"Let's look for other Pretty Cure."
"Indeed."
"That's right!" Just as they were adding up, Coffret sighed as if he suddenly remembered something. "Lei and Erika are both students at the school, so let's start with the students!"
"Oh, that's a really good idea. I have-" Popuri was about to go to Lei's school to find out what was going on when he happened to see three female students wearing Lei's school uniforms walking over.
"Chisaki, I heard that a new cafe called Nasta recently opened on the corner of the street." The peach-colored girl held the hand of her blue-haired friend and chatted about the rumors in the class. "Let's go try the coffee over there this weekend!"
"Well... since it's the place chosen by Mio." The girl nodded after hearing her friend's suggestion. "On weekends..."
"But I heard that the coffee over there tastes really bad." The yellow-haired girl couldn't help but frown when she heard their conversation. "It is said that some people even went to his house to challenge him to drink coffee. In the end, no one could stand it without squirting or passing out."
"Wow! Nana Are you really telling the truth?"
"But I also heard that what is inversely proportional to their main coffee is their desserts, which are said to be super-delicious!"
"Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff goodslows to the coffee shop, but what makes the dessert delicious? It's so interesting!"
Feeling the youthful look of the three girls chatting, Popuri couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
"Oh oh oh! Is this a student? It feels so interesting!"
If you can feel the overflowing vitality and fight with Desert Apostles, you will definitely become a very powerful person!
I've decided, let's go ask them if anyone is willing to be Pretty Cure!
Accidentally breaking away from the cover of the coat, Popuri flew toward them alone.
"Hello desu, I am Popuri, do you have someone——"
"Oh, oh, oh!" Before Popuri could finish her words, the girls burst out in exclamation at the same time, making her almost fall from the air.
"What is this? It's so cute~~~!"
The cute little elf perfectly touched everyone's cuteness, and Popuri was hugged by the girls who were surrounded by them lovingly.
"So soft~ And you just spoke, right? What kind of animal are you?"
"Wow, is it an elf!? The elf is so cute!"
"Touch~ What did you just say, light... what? Wow, but no matter what it is, it is really cute!"
The girls kept touching her up and down, and Popuri, who was dizzy from being touched all over her body, let out a frightened whimper, and finally found an opportunity to fly out in a gap.
"Whoa whoa whoa!"
Popuri is not clean!
Keeping crying all the way, Popuri flew into a house without noticing.
This, where is this?
"Who are you?"
A voice came from Popuri, who was looking around.
Chapter 62 Another chance encounter
Ash No surprise.
To be honest, he was not surprised at all that Popuri disappeared not long after he said he was going to find the third one, Pretty Cure.
Ash Listening to the anxious voice of the girl on the other side of the receiver, he touched his smooth chin without any stubble.
"Could it be that Desert Apostles caught him passing by and roasted it as a radish and ate it?"
By the way, as long as I don't grow it like Huande, wouldn't it make me look more manly if I had a slightly longer beard?
"Store manager——" A girl's unique crazy voice came from the other side. "You're still making sarcastic remarks at this time—"
"Okay, okay." Ash quickly put the noisy receiver away and promised instead. "Calm down a little. I'll look for you outside. Don't worry."
Putting down the receiver, Ash, who was hiding in the phone booth, changed clothes from the inventory and put them on.
He will indeed look for it, but he will look for it in another identity.
"Hey, little Itsuki."
Following the traces of the elf, we found the hospital. Ash, who had just climbed over the outer wall and came in, met an unexpected person. Itsuki Meidoin, who was passing by with a lunch box, was staring at him with big eyes.
"Ah, Master Timons!"
Seeing Ash coming, Itsuki quickly put the lunch box aside and held it in his hands.
"Stop." Ash quickly shouted to stop her words. "I'm not your master, and I haven't taught you any moves, so there's no need to call you this."
Although he asked her to call her that on a whim at first, when Itsuki really started to call her that a bit stubbornly, it was him who had a headache.
"But, you taught me something more important than tricks -"
"Stop, stop, stop!" Ash quickly raised his hand and shouted stop. "I will accept your kindness, but please don't add the prefix "Master".
How should I put it, I'm embarrassed.
"Okay..."
There seemed to be some reluctance, but Itsuki nodded and accepted Ash's statement.
"I'm just looking for something that looks like a doll." Ash gestured with his fingers, drawing the shape of Popuri in the air. "Tell me, you didn't happen to see it, did you?"
"No, no more."
Seeing the way Itsuki waved her hands hastily, Ash narrowed her eyes. It seemed that no one told her that she was lying very unconvincingly.
However, Ash had no intention of getting to the bottom of it. Rather, it might be more interesting to him.
"Sit down."
He crossed his legs on the bench in the open-air courtyard of the hospital. After Ash patted the place next to him, Itsuki took advantage of the situation and sat next to him.
"I really miss it~" Looking at the doctors and patients moving around in the hospital, Ash could smell a familiar smell with the tip of his nose twitching slightly.
This is the overlapping taste of rebirth and death, a taste that he has personally experienced and felt countless times.
"Miss you? Mr. Timons is..."
"Don't look at me like this, I used to be a real doctor." Seeing Itsuki's mouth wide open in surprise, Ash smiled and held his hands together and made a soft sound.
"Hey... Mr. Timons actually knows medical skills?" Itsuki, who didn't know the truth, couldn't imagine it. The scene where Timons came to bandage and treat the monsters she saw several stories high, no matter how hard she imagined, she couldn't imagine it.
"It's a long story. I have two teachers. The first one is because I want to understand the unique skills and create something that will surprise the world, so I learned from him. It turns out that I am indeed a genius. Even the teacher praised me for my graduation work."
After all, after I helped Hongo and the others complete the remodeling surgery to increase their combat power by 800%, the first enemy they killed was my teacher Doctor Shinigami. Aren't you full of praise?
"The second teacher was much younger than the first one. I accidentally lost to him when I was playing a 'game' with him. As a price, I had to abandon the cruel transformation surgery and learn regular medical skills... How should I put it, I don't want to recall it." At this point, Ash tapped his temple in distress.
After all, neither Doctor Shinigami nor brave are easy to talk to. The former is the pursuit of technology, and the latter is the responsibility to patients. No wonder it was so hard to persuade people to study medicine. During those days when he was studying, Ash lacked sleep almost every day. For a lazy man like him, it was really a hell that he didn't want to remember.
"Okay, I've said enough, it's your turn."
"But, nothing interesting has happened to me recently..."
"Don't worry so much, just tell me."
Hearing the man's promise, Itsuki cleared his throat and began to tell his story.
"My grandpa and brother are very supportive of my decision. I've been learning how to wear cute skirts recently..."
"Yeah."
"I recently joined Erika's fashion club and designed clothes with everyone. Everyone said that I am very talented."
"Yeah."
"There is also the Gardening Club. Lei and I helped the president of the Gardening Club set up the flower stands on a rainy day. Although we got all wet, everyone was very happy!"
"Yeah."
The daily routines Itsuki talked about were quite boring compared to the adventure life that Ash often had to go through. However, Ash did not feel bored. He turned into a quiet listener and only responded occasionally.
The sense of emptiness brought about by constantly traveling through different worlds once made me pursue heart-pounding excitement. After being satisfied with this excitement in the previous world, the Ash of this world tried to find something for myself. Substitutes, such as Nasta Café's life, such as Little Dark and Itsuki, which is why he is quietly listening to Itsuki's story at the moment.
For the past self, it was just a meaningless pastime, but now I seem to be able to find a peaceful time from the simple ordinary.
Since when did the coffee shop and everyone there originally just serve as a part of the foreshadowing, but when did I start to take a liking to it without even realizing it?
My own change, such a result... is it one of the miracles I long for?
Ash thinks so, but this matter is another matter for Itsuki.
For this girl who has been immersed in martial arts all year round, Timons, which is completely different from ordinary people, suddenly broke into her life, just like a fish living on the deep seabed was suddenly illuminated by a deep sea searchlight.
As Timons, Ash did not throw her aside after that whim. In fact, he showed unprecedented patience to her who had great potential. He often had nothing to do with her. He would come to her every once in a while, whether it was at the dojo at home or at school. Of course, the result usually turned into a sparring match between the two, and it often ended with Ash beating Itsuki to the ground.
Later, a tragedy occurred, which resulted in Ash being the winner and taking away Itsuki's lunch box, snacks and dolls. However, in Itsuki's heart, these times together were not bad, it should be said that they were full of surprises and fun. If she gets hungry after her lunch is taken away, he will bring out a delicious dessert from nowhere as Doraemon did. As long as she doesn't drink the complimentary coffee, she won't be at a loss anyway.
Chapter 63 A bento
At some point, Itsuki Meidoin had begun to learn to look forward to spending time with him in normal times.
Ash often tells many fantastic stories, such as the story of the Galactic Parliament and the distant star of light in the starry sky, the swordsman hiding in the world who cuts off people's evil thoughts, and the story of a galactic wolf galloping across the universe.
And the questions she raised usually got answers that she had never thought of. Many of his opinions were unexpected, except for the fact that sometimes they would be inexplicably intrusive, and he would not admit it, just like a stubborn child making trouble.
"Recently, Lei said that she has someone she likes, but no matter who asked her, she would blush and wouldn't say who it was. Even if she asked Erika, she would smile and say that she wanted to keep Lei a secret."
"Someone you like? Oh... what about you, Itsuki, do you have someone you like?"
Hearing these words, Itsuki's voice paused involuntarily.
"I am Student Council President, and I cannot set a bad example for the students below, so I say... no more."
"Tsk, have I heard this somewhere?"
At this time, Itsuki Meidoin felt a little confused inside.
In a recent battle in which Itsuki almost defeated Timons, when the opponent pulled himself up while holding the lunch box as a trophy, some inexplicable emotions that he had never experienced in the past filled the girlish heart that Itsuki Meidoin had always hidden.
Itsuki used to hate Ash because he bullied Pretty Cure and was on the enemy's side, but now he can no longer find the dislike he once had.
At this time, the sun was shining from the other side, and warmly illuminated the smiling profile of the man's mask. Itsuki's lips opened slightly but did not close. He was stunned for a moment.
When did it start? Mr. Timons, who is obviously a bad guy, is so happy when chatting.
"Itsuki, do you have something else you haven't said?"
"Eh?" Itsuki, who was suddenly asked, made a cute voice. She was completely distracted just now and didn't even hear what Ash was saying.
Her heartbeat trembled subtly, and she immediately remembered that no matter how nice the conversation was, he was still a member of the dark organization and an enemy of mankind.
Could it be that he has discovered...
"Your body is very healthy and there is no need for medical treatment at all, so why are you hanging around the hospital?" Ash raised two fingers and pointed at his eyes. "I'm a doctor. If you don't believe this, I'll be very troubled."
"It's not me who's coming for medical treatment, it's my brother."
"That's understandable."
Ash naturally knows how much Itsuki cares about his biological brother. According to Itsuki's description, he, who was born weak and sickly, finally experienced a turning point in his fate due to medical breakthroughs. As long as this operation goes smoothly, he can get rid of the natural obstacles and return his life from negative to zero.
"The doctor also said that the success rate of this operation is very high, but... my brother, who had been looking forward to the operation, became very strange and kept looking sad."
"He used to be someone who would always smile even though he was feeling unwell——Ah, how can I help my brother share some of the burden!"
"Isn't this natural?" After listening to Itsuki's description, Ash changed his position and continued to cross his legs. "The problem is waiting. Waiting wears away his remaining courage."
"Some people are not afraid even if they die on the battlefield, but if they are caught and know that they are about to be pressed to the execution ground and executed, during this period of time, just their random thoughts are enough to drive a person crazy." Ash spread his hands and shrugged. He personally didn't feel much about this kind of thing. "Your dear brother is in the same mood as a person who is about to go to the execution ground. He is just trying his best to endure the possible failure. Even if you want to cheer him up, it is just adding fuel to the waiting fire."
"Obviously, my brother is such a strong and gentle person, but now he is suffering." As a relative who is connected by blood, as the person I respect the most
Itsuki, who knew the other person's pain but was helpless, couldn't help but squeeze his hand.
"I want to be my brother's strength, I want to protect him!"
Itsuki's sincere and powerful voice reached the hearts of everyone around her, causing the lunch box in the girl's hand to make a slight noise.
"Actually, you don't have to worry so much." Seeing the girl's frown, Ash took her hands into her arms. "As long as I take action——"
"No!"