"Think."
"But I've never dated or gone on dates with any other boys, so I don't know what I'm supposed to do at a time like this! Of course I can only ask you."
Well, since she had put it that way... Ash, get that clever brain of yours working and think about what to do in a situation like this—aha! She had really asked the right person!
"I actually know quite a lot. Whether it's dates with Rei, or times spent with Little Dark and Haruka, they can all serve as references! And that time with Twilight could count as a different kind of date too, not to mention how Primum often dragged me all over the place..."
If she could still respond with a smile at first, then as one name after another came out, with the list growing longer and longer, even Aida Mana could no longer maintain the gentle expression she had been wearing.
"So after me, you really did date other Pretty Cures... and not just one or two, but this many?!"
"Ah... wait! Although that was indeed the result, don't just skip over the whole process!"
Mana's face had thoroughly "darkened" as she turned to leave by herself. Fortunately, Ash reacted quickly enough to grab her arm at the critical moment. The young couple began tugging at each other as passersby detoured around them with knowing smiles, while Rikka and the others, who had been secretly hiding nearby, lowered their binoculars with complicated expressions.
"What's going on with those two?"
Whoa, they were pulling and tugging like that? So lovey-dovey and sappy?
"There's nothing wrong with that for a couple, is there? Arisu, I suddenly feel like drinking black coffee~"
"Is it really okay for you, Arisu, to say that when you like the