"Indeed, I am very happy."
Chapter 85 Lunch Box Delivery
"Is it almost done? No problem!"
Lifting the handmade bento wrapped in purple baggage in front of him again, Hikawa Iona couldn't help but nodded when he smelled the aroma of the food inside.
Iona, who had agreed to lend the dojo to Ash temporarily that day, didn't think much about it, but when he saw the remains of the dojo burned to ruins by will-o'-the-wisps, he almost cried out to Ash like Snow White did.
But what happened next was beyond the girl's expectation. Ash did not leave as evil-heartedly as he had imagined. Instead, he took out a bunch of self-propelled props and let them repair the dojo in front of her as if they were going back in time and space.
Not only that, Ash actually pointed out several shortcomings in the building of this dojo, and even directly improved it. The professionalism revealed even gave Iona, the heir to Mirai dojo, no chance to refute.
Iona was originally worried about this matter until his grandfather, who was the master of the dojo, came back. Instead of being preached to, he was praised for his work in the dojo. Only then did the embarrassed girl realize that what Ash said was true!
"In this way, as a return gift, it shouldn't be considered too shabby."
The girl who was very disgusted by what Ash did at first chose to take the initiative to challenge him. Although she lost the battle, due to a series of things that happened after that, she gradually went from being disgusted to having complex senses that she didn't know how to face.
Although he is a guy with a bad taste that makes it difficult to figure out what is good and evil, but because of this, after careful comparison with Iona, he found that Ash has really helped him and them a lot. The girl, who was not as cold-hearted as she looked, brought a lunch box made by herself to give to him as a return gift for his care.
"Besides, it's true that the relationship with them has become too tense." Thinking of Hui and Yuko, who had shown kindness to her, the girl who felt quite apologetic shook her head and made up her mind. "They are all Pretty Cure, they can be regarded as classmates in the same school! In this case, it is indeed a good thing to become friends with them!"
I just hope that I don't run into that Princess.
"Ash-sensei." Iona, carrying a lunch box in his hand, came to the spacious venue specially selected by Ash. As soon as he looked at it, he saw Ash driving a Jeep and smiling happily. "Yuko and Hui are also here."
"Hey, it's Fuchun."
"Don't call people names casually... I haven't even transformed yet!" The girl who was really unable to complain also walked towards the stopped car with her lunch box. "What is this for? Ash wants to get a driver's license, so are you practicing your driving skills?"
"I'm sorry, whether it's a semi-truck, a fighter jet, a spaceship or a super robot, I've never driven without a license!"
"Such a thing is terrible..." The girl who thought she was joking felt the gradually warming up of the relationship. She smiled and stepped forward to hand the lunch directly to him. As she got closer, the smile on the girl's face disappeared immediately when she saw the "thing" hanging on the front bumper of the car.
"Ah wow wow~" Snow White, whose eyes turned into gyroscopic eyes, supported his dizzy brain and raised his hand to point blankly at everyone in front of him. "Wow, there are so many Ash, ah, why did I see Hikawa... Hahaha, I must be dreaming...!"
When he looked at each other with those cold eyes from inside to outside, Snow White suddenly felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on his back. He was completely awake and did not dare to move even in front of the jeep.
Now she would rather believe that she is still dreaming, at least in this case she can try to "wake up", but now she can only stare in embarrassment here. It can be said that it is in line with the old saying, what you are afraid of will always come.
How could it be... such a coincidence!
Looking at the existence in front of them that they actually didn't want to face, the two people almost had the same wailing sound in their hearts.
"Ash."
In the end, in an atmosphere where everyone around her did not dare to take a breath, Snow White, who was "frozen" in place, was ignored by Iona as if she did not exist, and the bento was delivered to Ash.
"This is a gift in return for your help. It's made by myself, so please feel free to enjoy it."
"Generally speaking, if you make it with your own hands, you won't dare to eat it, right?" Ash, who seemed not to notice the awkward conflict between the two, just opened the lunch box under the girl's annoyed eyes and started to enjoy it. "Hmm~"
The well-steamed rice, the deliciously cooked egg rolls and octopus sausage, paired with the refreshing broccoli are really tempting... This is not the most delicious meal Ash has ever eaten, but it is simply mediocrely delicious.
"Not bad, delicious."
The girl who received Ash's favorable comment finally showed a happy expression on her face, but when she thought of Snow White who was also embarrassed next to her, the joy quickly slipped back into the depths of her expression.
"As long as you like it, as long as you don't attack Pretty Cure casually like before, I will definitely be willing to help Ash-sensei no matter how difficult it is..."
"It's hard for you to guarantee this."
"What are you talking about? You..."
"Hikawa!" At this moment, Aino Megumi, who suddenly shouted out Iona, joined the "battlefield" of the topic. "I also know that it was because of the Phantom Empire's aggression that you lost someone important to you, so you also went to Kohime for her, right?"
Iona, who didn't expect to be so bluntly piercing his inner shadow, looked a little embarrassed for a moment. Unhappy, he turned to face Pretty Cure, whom he had actively invited to join. "Hui-san, maybe we are both Pretty Cure, but you don't know everything about me!"
"That's true!" The girl did not deny but directly admitted, then nodded and took a step closer to her. "But! There is 1000% misunderstanding between Iona and Kohime, and as a friend of both of you, I really can't sit back and ignore it!"
"Hui..."
Under the grateful gaze of the timid Kohime behind her, Hui continued to pursue the victory! "Furthermore, since Iona can, like us, establish friendly relations with Ash-sensei, who was originally hostile!"
"Then I think this misunderstanding must be possible!"
"Enough!"
The girl who interrupted Aino Megumi's words with a loud shout took a deep breath to calm down the excitement in her chest. She turned to face the "culprit" girl. Feeling the apology coming from the gaze, she remained silent for a while and then continued.
"I also heard the past you described earlier... maybe it's the same as what Ash said. You are not wrong."
"So...?!"
Under the excited eyes of the other party, the girl shook her head and turned away directly.
"I may not hate you anymore, but even so... I can't forgive you anymore!"
"You belong to Pretty Cure and I belong to Pretty Cure. That's fine. That's enough... Let's stop here."
Chapter 86 Ash You are tired, take a rest quickly.
"..."
"..."
The three people Snow White, whose faces were filled with astonishment, and Iona, who was facing the other side and whose eyes were covered by the gloom cast by Liuhai, continued to remain silent while facing each other in wordless embarrassment.
"I...Iona?" I also didn't expect that she would say that. The purple-haired girl's partner elf "Sunglasses" carefully flew to her side. "It's not necessary. There's no need to do this, right?"
"..."
The girl who heard this just continued to remain silent like a statue, standing motionless in place.
"Iona? Iona?"
Are you crying?
"Let's go, sunglasses."
With complex emotions that she didn't even know she had, the girl who didn't want to look back left here with somewhat messy steps.
"Wait..." Snow White, who saw the other party's back, instinctively wanted to reach out to hold him back, but just looked at the slim purple Rousseau, but in the end he still hesitated to put away his hand.
No matter what the other party thinks, after understanding his sincerity, as well as the sins and responsibilities he bears through the help of Ash, Snow White wants to muster up the courage to reconcile with this indirect "victim", help her and become friends with her again.
However, the opponent Heart's Wall's AT stance seems to be more profound than he thought.
That's right, this is not a matter of misunderstanding at all, so an explanation can explain the extent of it. These words have no meaning at all to her who is biased now! She doesn't want to hear it either!
"Is it useless to say anything...?"
"It's okay, Kohime." At the critical moment, Aino Megumi, who always stood by her side, came over, patted her shoulders and comforted her while looking at the girl's lonely back. "Iona is not that kind of a bad person. I believe that as long as you have Kohime, your gentle heart will be able to be passed on to her one day!"
"I know, it's just..."
"Well, it's delicious."
While everyone was worrying about this relationship, the sound of satisfaction from Ash suddenly broke the atmosphere. Now the anti-girls looked at him with a little annoyed look.
It's obviously a time when everyone is in trouble, but you're still eating here, and now you're looking at the atmosphere, what are you thinking about——
"Master Ash, no matter how delicious it is at this time..."
"She invited me to eat."
In the previous scene where the two parties were trying to resolve the misunderstanding, Ash, who had never said a word, just quietly took all the bento delicacies into his mouth. He ate quietly like an outsider, completely blending in the meaning.
"Don't tell me!" Remembering how confident he was during the previous battle with Ash, Aino Megumi, who had a habit of thinking and felt that he had guessed, nodded quickly and hit his palm with his fist. "Ash actually guessed everything from the beginning! And do you know how to solve it?"
"I'm not a god, nor am I clairvoyant or a family mediator. How do I know what to do?"
As soon as these words came out, Aino Megumi and Yuko, who thought they knew Ash well, were a little unsure.
"Then..." When he put down his bento and thought about whether he should find a chance to return it to her, Snow White next to him came up to ask with a pitiful look in his hesitant eyes. "Ash are you saying that these things have nothing to do with you...?"
Could it be that the relationship with Ash is actually my misunderstanding...
Without saying a word, Ash just raised his hand to lift the flow from the girl's forehead, then curled the fingers on the other side and aimed at the tender white part above and flicked hard, leaving a bright red mark on it while the girl screamed in pain.
"What are you doing? It hurts!"
"I mean you, you think too much." Ash laughed when he saw the girl who hurriedly covered her forehead to avoid him after she raised her hand again. "Didn't you always just charge forward without thinking too much about it before? Now you want to think about how to get closer to each other?"
"Because..."
"All the so-called accidents are inevitable in fate. Look at her taking the initiative to leave, but have you ever thought that she actually didn't know how to face you?" Ash, who knocked on her forehead to enlighten her, explained, "The reason why she escaped in such a panic is because she has recognized your good intentions towards her, but she herself cannot convince herself anyway."
"So I'm struggling, not knowing what attitude I should use to face you."
"Then, Ash-sensei can't do anything -"
"No one has a strategy for life." Ash spread his hands very bachelorly. "I am invincible, but not omnipotent."
"Well..."
"Everyone, it's not good!" Just as the three girls began to think carefully about Ash's words, Fairy Ribbon suddenly burst in with a panic look on his face. "Bad Beast has begun to invade again, and this time the scale is much different from the previous ones!"
"At this time!? Kohime, Yuyu, let's quickly transform and rush over!"
"Young people are really full of energy." After seeing a few people flying straight into the air with wings spread out after the transformation, Ash was about to take out his belt to transform and follow them, when the system's dialog box suddenly popped up from the side.
"[Ash.]"
"[Now, what are you doing?]"
"Oh, are you talking about this final mission?" Ash explained his planned plan to him without any surprise. "I understand. Anyway, if the Dark Echo you need has actually been collected, I don't have to be a black-faced villain this time. I just need to find a qualified hero to fight me in a vigorous and final battle with no regrets!"
"I have already chosen my opponent. The girl named Aino Megumi is very good!"
Seeing the smile that unconsciously appeared on the face of the man in front of him while he was talking, the system popped up a field again and actively interrupted him.
"[Ash, are you happy playing with these little girls now?]"
"Ah, I'm so happy."
Until now, Ash can already say such words naturally.
"[What are you covering up? Why, if it's the last word, why do you continue to cover yourself up?]"
As someone who has been with him since the very beginning, the last thing the system wants to see is for him to continue to force his own development. It does not believe that Ash would have any idea of making a scene in the face of such a "huge stage" world.
"Haha, what are you talking about? You don't think I'm forcing myself, right? Don't worry, I've always been a self-centered person."
No, you are not anymore.
The system panel with only ellipses looked directly at the man in front of him, trying to reassure him, who had always been his friend.
When you are with them, you are no longer.
"I just think that the pure villain is good, the one who rebels in the end is good, and the one who is gradually moved and cleansed... I almost get tired of similar routines after playing them too much."
"I think it would be good for me to be a hero this time, right?"
"[...]"
After hearing Ash's answer, the system that had been testing the system in silence finally understood something compared to Ash when they first met him.
'What, you said you can travel to other worlds and meet the kind of superheroes that can only be found in tokusatsu dramas? So what are you waiting for? Take me there quickly! '
'You said my life will be needed as a sacrifice in the end? Oops, it doesn't matter. Anyway, this world is too boring to keep up with my talents. If my wish can come true, then why not trade my life to you. '
As the travel time increased, the system asked Ash what he really thought one day in the past.
'Do you think I want to be a hero for once? Oh, I can't be a hero! Even if I do good deeds, I only do so-called good deeds in order to make the story develop in a direction that I like. In the end, it's all for myself. '
At that time, you were still talking to me very seriously.
"Those who only think about themselves cannot become true heroes!"
So, no.
Ash, you have changed.
Not to mention what you actually planned to do, but from the first time you met until now.
Obviously, you never thought that you would become the "hero" you longed for.