Fortunately, the behavior that was close to "playing hooligan" was just a fleeting moment. Ash, who quickly returned to his normal state, started his speech to her with his hands behind his back.
"I always feel that there is only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname or battle name."
"Your battle name is Angel of Fate (Cure Fortune), right?"
So, does your destiny symbolize the past or Mirai? Is it the rope lock that binds you or the driving force that propels you?
Someone once said that a true warrior carries the weight of his own "soul" or that of others on his weapons.
"I can feel the excessive weight from your fists, but this responsibility does not seem to belong to you."
In other words - it's like it was borrowed from someone.
You are too indulged in this responsibility from "others". In that case, where is the self you should show?
"What's wrong? Does the fight you are carrying actually come from someone else, another part?"
A warrior who fights for others? Personally, I don't hate this kind of tone now... But Fortune, you are too anxious, otherwise you wouldn't be defeated in front of me so quickly.
"Are you going to sympathize with me?!"
Now that things have come to this, those who say they are worried about me should act like a teacher at school and give me pointers.!
Facing Ash's arbitrary criticism from the perspective of a winner, the girl couldn't help but feel aggrieved and wanted to confront him.
"You took action and knocked down Phantom Kingdom's people. After that, regardless of whether it was a misunderstanding or not, you did not hesitate to fight Lovely Angel who came to support."
As if this kind of thing doesn't matter to you at all.
"Then you chose to let Lovely Angel go when you were sure of winning, and then you continued to challenge and defeat other Pretty Cure, but you didn't hit me hard... I don't know if you want to sell me a favor or something, but -"
"Didn't the transformer you used to do this come from the transformer that was forcibly taken away from Cure Princess?!"
Thinking of this, Iona, who was extremely angry, felt that he had always been healthy, but now his blood pressure began to rise.
By the way, in this case, wouldn't it be the thing started by "Cure Princess" again?!
"Cure Princess..." It's hard to imagine that a classmate like Hikawa Iona, a cold beauty who is usually cold on the outside and hot on the inside, would chew and chant someone's name over and over again full of resentment.
This unlucky Cure Princess... not only committed such heinous crimes. What a gaffe to bring out such a evil star now! Am I destined to be at odds with her?!
"Bingo~!" Ash snapped her fingers and was very happy that she found the real problem among all the contradictions. "I've learned to draw inferences from one example, not bad."
However, you obviously want to scold me, right? Why did it suddenly turn to that Snow White now?
"Well..."
Ash, who was rubbing his chin, looked at Iona in front of him carefully with a gaze that could be seen through the eyepiece. He didn't move at all until the girl started to feel uncomfortable.
For some reason, if the person in this armor is Ash, this original outer space exploration protective suit with bright eyes and innocent appearance now has an unusual evil aura.
Through careful observation and some memories, Ash "smelled" a hint of unusual development.
"Oh~" Ash said thoughtfully, using a tone that seemed to be revealed inadvertently as a test. "I just took the transformer part away because I couldn't stand it anymore, but you care about her so much? Why... do you have a grudge against her?"
"... No."
The girl tilted her head to one side, and the shadow falling from the purple sea obscured the gaze between her and Ash.
"It doesn't look like it's true. Why, don't you dare to look at me?"
No matter what Ash said, the girl kept shaking her head so that he could not see her clearly, as if her last stubbornness was not to look at Ash.
"You're really bad at lying, which is kind of cute."
"... I want you to take care of it!"
The angry girl didn't know if she heard it, but the earlobe on one side started to turn red.
"Well, let me explain... just guess." Similar things have happened too many times witnessed by Ash, so even if there is no specific memory of this part after pruning by the system, Ash can easily find a similar sense of déjà vu.
"Snow White, she may not have done anything to actually feel sorry for you. However, she probably did something accidentally that caused indirect and unacceptable harm to you, right?"
"So, you suffered an unbearable experience or similar pain." Under the girl's disbelieving gaze, the confident Ash continued to talk to her. "This makes you hate her so much, but after all, she did not inflict pain on you personally, so the kindness in your heart prevents you from directly pouring your hatred on her."
"Is that right?"
Listening to the man's speculation in her ears, the girl felt chills all over because she had no secrets from him.
Totally... impossible to hide.
The girl now felt as if she had been caught in his hand and had the outer shell that protected her peeled off layer by layer without any resistance until she was "naked" and exposed in front of him, "feeling ashamed".
Chapter 25 The so-called culprit
"So you really hated her, so you chose to 'expose your anger', right?"
Why - do you know so clearly! This is simply a one-sided explanation of the incident from beginning to end!
I have seen similar things happen many times, whether they are reversed or misunderstood.
After the two people's eyes met like this in mid-air, the girl who was flipped up by Ash was silent for a long time and finally broke out again.
"What do you know about these things?"
Since you understand so much and know everything, then I will tell you everything!
I don't know if it was because of being so exposed that the girl began to give up on herself. She didn't realize that the ice cubes on her body had gradually melted and she could escape at any time. The girl just "told" all the "background settings" to Arathio.
"The Phantom Empire that is now invading the entire world—it is the being released by Cure Princess that is causing trouble to the world!"
"!"
In an instant, "Isn't that embarrassing thing actually the mastermind behind this thing?", "Isn't it even more embarrassing that I didn't see through her at all!", "When did Precure also start to play the role of the righteous side is actually the enemy!" and other unreasonable conjectures began to emerge from Ash's mind.
"She was originally Blue Sky Kingdom Princess, and she released Phantom Empire, which was sealed at the time." Fortunately, the information explained by the indignant girl later pulled Ash out of all kinds of extreme associations.
"Tch, that's it. I thought..."
What you said, the first sentence at the beginning made me think that Snow White is actually some kind of mastermind behind the scenes, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
In front of Ash, who was relieved to hear such breaking news, Iona was a little unsure whether he should continue talking.
"In short, it was her recklessness that started a series of disasters in this world!"
"Oh."
If Ash nodded with understanding, this would explain the "hesitation" that Snow White showed when he faced Phantom Empire.
But Hikawa Iona on the side doesn't understand it at all. Your reaction is too bland!
"How should I put it? You all call me the destroyer of worlds. Do you know how many worlds I have been to?"
Ash, who explained to the girl, shrugged helplessly.
A certain archaeologist suddenly dug up a coffin with something actually alive lying in it, or dug up a pyramid containing giants, or even accidentally lifted an alien manhole cover, or even a little kid with a camera toy could release a huge enemy that would cause harm to the earth, or even threaten the entire universe... I have already tasted enough similar things, so hurry up and get it.
Excluding the intentional unblocking, it is really unrealistic for people who want to find "cheap" to take the blame for similar things. What's more, the first person to break the seal is often the first person to be harmed. I think Snow White must have suffered a lot of blows.
"At least." Referring to various past mistakes, Ash actually said something fair for Snow White. "She chose to face the trouble she caused, and she chose to fight and stop it instead of turning a blind eye. This is very commendable."
Is Pretty Cure, the best at escaping, the only one who didn't run away in this matter? It seems that I did not see the wrong person when I gave him a chance.
"But -" when it came to the critical moment, the girl, who was gradually filled with sadness, said angrily. "Because of what she did, my sister also became Pretty Cure in order to protect Light Hill!"
"And in order to protect me at that time, my sister—"
Sad tears slowly flowed down the cheeks of the sad girl who couldn't speak anymore.
"This way."
Speaking of which, Ash understands.
It turns out that the bottom line is that your sister became Pretty Cure and died in the battle. In this case, you do have reason to be angry with her.
"He fought until he died for his loved ones and to protect the world." Ash, with a heavy face, gradually became serious and patted the girl's shoulder comfortingly in the face of the girl's slightly puzzled eyes. "Your sister is a warrior worthy of respect."
She must have fought for something important and held her own dignity until the last moment of her life, right? Well... such a "hero" is undoubtedly the person Ash who has longed for such an existence since childhood is the one he respects the most!
"Wait a minute..."
Who sacrificed it? My sister was sealed after being defeated, but she is not dead yet!
"However, you have to figure it out -" The conversation suddenly changed. Ash, who was no longer acting frivolously, said to her seriously. "In the final analysis, the murderer of your sister is Phantom Empire, not Princess."
Although it is sad, this is war.
What's important is the bottom line, not the other way around.
"Once upon a time, I met a purple warrior girl like you." Perhaps to convince her, Ash told the story of a girl with spades. "Like you, she is for important people, and she is anxious to devote herself to the battle and do even a little thing."
"But the harder she works, the less she can do anything."
"Because it was this anxiety that made her neglect the really important people around her, the friends who fought alongside her."
Is this the case for you?
"!"
The girl was naturally shocked when she heard this. It really reminded her of a scene from the past.
At that time, she was invited by the pink "Lovely Angel", who wanted her to join and form a team to protect Light Hill.
It's just that at that time, I didn't want to team up with an inexperienced newcomer, and I hated the "Cure Princess" who was traveling with her, so I refused without hesitation... Compared to my failed and embarrassing self now, is this a punishment caused by my arrogance?
"But, I will continue to become stronger and continue to fight!" The girl tightly held the transformer she inherited from her defeated sister. "For my sister, and the responsibility I inherited from her, I will defeat Phantom Empire's invasion and protect Light Hill's Mirai——"
"No."
Ash decisively denied the girl again.
"In this case, hasn't the fate from your sister become something that binds you?"
I mean, the most important thing is your "self-thinking", but in the end you are still talking about the same old things. What should I do? I'm very optimistic about her. Do I have to give her a strong dose of medicine to awaken?
"This destiny is meaningless if you don't carve it out for yourself."
"How to protect Mirai? You are bound by the fate of the past and you can't do it."
Now you are anxious to prove something to me.
"No different than a child crying to me for help."
Paying attention to the dumbfounded girl in front of him after his "argument was broken", he followed the warning intuition from the corner of his eyes and turned to Ash, who was gradually accumulating red light behind his back. He had an idea and secretly stuffed a new card into his belt.
"Danger!"
Before the girl could react, the suddenly violent Ash hugged the girl with his body as a shield. The next moment, a violent red explosion filled the girl's body.
The violent shock caused the brain to buzz with an explosion. After the shattering, the ice and snow floated around like crystal. The girl sitting on the ground opened her mouth and looked at Ash, who fell in front of her lap, and her back was charred.
"Why... why...?"
No, the enemy's?
"Didn't I say...?"
Ash in front of her raised a weak voice and smiled slightly at her.
"You now... are no different than a child asking for help..."
Twenty-six The girl who collapsed, the anger ignited
"Danger, Iona!"
Thinking about things that happened in the past will still make the girl feel short of breath, and the memory is still fresh in her mind.
That night was just like any other day. As an elementary school student, I witnessed my sister, the "Cure Tender" who was once the strongest Pretty Cure in the world, being attacked by an enemy in order to protect herself. She screamed and was sealed in the mirror.
"Sister-sister-sister!!!"
The former self clutched the last remaining transformer and knelt on the ground. No matter how much she cried and shouted, such a strong and gentle sister could no longer respond to her, nor could she return to her side or this home.
His important person was taken away by the Phantom Empire in front of him.
When I was still a little kid, I swore at that time that I would become stronger and fight Phantom Empire, and I would never let something like this happen to me again.
But, now...
"Ahh... ahhh..."