As he spoke, Ash opened his wallet confidently, revealing how full it was that made Kirara's eyes widen.
Kirara Although as a youth idol model who often appears on the cover of magazines, she can get a lot of remuneration from various activities through the agency, but she has never seen this amount of money... Is it really something that can be earned by working part-time?
"One more thing."
"My fellow citizens are also made up of countless and various jobs, right?"
"...?"
Isn't it a matter of course that the world is made up of different people? Why are you asking this suddenly?
Kirara couldn't understand, and Ash didn't mean to let her understand.
"Just think of it as a whim."
In the past six months, Ash has re-established and led Black Night Kingdom from the grave of the Fairy Kingdom. It has taken in so many citizens and gained their allegiance. It is indeed a very remarkable thing in itself. Anyway, so said the bat "half" of Ash.
But Ash is still dissatisfied, that is, although he has been very powerful in the past six months, he has only done one thing. That is to sit on his own throne - as a king exuding "majesty", there is no other option.
If they are props and gears that only belong to me, then the existence now named Ash is made up of countless "gears" that mesh with each other to drive the operation.
They need a king, so I will be the strongest and undefeated king.
"I want to know too."
But looking back occasionally, I found that I didn't seem to understand the actual operation of the gears.
"About the real thing."
It can be said that this happened until Ash discovered the Earth, until the battle with Pretty Cure activated a certain silence in Ash's mind, allowing him to discover the so-called "shining" from them, and it also made him change his original idea.
This is just like him, as a Dark kiva, breaking into the battle line between hope and despair that originally belonged to this world, confusing everyone's original life trajectory.
In a sense, aren't these Princesss the same people who have broken into his world?
"As a king!"
He is a human being, and except for the newly recruited Nanase Yui, all the citizens are former "elves".
There is a difference between the two after all.
So what Ash wants to see.
"It is natural to understand everything about the people, whether it is hard work or not."
I want to see people other than "kings", including Pretty Cure and my own citizens.
Greedy, thirsty, wanting to see more of the "scenery" in their eyes.
"What about... us?"
Pulling open the can of orange juice in her hand, the girl asked him another question out of nowhere.
"You guys?"
"Haven't I been working hard on your affairs? To make you shine, to find your shine."
Wait, this is too straightforward!
If it is an enemy. Is it necessary to care to this extent...? The aluminum can that was opened and aimed at the lips was held high, which just covered the girl's somewhat irritable expression at the moment.
"Haha."
Thinking of his changed face at this time, the shyness in his heart made Kirara really couldn't help but laugh. Now she seemed to understand Yao Yunan's thoughts.
Whatever he said, whether it was the fact that he liked them Pretty Cure and wanted to possess them, or the fact that he despised his own citizens as props, they were probably completely true to him.
But, that's why.
Just because he likes them so much that he wants to possess them, he wants to help them, support and help them realize their dreams and become more shining, even if his unique way of action is probably incomprehensible to him.
Precisely because the citizens are their own "props", they will cherish them extremely and never allow outsiders to reach out. Precisely because they are their own "gears", they will want to understand them even more.
You do good things with a bad attitude but achieve bad results. When you want to do good things, will you be misunderstood in a bad direction?
What's going on, this King?
Chapter 58 Ash's "Game Life"
Amanogawa Kirara could notice that his mood quietly changed.
Probably because I saw too many different sides of Ash today, even though her unhappy heart still remained in her chest, it was no longer difficult for the girl to adapt.
Even the extreme disgust that had always stayed on Ash began to reverse and melt little by little after the girl first glimpsed its true nature, just like the melting of milk dripping into a glass originally filled with ink.
What's going on? This feeling...
For Kirara, who was born in the entertainment industry, precociousness seems to be a natural word, otherwise she would not have set out to become a model early when she was a student and had full initiative.
This feeling seems to be too early for Kirara, who has a "mature" heart.
Under the approaching night, the man and the girl at both ends of the bench were each holding a canned drink in their hands, chatting wordlessly.
"I remember that you seem to be staying at the boarding school. Can you go back soon?"
"I said hello to Platinum. You can go back later today."
"Hey~ Do you need me to accompany you when you are lonely? For example, I can lend you my warm chest at any time~"
Ah, here we go, Ash's special dirty pick-up lines were spoken by him again without any care.
"Why do you think I'm lonely? I have friends."
In the past, I always thought that you were deliberately provoking us, trying to expose our flaws and take advantage of them.
Now... I'm starting to wonder if you understand what this means.
"The friend you mentioned~couldn't he be the same person as I thought?"
Ash knows that Kirara, who always seems busy after class, actually doesn't have many friends. Because of this, after her relationship with Haruka and Nan improved one after another, she acted even more annoying and anxious.
But this feeling is gone now. Why did you suddenly change your mind? I was expecting to hear a lot of disgusting words from Pretty Cure.
"So what?"
"Friend, am I not counted?"
I obviously saw that your side was in great shape today, so I thought the strategy was successful!
"It doesn't count, of course it doesn't."
Not yet.
"What a shame."
Seeing Ash's behavior of "again", he just shook his head and decisively gave up. The can in his hand rang softly with the girl's heart.
Although he was always so persistent, he didn't give up after being rejected, and he no longer had the intention to continue "attacking" but gave up easily. It's almost like in a turn-based game, after your own turn ends, it's the opponent's turn. It's just...
Simply, it doesn't look like a human reaction.
"If it's not precision but Amanogawa Kirara, am I so unattractive in your eyes... (low tone)"
Let's test it out a little bit.
"As for the money, you've already paid it back to HaruHaru, so it's more than enough."
"What are you going to do with the rest? Are you squandering it?"
"Are you kidding me? This is my first reward for my hard work!" Ash put his wallet away angrily and curled his lips as he felt that he had been misunderstood again. "It's too ugly to call it squandering. I have my own reasons for spending anything!"
"With these rewards, the citizens can pay tribute to the king, and the king can respond!"
To put it bluntly, I also want to buy some souvenirs to take back. I think they will respect me even more in the future!
"Haha, what a surprise." As the daughter of an actress, Kirara gave the right laugh at the right place. "Ash, I thought you were the kind of person who would just grab whatever you want. In your words, it's a king's plunder?"
"Bingo! As expected of my Queen."
Sure enough, you would answer like this.
Just like a team-up between actors, just like a fixed CG plot in the game, when it comes to "King", you will happily agree.
"If I continue to 'conquer' the earth now, I will indeed take whatever I want and need directly. Being able to seize resources from my opponents represents the conquest and plunder of singing a song of triumph! It is a glorious deed that will be sung!"
But who made me admit to myself that I will not take action against the earth before conquering you?
"So if we continue to do this now, we will change from an upright conquest to a rooster and dog robber who steals civilian property. This will not be handsome at all to the king."
Sure enough, sure enough, Mr. "Ash" plays the king.
"That's really what [King] is doing~" The girl smiled steadily. Ash, who would have noticed it normally, didn't feel anything was wrong at all at this moment.
"Yes, this is the king!"
It's this, this sense of distance.
Because he calls himself a king, he sticks to this identity like a role-player, always talking to himself and not caring about what others think.
Unlike me who refused to be Pretty Cure with them because of my own ideas, this person is not so much a king, a school janitor, or someone who wants to be liked by us. It is better to say that a "player" is controlling the character named "Ash" and constantly trying different gameplays!
This person completely mixes his true self with his false self.
"It's almost time for my next job, so I'm looking forward to meeting Kirara-chan who opened her heart to me the next time we meet!"
Rather than this, how about you open your heart first?
"Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it."
In such a situation, how can I talk about changing him? There is no hope at all!
Just as Ash was leaving, Kirara, who was alone, was sitting on the bench and sighing alone. He happened to see the red plastic bucket left under the chair where Ash was.
Isn't this the bucket he carried when he was dusting?
Could it be that because it was inconvenient to work in the coffee shop, I put it here in advance, and then forgot about it after I made me happy just now? Isn't it such a coincidence?
"This is?"
In the red bucket containing various mediocre measuring tools, only a medium-thick book stood out, and judging from the girl's estimation, he had probably read it not long ago.
What book is so precious? Even when he sees me as "dating"?
""One Hundred Wonderful Phrases to Please Girls", author: Otoya Kurenai...? A name I have never heard of, a third-rate novel?"
After flipping through a few pages with curiosity, the expression on the girl's face gradually changed from confusion to shameful realization, then it turned red and purple, and finally closed with a trembling and forceful snap.
"That's it..."
Don't you call yourself Kamen Rider?
The mask that belongs to you, I completely understand!
Chapter 59: Really bad "harassment"
It's another new day, and it's an ordinary day for both girls and Ash. Ash is "harassing" Princess as usual.
"Yeah!"
The man looked down at the girl's gentle face carefully, and even the slightest change could not escape the search of Ash. It wasn't until she blushed away from being stared at that the man nodded with great satisfaction.
"Haruka Princess, I'm so relieved to be the only one who didn't give up my gift."
As expected of the first person to accept me!
It's so nice to have a discerning eye unlike other people.
"How can someone stare at other people's faces without saying a word as soon as they come up..." After complaining for a while, Yao still answered Ash with the truth. "After all, this gift from Ash is truly thoughtful."
I couldn't throw it away as decisively as Kirara, so I could only try to use it, and found that it was really easy to use! After applying mascara, even my eyes become sparkling for some reason.
"Originally, I thought you would make fun of my thick eyebrows."
"Uh-huh." The girl's low murmur did not escape Ash's hearing. "Originally, I did think so. After all, if your eyebrows are too thick, you will look bad at bad end, and no matter what you say, you will be a woman who will become Queen in the future."
"Original?"
The girl who had automatically learned to block keywords was now even more confused about what Ash was talking about.