Kamen Rider Becomes a Villain in Pretty Cure

Faced with Haruka's question, Ash did not answer directly. Instead, he picked up the violin she had left on the table earlier and placed the bow on the strings in a flawlessly proper playing posture.

"Eh?"

"Rather than giving you all sorts of troublesome explanations, wouldn't it be better for you to understand it firsthand?"

(BGM: Anyone who has watched KIVA knows which one it is.)

"?--~"

After giving Haruka one final smile, Ash closed his eyes and began his own performance. When his first note echoed before Haruka and throughout the lounge, she felt it.

It was an incomparably beautiful performance, just like that silver-haired girl's... yet completely different!

It felt as though...

A goddess had descended into the world at this very moment.

Without Love, You Cannot Hear It

When the piece ended, Ash bowed.

Haruka stood before him with her mouth unconsciously hanging open, still unable to calm herself after becoming immersed in Ash's performance.

"A piece played by me alone should have been worth at least five billion, you know."

Setting down the violin, Ash instantly forgot the perfect, serious demeanor he had displayed moments ago and returned to his usual smug self. He even made sure to show off in front of the still-stunned girl.

"But because you're my Princess, I'll give this piece to you for free~"

"So that's what you meant, Ash?"

Haruka lowered her head and smiled somewhat sheepishly, her fingers twisting nervously at the torn edge of her skirt.

"What?"

No wonder Ash had always avoided answering her directly before. So that was why... because you're a genius, right?

Compared to someone like Ash, she really did seem utterly inferior.

"A genius like Ash has such incredible technique that, with such a huge gap between us, there's no way you could