Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

Chapter 117: Royal Clock

Now, everyone who is about to take the final exams of the summer vacation gathered in Miyuki's room. They sat in a circle, not for studying together for the exams, but for meeting Tangtang's request, saying that they had something important to announce.

"Speaking of which, should we call Brother-sama over?"

"No, I don't think we need to shout." Akane, who could guess what Ash was thinking, shrugged nonchalantly at Yayoi's suggestion. "If he's interested, he'll definitely come on his own."

"Akane really knows that gentleman well."

"I feel that none of us has the right to say this..." For some reason, Qian's eyes looked a little empty when she said this.

"No, Zhi, I don't think that's what Akane meant." Lihua shook her head, her chin tilted, because she shared the same thought. "Even if we don't specifically seek contact, isn't it as if there's an invisible force that always draws us together? It's almost like transformed heroes are attracted to each other."

"Huh... Are you talking about that guy again, Kulu?" Of course, not everyone was interested in this topic. Tangtang, who disliked Ash, pouted unhappily, recalling the time she'd been beaten and beaten by him. "You guys like him, but I don't like him. I don't think he'll come this time, Kulu..."

"Am I late?"

As soon as I mentioned the devil, a huge open book opened from the bookshelf in Miyuki's room, and Ash walked out from the other side of the book door.

Everyone looked like they were used to this kind of thing. After all, after those exciting adventures with him, they were used to Ash's various unprecedented behaviors, and even they were surprised at their own adaptability.

After glancing at Tangtang who was secretly sticking out her tongue at him, Ash decided to find an opportunity to play with this adorable guy. Then he sat down at the end of the seat that the girls had reserved for him. The difference in size made the scene seem quite awkward.

"Tell me, what's going on? Piero has resurrected, grown huge, and is coming here with his minions."

"Don't say such scary things all of a sudden!" It was the first time that a man entered her boudoir. This was a delicate feeling, and she hadn't had time to put away all the things. Miyuki didn't know what to say, her face slightly red as she murmured shyly: "At least take off your shoes before entering the room, ha ha ha..."

If I had known this earlier, I would have held this meeting in the Incredible Library.

"Ahem, everyone, listen up, Kulu!"

After everyone was present, there was no need to waste time. She stood in the middle of the table, held up the healing accessory that exploded from the spider clown monster in front of the pink storage box, and Tangtang happily announced to everyone.

"I've finally collected the 16th healing accessory stolen by the Kingdom of Tragedy that I've been asking Pretty Cure to collect!"

"Now we can finally revive the Queen of the Fairy Tale Kingdom, Kulu!"

Since coming to this world, the things I have been asking you to do have finally been completed!

"really?"

Everyone looked happy when they heard Tangtang's words.

After all, the reason they became Pretty Cure was not only to protect everyone's smiles from the tragic ending, but also to help their elf friend Tangtang collect the stolen fashion junk...ahem, I mean healing accessories. In Ash's words, it's a very classic routine of selling goods on behalf of his brother.

In short, as long as you collect all these accessories, you can resurrect the leader of the Fairy Tale Kingdom, the Fairy Tale Queen who defeated and sealed the Dark Emperor Piero.

If the Queen could be successfully resurrected, wouldn't it be easy for her to lead the Fairytale Kingdom once again and restore it to greatness, or to overthrow the Tragedy Kingdom with her unrivaled strength? At least that's what everyone believed, except for the narrowed-eyed Ash.

"That's great, let's do it!"

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Tangtang placed the elephant ornament in the last slot of the storage suitcase.

A dazzling light flickered in the center of the storage box. When everyone lowered their arms that were blocking their view, a winged, childlike-looking alarm clock appeared in front of them, next to the storage box.

"Is it—Royal Clock Kulu?"

Tangtang tilted her hair and made a cute sound. Everyone looked at each other, but no one got the answer from each other's eyes.

"Um, didn't they say Her Majesty the Queen should be resurrected?" Zhi curiously poked the gorgeous handheld clock in front of him and continued, "Where's the Queen? Why is it a clock? Wasn't it said that she should be resurrected?"

What does this "giving a clock" mean? Are we supposed to give it to the Queen? It feels so unlucky...

"Tangtang doesn't know Kulu either."

I was clearly told the same thing. If you ask me, who should I ask?

"So, this Royal Clock..." Akane blinked after searching the clock in her hand and finding nothing special. "What is it used for?"

"It's the powerful item from the Fairy Tale Kingdom Legend Clock, Kulu!" Finally, he added, "It can also be used as an alarm clock in the morning!"

"Then—" Yayoi's eyes sparkled, her interest piqued. "How powerful is it? Could it be used as a weapon? Hmm, a hero using a clock as a weapon... doesn't seem like a good idea."

"In short, it's a very powerful item, Kulu." When Tangtang answered with her usual confidence, Ash had already grabbed the thing in his hand.

"No, the clock weapon is actually sold." Ash picked up the clock, which was a bit too small for his hand, and flipped it over. "Even though the plot is lame, it's still selling well... Well, you, an elf, don't know anything, right?"

Sweat fell down.

"Tangtang, I'm really sorry for being so useless..."

While the others were rushing to comfort the lost Tangtang, Ash carefully examined the clock.

He took out the Dark Sword and used the place where the mark was read to scan it with the heart mark on the clock. The ability of the Universal Fit Man instantly connected the energy circuits of the two props that were originally unrelated and not even in the same room!

"[Growing Story]!"

“It’s a universal sound effect.”

As the fantastical words on the sword flickered, a flame filled with life force, like the newly born nirvana, blazed from the sword.

As the flames illuminated Ash's face, Ash, who was holding the holy sword tightly, could clearly feel the extremely strong and pure power in it, which even made him feel quite warm, almost giving him a feeling of wanting to spread his wings and fly.

"Is that empty slot in the middle the item that connects to your accessories? Ha... Do all your Pretty Cure power-ups have something this large?"

"Let's not talk about strengthening or not!" Looking at the "Fire Sword" in Ash's hand, Miyuki reacted anxiously and danced in front of Ash and screamed again. "Don't play with fire in my house, Mr. Ash! If my mother finds out——"

"Miyuki."

Just when the girl was getting extremely anxious, a gentle voice suddenly came from outside the door, which made Miyuki stop in her tracks.

"I heard some noise up there. Are you and your friends doing anything?"

Chapter 118: Miyuki's Mother, Hoshizora Ikuyo

After returning home, Xingzora Ikuyo, who was cutting fruit for her daughter and her classmates downstairs, heard strange noises coming from upstairs and came to her daughter's door out of concern.

"Bump--"

Everyone turned their eyes towards the door in front of Miyuki that made the noise.

This is exactly the reason why Miyuki's expression and movements are stiff at this moment. Who would knock on her door at this time? Excluding the possibility that Ash, who never knocks on the door, suddenly changed his personality, the only possibility is naturally Miyuki's mother "Hoshizora Ikuyo".

"Miyuki, who's that outside the door?"

Hearing the gentle and elegant female voice coming from outside the door, coupled with Miyuki's current funny and embarrassing performance, he guessed that the answer was almost right and everyone was asking cautious questions.

“This is my mother.”

As the mother who supported me and raised me with her tenderness and kindness, I also longed for her happiness from the bottom of my heart. Naturally, it is impossible that I have such a sad expression now because of some disgust. No, it's more like the opposite.

Everyone's eyes were simultaneously cast on Ash, who put away his sword and began to use a toothpick to poke the slot on the royal clock, trying to make a sound effect.

What if Miyuki's mother saw them, especially her daughter sitting with such a grown man... No, the main problem was that the fact that he appeared in Miyuki's room was the biggest problem in itself, and there was no way to explain it!

"?"

Ash's expression remained calm, his interest completely focused on playing with the new toy in his hand, and he didn't seem to react at all to the suffocation that was about to overflow from the girls' faces.

Ash has always been indifferent.

No way! It's totally impossible to rely on Ash at this time!

"Miyuki?"

Seeing that there was no response for a long time, Yudai, who was outside the door, frowned with a gentle expression, took out the key and opened the door.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? Miyuki, are you and your classmates still home? Mom is coming in."

"No no no!"

Just as the door was opened a little, Miyuki finally reacted and ran to the door, standing in front of her mother who looked confused, and dancing to cover up her panic.

"Nothing's happening, hahahaha, nothing's happening here!"

Tangtang can be said to be a doll, and the royal clock can be the toy brought by Yayoi, but there is a grown man in my room... I can't explain this!

"Really? But I clearly heard something."

"It's really okay, hahaha~ everyone, don't you agree?"

The others who understood Miyuki's feelings quickly stood in front of the seated Ash, maintaining a stiff service-like smile and nodding at Ikuyo repeatedly, almost imprinting the word "yes, yes, yes" on their foreheads.

"If you're okay, that's good."

"Yo."

Just when everyone thought that the matter had been dealt with and finally breathed a sigh of relief, Ash, who had also noticed the arrival of someone, patted his legs and stood up from the ground, just taller than the wall of people in front of him.

Standing behind the group of girls who were instantly "petrified", the man raised two fingers and greeted Ikuyo who was completely stunned.

"Good morning, Miss." Upon seeing the beautiful married woman with her hair tied in a single ponytail, Ash, who was unexpectedly familiar with other faces in this world besides them, showed a slightly surprised expression, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a row of bright white teeth. "It's Miss Ikuyo! You're as beautiful as ever. I didn't expect you to be Miyuki's mother or something."

Not to mention the others who were so frightened that they couldn't say a word, when Miyuki opened her mouth wide and mechanically turned her head, her neck making a "clicking" sound like gears, to look at Ash, she saw a thumbs-up pointing at her.

"Don't worry. As a righteous partner, your partner, I have no problem with this level of courtesy. Why, not bad, right?"

Miyuki stopped thinking.

There is also only one thought in my mind.

Ah, it's over.

Hahaha, if my mother saw it, I would be completely exposed. How should I answer? Hi~ This Mr. Yaxiu is Lihua's husband desu——No, this is totally unacceptable!

No, there's no way to explain it. My relationship with Mr. Ash is over now.

Just as Miyuki was walking away in a state of despair due to giving up, she saw her mother put a hand on her face, and with a smile of surprise mixed with a hint of happiness, she responded to Ash: "Ah~ It's Mr. Ash!"

"..."

"?????"

Miyuki stopped thinking for the second time.

"Oh, I see." Miyuki realized that as long as she stopped overthinking, she wouldn't have a headache. She simply gave up thinking and stopped worrying. Instead, she became curious about the relationship between Ash and her mother. "So, Mom knew Mr. Ash?"

"Yes." Seeing Ash pick up two orange slices from the fruit bowl and pop them into his mouth, Ikuyo smiled and explained kindly under the gazes of the girls, "I had an accident outside before, and it was Mr. Ash who helped me solve the problem. After that, he ordered a lot of things from me, and in terms of completing large orders, he was very helpful to me."

"We've been in touch a few more times since then about the goods, and we've become familiar with each other." Feeling Ash's gaze, Ikuyo returned his flawless friendly look. "After all, it's someone as handsome, gentle, polite, and humorous as Ash-san. It's hard to forget him."

"Yes, that's right."

We have no objection to him being handsome, but being gentle and polite...are we meeting the same person?

"Anyway, it's been a long time no see, Mr. Ash." Although she said that, Ikuyo recalled that she had indeed seen him elsewhere, such as occasionally seeing Ash sleeping soundly in the woods by the roadside or on a bench in the park. When she wanted to say hello to him, he would disappear in the blink of an eye.

So she asked her question

"Did something happen?"

I originally wanted to say that if I have the chance in the future, I must find time to visit and chat with this gentleman who seems to be hiding something, and see if I can make him feel better.

"Yes, I met them on the road to an uncertain future." Although his tone was slightly disgusted, the corners of his mouth gradually curled up while he spoke.

"Good things have happened to you." Observing the changes on Ash's and the girls' faces, a gentle atmosphere emanated from Ikuyo, whose expression gradually warmed up.

As expected, he is a person who is afraid of loneliness.

Chapter 119: Ash's Picture Book

Looking at Hoshizora Ikuyo who naturally joined in the conversation with Ash, the several student girls who couldn't get a word in all looked at Miyuki, whose eyes began to roll in circles, with envy.

"It's amazing that you can chat with Ash so naturally."

“Is this the charm of being an adult?”

"Don't ask Miyuki, Miyuki knows nothing."

Miyuki, with a face full of (⊙_⊙), looked at her mother and Ash who seemed to have become strangers. Apart from smiling foolishly, she didn't know what expression to make.

Originally, when Ash met someone he knew, he didn't plan to talk too much with her, but for some reason, the other party's sudden warm hospitality was a little beyond Ash's expectations. The prepared words were useless, and the sharp words he was usually very good at seemed to become unspeakable in the face of her gentleness.

This was the first time that Miyuki saw an expression of frustration on Ash's face.

"Mr. Ash hasn't contacted me recently, has he?"