Chapter 115 How fast and economical Hikawa Iona! (4K Chapter)
I don't know if it was the influence of the excessively sweet honey candy "Exclusively for Ash" from Yuko. Now that my tongue was numb, so I swallowed it wholeheartedly, Snow White felt a burning pain in my stomach.
No... it doesn't seem to be the reason why it hurts.
So embarrassing...
Iona, who was walking in front, was thinking so seriously that she didn't notice anything. But for Snow White, who was some distance behind and kept silent, this atmosphere of not being able to say a word even though they were going out together was so embarrassing that she could dig out three rooms and one living room with her toes on the ground.
"Princess, what are you doing?" The ribbon in his arms whispered. "Obviously now is a great opportunity to ease the relationship. If Princess keeps being so timid, how can we fight side by side in the future?"
"What I know, it's because of what I know..."
I have to think of a way... I have to find a topic!
"Well, Iona——Cure Fortune is planning to join us, right?"
As soon as she said Snow White, she wanted to give herself a slap in the face. It was obvious that she didn't want to mention this part for the time being, so why was this the first thing I asked? Snow White You are not looking for a topic, you are just looking for trouble!
"Add... please join us. If so, Hui and the others will also be very happy!" Having said this, Snow White could only continue to invite her according to what he had said.
"Well..." But it was different from what she thought. After thinking about this question seriously for a while, Iona finally gave the answer. "Sure enough, I still can't do it."
"Why?!"
"You have great partners... If I join in casually, it will only disrupt your original teamwork, right? You think so too, right?"
I don't know, I've never thought about this problem.
"No... no more." Seeing the ribbon in her arms hinting at her crazily with her eyes, she immediately changed the subject. "Well, Iona's sister, what kind of person is Cure Tender?"
Ahhhh——Snow White Listen to what you are saying? This simple thunder has been stepped on by you! You only mention other people's pain, right?!
But now it's too late to regret it. As Iona stood still and recalled her memories, an equal amount of sadness appeared in her eyes. "My sister was the strongest Pretty Cure at that time. Not only was she so powerful that she was able to perfectly repel Phantom Empire's invasion every time, but she was also a very strong-minded person who always inspired me!"
"It's more than that!" She continued to introduce with a sense of pride for her relatives. "Not only as Pretty Cure, but also as a woman, my sister is also a very outstanding person both in appearance and inside! She had countless suitors when she was in school!"
Including that Ash, I chose my sister at a glance among so many Pretty Cures at that time! Doesn't this mean that an outstanding woman like my sister, even Ash... ah, to be honest, this doesn't seem like something she should be proud of.
"However, such a sister is still trying to protect me..." Seeing Snow White on the other side thinking that she was talking too much, thinking about words of comfort in a panic, the girl who was no longer sad shook her head and stopped her. "No, I will not worry alone anymore. Now I understand that the real culprit and the enemy to be defeated has always been Phantom Empire!"
"Iona Are you still worried about your sister?"
"Of course I'm worried, but I believe it!"
After all, according to the agreement, the one guarding Pretty Cure Graveyard is no longer Phantom but Ash.
I believe Ash he may not be a good person, but he should be, not that bad.
"Ah, we're here!" Snow White, who had unknowingly become physically closer to the other party, pointed at the Light Hill largest department store opposite. "Go here. I heard that the products here are not only fresh and rich in variety, but also the latest DX toys are now available for pre-order!"
"No, we don't buy unnecessary things." Snow White was still imagining the fact that he was happily shopping in the mall. Iona suddenly and uncharacteristically pulled away the stubborn Snow White. Snow White, now she was walking past Snow White like a rigid mother leading her daughter who was clamoring for toys, Snow White was thinking about selling DX toys and department stores, and walked into a nearby 100-yen store that was on sale.
"This is where we want to come."
"Our task today is to buy ingredients for the cake!" After inexplicably entering into a serious shopping attitude, Iona, who is inexplicably serious and exuding an "understanding brother" atmosphere, makes Snow White feel that it is really an eye-opener. "Four, sugar, fruits and various ingredients, these commonly used items can be found cheaper in the limited-time discount area here! You said cheap but not good? It's just that you don't know how to choose!"
"Now is the time for the last-minute sale!" For some reason, when talking about this kind of discount, serious Iona's eyes began to twinkle with excitement. "The so-called expiration date processing is actually just that the best tasting period has passed. As for the food itself, there is actually no problem!"
"I, I understand." As a literal Princess who opens his mouth and reaches out his clothes, Snow White has never had the concept of "special discounts". The incomprehensible meaning made the girl afraid and kept a distance from the inexplicably excited Iona. "But if you want to make a cake, you still need eggs."
"Wait a minute--!" She stopped picking up a box of eggs and was about to check out. The serious-looking girl took out a very old coupon from her wallet that looked like it had been there for a long time. "If you want to buy eggs, use this coupon. This is enough to make it cheaper than the special price——"
The feeling of taking advantage made the purple-haired girl smile more and more wildly. She opened her palms in front of Snow White and shook each finger lightly.
"50 yen coupon!"
"Huh?"
Bai Xueji was stunned when she heard this amount that made the other party so excited. As a princess and the only legal heir to all the assets of the Blue Sky Kingdom, Bai Xueji's disposable property has far exceeded the meaning of "rich woman". Without the habit of extravagance and waste, she probably would not be able to spend so much money in a few lifetimes.
I usually just buy what I need when I need food and clothes. I have never had to worry about this kind of thing, so...
How much is 50 yen?
"Ah~ This is it!" Snow White, who had no idea about such a small number, couldn't think clearly and just didn't think about it, was immediately attracted by other things on the shelf nearby. It was a bag of chocolate biscuits on the snack shelf, but the biscuits inside were not the point. The point was that Pretty Cure, who was making his signature roll call pose on the cover, caught her eye.
"It will come with a collection card of Pretty Cure! This is a version that is linked to America's [Bomber Girl Precure]. I want-!"
"No, it's such a waste to buy snacks just for the card!"
"So, if you want, come with me."
Just when Snow White was about to make a noise to express his "want" in protest, he saw Iona grab his arm and simply drag him to the "game card sales store" next door.
"Welcome... ah, it's Iona!" The card shop owner who saw a regular customer greeted her while promoting the newly arrived cards. "The most popular one on sale [Shaddoll Series] is very powerful and has been well received by the player community! I specially left a box of pre-assembled ones for you, which is [Shaddoll Fusion] which is a bit expensive and costs more than 2,000 yuan. You have to buy three of them."
The store manager, who enthusiastically recommended the current season's best sellers to old customers and startled "newcomers", saw the embarrassment on Iona's face, remembered something, and quickly took out other cards from under the counter with enthusiasm.
"But I remember, little Iona, you play as a hero, right? It just so happens that the hero has just been strengthened recently and is very powerful! Although the one thousand [Absolute Zero] and the one thousand four [Nova Master] are a little expensive, I guarantee that you will not lose money if you buy this!"
"Keep it for me first. After all, I'm not here to buy YGO this time."
Iona, who was a little moved when he heard the store owner's enthusiastic recommendation, finally showed a very "poor" smile, bypassed the card buying area that he often visited when he came alone before, and led Snow White's blinded Iona to the opposite side. This is the consignment area for unwanted miscellaneous cards and ordinary cards left behind when other players kept unpacking them in order to get high rare cards.
"I can understand if you like these cards, and I'm not that rigid. But if you want a card, you don't have to buy the one from the cookie pack. If you want, it's more affordable to go to the card store directly and buy it!"
Iona, who was earnestly "educating" Snow White, found the food and play cards from the pile of cards that no one wanted, and even stacked a stack of cards in a very "generous" manner.
"If you use full discount coupons, you can buy 50 ordinary cards from this Pretty Cure collection series for 200 yen!"
I don't know why, but every time I talk about the result of profiting from cheap prices, even if it's just a few dozen yen saved, Iona feels as proud as if he personally defeated Bad Beast. It can be seen that she really enjoys the pleasure of saving money.
"Obviously it's extra stuff that you won't even need to make a cake, but I bought it especially for you this time, so don't tell everyone."
Seeing Iona putting the cards neatly in his hand with a very "tolerant and generous" look, he looked down at the thick pile in his hand. Snow White's eyes were glazed over for a moment and she looked very innocent. Now she was like a primary school student who had solved "Grandma Wang is traveling at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour". The answer that echoed in her head could not think of any other answer except "Mother gave birth to her".
My head feels so itchy, I need to grow a brain.
But forget it, I bought them all just so I can see what kind of cards my Cure Princess is - huh?
As he opened the collection cards one by one, Snow White's originally hopeful face gradually turned as cold as a dead face.
"[Unlucky Cure Princess, R Card], [defeated Cure Princess, R Card], [escaping Cure Princess, R Card]..."
The main focus of this series of shokugan cards is to restore the collection, with the original owner's wonderful performance in reality as a selling point. The illustrations drawn by the artists on the cards restore the heroic performance of Pretty Cure and Phantom Empire in each scene!
Although that is said, when the drawing work came to Pretty Cure, the "Cure Princess" whose performance was unspeakable, as Precure, who had no outstanding performance at all before and was only embarrassing, the artists could only refer to the live video and draw the scenes of Snow White's embarrassment and deflation.
The more I read, the more and more Snow White's face looked like someone with a strong magnetic field approaching, and Bad Beast gradually became frightened when he saw it.
"I want to sue them... I want to sue this manufacturer for infringing on my portrait rights..."
I know it was embarrassing for me in the past when I didn't meet Huihe Ash... But now I have changed, am I not changing?! Why is it that other Pretty Cure's are all so handsome and attractive, but I am the one who is embarrassed and deflated and repeatedly captured the scene? Hey!
"That's too much! I'm still a light after all—" She quickly covered her mouth, and then she breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that there were only players in the store who were concentrating on dueling, and no one else turned their attention. "Why are Cure Princess's decks all from R Card... Obviously I saw that Hui's collection has SSR, it's not fair!"
"It's not all R anymore." As he spoke, Iona took down a well-packaged card from the shelf on the other side, which immediately cheered up the girl who had her head lowered. "Look at this one, it's from UR."
"Let me see - ah?" The excitement on Snow White's face, who hurriedly took it over to observe carefully, immediately collapsed. Although this card does have her collection level and is indeed UR, the scene depicted on the card is restored... It is the scene when Ash picked up her Light Transformation Mirror and transformed into an imperial knight for the first time after she was defeated in the past. "Although I am indeed on top... but behind Ash!!!"
The protagonist of this card is obviously Ash!
"Yes." Iona added the last blow in a matter-of-fact tone. "This U R Card seems to have caused a rush among fans of Kamen Rider Emperor Qi. It's very expensive and we won't buy it, so please put it back quickly."
"Original me... I just saw such a card and wanted to collect it and buy some snacks at the same time..." Snow White, whose heart was completely broken, huddled in the corner with the black line special effect behind his back, picked up a branch from nowhere and drew circles on the ground. "But you insisted that it would be more affordable to buy Kirby at the card store. Obviously I didn't intend to collect it..."
"Really?" Iona, who didn't feel like she had done anything wrong at all, asked her in confusion. "What's wrong with this?"
"That's the problem!?" These words were like lighting a fuse. The excited girl jumped over on the spot. The excessively close distance and angry face even made Iona take a step back.
"I don't have a problem with you saying you want to buy last-minute ingredients from the sale section, but from the beginning you were overly concerned about things worth 10 yuan or 20 yuan!"
I have never heard of such a small number!
Chapter 116: Cheapskate Iona (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
"Obviously I came out, but I still want to happily buy things with Iona!" In addition to being unbearably annoyed, there was also a sense of grievance in the girl's tone.
"In the end, why do you do all the things that are disappointing!"
"Hmph~"
Although Snow White is now acting out of anger, Iona, who is looking down at her with the advantage of his height, still looks "disdainful". This is not because she has a recurrence of old hatred and plans to fall out with Snow White, but because she is very confident about what the other party thinks.
Although it is amazing to be able to muster the courage in desperate moments, and it is also very hard to never give up and finally become Pretty Cure who works side by side with everyone - but in the end, he is just a spoiled little Princess who was born in an ivory tower with a silver spoon in his mouth. Naturally, you are not a master who doesn't understand the value of materials, rice, oil, and salt, and you don't understand the benefits of "caring about every detail"!
Thinking of this, the girl's eyes couldn't help but drift to Ribbon who was being held in her arms. She still remembered that she had heard that whether it was gods, elves, or Hui and the others, except for Ash, everyone in the team was actually pampering her to a certain extent!
Sorry, I, Hikawa Iona, have gained so much "power" from my growth! Most of them are strength gained through down-to-earth exercise. I have the same view as Ash on this point - if you want to reap growth, you must first put pressure on it!
"Hmph, you don't understand this." Under Snow White's furious gaze, Iona, who was a little proud, started to promote his life principles with a serious look on his face. "What's wrong with breaking a penny in half and spending it! Besides, being diligent and thrifty is a traditional virtue. Boys all want to marry such a virtuous woman. Snow White, who lives in a royal atmosphere, wouldn't understand such an idea, right?"
What——? Are you saying that no boys will pursue someone like me?! Wow, yeah, obviously this Princess, with her beautiful appearance, gentleness and cuteness, will definitely be favored by a handsome guy like the prince! You dare to slander me like this and I will never end it with you!
Now, just as Snow White originally longed for, the gap between her and Iona has indeed been eliminated and the distance between her and Iona has been eliminated. However, the degree of closeness... seems to be a bit too much?
"You talk about being diligent and frugal... but what's the point of just being frugal?!" The two angrily walked out of the card store while publicly getting angry in the astonished eyes of passers-by, especially Snow White who took a deep breath and shouted loudly. "So Iona is just a - cheapskate!!!"
"Stingy... stingy?!" The purple-haired girl who had not expected this title suddenly froze as if struck by lightning. She quickly defended herself. "Stingy... stingy? No, I'm not stingy. Please tell me what I save. What's wrong with saving money like this? Money is blown by the wind and Snow White, who doesn't know how to cherish it, won't understand!"
"If he is a good man, he will definitely not like a stingy woman!" Snow White, who was previously attacked by Iona, began to show his aggression. "After all, being stingy means being a stingy person!"
"I said it was saving... The result of saving is that the daily accumulation will become great happiness in the future!"
"If the place where money should be spent is not used, wouldn't it be meaningless?!"
"Goooooo!!!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"
Until the two ambitious people began to imitate the blowfish's puffy face. On the way home, the two people snorted and distanced themselves from each other.
"Ha——"
The ribbon sitting on Snow White's head yawned when no one saw it. It was such a boring time for the little girls to argue.
Is there nothing interesting to do?
"What I said before about being a stingy person was a little too much..."
"I... I shouldn't say that you don't know how to cherish."
Perhaps they couldn't bear the awkward and silent attitude towards each other. After apologizing to each other, the two began to communicate in a low voice. From Iona's karate to the prepared cake, the topic of the two people chatting naturally came to someone they both knew and who also had complicated feelings.
"I wonder if Ash is still with the Phantom Empire now? If so, what are you doing?" After telling the story of Ash, Snow White, who was talking to himself, seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly showed a slightly contemptuous look in his eyes. "Could it be that he really listened to Phantom Queen?"
He clearly said that it was the result of acting and didn't hold back at all... Although he gave us time to evacuate under Phantom Queen's nose when he finally collided with Iona's special move, could this person really cheat and betray him later? If it is Ash, it can do this kind of thing!
If this is the case, maybe he is enjoying the feeling of being surrounded by those Precures now, right? It sounds so enviable to have the humiliated Pretty Cure pour him a glass of red wine like a maid... No, no! If this is really the case, I will look down on you very much!
"Ash..." Iona, who was checking whether any ingredients were missing, put down the pineapple in his pocket and couldn't help but clenched his fists. "Ash at that time was really super-strong!"
Although when I was resurrected, my inner strength and transformation ability to protect my companions were far greater than before... But I could feel that he was more or less merciful at that time.
"It's too strong. I even feel that he didn't try his best." Looking down at her clenched fists, the girl's words contained a hint of expectation and reluctance. "I even feel a little sorry for him."
"I couldn't let him show everything. From that point of view, I feel sorry for him."
Ah... Oops, when we were with Yuko, the truth about Ash was actually acting with us to inspire Iona's will to fight.
I forgot to tell Iona and Megumi! And how can I say it in this current atmosphere? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Now they still misunderstood... Although Iona was not too dissatisfied with this, Xiao Hui - Xiao Hui had a big misunderstanding on this matter!!!
And if I forgot, why didn't Yuko remind me? Could it be that you have forgotten even Yuko? Obviously in my heart you have always been the most reliable one!
"I, the active Princess, can't understand the thoughts of you martial arts practitioners... Wow!"
The result of walking while complaining was that Snow White, who was walking without looking at the road, bumped into the oncoming abdominal muscles. The strong and strong body directly caused the girl who bumped into to bounce back and sit on the ground.
"What are you doing... uh-?"
A strong palm stretched out in front of Snow White who was rubbing his back after falling flat on his face.
"Are you okay?"