Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

"Even now, Kirara and the others who are worried about you must be looking everywhere for you."

"But... what right do I have, like this?"

Even if Ash said it wasn't my fault, would I have to live alongside everyone in this body from now on? What would they think of me? What about my parents and school?

"No buts. Do you think that if you disappeared like this, your friends would be hypocrites who could forget you without a care and keep living happily?"

Considering what had happened in the past, those words were especially convincing coming from me.

"Of course not! I've never thought that! It's just...!"

Saya's mocking voice appeared before her like a demonic whisper, then echoed in her mind.

You'll never be able to become the Princess of Flowers again for the rest of your life.

"Ash... what should I do?"

In the past, whether facing the ridicule of people her age or the terror of monsters, she had kept moving forward, determined to become the strong, gentle, beautiful Princess in her heart.

Until the towering wall called "reality" had completely blocked every path before her, leaving her utterly lost.

After all, a monster can never become a Princess, can it?

How could mere wishes in her heart change reality?

"Hey, you're a Pretty Cure. Do I really have to teach you?" Ash deliberately provoked her. "If your dream can't come true, why not just give it up?"

"Of course not!"

Seeing Haruka instantly grow worked up again, Ash felt that this was more like it!

"That's right, that's the Princess I know! Even if you're a monster Princess, you're still the Princess in my heart!"

"Mon... monster Princess?"

"If there can be a Frog Prince, why can't there be a Monster Princess? Right!" Ash