Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Yes." She casually threw the menu in front of Momoka. The usually energetic Erika was no longer that interested in her sister. "Sister Momoka, just order whatever you like."

"Really... I'm your older sister." Taoxiang, who opened the menu, was quite troubled by her sister's attitude. I was trying to find the flaws in this person, but why are you, my sister, turning your elbow outward?

The look in that guy's eyes clearly challenges me!

"A guest is a guest, and Momoka-san is Momoka-san." However, Erika had her own unique opinion. "If it's Momoka-san, then whatever happens."

"Really, I love you for nothing."

"Sir." At this moment, Ash's calm voice sounded again. "Here we recommend our signature coffee—"

"no need!"

Taoxiang, who had already experienced its power and didn't want to taste it again, refused it outright. After much deliberation, she chose dessert.

"I still want this colorful one."

She had wanted to complain for a long time. It was clearly a coffee shop, so why was the only thing edible being dessert?

"Um, Sister Taoxiang..." Just as Taoxiang was wondering how this store had managed to survive until now, her younger sister, who was always ungrateful, came over with a questioning look on her face.

"Sister Taoxiang, as an idol, don't you often come into contact with male idols and big stars? In your opinion, what kind of man can be called a perfect and outstanding person?"

At this moment, Erika's wild thoughts have not ended yet.

Chapter 80 Erika is upset

"Oh, you actually ask such a question."

Erika felt uncomfortable with her elder sister looking at her with a playful expression, but Momoka laughed at her younger sister who showed a reserved expression that she didn't usually have.

"What's wrong? Do you have someone you like? There's nothing I can do. After all, Erika is really at that age."

"What? You sound like you understand me very well." Erika pouted as usual, but still explained the reason.

"Well... how should I put it? Lei, Itsuki, and Lily-nee all seem to be in that sweet love relationship, so I'm thinking I should find someone..."

“Isn’t this the main reason?”

As a sister, Taoxiang saw at a glance the little trick her sister would use when she lied: poking two fingers together and shifting her gaze. She was very familiar with it.

Erika was silent for a moment when she heard Momoka's words. To be honest, the reason why she had been having these random thoughts since the last chapter was really...

A red spider mask seemed to appear in front of her, and Erika's face suddenly became even uglier.

"If anyone marries someone like you who only causes trouble, it would be a real misfortune."

"How can you say that? I'm obviously liked by someone too!"

"Oh, who is that? Could it be some imaginary character that doesn't exist?"

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! It's all his fault! It's all because of that weird Spider-Man Timmons thing that made me start to care about it!

I'm obviously not a love-crazy person like Lei!

"A-choo!" Lei sneezed suddenly, and touched her head in confusion as she adjusted her crooked glasses, wondering if she caught a cold because her clothes were too thin.

"But you have to talk about a man who is perfect and excellent enough." Finally taking over the topic, after thinking for a while, she gave Erika a conclusion.

"There are no such people anywhere."

"Hey, why, this, this isn't right, right?"

"No one is perfect. Even the most seemingly perfect person will inevitably have flaws." Reaching for the water glass beside her, Taoxiang offered her sister some life lessons. "If you truly want to like someone, then tolerance is essential. That's why I say there are no such people in this world. It all depends on whether you like them enough to discover all their strengths and tolerate all their flaws."

"Why, my sister has someone she cares about, which is rare now?"

If there is one, I hope it's someone who can always make you happy like this.

"What? You make me sound like some idiot or a piece of wood." Erika continued to be stubborn with a pout, but her gaze began to drift towards someone involuntarily.

If that's the case, is this the reason why Lei feels fond of him?

"But there's also a kind of love in this world called a sudden heartbeat. In that case, there's no logic to it."

"Heart-pounding? How is that possible? That's just on TV. There's no way such a thing could happen in the real world."

Although she said this, Erika was actually very concerned in her heart. She was so distracted that she didn't even notice that she had taken the wrong kettle.

Anyway, it's all Timmons' fault! He actually made me care about these things. I should have been more interested in seeing things than in love.

"So hot!"

Erika, who originally planned to pour water into her sister's cup, made a mistake. The burning sensation on her hand made Erika subconsciously let go of the kettle!

"ah--!"

Momoka, who reacted quickly, quickly sat down nearby and escaped the disaster. However, Erika, who was distracted, was not so lucky. The spilled boiling water spread all over the table, and a lot of it splashed directly onto her hand. The burning and stinging sensation on the back of her hand made her scream.

"Erika!"

"what happened?"

The accident happened in an instant. Momoka's scream attracted the attention of several people. Erika, who had not yet reacted, hurriedly picked up the rag to wipe the water off, but the boiling water scalded her through the rag and made a sound.

"It's so hot—what's going on? Why is it boiling water? Who's coming today..."

Erika got herself stuck halfway through her words, and she awkwardly recalled the previous scene.

Yabai, I must have turned the kettle upside down... Why am I so embarrassed? Ah, it’s so hot, my hand hurts!

"Erika, are you okay?"

Seeing her best friend blowing cool air on the back of her hand, Lei raised her hand quickly out of concern. Her skin, which had originally looked fair and delicate after being well-maintained, now turned completely red after coming into contact with the boiling water.

"It hurts so much..." Looking at the redness on the back of her hand, which obviously looked like it was burned, the constant pain made Erika very uncomfortable.

"Don't worry about these things at this time, let's go find some medicine." Wu Mu made a judgment immediately. When Lily was about to go to the front desk to get medicine, she almost bumped into the person coming from behind.

"What's wrong?" At this moment, Ash finally arrived with a colorful parfait. Although the cool and colorful ice cream was very tempting, Taoxiang had no appetite now.

"There, there was an accident." Erika covered her hand, as if she didn't want others to see it, and answered in an awkward manner that was unlike her own. After all, it was her fault, and the person who was cheated was her own sister.

After looking at Erika strangely, who was completely different from before, Ash grabbed her hand and lifted it in front of him.

"Oh, this is really not good."

"Ah - yes, I was careless..."

Looking at the other person rubbing his own palms, Erika, who was shaking hands with a man other than her father for the first time, felt a strange feeling, especially since the other person looked so serious. Erika, whose cheeks began to turn apple-colored, wanted to pull her hand back quickly.

This is not good. This woman already had a grudge against me, and now her sister Erika has done this. She will definitely find ways to cause trouble for me. I don't want her to find any flaws.

He glanced at Momoka out of the corner of his eye. No one knew what Ash was thinking at this moment, but Erika caught the moment when the person in front of her shifted his gaze, and her original shyness instantly turned into dissatisfaction.

Erika has been compared with her sister for many years. She has always envied her idol sister. She was even turned into a desert monster because of this. Her seemingly rough heart is very sensitive to such things. In such a special situation, Ash's behavior was undoubtedly a landmine.

"What? I'm injured right in front of you, why did you go out of your way to see Sister Taoxiang? I know she's prettier and better than me, but I also have pride... And this store manager doesn't have any expression! I'm your employee, why don't you take me seriously?"

At this moment, a certain flame caused by Timmons's sarcastic words began to burn more and more fiercely due to Ash's unintentional operation.

"What's wrong? You're not careful enough, Erika. You really should learn from your sister's reaction just now."

After hearing this, Erika's already calm mood became even worse.

"Humph!"

Ahhh, this—this man, straight as a log, as tough as the armor on the robots on TV. I actually thought about him before, how stupid! Who would like a guy like that? Lei, how did you fall for him?

They say that if you like someone you have to tolerate their shortcomings. I can easily find a dozen shortcomings of this guy and I can't even list them all. How can I tolerate them?

Although Erika is different from Rei and has no such feelings towards Ash, she subtly feels jealous.

The two people's thoughts were subtly different.

"Okay, I've seen enough. It's all my fault, okay? I'm just a wasteful idiot, huh!" The dissatisfaction at this moment gradually turned into actual performance. The mood that was about to overflow made Erika more and more impatient. She frowned and was about to pull back the hand that was pinched by Ash.

"No, this is fine."

Ash suddenly knelt on one knee, lowered his head, took out a small pill from his inventory, put it into his mouth and crushed it.

Then he took Erika's hand, pulled her close to him in full view of everyone, and kissed the back of her hand with his lips.

"—"

Chapter 81 The Heartbeat is Love

Ash kissed the flushed skin without caring about other people's eyes, and a gentle kiss sounded on the back of Erika's hand.

[quiet----]

For a moment, the entire coffee shop fell into silence. Everyone's movements seemed to be paused, and all eyes were focused on that overly eye-catching place.

Wu Mu covered his eyes and slightly red face with his open fingers, but if you look closely, you can see the pair of curious eyes staring at that place through the small gap between his fingers.

Lily's face remained expressionless, but the steel tray in her hand had begun to twist in the middle, constantly making a harsh metallic twisting sound.

Momoka opened her eyes wide and her mouth opened wide, pointing a trembling finger at Ash but unable to say a word.

Lei just stood there looking at the two of them, her eyes dull and lacking their luster.

Hey, what is Manager Ash doing suddenly? Why, why is he doing it to Erika?

Could it be that......

Hanasaki Rei's brain, which was not good at thinking about this kind of thing, and her girlish heart, which was beginning to crack, stopped thinking.

As for Erika's mood at this moment...

When she felt the warmth and wetness on the back of her hand, she was facing Ash, who was half-kneeling in front of her and kissing the back of her hand with an extremely solemn and serious posture. Such a formal action was like a medieval knight paying tribute to the master he swore allegiance to. There was no emotion in the other party's expression except seriousness, as if this was just a trivial thing done for her. When Erika noticed this, all the dissatisfaction in her heart melted away instantly.

thump—

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Erika felt her heart suddenly beating fast.

What is this throbbing feeling?

What's going on? Although I admit that he is indeed very handsome, otherwise Lei would not have identified him as a fangirl at first sight, but why does he feel so pleasing to the eye at this time?

Sister Taoxiang, is this the heart-pounding feeling you mentioned?

Lei...I think I know why you fell in love with him.

However, when she also noticed several gazes on her that were almost solidifying into substance, she finally realized what was happening. A color redder than the flowers in the jar at the front desk spread from the girl's neck all the way to the tips of her ears. She almost screamed and pulled her hand back immediately.

“Aaaaaaaaa——!”

She covered her hand shyly, and the indescribable confusion seemed to make the burned back of her hand feel less painful.

"What are you doing?"

"You're my shop assistant. As someone who's supposed to help and guide you, this is all I should do." Ash wiped his mouth and praised his own quick wit. With this diversion, no one paid attention to the cricket being scalded by the boiling water. "It should be fine now."

"What did you say...eh?" Erika, blushing and dancing, stopped and looked at the back of her hand, which was as white as before. She couldn't help but doubt her life. "The burn is really healed!"

"No need to thank me, it's just what I should do."

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes. Erika, whose face became even redder, looked at the handkerchief in her hand and became completely quiet, which was uncharacteristic of her.

After he finished speaking, he gave a thumbs up to Taoxiang, who was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

"As the manager of this Nazca Café, I will naturally do my best to take care of my staff. Please rest assured, customer."

Okay, it’s a perfect solution, no one can find fault with it, what do you think?

"I said, what else can I say? Did you notice that the way that little girl looked at you was wrong?"

Just as Kain said at this moment, the girl who was originally lively by nature, never idle and had a big mouth and loved to talk everywhere no longer spoke loudly, as if she was trapped in some strange circle. She didn't know where to put her hands that kept pointing their fingers, and the pair of wandering eyes on her red cheeks looked over here from time to time.

"What are you talking about? It's just Erika. People like her usually forget about it after a while. There's no need to worry about it."

'I hope so.'

"You--" Taoxiang only had time to say one word, and couldn't say any more after that, especially when she saw her sister who was hugging her arms and blushing, but rarely making a fuss, Taoxiang said that she really lost her sister this time.

Do you even know what you are doing?

"Anyway, if anything happens, it's not just Lily, you'll be held responsible for my sister's problems as well!"