Ash had not slept at all last night. He had spent the entire time soothing people with sweet talk like, "I love both of you!!!" Now, these were the only thoughts filling his mind.
And it was not just those two. As his danger instincts kept sounding alarms in his head, Ash realized it even included Yuri, Reika, and the others.
"Manager, you're always running around outside. You might accidentally die out there again. The safest thing would be to lock you in the basement and keep you away from all the dangers outside, right?"
"Lately, my husband's eyes have been wandering toward other women again. What can I do to make him look only at me...? Maybe I should just make it impossible for him to leave. I'll support him for the rest of his life anyway."
Just thinking of the naked greed in their eyes sent a chill down Ash's spine.
After returning from this trip, it seemed everyone who had once been able to treat one another with courtesy had collectively stopped pretending. It was not just the way they stared at him like carnivorous plants; the increasingly obvious friction between them would undoubtedly spark flames soon enough.
This was not an exaggeration. You Pretty Cures really were more terrifying than the monsters.
"King, could you please instruct your Princess?"
See? Trouble had come again already.
"Princess? It's Haruka."
This time, the one appearing before Ash and gazing at him with lovestruck eyes was Haruno Haruka. She was also swinging the Demon Emperor Sword in an extremely dangerous manner, making Ash desperately want to urge her to put it down.
"This is not merely a sword."
Her reluctant fingers caressed the blade with intimacy and danger, yet when she released it, her hand remained uninjured, smooth and