response and fell to the ground again. His loose teeth were full of the smell of blood, and bright red lines dripped from the corners of his lips to his chin. He saw Ai continuing to walk towards him without saying anything.
I deserve this. The pain in her heart is even worse than mine... Eh?
Something familiar, warm, and soft touched his body again.
Ash was stunned for a moment, opened his eyes, and met those burgundy eyes.
What greeted Ash was not another fist, but a tight hug, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
"But, I feel that if I can't save you, there is no point even if I save the whole world -"
"He is the biggest idiot in the world!"
The burgundy hair rested on Ash's chest, and a tickling feeling caressed his neck, constantly digging in, and his powerless little fists beat the man's chest.
Listening to what she said, Ash's throat felt a little choked even though she couldn't shed tears.
"I'm sorry..." (falling tone)
Looking at the burgundy color that was constantly twisting, the man seemed to want to reach out and hug her. The arm that was quietly wrapped around her back hung in the air and trembled, and then he quietly put it down.
So he just let her hold him and let her "act like a baby" on him.
I don't know how long it took, but after smelling the faint floral fragrance in the girl's hair, her voice came from his arms.
"Ash, can you feel it?"
"Ah, now my heart is filled with this emotion of sorrow and love."
Finally...
The words she kept repeating, the things she wanted to convey through words and fists, the wishes she kept repeating finally reached the place they wanted to convey.
They finally began to understand each other.
"Ash, I know you don't like this... but, I want to hear you tell me."
"Why, what is it that has been hidden?"
"Ash, why do you keep doing this, torturing yourself like a prisoner?"
"..."
"If you want to know."
I'll just tell you.
He didn't want to deceive himself anymore, let alone her, and continue to escape.
So he should say what he wants to say and what he can say, and he will feel better.
"Mana, I am not from this world."
Although he is a Interdimensional Traveler, unlike Interdimensional Traveler who often refuses to reveal secrets from another world, he never cares about such things.
When Ash narrated, it was the first time Ai saw his eyes like this. It was not the emptiness of the past, nor the ridicule of the past, nor the resentment and weakness that she had seen before. Now, the black eyes that released purity almost puzzled her.
"Well, we already know this kind of thing."
"But it's not my first time."
"Eh?"
The wound aches.
Neither is the will to fight.
It was as if even I couldn't remember what was going on, as if I couldn't find what I should say. Ash pieced together his fragmented memories bit by bit and told her about it.
"I have done this kind of thing in other worlds in the past, more than once, and sometimes it was even more egregious than this time."
"In order to fill the body with darkness, constant fighting, constant life, constant death, constant repetition."
"I have made many friends along the way, but compared to the days of fighting, the time spent with you is so peaceful and happy."
Ash looked at Ai's flawless eyes with a wry smile on his face.
Ash When reading online novels, he hated the scenes where the protagonist always "smiled bitterly". He didn't understand what it meant to laugh when he was happy and to be annoyed when he was upset. What was the expression of smiling bitterly at the same time?
Now, he understands.
When you encounter this situation where you don't even have the freedom to feel sadness, can't you just laugh?
"Most are just days when pain and hate pour out."
So he forgot about pity, closed his heart, and devoted his body and mind more to the battle.
At the same time, it gradually becomes that only fighting feels like real life. From time to time, people will begin to doubt what they are looking for in life. Is it really just for the passion of fighting?
"I am indeed very happy when I am with you. I have to thank you for this... huh?"
When he opened his eyes, Ash's eyes were red when he saw Ai so close at hand, and tears couldn't stop falling from his cheeks. He tried his best to suppress his voice but still let out low sobs.
The girl didn't know what to say, she could only hug Ash tightly, for fear that she would really lose him.
All Pretty Cure are gentle people. They will feel sad for other people's pain and happy for other people's happiness. It makes them even more anxious that Ash is saying this to her now.
"Woo..."