"Then prove it to me."
Today's Aida Mana was completely different, both from before she met him and after. So Ash bent backward again, slipping his arm beneath her full thighs, then smoothly lifted the person in his arms into a princess carry once more.
"Does that satisfy you now?"
The closer they were, the harder it became for Aida Mana to restrain her urge to act spoiled with him... But it still wasn't enough. Hold it in, Mana!
"It's still not enough. Ash knows everything about me, but I don't know much about Ash!"
Still never satisfied, Mana continued demanding more from Ash with an almost aggressive forcefulness.
"I want to know. Tell me more about yourself, Ash!"
"If I'm the only one talking, wouldn't that be a little unfair?"
Aida Mana was remarkably proactive today, but Ash did not dislike her domineering side... If anything, he rather liked it to some extent.
"Then I'll tell you some things about myself too. Starting with how the Jikochu we defeated before reappeared, yet nothing about the situation matched what happened before."
Compared to the idiot couple who had somehow become so in sync after their laughing, joking chase, Rikka and the others trying to follow them from behind were the ones suffering for it.
"Why... why are you running so fast?"
Forget keeping up with those two freaks whose stamina was practically inhuman. Just climbing halfway up here had already left Rikka feeling like she would collapse onto the ground. If Arisu had not reacted quickly and transformed to fly the rest of them up, the DokiDoki! Pretty Cure team might have been wiped out in a bizarrely comedic fashion.
"Makoto and Aguri are about to pass out from exhaustion. Rikka, are you okay? Should I go get some water...?"