Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

"This..."

I'd always thought you still held a grudge against me, and I was prepared to slowly wear you down from here on out. I never expected things to have reached this point.

"Minami, what exactly...?"

"It's not that I want Ash to apologize or anything. I just want to know if Ash really likes me."

Or was it like collecting stamps? Did he only need me because I was a member of Princess Pretty Cure?

"What kind of question is that? Of course I like you!"

"How much do you like me?"

"Well..."

The pressure Minami was putting on me now was even greater than when Dyspear merged with the Fortress of Despair! At least back then, after getting the Demon Emperor Sword, I'd been invincible. Now, even being invincible was useless.

But I was a King. How could I possibly run away now?

At this point, buried in the sand with only his head left exposed, Ash opened his mouth wide and shouted at the sky, looking as though he'd been beaten into some kind of happy ending.

"I, Ash, love Kaito Minami the most!"

The sandcastle that had nearly been completed collapsed on the spot when Kirara and Towa suddenly trembled, nearly making Haruka, who had been working hard beside them, cry.

At the same time, Nanase Yui, who had heard the shout from elsewhere, hurried over in the direction of the sound.

Not daring to look at Minami's expression, Ash hurriedly added, "And! Haruka, Kirara, Towa, and Twilight are also the ones I love most! I love you enough that I have to promote you from Princesses to Queens!"

"Honestly, you love too many people!"

That was Twilight's voice. Hmm, the effect was immediate.

"Idiot... I know. I knew from the very beginning that Ash wasn't