Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Mayu, sitting across from them, raised her right hand high like a student answering a question in class.

"If it's special training, what exactly are we supposed to do?"

Hearing that question, Regina froze for a moment, even forgetting to keep twirling the spear in her hand. Right, what exactly was special training supposed to involve? How would a princess like her know?

But that was fine! She had the "best" example to refer to—Ash! Let her think back to how Ash had done it...

Clang!

From Regina's wicked grin, the heart-shaped spearhead glowing with sharp radiance pointed straight at the two trembling Precure.

"Of course, you learn it by remembering it with your body!"

"Wait! Senior, isn't that method a little too extreme?"

"I saw Ash do it like this back then, and there didn't seem to be any problem—here I come, don't run!"

"What's going on?"

Watching Regina raise the Spear of Light and stab wildly as she chased the two Pretty Cure all over the place, Ash, who had just arrived and casually accepted the teacup from Twilight, wore a rather surprised expression as well.

"Did Regina turn evil and defect to the villain side again? Is she planning to make defeating Pretty Cure her career?"

"No, apparently she's imitating you."

Completely unconcerned, Twilight happily refilled Ash's tea as she recounted what had happened earlier.

"Though she utterly lacks the noble and cool demeanor a princess should have, when she starts causing trouble, she really does have some of your domineering air, King. Is that because she was the first princess you served?"

"..."

Looking once more at Regina's frenzied spear-waving as she chased the Precure around... all right, now he understood.

"They were mistakes made in my youth."

"You're not old enough to grow a beard