Then I think you must be the important... orphan He entrusted to me.
So from now on, please let me believe in your miracle a little too.
141
Everything Begins Here.
"I'm sorry. What I did to Ashu before really was too much."
In the past, I stubbornly believed that apologizing meant losing, so even if it really was my fault, I would never have wanted to apologize. But now, saying such things unexpectedly made me feel relieved.
"It's okay. I've never blamed Ash-sensei."
Taken aback for a moment by Ash's sudden apology, the girl merely responded with a gentle shake of her head. She said nothing more, only continued smiling and maintained the silence.
The reason Ashu had suddenly seemed like a completely different person after coming to this world was because she had remembered some things from the past.
From the first time she opened her eyes and met Ash's gaze while he slept...
To how, after she was born, she received no blessing and instead had to endure the unreasonable, endless pursuit of her "brother." Fear, terror, and confusion filled her heart. To survive, she had needed to arm herself in armor called "ferocity."
No one feared someone gentle and kind. Even if she was Precure, she had to become evil enough to resemble a villain from Pretty Cure.
Well, in order to obtain the Pretty Cure power I didn't yet possess, I did scheme against them... Though I did wrong some people in the end, at least it had led to them meeting again, so that was a good outcome, right?
"...I'm sorry."
Thinking of this, Ashu couldn't help softly apologizing to them, far away as they were.
Perhaps what I don't even want to admit is that I was a little jealous of those Pretty