The girl seemed to have lost all strength under the angry rebuke. Her whole body went limp and she sat in the pool of blood, trembling in fear. The girl with the blood shadow of Ash reflected in her trembling eyes kept chanting the repeated words.
"I don't want Ash to die, don't... By the way, you are related to him, right?"
Megumi, whose attention was focused on that "system", didn't understand much of the conversations between Ash and Dast, but this didn't stop her from grabbing Dast's clothes as if grasping a life-saving straw, and directly begged loudly.
"Save him! Please, you must have a way, so save him!"
"For his sake, he can even plead with his enemies without hesitation..."
I am truly yours, Cinderella.
Then, a special metal made of arc-shaped wool appeared in Dust's hand.
"This is [perfect], it can transfer the power of life."
As for how to use it, hum! My identity is about to be excluded from this world, so I can't see it anymore, but I'm really looking forward to your choice.
"Great!"
In front of the girl who clutched "perfect" as if grasping a life-saving straw, the expressionless Dast squatted next to Ash, who could no longer hear his own voice, after losing his shell of inexplicable trouble.
"Yo, bro."
You were not killed on the spot. Is this the cumulative effect of the miracles you stole from them?
"Fight and live with Pretty Cure. Isn't it nice to be loved by them?"
Even if you are constantly looking for death, you can still live happily. Sometimes I really envy you and admire you.
After all, he broke into the world through a method similar to smuggling. Now that such a big incident has occurred, Dast's body has begun to gradually turn into ashes from under his feet, which is proof that he is being expelled.
"Influenced and inspired by love, you gradually move towards and change your life for the better. What a romantic story that fits the beautiful tone of this world."
But before the end, Dust opened the Card Case on Ash's waist and stuffed the card in his hand into it.
"However, these things will eventually leave. Precisely because they are things that will leave, you will feel beautiful afterwards. You are always parting, you know this kind of thing best, don't you?"
When you keep going, one day when you look back, you will be surrounded by only one person besides Him.
At that time, can you still tolerate the word "change"? Or is it better to just accept fate and not change?
I haven't changed.
"You can't change it either."
No one can change it.
"Hui? Why did you suddenly call us here again?"
"I know you and Ash are very much in love now, but isn't it a bit too much to drag us here to act as your light bulbs?"
"That's right, be careful we snatch Ash away from your hands——"
Snow White who finally arrived didn't think it was a big deal at first, but when they saw Hui kneeling on the ground behind the flying gray smoke and Ash in a pool of blood, their relaxed smiles suddenly solidified on their faces.
Then, the voice from not long ago was heard again in the same place.
"Ash ahhhhh!!!"
Light Hill Central Hospital, intensive care room.
The ventilator, tubes, and many other equipment that the girls couldn't name were all attached to his body. Ash, who had a huge heart-shaped hole punched through his chest, was wrapped like a rice dumpling on the ICU bed to stay alive.
"That Ash... can actually be injured?"
The constant beep, beep of the health monitoring equipment echoed in the girl's ears like a note of urgency.
Looking at the man on the bed, Snow White is still muttering in disbelief.
That man who was strong, handsome, and as strong as a stone, who was always in trouble but could always make them rely on them at critical moments.
He even fell down...
Chapter 212 Silent Confession
"No."
The advantage after revealing his identity is that he can transform without any scruples, but now even if he uses his ability, facing the expectant eyes of his companions, Yuko can only sadly break their expectations.
"The effect of Honey Healing Rhythm (healing rhythm) is not obvious, as if there is some force hindering recovery."
"In this case, let's go ask that god!" Iona, who was in a hurry and sought medical treatment, raised his head and then lowered his head in despair. "No. That god himself can't protect himself."
"Ribbons, sunglasses, are there any wonderful little props just for elves!?"
"No! If there were any, they would have been used by you in the previous battle."
"Well..." While everyone was discussing this with each other fiercely, Hui, who was always sitting on the nursing chair next to the bed, had his head lowered. "This is all my fault."
Looking at Ash who could no longer respond to him on the hospital bed, his tears had dried up to the point where he could no longer shed them even if he wanted to.
"No, that's not the case!" Seeing that her friend had a tendency to give up on herself, Snow White endured the same sadness in her heart and hugged her hard. "This is an accidental injury, a misunderstanding! It's just... it's just that!"
After knowing the truth, no one will blame Hui, except herself.
"It's just a simple... tragedy--woohoo!"
"Hmm... um." Behind Snow White, who gently patted the comforter and ended up crying, Hui, whose expression sank into the shadows, nodded. "Thank you, Kohime."
"Then, let's go find Pretty Cure from other countries and see if they can do anything!"
Although the situation is still deteriorating, several others who have never given up hope are about to prepare to leave, leaving Hui Shou, whom he misses the most, by his side.
"Hui, what's the matter? You must contact us in time!"
For a while, the only sounds in the ward were the ticking of instruments and the breathing of machines still operating quietly.
"Ash... Do you think I was wrong?"
The girl's voice, so low that it didn't sound like her own, sounded in the room.
"It's not just my action, it's the fact that I accidentally hurt you."
"Including that battlefield, that song, the experience with you, the feelings that are constantly being cut and confused... and the fact that I fell in love with you."
Are these actually wrong choices?
"I won't mention this... but since you entered my life, I have really changed everything."
At least, in my memory, I have always been silly, always full of energy and vitality, facing everyone with a smile, and looking like a struggling girl who wants to overcome no matter what difficulties I encounter.
Instead of talking to you who can't hear me with a very heavy expression on your face now.
"The fact that I always like to hide my true feelings in my heart has never changed."
But at least in the past, I didn't have that much desire to get someone's response through actions, and I never had any idea about love.
But after meeting you, everything like this changed me.
What that person said you can't change... I don't understand.
"But I have indeed changed, forever changed by you."
I have become a stranger to myself.
"But no matter what changed, I don't regret that fact."
No matter how strange I become, I am still Aino Megumi... the Megumi who met Ash.
So I don't think my choice is wrong!
"Dip——"
On the screen that monitors the pulse of the heart, a straight line of incomparable despair is shown.
The metal in the girl's hand began to glow with an uncertain red light.
"Perfect", courtesy of Dust, can transfer lives, whether that life is someone else's or your own.
"There's no need to hesitate at all."
"Ha... ha ah..."
I feel so tired...
Hui, who was lying with her entire upper body on Ash's belly and gasping for air, originally wanted to stand up in one breath, but her limp body could only force her to turn her head and look at the face that gradually calmed down.
"Ash..."
This is the face of the one I love.
When I first came into contact with him, I just felt that he was an enemy that I had never seen anything unusual before. Because of this, I was more curious and wanted to get in touch with him to find out what kind of person he was.
"As a result, the closer I am to you, the more good sides I see in Ash, and the more I am attracted to him."
The one watching, observing, and fighting side by side, unknowingly, in my eyes, apart from Kohime and the others, it is you Ash.
Now I finally understand.
"I want to find the value of my existence from others, so I love and help others to make them happy. Only in this way can I feel happy."
So the more Ash negates me, the more weight you represent in my heart becomes higher and higher until...
"The one who suddenly started fighting with you must have been an inexplicable gang."
Maybe I'm jealous, because Ash also admitted before that he deliberately avoids me but is so close to them. So I thought that if Ash, who is eager to fight, can see my powerful side, I will definitely attract your attention... although in the end I achieved my goal in another way.
Things finally happened for the better after that. Puppet Kingdom's affairs, my mother's affairs, and Ash, who always helped us overtly and covertly, also proved that my choice was correct! That's why I was able to say at that time, even if you don't care, as long as I'm by my side, I can feel my own happiness from your happiness.
But it turns out that my thoughts were not ignored! That song "Interstellar Flight" really reached you, and I heard the response that day!
"If I have done something wrong, I will definitely atone for it!"
So I won't let Ash leave, and I won't let Ash die! I will fight no matter who it is!
"I want to sing more, more songs, just for Ash!"
Ash's happiness, no matter what kind of difficulties I will overcome, I will definitely help you achieve it——
"Ash..."
I'm sorry, I may indeed be such a girl with a mental problem who fell in love with you inexplicably——
The distance was getting closer and closer, and in front of the seductive atmosphere, the girl who was bending down was about to bring her face closer to his slightly opened lips.
"Suck~"
"Ah." The girl, whose cheeks were rosy due to blood congestion, was holding the wetness on the tip of her nose that had just been licked, and the warmth of her palms, beating with shame and joy in her heart.
Success, Ash is alive!
Ash, I still love you——
"Lei."
She heard him call her name.
"Is that you here?"
Feeling the slow moisture on his face, Ash opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was a girl with a "wry smile" on her face as she cried and laughed.
"Here is..."
"Ash! Great, you finally-"
The memory of the fragment was awakened the moment he saw her. The man with a dull expression on his face released his grip on the girl's hand and moved in the void for a while. His whole body and movements were completely stagnant in mid-air.
"Ash...?"
"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"
This has never happened even in battle.
The petrified girl had never seen him show such a terrifying and rude scene to her.
"What stupid things have you done!!!"
Chapter 213 The Crack in the Heart