The girl who landed on the ground sat down next to Ash. She gently opened her collar to let the hot air escape from her chest. She turned around and saw Ash's still peaceful face. Akane pouted and simply leaned down to get closer.
If you look closely, you will see that he is tall and handsome. He wears a sword and armor and wears a suit all day long to look cool. He looks like a handsome character from a special feature film. What girl doesn't want to be close to such a handsome boy? But such a handsome boy turns out to be a guy whose stomach is filled with black water than ink!
Even if you say you want to be our companions, but... how can people recognize you like this!
"Do you know? There are only two Miyuki and Reika now, how difficult it is for them to fight!" Seeing that he didn't seem to be awake, Qian simply curled her lips and said everything without caring. "We actually know that you came late in the end but didn't really hurt them. You wanted to train them, right?"
"But, even if they are legendary warriors like Pretty Cure, they are still students at the same time! Even though Miyuki has been saying good things to you, she is not a child who can withstand training like us. Your way of doing this... is it really good?"
As she spoke, some tears squeezed out of Akane's face, which was forcing a smile.
"You said you saw our tragic ending and wanted to change the ending, so you sealed our transformer. In fact, you didn't want us to fight, so you didn't let us transform, right?"
"But, we are also conscious! In order to protect our companions, whether it is protecting friends and family we know or people we don't know, in order to realize everyone's happy ending, I, we——!"
When she unconsciously clenched her fists, sweat trickled down the girl's arms and dripped onto the ground.
"However, you denied me and Nao and the others... Even if it seems to you that it may be just a child's delusion of a beautiful fairy tale, since it is recognized by Pretty Cure, we want to do our best!"
Yayoi, who obviously always cries, has regained his qualifications. Please, let us become Pretty Cure again! We want to help everyone who is in trouble, we want to shoulder the responsibility together with everyone, and fight side by side!
"Since you said you are already a partner of justice, then show off some of the cool spirit of the partners of justice like those on TV! Hmm..."
Seeing a face that seemed completely indifferent to her words, Akane finally couldn't help but stretched out her finger and poked the man's cheek. As a result, when she saw her finger bounced back by the solid skin, Akane was a little ready to move.
It doesn't look like it, but it feels like a firm yet somewhat elastic feel, and the teeth are white, which seems a bit great!
"Let's poke."
I poke!
Akane, who kept poking Ash's face with her fingers, couldn't help but smile happily.
If you keep bullying us, saying that you want to become a good person and still playing pranks on others, then you have to take revenge, I'll poke, I'll poke!
"Ah!"
Akane's outstretched index finger was forced to stop in mid-air. It was another larger hand that held her entire small hand.
Ash, who was lying in front of her, Shi Shiran opened her eyes, which were still not quite awake, like a layer of mist covering the night sky.
About the Rookie of the Year and Monthly Ticket Rewards
First of all, this book successfully won the first place in the 2022 annual newcomer list. I congratulate myself, yeah!!! 39HNFx
Then, there are statistics about monthly votes. I started counting from the chapter where the reward for votes was issued. The total number of chapters I owe is... 20 chapters~39HNFx3
How should I put it, it was the end of the month at that time, and the monthly ticket was not much different from the previous one, so I thought I would just put a reward on a few chapters and defeat the rival book. 39HNFx
What do you think of the result... Why do you still have so many monthly passes at the end of the month? I'm desperate, I'm really desperate this time! 39HNFx7
I'm a man who never saves manuscripts... I write until 2 a. m. every day for two updates. What I write is almost like a wandering soul, so how can I return so many chapters... (dead eyes) 39HNFx
Does this require a man's promise, does Shuke owe the author more traditional repayment of his talent? 39HNFx7
Well, in short, I'll try my best to write as many words as possible (dead eyes) 39HNFx
Chapter 57 A girl's heart and dangerous challenges (two chapters in one, 4K words)
So tight, so tight!
The two of them had their hands hanging in mid-air. Akane's wrists and Ash's palms were covered in girlish sweat. She was quite embarrassed to be caught doing this.
Obviously, I had protested before, saying that his pranks were annoying, but this time I was caught playing pranks. This... what kind of embarrassing scene is this!!!
"Well, actually!" Seeing that her wrist was still being held, Akane's cheeks were slightly red and she hurriedly explained, "Actually, that's not the case! We have no intention of teasing you! It's just... it's just that you have been sleeping, so I want to wake you up! Yes, that's it!"
In short, it was my fault! Don't hold on so tightly. Let go!
"Crack!"
While Qian was extremely confused, her own perspective was spinning. After lying on the sports mat, Akane opened her eyes from the sudden shock. What filled her entire sight was Ash's expressionless cold face and the close-by dark eyes.
"Whoa, what--eh?"
"Eh?"
What's going on?
Akane looked around hurriedly and saw a man supporting her ears, using his arms to pin her hands to the ground to prevent her from moving.
"What did you do?"
Am I being pinned down by a man? And... so close! It's really close, getting closer!
The girl, whose brain was so confused that she couldn't think, struggled instinctively, but there was no movement in the man's hand that was as tight as a vise.
I, we, I just said a little bit of what you said, what are you going to do!?
"Wait, wait!"
At this time, Akane, who was pinned down by Ash, swallowed her words and blushed. The blush dyed the skin above her neck into a warm color. The girl looked at the man in front of her with tears in her eyes. At this time, she didn't see her tomboy attributes at all, but a soft and shy feeling that she had never shown before.
"No, it can't be done!"
We... we don't have such a familiar relationship, we can't even be considered friends. This is too much!
Looking at the man's face that was still approaching her, Akane's basic thinking and logic burned out, and she screamed and closed her eyes.
Me, I haven't even had a boyfriend once!
"Lower your head!"
"Eh?"
There was a tingling and itching sensation like an electric touch on the neck, and the man's black hair smelling of green grass pricked the girl's neck. Ash buried his entire face into Qian's shoulders and pushed her down. But before she could scream, a twisted wind wave passed in front of her eyes!
"Rubbing!"
A card, from the other side of the window above her head, was inserted into the concrete ground beside the corner of Akane's eyes.
As if he was a step too slow, the glass window above his head shattered with a "crash" sound, and the rain-like fragments hit Ash's back one after another, making a crackling sound.
"Huh... huh..."
The girl's red lips were panting in a small mouth. She was no longer nervous and shy when she was suddenly attacked. Staring at the card, she realized something.
If he didn't push me over, that card would...
Did this man save me?
"Which one is it?" Qian asked Ash with lingering fear.
"What else could it be? A letter of challenge from the enemy."
Ash narrowed his eyes slightly. It seems that not everyone has been beaten into a dog with a broken spine... The development of things will always become interesting, right?
"Wait, you-" The feeling of the man's hot breath lingering on his neck when he spoke made Akane's face turn pale and red, and the change was like riding a roller coaster. "It's too close, but can you let us go? How long will this continue! Don't talk so close..."
"Ha, are you talking about this now?"
Seeing the way Ash used his heels as the axis and lifted himself up from the original path at an angle that violated physics and mechanics, especially the slightly disgusted and amused expression on his face, further subtly stimulated Akane's self-esteem.
"Wait a minute, you've already woken up?!" Akane, who reacted again, sat up and pointed at Ash with a trembling finger. The rest of her words were stuck in her mouth, which was biting her tongue. "W-what-when!?"
"When that teacher of yours came over, you dragged me all the way here and I was already awake. Really, you are brave enough to sneak a man into an empty closed space."
Ash Ruo's pointed joke instantly caused her expression to become extremely flustered again, and she wished she could self-destruct.
"That's not true! Don't say it in such a way that people can misunderstand it!"
"Since you said it was a misunderstanding, didn't you put your knee on my knee before and cover my face with your whole body? Isn't it too late to talk about the fact that men and women are not intimate?"
I was originally shocked when you suddenly rushed towards me, but when you pressed it against my body, I didn't feel anything like... To be honest, you weren't even as big as some of the men I've seen or touched, right? Do I need to react?
Akane Hino's feminine charm, in the eyes of Ash, can only be described as tragedy.
"I told you back then, when you said those words, there was no trace of femininity left."
I won't admit defeat in a fight, and I won't admit defeat easily with words. Even if I don't make sense, I will never have stage fright. This is my will to talk!
As Ash bombarded her with words like a barrage of words, Qian's face turned the color of pig's liver, and even her original aura of enthusiasm to confront Ash was gone.
"Then... I just wanted to help you, so I didn't worry so much..."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-you actually brought up all these things just to ridicule me?! What happened to this person who obviously saved me??
Walking past Akane, who had turned into a gray corner and even started to draw circles, Ash raised her hand and gently stroked her cheek where there was a slight pain, and picked up the card.
"[Mr. Wang Jian, ladies of Beauty of Light, on this day, we have prepared the best stage for you, leading to the tragic ending]."
Heaven?
Ash squinted his eyes and looked out of the broken window above his head, but in the clear sky, apart from blue sky and white clouds, he didn't see any huge monsters falling from the sky or energy shields covering the city?
"Forget it, the soldiers will come to cover up the water and the earth. Pretty Cure and Kamen Rider are not just good-looking ones... well."
Are you really still depressed?
There's really nothing I can do... But anyway, if there is indeed a problem with me, men must take responsibility for their own responsibilities.
"You guy..." Facing Ash who was gradually walking in, Akane still looked at him with quite resentful eyes. "No matter what you are thinking, I just hate your attitude of treating others as idiots! I will never, never end it easily. I must be with you - huh?"
Qian, who was saying harsh words, had just reached the critical moment when she saw the man actually stretched out his hand to her this time.
Ash walked up to Qian and pulled her up with careless gentleness. What he looked at was a sullen face that was very unconvinced after the anger was gone.
"Really, are we getting further and further away from the awesome and unrestrained Pretty Cure expression in your mouth?"
"I want you to take care of it. Whose fault is it?" Unlike Yayoi who was easily made to cry, Akane held back her tears until her eyes turned red. "Because you've been playing tricks on me and you haven't stopped!"
"Well, who told you Pretty Cure to have such an interesting reaction?" Ash said wickedly, stretching out his thumb and casually scraping off a speck of dust from her face. "That's why I like (all of them) the most."
"Eh?"
"Besides, no matter what you say, you are still a girl, right? Although I don't hate overly enthusiastic characters, a girl should have a girl's Ako. You also prefer a feminine version of yourself, right?"
The man's hand did not stop. He gently swept the sweat-covered hair behind her hot ears with his hands. He twisted the hairpin she had dropped and hung on her collar. He tied a bunch of orange hairpins that Akane had put in front of her forehead and tied it to her ears. He again revealed the reddish eyes with eyelashes brushing his fingers.
This cute style, slightly soft dress matches Akane's own passionate temperament, showing a contrasting cuteness.
"What, doesn't it look good after dressing up? How about it, does it make you feel more like a girl?"
Appreciating his masterpiece, Ash couldn't help but nodded happily and strode out the door.
It seems that not only my fighting skills, but also my aesthetics and techniques are not unfamiliar. I am indeed a genius!
"Ah..."
Akane raised her hand and stroked the hair that Ash had raised for herself by her ears. After her expression was revealed for a moment, she immediately held her face with both hands to prevent Ash from seeing it.
"Stay, mind your own business! Even if you save me, I won't thank you!"
Akane, who was speaking fiercely and in a panic, quickly followed Ash's departure and ran outside the warehouse.
"This is Tragedy Kingdom's challenge?"
Regarding the card in Ash's hand with a clown's smiling face on the back, everyone standing at the school gate opened their eyes wide and looked quite curious.
"Ah, so awesome!" Especially Yayoi, who was holding her hands together, her eyes were already sparkling. "There is such a preview-like challenge letter, it's like a special feature film on TV!"
"What are you talking about? You have watched too many special photos." After tapping Yayoi on the head, Ash once again looked towards the sky above his head.
What, isn't this nothing? Or is it another type of team monster that can even affect the cause and effect of a world or a universe and even modify the rules of the world? That is indeed troublesome enough.
"But, what does the enemy mean by [above the sky]?" Reika, the only one who was thinking about the source of the enemy like Ash, was also troubled. "Speaking of the sky, what kind of enemy would it be?"
"Is it a bird?" Miyuki was the first to raise his hand.
"Is it a plane?" Naoya thought thoughtfully and thought of an answer.
"It's Superman!" Yayoi, with sparkling eyes, raised his hands high in excitement.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
The three troublemakers were punished with merciless small fists drilling into their heads. Ash withdrew his smoking right hand from the heads of the three idiots who were sitting in front of them and apologizing to everyone.