"I honed my skills, studied hard to get into a better school, and now I'm simply following the path before me."
Without any grand speech, Miss Hikawa Iona merely stated plainly and directly, "So I think that if I follow Ash, the path I want to take next will surely appear before my eyes too."
So before that path, I wanted to keep fighting by Ash's side for everyone's happiness! And if you asked why... it was because life with him was simply so much fun!
"As for me~ I'm going to upgrade from a Princess to a Queen, then enjoy a lifetime by Ash's side!"
Thinking of that "decadent" life where clothes would be brought to her and food served to her nearly made Snow White drool. The moment she snapped out of her fantasy, she felt everyone's rather piercing gazes upon her and hurriedly explained herself.
"W-What?! Ash is rich and capable, so what's wrong with him supporting me? Right, Ash? You'll support me, won't you?!"
Anyway, unlike the other blues, I don't have any particularly amazing talents! So all I can do is use myself to bring happiness to the Ash I love and the people around me!
"I want to protect them."
Megumi, the only one who had not given it any thought at all, decisively and directly gave that answer.
"That really is a textbook Precure-style answer. So what exactly do you want to protect?"
Looking into the man's eyes, Megumi's answer remained as unwavering as ever.
"I want to protect Ash, protect my dad and mom, protect Kohime and the others, and even the people I treated a little too harshly in the past..."
"Most importantly, I have to protect the present and future that enemy wants to destroy."
I believed that as long