The Great Slave Master, Ash.
Towa and the others had originally been told to hide, and at the sight of this, some of them nearly cried out.
"Ha—what are you talking about, Ash?!"
But unlike Towa, who had been so shocked she nearly exposed herself, Haruka and the others beside her unexpectedly wore nostalgic expressions.
"Didn't he say something like that back then too?"
"Yes. He said that if we lost, not only would we have to become his bandit brides, but even Earth would become his territory."
Thinking back on it now, that really was... Wait, no. Aside from Earth, hadn't we basically already been claimed by him too?!
"So this is another one of Ash's signature entrance declarations."
This guy really knew how to show off his presence as a king.
"...Twilight, was Ash really like this before?"
"From what the other Pretty Cure said, he might have been even worse."
That rather suited my tastes.
"How could this be~"
For some reason, Towa felt a small piece of her heart shatter.
"Please wait!"
While the Pretty Cure ladies were getting nostalgic over Ash's classic antics, the minister's expression had already completely collapsed into utter stupefaction at Ash's earth-shattering declaration.
"What exactly do you mean?!"
"I mean, I'm a King too."
"Didn't you say the kingdom's defenses had all been wiped out? I did that. Who told you to use such low-grade monsters as guards? They were an eyesore."
Without a word, Ash casually dropped another bombshell that left everyone speechless for quite some time.
"Leaving a kingdom wide open before a greedy king like me is no different from throwing naked Pretty Cure right in front of me, isn't it?"
"Sigh~"
Standing quietly among the shadows some distance away, Ashu let out a helpless sigh like a