Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

The donut fell from Towa's hand, and the joyful expression on her face instantly turned into a heavy, almost inferiority-ridden look.

"No!"

"This isn't okay!"

Atonement! I Have to Atone!

As Towa rose from her seat, self-reproach and guilt surged through her heart like a tidal wave.

What am I doing?!

I was actually enjoying their kindness here so naturally, savoring such wonderful treatment? Th-this! Towa! Don't you feel ashamed?!

Looking around at everyone staring at her in surprise, the girl's heart sank even deeper.

That was right. As Pretty Cure who protected everyone's dreams, being this happy was a reward they deserved!

But how could someone like me, who had once hurt them too, possibly be qualified to share the same happy world as them?!

So!

"No!"

"Until Hope Kingdom is saved and Dysdark is defeated, I absolutely can't indulge in pleasure!"

I had decided that I would fight while bearing the sins and pain I had caused!

"How could that be... Towa, you don't have to take things this seriously, do you?" Towa's reaction had left Haruka beside her dumbfounded. What was this girl even thinking? "It's fine to smile when something happy happens. You don't have to worry about all that, you know?"

But judging by the gloomy expression on Towa's face, Haruka's attempt at persuasion would not be enough to easily resolve it.

"There's a reason why someone who once stood on the side of darkness was chosen now!"

"The reason I was miraculously able to become Cure Scarlet must be because Heaven gave me a chance to atone!"

If I just happily forgot everything and played around... what kind of atonement would that be?!

I refused to accept it! Even if everyone else thought it was fine, I would never accept such "weakness" in myself!