Kamen Rider is playing the villain in Pretty Cure

"Really? Everyone knows this. Is it really necessary to keep bringing it up?"

Kirara Amanokawa, who had dreamed of shining like a star since childhood and had now become a world-class model, was speechless as she watched Ash, her lover, manager, makeup artist, nutritionist, and (the rest is omitted), running his hand through his gel-coated bangs, looking so cocky.

Maybe what happened before was not so much the influence of strange novels, but rather the exposure of his true nature to some extent.

Many years had passed since Ash first became his own manager (or producer?), unexpectedly securing him a major debut. After years of hard work, it was only natural that his once tiny star would become a world-class star, lighting up the stage.

"Huh, even I've wanted to give up on this road before, but when the dream finally comes true... there's always an indescribable feeling."

Even now, when Kirara Amanokawa, a new generation legend who has surpassed her mother, appeared as a surprise guest on the Paris catwalk, the audience's surprise once again confirmed just how bright this "star" of hers truly is.

"I understand, I understand." Ash nodded as he removed her makeup and wiped the sweat off her face.

Because I am now realizing my dream.

However, now that she has already entered the adult category and has achieved success, even Qiluo can't help feeling melancholy when she looks back at the great battle and the people who fought alongside her.

"What's wrong?" Noticing the sadness that the gorgeous woman in front of him had never shown on stage or in battle, Ash also stopped what he was doing.

"Come to think of it...I kind of miss Chunchun and the others."

"Okay, let's go back then."

Stepping across the portable teleportation array, Qi Luo and the other person, who were under the glittering night lights of Paris the previous second, appeared in a dark castle illuminated by enamel, glass and candlelight the next second.

People eventually grow up, and those striving for their dreams will eventually part ways... While that's the conventional wisdom, Ash himself is a person who goes way beyond the norm. He'd rather have it all, whether it's fulfilling his dreams, making friends who become his family, or even becoming his own.

"Who is that—ah, Ash and Kirara kiss!"

The "Dark Queen" Hong Chengyong, who was as gorgeous as fire in the night, sensed the energy reaction. When she saw the face of the visitor clearly while she was about to pick up the perfume, the vigilance on her face immediately turned into a warm smile and she rushed forward.

After a grand wedding that was eagerly anticipated and blessed by the people, four or even five princesses were now naturally promoted to the position of "queen." Compared to the other Earthlings who were aware of the situation but somewhat uncomfortable with it, the native inhabitants of another world, Yongyuan, were the quickest to accept it.

However, what outsiders don’t know is that the Forever Queen or Twilight Queen, who is always smart and majestic in front of the public, always looks soft and coquettish when she is alone with Ash and everyone.

"Did you forget? You agreed to call me or something?" Seeing Yongjiu hugging his arm and acting coquettishly again, Ash couldn't help but teased her.

"That was when we were outside. Look, there are no outsiders around now..."

Yes, not only with Ash, but also with Qiluo, Haruka, Nan, and many others... Now, our relationship with them has become the closest among each other.

"Hey, Yongjiu-kun is very understanding. I was too shy to talk about this before."

"Hmm!" As the fiery crimson faded to an elegant, silvery white, a regal pride replaced the previous shyness. "As a queen, loving your own king is a natural and beautiful truth!"

The desperate princess of the past has now shed her past arrogance and prejudice, and is determined to become the queen she once dreamed of being, with pride and honor.

"Yongjiu is indeed still too young, but when it comes to deciding how to be a good queen of a country... Hehe, it's not that I'm arrogant, even Qiluo, you still have a lot to learn."

The people stood before a Queen who was always motivated and hopeful, and King Ash stood before a Queen who always loved him. This was the dream that Yongyuan and Twilight shared, and they planned to continue pursuing it!

"Well, Huihui is telling me to just chase my dreams to my heart's content..."

"Then you have to work harder."

While the two sisters were having their usual fun, Ash found himself propped up on the windowsill, his gaze darting to the elves strolling about the castle's perimeter. Seeing the smiles on their faces, even he couldn't help but curl his lips.

"This country has grown so big without me noticing."

In the past, he led a group of elves and lived freely, but he could not find a suitable place to settle down, so he had to pack them all in the castle and let them drift around without a fixed place.

And ever since he saved the world and married Yongyu and received a large piece of land generously given by the "Kingdom of Hope", and successively recovered worlds with abundant resources such as the "Pumpkin Kingdom" and "", his "Kingdom of Night" has now become a very prosperous country even in the Utopia where the elves live.

No matter which king sees his people living and working in peace and prosperity, he will surely smile as sincerely as Ash does.

The "Kingdom of Night" that was originally built by Ash, who didn't remember anything, based on his interests and instincts, has gradually grown to the point where it has become something that Ash is truly proud of.

"Is it permanent? Or do I think we need to discuss the last matter..."

The voice, always cold and solemn, immediately turned to surprise as they got close enough to see into the room. "King—Ash, you're here too?"

"This is my country, so it's only natural that I'm here, right?" Ash quipped, gazing at the tall, slender woman who now exuded the aura of a mature, high-quality intellectual. "Nan, you're really serious. Have you gotten the hang of it?"

"this..."

Nan, with blushing cheeks, felt embarrassed for a moment when this was suddenly mentioned.

As the daughter of the giant Kaito Group, Kaito Nan has always admired her brother and father, wanting to be like them, helping others. Even after arriving in the Kingdom of Night and becoming queen, she remains diligent in her studies. She not only serves as queen, but also as a minister, busy with diplomatic and economic affairs.

"Let me see." Without waiting for Nan's explanation, Ash snatched the worksheet from her hand. "Shugodam hopes to increase pumpkin purchases, and regarding the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Fairy Tale Kingdom... Okay, I understand. Leave that to me."

With a very smooth and natural push, Nan, who was still working not long ago, came to the others like a slide. By the time she reacted, everything had fallen into Ash's hands. "Wait, I haven't--"

"I'm glad you want to help me, King."

"But you're working so hard that it's taking up too much of your own time. I'm not happy about that, Ash. If you really have any problems, just rely on me."

Besides, don't you understand the principle of combining work and rest? "And I remember that Nan has found something else he's interested in recently, hasn't he?"

"This..." Nan didn't expect that even this matter would be known. The embarrassment on his face became even more intense than before.

Although she tried her best to help, it wasn't until she actually started that she realized how difficult it was... Rather than the constant fatigue from the work, she was now more concerned about the conservation of marine life in the Night Kingdom's inland sea, and she would try to visit whenever she had the chance.

"If you want to shoulder two dreams at the same time, you need a good mindset."

"It seems that I was indeed a little inconsiderate..."

Am I being a little too greedy?

But since you said so... let me really rely on you for once.

"So I'll accompany you on the next marine life expedition. Remember to bring your swimsuit. Oh, and I want to see bikinis this time."

"This is the truth!"

Seeing through it, the three of them couldn't help but burst out laughing, but they didn't dislike such an honest request at all.

"But everyone is here to greet me with such joy... so where is my most admired princess~?"

Of course, Ash didn't need anyone else's answer, he actually knew.

After walking through the hall and around the kitchen, Ash finally found two figures, one pink and one black, in the castle's open-air garden room as expected.

Normally, there would be other people here who loved to care for and admire the flowers. But they had all been away lately, so there was only one possibility for them to be here now.

"Ya——? Mmm~"

"My blooming princess~" Without waiting for her to reply, Ash approached from behind and cupped his hands on Haruno Haruka's still childlike cheeks, kneading them as she murmured. "Didn't you say you wanted to be a princess? Are you...oh?"

Ash followed his gaze and saw Nanase Yui, dressed in a pure white maid outfit, busy gazing at the flowers in front of her...

"Sketching?"

"Yes." Wei, who had just stopped what he was doing, stepped aside, revealing what he and Yao had been looking at together before - a vivid sketch depicting the sea of ​​flowers opposite.

From being just an apprentice maid helping to clean the room, Wei has now taken over from her predecessors and become the new perfect and elegant head maid! She has even started to train her juniors.

At the same time, as Ash's "personal maid", except for occasionally doing some classic "exciting" things with the male master behind the backs of other female masters (who already knew her), the rest of her energy is all devoted to painting, which is her dream, just like now.

By the way, her work "The Story of the King and the Princess" has become a must-read for everyone in the Kingdom of Night. Due to its high praise, it has even spread to other worlds such as the "Goken Kingdom".

"Does it look good?" Of course, what was presented to Ash was also the long-awaited smiling face of the maid who was already used to wearing plain glasses.

"You ask this... are you hoping to get my praise?"

"Yes!"

Since you are so honest, I, Ash, will definitely give you praise!

"As expected of my maid~ So good, so good!"

After agreeing on the next time with the very sensible maid with his eyes, Ash finally remembered and turned his gaze back to the other "Sleeping Beauty" who was lying dizzy in his arms after being rubbed and rolled up by him.

From being just a dessert shop owner's daughter's admiration for a princess, to marrying Ash in front of many citizens and becoming the undisputed and genuine "Queen and Princess" of the Kingdom of Darkness, Haruka Haruno, who realized her dream for the second time, shed tears as if she was in a dream.

Then, after spending a night that was so soft and exciting that she couldn't sleep at all, she was full of energy and ready to show her skills as a true princess, but Ash answered her as if it was a matter of course.

"Princess? Isn't a princess' job to eat, play, sleep, and then wake up to maintain a healthy and noble appearance in front of the public? Look at Twilight and Yongyuan, they do it very well."

"This... this lazy impression is completely different from the princess I admire!"

"I am the King of the Night, the savior of all worlds! You don't need to care about what others think, Haruka, do whatever you want, because you are my queen and princess!"

Well... Haruka's tearful eyes of "broken dreams" at that time really left a deep impression on everyone. After that, Haruka ran to the kitchen to show off her cooking skills as a dessert chef today, wanted to settle accounts with Nan tomorrow, and was busy taking care of the garden the day after tomorrow. In short, she was completely busy.

The same goes for today when I sneaked behind my bestie and admired the flowers together.

"So, my blooming princess~" When Haruka was awakened by the voice of her imagined lover, the face that greeted her was... unsurprisingly, Ash's. "What do you want to say?"

"What are you talking about..." Haruka, who had been carried to the dormitory without realizing it, sat down on the bed. "Um, welcome back?"

"No, I mean your own business?"

"mine...?"

When the conversation suddenly got to this point, Yao Piaohuo didn't know how to respond for a moment. Then his eyes fell on the photo on the bedside, and a smile suddenly blossomed on his face as if inspired.

"Just like before, I'm in full bloom whenever I'm around you and Ash!"

The photo shows Yao at the time when her flower was in full bloom and she was at her most beautiful, wearing a pure white wedding dress and with her lover.

"And then I..."

"Come to think of it, I'm already in my twenties, and I'm still under 13 meters tall... I was taller than that when I was thirteen..." But as she lamented, Ash couldn't help but compare it to the photo. "Could it be that being a Pretty Cure has the power to stay young? I've only heard that transformations can reverse aging... Ah, I almost forgot the Demon King Power actually has that effect."

"Isn't this all your fault?!" Haruka, suddenly overwhelmed by her emotions, almost burst into tears. "Help me figure out a solution quickly! I don't want to be a dwarf my whole life!"

"What does it matter? It's so cute anyway, I can hold it in one hand. Besides, if you tell others about your ability, I don't know how many people will envy you, like Qi Luoluo~"

"Don't use her as a shield when you're talking to Chunchun." Qiluo, who had just entered the room with everyone and was suddenly called out, was speechless. Although, thinking carefully, as a model, she really envied such ability. If she had it, she could show off her sweets without worrying about her figure at all. "Wait, what's going on with this Qiluolu?"

"I learned this from you. I think it's cute, Kirara~!"

"Qiluo?" Nan, still without a response after waving in front of his companion whose cheeks were rapidly heating up, couldn't help but say, like a sly grumbler, "Whether as a king or a husband, Ash really does enjoy bullying girls, just like always. In all sorts of ways."

"It's not that I like bullying, the reason I bully you is because I like you~"

Yongjiu: "Oh my! Can you really speak?"

Twilight: "So the old Mr. Ash who was full of weird things is actually you, right?"

"...As you like, Gray-Gray-!"

Seeing Qiluo, whose cheeks were as red as buns and puffy as steamed buns, sitting with her back to him, Nan and Yongjiu almost couldn't hold back their laughter and went over to comfort her. When Yazheng was about to say something, he saw Yao next to him humming first.

"Pfft~"

"Oh? Even you, the king, dare to laugh. Then Princess Yao must have her own opinions?"

"No, I'm just very happy!"

Haruka's cheerful look made the other princesses unable to hold back their laughter, and now it was Ash who felt at a loss.

"We...I just think."

Being able to truly become a princess, being able to truly realize their dreams, and being able to remain together even after growing up is a fact that even those of us who are not spoiled princesses know only too well: how precious it is to have all these things come together.

And, being able to fall in love with Ash.

"It's so wonderful to be Ash's queen!"

Really, I'm so happy! In other words...

"Have we made Ash truly happy?"

You once told us that if we lose our dreams once, we can find them again.

That day, we witnessed your dreams being shattered, but we were unable to help you at that time.

"Ash, have you found your dream yet?"

"It was found and realized long ago."

Feeling the tenderness in his arms, he gently placed his hand on the girl's forehead and pulled her towards his shoulder.

"of course."

"You princesses, the ones who love me and are loved by me, are my dreams now."

So, I have achieved it pretty perfectly.

"So, what else does Ash want to achieve now..."

"Of course there is!"

At this point, the king, who was suddenly no longer sleepy, stood up with Haruka in his arms. "You guys have been so busy lately, I was too embarrassed to interrupt even when I wanted to find you... Now everyone is finally here!"