"Especially when I saw that green-haired girl sitting on such a perfect opportunity and still hesitating over whether to follow her feelings, I just—!"
But that green-haired girl was exactly the same as you, wasn't she? "So you got so mad that you decided to confess for her?"
"So I knocked her out and naturally took her place! Only those with courage deserve to advance under the name of March!"
Something utterly awful had somehow been made to sound like a point of pride. Well, it seemed I had been too naive to think that this alone could resolve the conflict between the "good ending" and "bad ending" and let the two groups of sisters get along.
"But I told you so many times, I truly love all of you..."
As Reika beside them was so shocked by the sheer amount of information that she was about to pull out her Smile Pact, Ash grabbed Bad Nao's wrist first.
"Looks like some things aren't convincing unless they're actually done... Reika, go wait for me somewhere else first."
"May I ask what my husband intends to do?"
Right in front of me, he was dragging another person with the exact same face as my best friend into a little dark room... Who knew what Reika was feeling right now?
"Of course, I'm going to make this overthinking fool properly understand how love works."
"All right, let's go."
After adjusting his belt, Ash strode out energetically, carrying the unconscious real Nao Midorikawa over one shoulder while waving at Reika, who was waiting in proper seiza posture.
"You didn't hurt her, did you...?"
"Which one are you asking about?"
"Please pretend I didn't ask anything."
For Reika, who had always followed the proper "way" and had been raised conservatively and seriously since childhood