Kamen Rider Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Whether it was the "system" once visible only to Ash, or this "Kivat" that could now accompany him in physical form for the first time, beating around the bush had never been among her options. Ash had never taught her to speak that way.

She wanted to know, so she asked.

"I don't know."

With a slight tremble running through her body, Yui seemed to make up her mind. She nodded faintly, then shook her head with absolute conviction.

"The more I saw his active figure from behind, the more I admired him. Maybe... I also wanted to get closer to him."

So even now, she couldn't help wanting to encourage him, just like Haruka and the others.

And besides, seeing him stand shoulder to shoulder with Pretty Cure, even surpassing them... wouldn't anyone come to admire him?

"I don't know if that counts as liking him."

Besides, there were already enough people who liked him, and people he liked. How could I cause everyone even more trouble?

"And I don't want to hurt Haruka. Even less do I want to hurt everyone."

"[...]"

Kivat's glowing vertical pupils flickered several times like night-lights as she listened to Yui's conflicted words.

Why did she have to make it so complicated? If she liked him, she liked him. If she did not, she did not.

"[Ash won't mind. He'll only help you.]"

The more people who liked Ash, the happier Ash would surely be. At least, that was true for him now, after he had temporarily put everything from the past aside.

Since she had feelings for him, why not join them?

"But I would mind."

Her CPU and GPU nearly burned up together in her head.

The reason she was so unusually acting independently of Ash now was because she could