But now, because of the size difference and the girls blocking his view in front of it, Ash's attention was completely elsewhere. With no hostility behind this attack, his senses had actually dulled in his relaxed state.
By the time Ash felt the sweet breeze rushing at his face and opened his eyes to see an ever-growing little sheep plushie, it was already too late.
"Huh?"
Ash literally had a head-on collision with the fairy Candy. After experiencing the treatment usually reserved for the pink lead in the first episode of Pretty Cure, his body tilted, and he instantly vanished from the window.
"Kuru?"
Next, Candy, who had a huge bump on her head and seemed to realize that she was rather high up, let out her innocent verbal tic before falling as well.
"..."
Staring at the suddenly emptied windowsill, the girls looked at each other. Their five sparkling eyes blinked and blinked, until a squelching sound came from below. Then they all exploded into action, scrambling and shoving their way to the window.
"Eeeeeeh?!"
Staring wide-mouthed at the "tragic scene" outside the window, the girls' mouths hung open.
"Seriously?!"
[...]
Floating behind Ash, who was lying face-down on the ground, the system spat out a long string of ellipses this time not because it was being cryptic or withholding information as usual, but because Ash had genuinely rendered it speechless.
[Did you let your guard down, or was it because of women?]
"Shut up..." Ash shakily raised a middle finger from the ground toward the screen above his head. "You could've warned me... You're the one who talks too much."
[Who would've thought you'd actually fall for it...]
Before the system could finish, Ash, with the fairy lying on the back of