Chapter 542

Fifty-fourth Chapter

Ash: Don’t stop…

Amidst the escalating tension, an unexpected figure burst in, surprisingly Soft Yayoi mediated between the two.

“Alright, Akane, Mr. Ash meant no harm; he’s just playful and curious.”

“Playful?!”

Wait, are these adjectives appropriate for her?! And…

“Yayoi, you…you actually spoke up for him?”

Akane’s eyes widened, hardly believing that Yayoi would defend him, but it wasn’t over yet. The girl then sincerely bowed at the man, “Quickly return it to her, this is Akane’s thing after all. Besides, Mr. Ash is a hero now; stealing is not acceptable.”

“I will return it, but I initially only wanted to see it; I never planned to steal.”

Seriously, I just wanted to amuse myself a bit, your seriousness makes me feel a little uneasy about continuing.

“Ha!?” Seeing her homework back in her hands, Akane’s mouth remained agape as she alternated between looking at Ash and Yayoi.

You… Yayoi, weren’t you the one who was bullied the most, the one who hated him the most? How did you suddenly change, what happened? Are there any secrets I don’t know?

And this terrible man, listened to you? What on earth happened!?

“Hehe~”

To Akane’s bewildered widened eyes, Yayoi smiled but did not answer her friend’s doubts.

After all, that story was a secret shared by Yayoi and Mr. Ash.

Since it’s a secret, let me treasure it a little longer.

“So, what exactly happened?”

“In fact, nothing happened; I just regained my transformation ability and can become a Pretty Cure again!”

“EH——!”

Everyone extended their words in surprise, especially Akane and Naoko, whose jaws nearly dropped; after all, it was the timid Yayoi who recovered her abilities first, truly shocking them, how could they hide their shock?

“Why didn’t you tell us, Yayoi-sensei?!”

“Well, since you didn’t ask, and the Tragedy Kingdom people haven’t caused trouble this week.”

Isn’t that to give you a surprise?

“But, how exactly were you released from the seal, Yayoi-sensei, teach me!”

“Okay, but Akane and Naoko, don’t rush.”

This time, being surrounded by everyone, contrary to the past where she panicked and cried, Yayoi laughed gently like a pure rabbit.

This feeling of being watched unexpectedly feels rather nice.

Thinking here, Yayoi’s gaze drifted to Ash, who was leaning against the window with half-closed eyes to watch the sun.

Mr. Ash, did you do this to draw everyone’s attention?

“Mmm…” No one noticed the lamb-shaped fairy “Sugar” glaring at Ash from Miyuki’s bag.

“Sure enough, he’s a bully…Sugar, we need to help Akane and the others, Kulu!”

For such a simple-minded fairy, whose world is black and white, Ash is a pure bully of himself and his friends. Even though he said he would help them, the fairy despised the dark aura that made the fairy uncomfortable on his body.

Besides…. Since he bullied Akane, then Sugar wants to take revenge for Akane, Kulu!

With such a simple mind, Sugar jumped out of the bag, raising its head to confront Ash.

Under normal circumstances, given such a huge disparity in strength, Sugar would have no chance of touching Ash.

But now, due to the difference in size and the girls blocking the view, combined with Ash’s attention being elsewhere, his perception in this relaxed state was actually dulled.

When Ash felt the sweet breeze coming towards him and opened his eyes to see a growing toy sheep, it was too late.

“Aa?!”

In a literal headbutt with fairy Sugar, experiencing something akin to the first episode of Pretty Cure, his body swayed and instantly vanished from the window.

“Kulu?”

Following that, with a big lump on his head and suddenly finding himself in a higher place, Sugar also fell down after letting out a naive catchphrase.

“…..”

Staring at the suddenly empty windowsill, the girls looked at each other, blinking their water-like eyes until the sound of a thud came from below, when everyone instantly erupted and hurriedly crowded to the window.

“Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow?!”

The girls stared wide-eyed at the “catastrophe” outside the window.

“Really or fake?!”

[…]

Floating face-down on the ground behind Ash, this time the system floating above, no longer a riddler or a concealer, but truly bewildered by Ash’s actions, let out a long string of ellipses.

“You’ve become complacent, or is it because of women?”

“Shut up…” lifting one trembling middle finger towards the screen on his head. “Even didn’t remind me… just keep talking.”

[Who would’ve thought you’d really fall for it…] Before the system finished speaking, Ash, lying prone with a fairy on his back, couldn’t get up either.

[What a disgrace, Ash.]

[But you still need to soften yourself more.] As distant footsteps continued, the system’s screen disappeared in the wind.[A victor must bear many burdens, a strong one has to endure a lot of pain, and if you’re unwilling to let go of anything, you end up grasping nothing.]

[You should have a better ending, so Ash… try learning to be a loser.]

“Waa!!”

Hurrying with a small backpack to the tree near the teaching building, Ash found him lying peacefully on the lawn, only extending his left-hand middle finger towards the sky, as if it were an infinite road leading somewhere.

Miyuki instantly knelt down, “Ash-kun!”

Kneeling beside Ash who said “Don’t stop”, Hoshizora’s Miyuki shed tears and snot, her cries and wailing could rival the wrath of heaven and earth.

Seeing that, the other four rushed over, only to see sugar getting covered in snot, tears, and saliva, sobbing like a flower, turning into a pink, dim-witted brioche.

“Mr. Ash, although you’re bad, you’re also good! Why, how…”

“Oh Sugar—sniff, even if you often fight me for snacks, I can’t sleep without you at night! Why are you so silly—!”

“Sugar…” coughing up some unclear liquid, the fairy with spiral eyes could only emit intermittent sounds. “Sugar isn’t dead yet, Kulu…”

Wow, it tastes salty in my mouth, Kulu. Did Sugar eat something?

While everyone was in a commotion, Akane heard a faint snore, seemingly coming from where Ash lay.

He was fine after falling, and ended up falling asleep?

Akane was a bit puzzled.

Is he very tired?

Was this person really exhausted?