Pressed close against his chest, the only light in Bad Miyuki's eyes, which constantly radiated dark ripples, stared straight into his with all its might, as though trying to convey something.
"But I don't want to be someone's replacement, or just another member of Pretty Cure when there are already so many of them!"
At least in the beginning, the Tragedy Kingdom created our prototypes with "Tragedy Energy" for the purpose of defeating Pretty Cure. Then Ash bestowed upon us the Core Medals soaked in his own origin, allowing us to truly be born with selves of our own!
"So, only in Ash's heart."
That was why we had been so anxious, willing to wear their faces if it meant getting closer to Ash and winning him over!
"We want to be the ones who exist only in your heart!"
And as long as we carried out the "deed," even if Ash came to hate us... he definitely wouldn't deny us!
"We only want to become Ash's again!"
We didn't need anything else!
Staring at the "Bad End Pretty Cure," who had opened their hearts for the first time and were practically crying themselves hoarse, Ash turned his stunned silence into a wordless sigh within his heart.
Though their method was as crude as robbing a bank because they were short on cash, this rough yet straightforward affection... Even though they were called "Bad End," their wish to forcefully overturn that outcome was impossible to ignore...
Especially when that wish was directed at me.
So.
"You lot, stop right there."
Whether it was their restless little hands and feet or the Bad End Pretty Cure preparing to go even further, they had no choice but to stop.
Because Ash had created them, and their very reason for existing was to