Please give a short answer Yuri swallowed all the subsequent words in his stomach.
"But before that..."
His eyes fell on the two goblins in Yuri's arms, and Ash narrowed his smile and eyes slightly.
Lei, who was lying on the sofa, turned over, as if she had dreamed of something extremely scary. Her face looked uncomfortable, and she finally woke up from the sofa with a look of horror on her face.
"Ah——Erika don't die!"
"Lei... it's so noisy..."
"Huh?" The voice next to her made Lei stunned for a moment. Only then did she realize that she was not lying on the lawn after the war. The tip of her nose was slightly twitching and she could smell the faint fragrance of coffee. The moody dark yellow light shone on herself and the wall behind her, bringing some peace to Lei who had just woken up from the previous battle.
The gramophone nearby played romantic music. I don't know why the dazzling interior and such an elegant place seemed to be a coffee shop.
Erika was lying next to her with her. This made Lei feel relieved a little, but a new question came up. What happened to Timons who suddenly attacked her? Were they let go? And why does it appear here?
"Are you awake already? If you are tired, you can sleep again."
"Thank you, you've had enough rest... Eh?" This voice sounded so familiar.
Lei looked towards the source of the sound, and Ash was sitting next to her, smiling at the girl who seemed to be still dazed.
"Eh, eh, eh, eh--!"
After seeing Ash's face, Lei woke up in an instant. The blush on her cheeks became more obvious, and a series of screams popped out from the depths of her throat.
Lei, whose eyes began to roll in circles, was completely sleepless at the moment. When she thought of her sleeping face being seen by someone she cared about before, she couldn't help but feel shy rising from the bottom of her heart. The girl whose cheeks turned soft was so embarrassed that she stopped thinking.
Even Pretty Cure, who can fight monsters of the level of Desertrian, is still a little girl who longs for the things she desires in her heart.
Why, why is that handsome store manager here!? No, why is it at this time? Could it be that I am now...?
"Welcome to Nasta Café."
Ash took off the dome hat on his head, took off his hat and saluted.
Chapter 9 Ash and Yuri, a close relationship?
"M..."
Even though she had just been defeated, it did not affect her mood. Erika, who was addicted to sleep, smacked her lips, turned over and continued to have a sweet dream.
"Well..."
As for Lei, she was not in such a good mood. She pulled up the blanket in front of her to cover half of her blushing cheeks. Lei couldn't speak in front of Ash's smiling expression.
Lei, you have to be brave. Don't be shy and timid just because the other person is a handsome guy. Courage - show the courage you have to face Desertrian. Okay, you must clarify the problem to the other person!
"Hanasaki Rei, right?"
"Yes!" When the other party read out her name, the courage she finally gathered was shattered on the spot. Lei responded subconsciously and the blush on her face increased. "Why, why do you know my name?"
"You just passed by my store not long ago and introduced yourself. I think I haven't forgotten things that easily. Am I right, Miss Lei, who likes flowers?"
"Well, that's right... I forgot." Lei, who had never been treated so tenderly by an adult man other than her father, really didn't dare to look at Ash, as if her heart would beat fast whenever she saw the other person's smiling face.
However, he is really handsome - could it be said that Hanasaki Rei's love fortune is about to come?!
What Ash doesn't know is that he has put a shoujo manga filter on Lei's one-sided perspective, but even if he knows, he probably won't care too much.
However, Hanasaki Rei has not completely indulged in fantasy after all. She has not forgotten that the most important thing for her now is to understand what happened from the time they were defeated to the time they appeared in the cafe.
"You're asking about this."
While Ash was talking to Lei, his eyes secretly glanced at the curtain leading to the backstage, where Yuri's words were hidden.
As the girl's thin lips opened and closed, Ash understood what she meant.
Please keep it a secret for me...Yuri, is that what you mean? It seems that even if you pretend to be okay on the surface, in reality you still haven't come out.
Do you still want to hide it? Sorry?
But I refuse.
It seems that for you to stand up again and revive Cure Moonlight, you need an opportunity.
No matter how the thoughts in his mind were changing, Ash still talked to Lei with an unchanging expression on the surface.
"My waitress picked it up for you, you have to thank her."
"What..."
Noticing the subtle look in the other side's eyes, Ash shrugged indifferently. After all, although he was usually willing to help her, in order to let his clerk come out of the shadows as soon as possible, he still had to help with this level of help.
Oops, when I think about it, I am really the best benefactor in the world.
"Yuri, come over and say hello to everyone."
With a sigh, Tsukikage Yuri, wearing work clothes, walked from the backstage to the stage, and was immediately recognized by Lei.
"Ah, you are the person I met last time at the Botanical Garden!"
Seeing Lei's reaction, Ash suddenly understood.
"What? It turns out we are someone we know. Now it will be easier to handle."
"It was you who gave me advice last time, so that I could have the opportunity to help my friends." Facing Yuri, who seemed a little surprised, Lei conveyed the overflowing gratitude in her heart. "It was you who saved me and Erika this time, thank you!"
"No, I just told you the flower language last time, and this time I just brought you here. I didn't do anything..."
"But for us, these things are important things that we must be grateful for, so I say!" After looking at the work badge hanging on Yuri's chest, Lei solemnly lowered his head and thanked her. "Thank you, Miss Yuri!"
Hearing the sincere thanks from the girl, inexplicable emotions flowed in her heart. She glanced at Ash, who was smiling beside her and seemed to have expected this. The corners of Yuri's mouth also turned up slightly without her knowing.
"Store manager, did you expect this?"
"What, isn't this nice?"
I don't know when there were several more cups of coffee on the tray in my hand. Ash picked up his own cup, blew the heat away and drank it in one gulp.
"Yuri You need to be more generous in order to make more and better friends."
"Of course I have friends. People who always interfere too much will be annoying."
"Sorry, someone once said that I am the most self-centered person in the world~ And all this is for your growth Yuri."
If you don't cheer up quickly, how can you become the shining Pretty Cure again?
"Store manager." Yuri calmly pushed the coffee in front of him away. "You are harassing me."
"Haha, the relationship between Miss Yuri and the store manager is really good." Lei smiled softly, but the feeling of hope that finally rose in her heart fell all the way to the abyss of no harmony.
'Could it be said that they are already dating? Doesn't that mean that I have no chance and my love... has failed again?! '
"That's right, after all Yuri came here to work specifically because he has a crush on me. He likes me so much that he wants to marry me in the future~"
Tsukikage Yuri wordlessly took out the flip phone from his pocket and pressed three numbers.
"Hello, hello, is this Hope Flower City Police Station? I hope you can come to Nasta Café. There is a harasser here who needs to be arrested."
"Wait a minute, Yuri, it's illegal to call the police!"
Seeing the two people "fighting" over the mobile phone, Lei's mood rose all the way back to a very good level.
'It seems it's not that relationship, Lei, your chance is not over yet! I still have a chance! '
"What, it's so noisy..." Erika, who slowly climbed up with Lei in his arms, rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked at the mess in front of him, and finally locked his sights on Ash, opening his mouth wide.
"Ah, you are the one--"
When everyone's eyes were on her, she slowly breathed out the last few words.
"Um... who is here?"
"Really, if you forget, don't be so scary, Erika, you idiot!"
"Ah! That annoying Spider-Man called me a fool, why is even Lei calling me a fool now!"
"Because Erika is really a big idiot!"
The girls' fight didn't last long. After Lei said she didn't like the taste of coffee and declined, Ash pushed the cup of coffee in front of Erika and asked them to explain the matter clearly.
"So, that's it, ladies of Pretty Cure."
"Pfft!" The coffee sprayed from Erika's mouth splashed on the tray shield that Ash had prepared long ago. "It tastes so bad! It's obviously a cafe with such a high-end decoration, but the coffee tastes so bad—no!"
"Why does the store manager know this?"
At this time, even Lei on the side had her eyes widened. She was so anxious that she didn't care about being shy. Her fingers clenched the corners of her clothes uneasily, waiting for Ash's answer.
"Because of this."
Ash pulled out two little ones, Shiffre and Coffret, holding ice cream and licking them like rabbits from under the counter on the side.
"Suck?"
"Ah——!" Erika suddenly jumped forward, grabbing Coffret's soft cheeks and pulling them from side to side. "You traitor who forgot your partner when you got the ice cream! Give me a bite of the ice cream!"
"Speak freely now!"
"Um, Ash-sensei, we——"
Facing Lei, who was as nervous as a little rabbit, Ash gently waved his hand for her to sit down and comforted her.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this, just keep it as a little secret between us."
"How can I say that you are also superheroes who protect this city." Seeing the embarrassed smiles on the faces of the two girls, Ash continued. "I am also your supporter. It is our honor to host Pretty Cure."
"How about this? You can think of this as your Pretty Cure's secret base."
"Ah, how can this be so embarrassing-" Lei quickly interrupted the proud Erika and asked Ash seriously.
"But why?"
Ash also replied seriously after pondering for a while,
"Because I like Pretty Cure very much."
Chapter 10 Tsukikage Yuri's new daily life
"Yuri, shall we go home together today?"
"Yes, East Street has opened a new dessert shop over there. Do you want to come with us?"
"No, I have something else to do."
After packing up today's textbooks and notes, Yuri once again declined the invitation from his classmates.
But even after she left, the discussion about her did not end. Three or two female classmates looked at Tsukikage Yuri's back and started chattering about her behind her back.
"Recently, do you think Yuri has changed?"
"That's right, Yuri-chan, who used to be cold and cold, is not so difficult to get along with now."
Gossip is the nature of all humans, especially when the center of the topic is the mysterious Tsukikage Yuri.
"Have you heard? During the weekend holiday last week, a man came to pick her up on a motorcycle. Who do you think he was?"
"Yuri She is from a single-parent family, and it is impossible for her father to be her father... that is to say!"
Several people said it in unison.
"It must be Yuri's secret boyfriend!"
"So, if Yueying didn't go back, she was having a tryst with her boyfriend?"
"Ah, I didn't expect that someone like her would have a boyfriend! But this feeling... white teeth, super exciting!"
"Who do you think it could be? Could it be someone from outside the school..."
The voice from behind attracted Yuri's attention. It was a tall blue-haired girl saying hello to her. The woman whose eyebrows were similar to Erika smiled and hugged Yuri from behind.
"I caught you~ Really, Yuri has been too busy recently, it's really not easy to find you~"
"I'm really busy, Momoka, as you know."
As a close friend, Ms. Kurumi Momoka naturally knew that Tsukikage Yuri was working at Nasta Café. In fact, because she was worried about her friend's relationship, she personally inspected it several times, but the results were not ideal. The coffee in the cafe left a slight psychological shadow on her.