And now, caught red-handed by her little sister while pressed skin-to-skin against him, Miss Cure Tender's face turned even redder.
"Anyway, as you can see, that's how it is~"
Before long, a bloodcurdling scream rang from the inside out through the entire castle.
"Hah?"
To be honest, when that scream rang out, Ash still wore the dazed expression of someone half-asleep, with no idea what had happened.
Then, when he saw Maria right in front of him and Iona kneeling beside them with a face full of despair, all his sleepiness vanished in an instant.
When Maria said she wanted to try dating yesterday, I had even turned her down because I considered Iona's feelings.
Who would have thought that a dignified Pretty Cure would pull something like this behind everyone's back?!
"As you can see, your big sister got rejected again. It was my first time falling for someone, and ending up like this is really cruel, isn't it?"
Standing around Iona, Maria, who knew she had gone a little too far this time, played the victim.
"So since I couldn't get it through normal means, I could only try something more direct. After all, Iona, you said that was how you did it."
"I don't know anything about that! And I'm not as shameless as you, Sister! Just wait until you have to explain this to Megumi and the others!"
"W-Wait!"
Just look at this! Could a sister setting up her little sister even be called a proper thing to do?! Leaving Maria behind as she gradually turned to stone, Iona, whose mood had been thoroughly ruined, stormed off in the other direction.
"Iona! I really didn't do anything!"
Maria was not the only one hurrying over to explain. Ash, running while getting dressed and trying not to