Originally, the sudden confrontation made Yao thought that she had fallen out with Ash again, but the atmosphere brought about by getting along at this moment gave her a different answer.
Even now, after seeing a side of Ash that she doesn't usually see, she no longer seems to have the same prejudice against him as before.
"Yao, I discovered your thoughts halfway. Do you want me to change it? I can tell you directly that this is impossible."
I am the king standing in the dark night longing for everything, and you are standing completely in the light guarding the precision of dreams. It is impossible for such people to understand each other... it is very difficult.
"You just have to stick to what you believe in, just like I always believe in myself."
"What?" When Yao heard what Ash said, he was not disappointed as expected. Instead, he imitated his behavior and looked at him deliberately. "You are clearly launching an offensive to pursue us, but you are not allowing me to do the reverse?"
"Hey~ You're half-assed Princess."
Although he usually looks like a slow and enthusiastic idiot, at times like this, he is smart and has learned to use his lines and eyes. Oh, I accepted this provocation!
"If you can do it, just try your best!"
"I will still carry out the strategy in my own way as always. Even if you resist and want to escape from me, it doesn't matter~"
Ash, who deliberately made noise, did not see the panic expression as expected. All Yao could give him in response was a faint smile as a friend.
"Ash-sensei, you said one thing wrong."
It seems like I don't resist you so much now.
So this date, Ash is probably yours to win, right?
Chapter 36 The First Victim
"Is she still struggling now?"
"I can't help it, Roma." To Haruno Haruka, who had inexplicably locked himself in a room and was suffering alone after yesterday's battle, Aroma, a trainee butler elf, shook his head in a very humane manner. "She has been like this since she came back. She has always said that she did something very un-Princess, which is why she is distressed and regrets being so unwilling to see others."
"Really, where is it Princess who is wrapped in a quilt and talking about such things, right?"
"In that case, where is Yui's classmate?" As Student Council President, who was caring and serious enough to remember every student's name, Kaito Minami naturally thought of Yao's roommate. "Didn't Yui say anything?"
As Haruka's closest best friend, Nan believed that if she were by the troubled Haruka's side, she would be able to comfort him in her own way.
"There's nothing I can do...Yui He follows the king's rules and seems to be learning the necessary skills to become a maid from his teacher."
"Huh?" Nan recalled that statement when she thought of this. It can be said that Wei was semi-forced to join Black Night Kingdom, and as a price she became his exclusive maid... Just thinking about such an outrageous thing made her feel ashamed. "It's this guy again..."
Although he is not as straightforward as Kirara, as Student Council President who upholds the principles of seriousness and responsibility, he will naturally not have a good face when faced with a guy like Ash who is so wanton and reckless in attacking students.
"Are you kidding..." Thinking of this, Nan made a sound in her heart that she was feeling the best. "Not only when we are Pretty Cure, are we finally going to take action against us in normal times? Besides, we are students! How can we leave school so casually——"
"Now Yui and Puff are both trainee maids! Although they are not from the same country, Puff, who is a colleague, knows it!" Puff, who was rubbing Kirara's fingers at the side, answered for her. "That King can freely travel between the earth through the power of teleportation. There is no problem of time and distance, so Yui went to the Black Night Kingdom to practice Puff in his free time without disturbing his studies!"
"Even like this..."
"Hey, he's quite thoughtful." Kirara, who was squatting on the ground while rubbing Puff's ears, gave him a "praise" without being salty. "By the way Puff, about HaruHaru, when did she start to look like this?"
Slightly closer to the door on one side, you can vaguely hear the screams from behind, "Ah... how could I do such a thing!" Kirara, who couldn't bear to hear it, felt a pain in his heart.
That guy must have done something extremely excessive to HaruHaru! That left such a deep impression on her... She was obviously just a girl who was full of admiration for Princess, but she had to bear such an impact. It was really too much for her!
"Well... it was just when I got back from the date Puff."
"Then the truth is obvious!"
Putting Puff on the ground, Kirara's calm expression was filled with waves of anger, each wave getting higher than the last!
I heard that a monster-like being appeared at the amusement park yesterday. It must be that guy! He used violence to force HaruHaru to give in, and then he did so much to her that even a cheerful person like HaruHaru dared not see anyone else! Poor HaruHaru... it must be very painful to date someone you hate but can't even say no... it must be painful.
"Unforgivable."
Thinking of the same thing as Kirara, Student Council President's fists were clenching loudly, regardless of the fact that the round nails on his hands penetrated deeply into the flesh.
"Minami! We can't let him be proud any longer!"
"Well... now even classmate Haruka has become his first victim..."
Now he is suffering alone and even unwilling to let us in. What else can it be besides the fear caused by being left with an extremely heavy psychological shadow? Maybe HaruHaru, who was pretending to be on a date yesterday, was deceived into doing something unspeakable and scandalous!
Even if he says he's letting us go, even if we can't be his opponent! There is no way he can continue to be proud now!
"Even if we risk everything, we must kill that guy Ash——"
"What are you going to do with me?"
"!"
It was almost as if Cao Cao Cao Cao had arrived. The familiar voice brought a chill to their backs as soon as it sounded. The ordinary blue and gray uniforms on his body gave off a hippie-like effect. Ash, now in (not serious) school worker mode, was happily watching the horror of the two girls.
"Don't be shy to say it. Maybe I like it too and can help you make it happen!"
"You... how did you get in!"
"Take the stairs."
But the problem is that we have a female dormitory here! Platinum How could the dormitory master let you in!
"This." Ash shook the light bulb in his hand. "Because the light in a dormitory on the third floor is broken and the students can't reach it. Of course I have to change it. Your stereotypes are too serious. But this time I was summoned in a formal way."
"What about our students in the female dormitory?"
Everyone is very concerned about their private space being disturbed, especially boys. There's no way we didn't hear your voice all the way here!
"There's nothing I can do about it. After all, this world is a world of faces." Ash said without any shame that he could directly play the role of a tokusatsu protagonist with the same face. "I am a handsome guy after all. Although some people were really scared by me at first, as long as I gently asked everyone to get out of my way, they even took the initiative to lead me the way."
This guy... is definitely showing off on purpose!
"Let me see, oh~ it happens to be the one in front of you... Well, it happens to be Wei and Haruka's dormitory? Isn't it a coincidence?"
"No, no!" Seeing Ash coming in as if nothing had happened, the two girls hurriedly tried to block him. "It's not enough for you to turn Haruka-san into this, are you planning to harm her again?!"
How could it be allowed? We must transform immediately——
"What are you talking about?" It's as if I did something to her? The man with an incomprehensible expression waved his hand, causing the keys in their hands to roll to the ground accidentally. While they were picking it up in a hurry, Ash had already pushed the locked door open with a calm expression on his face.
"Stop it! HaruHaru's heart has reached its limit. Don't stimulate her anymore——"
"Um, Ash? Nan and Kirara, why are you here?"
Seeing Haruka swarming under the quilt like a caterpillar with only his head sticking out, the two girls were stunned.
"Haruka... Are you okay?"
And you just called his name directly?
No way?
After looking at the girl's cute big eyes and then at Ash who was still holding the light bulb, Kirara, who was more sensitive in this regard, smelled a hint of instability.
The atmosphere... isn't right?
Chapter 37 What is your relationship?
"Is this it?"
"That's right, the inside of this filament seems to be burned." Seeing Ash who could easily remove the chandelier without even tiptoing, Yao looked a little envious. "Ash is really high."
"This is nothing, look at your strong and beautiful legs. As long as you insist on drinking more milk so that your breasts and body grow together, you will definitely become a big sister that meets my XP!"
"Don't keep mentioning her legs. You obviously care about them, so why do you keep mentioning them!" Thinking of the experience of being rubbed on the heels of her thighs when they finally parted yesterday, Haruka, whose forehead felt hot, fired a pillow cannon at Ash from under the covers. "Don't tell me, I seem to have grown up to cater to your preferences. You are obviously very annoying!"
But do you really like my legs that much? Even though everyone said it was too thick and ugly, if you praised me... I would be shy again.
"Nani?" Holding the lightbulb in one hand and tilting his head to avoid the pillow, Ash pretended to be surprised. "Didn't we agree on yesterday's date? It's an established fact that you have decided to be mine."
Eh?! The two people next to them looked confused, as if they didn't understand the topic at all but accidentally got into the topic, and they were almost stunned by their "cross talk".
"No, didn't you say you admitted my dream of becoming Princess?"
"Yes, a noble existence like Princess is of course the object of my pursuit. Are you right Haruka Princess~?"
"Hey, Princess~ It seems like this is not bad~" Yao, who was almost fooled by the last sentence Princess, quickly rolled on the bed and woke up from his fantasy time. "That's not right——! This is completely different from what we agreed!"
"What's different?"
"It's different everywhere!"
"Minami..." Neither standing nor sitting, Kirara whispered to his companion who was equally embarrassed as himself, his eyes drifting back and forth between the two people who were bickering constantly. "Logically speaking, shouldn't Haruka be the most difficult person to accept?"
"Yes, after all, I was treated like an insult after being defeated..."
But, that's what I said.
At this moment, looking at the tacit understanding between the two of them bickering with each other, even calm Runan felt that the corners of his mouth were twitching.
It does look like they are quarreling and hating each other, but this hatred is a little different from what they thought.
Why does it feel like... our worries are unnecessary now?
"Wait, HaruHaru!"
Finally finding an opportunity during the truce between the two, they nervously approached Haruka and asked with concern, "We said it was a date yesterday, but did he really not do anything to you?"
"Probably not?"
Does it mean that the relationship with him has become more harmonious?
"What is this vague answer?"
"Haruka, you have to tell us calmly." At the critical moment, it was Nan's aura of tolerance that made everyone relax. "We are your friends, and we are with you Pretty Cure! Please believe that we will stand with you no matter what happens."
"If there is really nothing, why couldn't you even open the door for us before? Tell me calmly, we will never say anything... or laugh."
"Because of that, I'm very shy..."
Finally, in front of Nan's sincerity, Yao showed his shameful sincerity. And when she thought of the wonderful experience she had during yesterday's date, the girl pulled the quilt over her head even more shyly.
"Shy?"
"Because... because..."
"You clearly said you wanted to be Princess, but in the end you used Princess Magic Wand to hit Fortress of Despair like a hammer! How could you say such a disqualifying thing to Princess!!!"
It is obviously a magic wand used to purify dreams with elegant skills, but at the critical moment, I used it to smash the enemy's ice cream and fly all over the floor... This kind of thing is different from the Princess in my mind!
It is precisely because you are my friends and we are together Princess Pretty Cure that I express my disapproval!
"Ah, I said it."
"..."
I accidentally spoke my true heart. At this moment, the three of them were extremely quiet except for the sound of Ash closing the door for them after repairing the lamp.
"Pfft."
"Kirara! You clearly told me not to laugh at me!"
"I'm sorry HaruHaru! It's just that when I think of that scene, I feel so weird..."
Cure Flora wielding a hammer... Pfft, I actually feel like the weight of that magic wand makes it easy to swing.
"Not bad. As my future Queen, I think this picture is very handsome!"
"King, hurry up and go back to your kingdom!" The shout through the door finally made the guy who was still eavesdropping step back, and Haruka, who continued to wrap the quilt around his body, completely shrank into a ball. "So I don't want to talk to you anymore..."
"I'm sorry, Kirara she didn't mean it." Nan, who actually had a hard time holding back her laughter, but still relied on her good upbringing to endure it, comforted her. "The main reason is that we were completely unaware of your date with Ash. We only found out about it when our classmates told us in the morning."
"Yes HaruHaru! You are a girl after all. This is a one-on-one date. Although he didn't do anything to you this time, he won't guarantee it next time! Considering that he said such things to us without sincerity before, how can we not worry about you!"
I'm worried that you've been deceived by him. After all, HaruHaru, you've always been easy to deceive.
"I know everyone cares about me, but..." After a moment of silence, she said slowly, looking in the direction where Ash left directly after changing the light bulb. "Ash has recognized my dream, and he is pursuing the sparkle that came from my dream."
Although I don't know what it is, I have an inexplicable feeling that I can understand his thoughts.
Just like I have been pursuing my dreams, although he claims that he has no dreams, he is still pursuing something.
"Until the time of completion comes, I think he will never do anything excessive to us in a real sense."
"..."
After Nan carefully approached Yao, he felt the temperature of her forehead through his palm.
"It's so hot! Sure enough, Haruka, you just said that because you have a cold!"