Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

"What's wrong with me liking pretty, sparkling girls?!"

After all, if Yui willingly stepping forward for her friend just now wasn't heroic, then what was?

I've decided!

Even if I really met other girls before Princess Pretty Cure, no matter how many there were, I'd take them all in! There was no upper limit to liking someone, and the power of love was infinite!

"..."

Covering the cheek that had just been kissed, Yui blushed. She was surprised and happy that her feelings had actually been returned, but—

Why me?

What was she supposed to do, then?

"Ash, did you... actually know all along?"

"Of course!" Ash nodded proudly. "Of course I knew people had been secretly liking and admiring me all along! Can't be helped. Looks like that's one of my sins too."

You knew? You didn't know shit!

"After all, I'm Ash—handsome, powerful, smart, and a King! Gahahahahaha~~!"

Beneath the beach sky, Ash's rough laughter mingled with the cries of seagulls. Anyone could tell he was genuinely happy right now.

And when Ash was truly happy, his laugh was incredibly tasteless.

"No, I mean Fire!"

Ash was never this pathetic when dealing with girls who liked him, so why had he become stupider than Fortress of Despair at a time like this?! She'd been by his side all along!

Wait, could it be because she'd always been by his side?

"[Some things don't necessarily need to be said out loud.]"

The little bat, who seemed to have regained her spirits, was perched atop the badly shaken Nanase Yui's head.

"But, you—"

"[This is enough, Yui.]"

"[This is enough.]"

"..."

"When did you two get so close?" And what was with all these riddles I couldn't understand? It somehow made me really annoyed.

"Ash is an idiot!"

"Huh?"

Though