What was going on with her performance?
That wasn't the way I taught her!
"Why?"
This was Haruka's first time seeing her true face. Both her graceful bearing and stunning beauty, perfectly suited to the term "ice queen," matched Haruka's image of a Princess. But...
She was absolutely not the kind of Princess I wanted to become.
Looking at the silver-haired girl who had taught her how to play, yet had also led her into attacking Ash, Haruka's gaze and feelings were incredibly complicated.
Whether she looked with her heart or her eyes, she didn't want to be enemies with her. But the other girl clearly didn't feel the same way...
"How tragic."
"If you're a Princess, why do you perform in such a vulgar manner?"
"Vulgar?"
"A performance that recklessly exposes your own feelings—how can something so vulgar dare call itself Princess-like?!"
Huh? She came in so aggressively, and that was the first thing she asked?
"No matter how pleasant it sounds, it's nothing but a false sound. It's not the performance I long for!"
Faced with the other girl's accusation, Haruka stood her ground and opposed her with her own will.
"What's wrong with showing yourself? Only by fully expressing yourself can others see you more clearly. No matter when, you should draw everyone's attention with an open and upright charm. That's the Princess I want to become!"
That was also something I had learned, in a sense, from Ash's "open and upright" ways.
So who exactly are you?!
"Heh. In the end, you're merely a third-rate violinist and a third-rate Princess. Is this all you amount to?"
Twilight remained utterly unmoved by Haruka's resolve, even revealing a mocking smile. But the person who suddenly appeared beside her immediately put the Pretty Cure on guard.
"Shut!"
"So you're