Not long ago, this place had been thrown into quite a commotion because of someone... Hmph. Was I actually missing that man at a time like this?
"Phantom."
Looking at this subordinate who had always been utterly loyal to her, and at the "darkness" he had gathered for her, even the maddened Queen could not bring herself to speak harshly to him.
"Queen, I will always remain by your side!"
"No. You are not permitted to fight this time."
"?!" The Queen's forceful command silenced Phantom's startled, uncertain gaze. Precisely because he would offer up his life without hesitation at a single word from her, she deliberately stressed it.
After all, at this point, the only one still by her side who worried about her... seemed to be the ever-loyal Phantom...
"Your task is to protect that cocoon." Above them, within the enormous cocoon woven from countless threads of misfortune energy, was Miss Orihara, who had now become a "generator" of misfortune energy. "Such an enormous amount of misfortune energy cannot be lost... This may be our final chance."
"What exactly are you trying to do..." From within the massive cocoon, which seemed to be incubating something, the girl's protesting voice could faintly be heard. "This kind of act that harms both yourself and others is simply too—"
"Aren't you the same? You used Pretty Cure to fulfill your own wish."
"...!"
Seeing the giant cocoon, which had been trembling constantly, fall silent at her words, Phantom Queen shifted her posture on the throne and collapsed weakly against it.
"In the end, you are the same kind of person as me, someone who abandoned love and happiness..."
Was she going to destroy the whole world next and deny all that was beautiful?
Why had I come this far? What exactly