Kamen Rider is a Villain in Pretty Cure Chapter 47

"Who knows?"

"Ah, thank you."

Ash, holding the hot tea he'd prepared for her, looked at the girl. Seeing his face, which could be called handsome, Kotori couldn't help but recall how he used to be outside as Time Fire, always "impolite"... no, more villainous than villains.

Back then, many people online were intensely jealous and hateful of the crimson warrior who bullied Precure and could freely get intimate with Miss Yell. As a result, all sorts of twisted fan creations circulated.

Comparing these excessively "dark histories" to his current self... Nono Kotori, who only knew Ash through news reports and her older sister's accounts, found it hard to believe these two individuals were the same person.

He's really changed. This gentleness, which must have been exceptionally difficult for him, is it because of her sister? She's really done something not easy, my "hero sister."

But everything seemed to be developing in a good direction, so why did it have to be like this with this matter...

Thinking about the purpose of Ash's phone call summoning her here, an unspeakable sense of helplessness escaped Kotori's deep sigh.

"I mean, there weren't any Doomsday Monsters, but my sister disappeared again first thing this morning."

After draining the tea like she was getting revenge, Kotori quickly yelled that it was hot. She picked up the nearby tissue, wiping her equally hot cheeks while looking at Ash with various complex expressions, as he showed no signs of embarrassment.

"And then he called me over here to help with things. I thought something had happened... You called me out specifically for this?"

My sister... you troublesome idiot!

"Don't say that. No matter how much of a dummy she is, Hana is still your sister, isn't she?"

"That's true..."

Seeing the pained yet happy expression on Kotori's face, Ash couldn't help but smile.

Is this what true sisterly love is like? It's so good... Compared to this, my few "brothers" as an only child... Never mind, why bring that up on a happy day?

"Did you bring everything?"

"I came to help, don't say it like it's some weird transaction!"

While arguing, she still reluctantly rummaged through her bag and pulled out a few clothes, all styles that Nono Hana often wore.

"Sorry to trouble you, bringing Hana's clothes over."

Seeing the items, Ash finally showed a relieved expression. After all, Hana had come over first thing in the morning without washing her face or brushing her teeth, wearing only "victory" underwear and pajamas. He didn't have any women's clothes that she could wear.

He couldn't possibly have her wear his shirt, could he? If she did, he would worry about her outside, and at home... she would be "dangerous."

"You seem quite happy," Kotori chatted naturally with Ash. After all, he looked like her future brother-in-law, so it was necessary to get along well. "What's up? While your idiot sister is still an idiot, you went ahead and gobbled her up, then called her little sister to clean up the mess?"

"There was no other way," Ash replied in an equally casual tone as he searched for suitable clothes. He picked up a pair of blue and white boxer shorts, his face showing an expression of "How old are you and you're still dressing so childishly?" "Who told you your sister is so delicious that I couldn't help but want to eat more~"

"Don't say such vulgar things in front of her sister!"

"Vulgar? Where is it?"

The truly vulgar thing is something only your older sister has seen.

"Hey, let me tell you!" Kotori, slightly annoyed, placed her hand on the clothes about to be taken. "I'm already a university student, so I understand what 'dry wood and raging fire' means. I also understand your romantic experience that was on global news headlines for several days, but... but!"

It's not that as a family, we're so conservative that we'd interfere with such things.

"But even if you're famous and renowned! Even if you're the one who saved the world... Time Fire and Cure Yell, you've gone too far! Starting from broad daylight like this—acting so clingy and sticky, what's that supposed to be!"

To be like this in broad daylight and then need me, the sister-in-law, to help you is not that it's impossible, but is it really okay to be so engrossed in this?!

Do you know what we bystanders think!

If those big shots who create "fan art" and "fan fiction" about you online knew that you played more wildly in private than they write... Oh, they'd probably get even more excited.

"But the problem is, it wasn't me bullying her this time." Ash moved a quilt-wrapped Nono Hana, who looked like a caterpillar with only her head sticking out, from the bedroom. The still sleeping girl let out comfortable snores rhythmically in Ash's hands. "She came to find me first thing this morning, wanting me to bully her."

"...I don't remember my clumsy and rustic older sister being this promiscuous!"

"Generally, aren't country girls the easiest to fall and become like that? Alright~ time to get up." Ash coaxed the sleeping Hana out of her dream with a serious yet gentle tone. Without any sense of reservation, Ash directly started helping her pick out clothes.

Don't all those small magazines and your manga develop like this?

"If not, I'll take responsibility and help Hana grow."

"I don't want that kind of growth!"

[Extra] Case File 94 Brother-in-law

"Sigh..."

How did this person grow up to be this way? No wonder you and my sister are so compatible, you're a match made in heaven.

Deeply feeling the difference in common sense between them, Nono Kotori, who had realized the truth that "people are diverse," felt utterly exhausted and no longer wanted to be shown off by these two idiotic lovers.

"In short, brother-in-law, don't go too far from now on."

Silently reciting a calming mantra, Kotori felt it had no effect. She endured the shame and tidied up the last bit of disarray on Hana's body. Ready to pack up and leave quickly, she decided to find a shop and order a cup of black coffee without sugar.

"After all, my sister always likes to carry things alone and not trouble others, so she unexpectedly has a soft side that she can't resist... You must have seen it too."

"Anyway, sorry to have bothered you, I'll be going back—"

"Wait, what did you just say?"

Kotori, suddenly called to a halt, was stunned. "I said, my sister's inner vulnerability... isn't that part being helped by you?"

"No, the sentence before that."

"She doesn't like to trouble people?"

"No, the very first sentence!"

"Ah." Kotori, realizing what Ash was confused about, fidgeted with her hands. "Um, Sis…"

"Brother-in-law."

"Brother-in-law?"

Ash, keenly noticing the change in the other party's address, looked utterly confused. It reminded him of how he used to call the "sister-complex" characters "brother-in-law," finding great amusement in their rare moments of exasperation.

But today, the one providing the amusement was himself.

I… became a brother-in-law?!

"Brother-in-law… yes, that's right!" Nono Kotori nodded repeatedly, satisfied after reconfirming. "Is there a problem?"

"No… well, how should I put it? I haven't…" Ash instinctively raised a hand to partially cover the smile that had involuntarily curled his lips. It seemed the faint pink on Nono Hana's cheeks had spread, infecting Ash's nose bridge and the roots of his ears through their physical contact.

I wasn't ready for something like this…

How could I possibly say it now!

"Are you going to deny it even after we've done that? That would be too unsightly…"

"No, I am indeed dating Hana, but you calling me brother-in-law directly… wouldn't marriage be too soon for her and me?"

Considering my situation, shouldn't it be that I'm being too irresponsible?

"Well, let's ask her directly then." He raised a finger and tickled Nono Hana's nose. The ticklish sensation made the pink-haired girl flutter her still-unfocused eyes open.

"Miss Hana~ May I ask, what is Mr. Ash to you now?"

"Wait, she's not even awake, don't–"

"Mmmph~?" Her blinking eyes held no clarity, only the lingering traces of desire from their earlier "bliss." Smelling the relaxing scent, the big girl nuzzled against Ash's chest like a clingy little animal. "Hana… Little Hana is~"

"I'm Ash's… hubby's little doggy~?"

Hana, half-asleep, nuzzled against the man holding her with a shamelessly happy expression, wanting more "skinship."

"..."

"..."

The gazes they exchanged were infinitely awkward, with only the half-asleep Hana still nuzzling Ash's chest like a small animal.

"Th-this…" Kotori's voice, though she tried to keep it steady, was now stammering, her face flushed from neck to ears. "This is a bit… a bit too much."

"She said to have my way with her, so I did."

"And you actually did have your way with her?!"

"How could I? I cherish her too much. Besides, I'll need her later."

"What kind of lewd words are those— Then tell me, what is this situation, ahhhhhh—!"

Pointing at Nono Hana, who had collapsed like an octopus clinging to the man's entire body, Kotori let out a scream that would echo in her mind for the entire year.

"I didn't teach her that."

"Then you shouldn't have let her learn it either!"

"For…"

Upon learning the whole story from Ash, Nono Hana's face turned from pale to green, a look of despair akin to having her "Rampage Energy" drained.

"Why didn't you wake me up at that time!"

"Because you were sleeping so soundly, and your sleeping face was so cute I didn't want to disturb you."

Besides, your sister was shouting so loudly and you didn't even wake up, so I don't need to tell you how deep your sleep was.

"Even if you say it so cheesily, I can't be happy at all…."

But brother-in-law, for Kotori to say that… it means Ash has been acknowledged by the family, right? Hmm… I feel a little sad, but also a little happy right now.

Hana, feeling weak, let her softened face fall onto the table in front of her.

"To do something like this in front of my cute little sister… I've lost all my sisterly dignity, I can't be Kotori's sister anymore, sob sob sob…."

I don't see much dignity in your usual interactions with her. Kotori seems more like the "older sister" than you do.

Considering Hana's current mood, Ash decided not to add insult to injury and swallowed his thoughts.

"Hana." Hana, who was contemplating escaping to Mars to grow flowers and avoid social death, turned her head when she heard Ash's voice. "Your sister told me last that there's a special holiday for you coming up soon and that I should remind you not to forget it."

"Ah!" The girl remembered after the reminder. "It's my birthday! It's in a few days. I was too tired in previous years and put it off, so I haven't celebrated it properly with everyone."

"Birthday, huh~"

That's truly a cause for celebration. I must celebrate it properly when I have the chance, so as not to leave any regrets.

"I'll prepare a gift."

"No, you don't have to." Hana gently shook her head, placing a hand on her chest. "Ash has already given me the best gift."

"It couldn't be me, could it?"

"Hehe~" Hana, her smile full of mirth, turned to ask Ash herself. "So, when is Ash's birthday?"

"I forgot, I forgot it a long time ago."

"Is that so... Well, how about this!"

"?"

"I'll just make my birthday Ash's birthday too!"

"Let's happily celebrate this birthday party together!"

[Extra]Case File 95 Happy Birthday, Mr. Ash

"Birthday, huh?"

The reason he asked this wasn't because Ash had become so senile that he'd forgotten the meaning of a birthday. After all, despite his past experiences with wilderness survival deep in the mountains, he hadn't truly turned into a wild man yet.

Thinking of the holiday arrangements Hana had mentioned earlier, Ash idly spun the Beast Electric Gun in his hand. Watching the patterns on the gun's barrel swirl into a circle resembling a dinosaur's roar, Ash found himself sighing with a touch of nostalgia.

"Celebrating someone else's birthday can be quite fun... Like secretly replacing the candles with fireworks, and everyone thinking an enemy had attacked and scrambling under the table, tsk tsk~"

"The time before last, I secretly replaced the frosting with plastic foam... They were spitting foam everywhere while eating, and I laughed so hard I gave myself away, so I was punished by having to clean their toilets for a month."

"Even earlier, I once blew up a cake and ended up being chased around with a combined cannon... Haha, I can't do things like that on Hana's birthday now."

Many times, whether as a friend, an enemy, or both, he had infiltrated numerous birthday parties, and delivering "surprises" as gifts was one of Ash's little pleasures.

"In the past, someone asked me the same question."