Chapter 228

Chapter 127: The Truth Seen by Akuri

“Have you found it?!”

Everyone looked at the golden colored爱心饰品 offered by Q on his hands, eyes wide open like astonished Magikarps.

It was no wonder they were so surprised. The girls had just completed their trials to gain the “Crystal Mirror,” which could reflect true reality. Shortly after, Q came back with the “Golden Crown,” said to contain all knowledge in the world. Two out of three sacred treasures were now collected; only one remained – the “Light Gun.”

Could the last one be with Regina? The girls who already possessed two sacred treasures couldn’t help but think this. But thinking about it, it couldn’t be that coincidental. Besides, Regina was currently in the enemy’s main base where they could only wish for her success.

“How impressive, did the older brother obtain the holy treasure through his trial by fighting the giant dragon?”

Facing the glittering eyes of the girl, Q couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. “Of course not, I’m not a legendary warrior and can’t achieve such feats.”

“I found this with Princess An’s guidance, searching for lost artifacts in some ancient ruins. It was difficult too, but it can’t be compared to what you ladies went through.”

“Poyo.” Ai-chan happily waved, as if endorsing his words.

Even without knowing whether she would live or die, she still guided and helped them! This added another layer of respect the girls felt towards Princess An.

Since they have obtained it, let’s test it. After various tests trying to find a usage method for the Crystal Mirror, discovering a new tool appeared even more reason to use it.

With the love charm inserted into the transformation phone, the sacred treasure materialized. Now, Ai had an elaborate golden crown on her hand, emitting a faint light, seemingly confirming the legend of its wisdom.

“This is the Golden Crown.” Ai picked it up and put it on herself under everyone’s gaze.

“Golden Crown, please bestow me with wisdom!”

She loudly called out the name, and all eyes were focused on the crown atop Ai’s closed eyes, standing in the center.

Silence—

A cold wind blew past, but Ai received neither wisdom nor power. The crown remained unchanged, no deformation, no magic, nothing happened.

It was exactly the same as the previous attempts with the Crystal Mirror, which produced no effect regardless of the repeated spells.

“Wait, why doesn’t it work either?” Repeated failures made Ai impatient, and she took off the crown, looking displeased. “It is a tool used by Pretty Cures, why doesn’t it respond to us as Pretty Cures?”

Unsure whether it was accurate, Rikka shared a speculation.

“Could it be that the version isn’t compatible?”

“Wait, what kind of logic is that? If it’s sacred treasure then it shouldn’t be so selfish!”

Even Makoto was displeased now.

“Frustrating…” Depressed and leaning on the table, Ai looked ready to sink. “I wanted to use its knowledge to understand where Ash came from.”

“So Mana is interested in this?”

“It was during our first meeting when Ash suddenly appeared at our school. We never saw him before, indicating he was from elsewhere, hence my curiosity…”

“Ash never mentioned where he came from.”

“Arisu, didn’t you say investigating his background with the Youshiki family led nowhere?”

On hearing Ai’s words, others were intrigued. Arisu, however, looked rather uneasy with this topic. She seemed to be hiding something.

In the end, this lady sighed and decided to disclose her secret. She asked Seibastian to bring forth a hidden disc, and intended to reveal a truth to her friends.

“In fact, after, we discovered new information about Ash.”

“Huh?”

On hearing this, all eyes turned to Arisu.

In the tea room for the girls, a curtain fell, and the projector started displaying the image upon it. According to the timestamp in the lower right corner, it was the moment they first met Ash in their school.

The projection made the girls’ eyes widen. Where just one second there was nothing, a man appeared the next!

No, with the eye-sight thirty times better than regular humans, almost in the blink of an eye, without any signs, no disturbances; it felt like this man was “refreshed” into existence.

“Therefore….”

Makoto nervously bit her own lip.

“Is he, like me, from another world?”

“Yes, no wonder I never saw him contacting his family.”

“Huh—Ash is also from another world like Makoto, I’m so curious!”

The girls weren’t much surprised by Ash being a traveler, given the example of Makoto. However, this aroused their curiosity regarding the other world.

Except for one person, Akuri, the youngest, swinging her clean feet under the table, she remembered something!

Right, that connects them!

Akuri took out a ticket, for which she couldn’t find any way to give it away.

No wonder, he could summon heroes like Super Sentai, meaning he was even familiar with their world and met someone named Jakyu No. 1 there!

That means, this town might not be his first stop; it’s just one of many stations in his travels, similar to how Kamishima in Kamen Rider Decade was!

Akuri felt her brain cells leap as the seemingly unconnected clues tied together.

So that’s it, Kuto-san, your saying “this person won’t make the world cry” wasn’t just encouragement, were you actually witnessing something similar?

“You said that if anything changes, then let the Pretty Cures defeat you!”

You were foreseeing something like this, right?

At this point, Akuri’s attitude toward Ash unknowingly changed.

Originally, she really hoped to defeat the suspected corrupted Ash; even if he was human, she wouldn’t hesitate. But now…

“That’s how it might be that I…”

When the other girls energetically discussed this issue, Akuri’s hand involuntarily touched the Golden Crown.

The dazzling golden light, visible only to her, instantly filled her vision.

Akuri’s mouth involuntarily opened.

Only because just then, a memory regarding her origins, through the Golden Crown into her mind, was simply too shocking.

“I am finally free!”

After a day and night of effort, Regina managed to escape from Ash’s pursuit in the mirror world.

Regina could hardly believe it herself. If not for Ash’s situation seeming wrong, she wouldn’t have been able to escape successfully.

“Now, Mana—ah, it’s you!.”

The first person Regina encountered after coming out of the mirror immediately made her wrinkle her nose. It couldn’t be helped since this was the most disliked character, Yuryu Akuri, among the Pretty Cures.

“Move aside, I don’t have time now.”

“No, I’m not here to quarrel.”

“I have something to tell you.”

Akuri, hugging Ai-chan, seriously pulled out the Golden Crown.

“Finally Escaped!”

Having spent a day and night, Regina escaped Ash’s pursuit in the mirror world.

Regina found it hard to believe it herself. Without Ash’s condition looking odd, she could not have succeeded in getting away.

“Next, Mana—wait, it’s you!”

The first person Regina encountered after emerging from the mirror immediately furrowed her brow. It couldn’t be helped as this person was one of the most despised in Pretty Cures, Yuri Akuri.

“Move, I don’t have time for a fight now.”

“No, I’m not here to argue.”

“I have something to tell you.”

Akuri, holding Ai-chan, solemnly pulled out the Golden Crown.