Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 329 The Witch's Revenge

"Achoo!" Lin Xiuyi sneezed again. "This feeling..."

He immediately turned to look at Akane Koizumi's empty seat.

The last time the witch cursed him, it was the same thing; the curse didn't have much effect on him, at most it just made him sneeze a few times.

Considering the strange behavior of the whole class, and thinking about Akane Koizumi who had just stormed off in anger, the answer became obvious.

That capricious witch is hiding in some corner, using magic to curse and take revenge on the whole class!
"This girl is really..." Lin Xiuyi shook his head helplessly and hurriedly went out of the classroom to find her.

Although Teitan High School has a large campus, Akane Koizumi is quite a celebrity at the school because of what happened on the day she entered.

After making a few inquiries, Lin Xiuyi learned that she had gone to the rooftop of the teaching building.

The moment Lin Xiuyi pushed open the iron gate to the rooftop, he was stunned by the sight before him.

Akane Koizumi stood in the center of the rooftop, surrounded by dozens of sheets of paper with strange runes.

Under the sunlight, the papers glowed with an eerie red light, swaying gently in the breeze.

The witch's long hair danced in the wind, her eyes flashed with anger, and she was shrouded in a thin red mist.

This scene confirmed Lin Xiuyi's belief once again that the students' stomachaches were caused by the witch.

He rushed forward, taking three steps at a time, and reached out to touch the cursed papers.

Based on yesterday's experience, the curse on these papers will be nullified as long as he touches them.

"Don't touch it!" Akane Koizumi snapped. "This is the second thing I want you to promise!"

"Do you think it's worth wasting resources on something like this?" Lin Xiuyi asked, somewhat amused and exasperated.

"What else?" Akane Koizumi bit her lip, her voice full of grievance, "It's better than kissing you... well, it's better!"

Taking advantage of her distraction, Lin Xiuyi quickly found the note with Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mouri's names written on it, and then reached out and touched it.

With his touch, the paper inscribed with the curse lost its magic and floated lightly to the ground.

"You broke your promise!" Akane Koizumi stomped her foot in anger.

“I didn’t agree when you said that just now,” Lin Xiuyi winked slyly. “Fine, not ruining these things is secondary. I agree to you now, okay?”

"You!" Akane Koizumi's eyes welled up with tears. "You all bullied me, especially you, you bastard..."

"How can this be considered bullying? At most it's just..."

Lin Xiuyi was speaking when she suddenly saw a tear slide down the girl's cheek.

He then remembered that this seemingly powerful witch in front of him was not only a homebody who had never attended school before, but also, judging from her words, she had been sent to Tokyo by her mother...

"homesick?"

Lin Xiuyi's voice softened unconsciously as she pulled a pack of tissues from her pocket.

"I didn't..." Akane Koizumi stubbornly turned her face away, but tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

“Here,” Lin Xiuyi handed over a tissue, “It’s normal to miss home when you’re away for the first time. I cried because I missed home when I first left home.”

"Really?" Akane Koizumi looked at him suspiciously, her nose red. "You're not trying to lie to me again, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you about something so embarrassing?" Lin Xiuyi smiled helplessly.

"I'm not just crying because I miss home," the witch pouted, wiping her eyes with a tissue.

“I know what the classmates said just now was a bit too much,” Lin Xiuyi sighed, “but aren’t you afraid of exposing your identity by acting so recklessly?”

"No matter what, I have to get my revenge!" Akane Koizumi clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms.

“They know nothing, so why are they saying that… They even said I was taken advantage of and then abandoned by you…”

As she finished speaking, her voice trembled with tears.

“They were indeed in the wrong,” Lin Xiuyi tried to comfort her, “but considering the time they’ve been in pain, they’ve suffered long enough. Please be magnanimous and forgive them.”

"I don't..." Akane Koizumi wanted to shake her head again.

Lin Xiuyi quickly reminded him, "If this continues, the school will definitely think it's a mass food poisoning, and things will escalate. If it makes the news, what if your mother sees it..."

"……OK then."

When her mother was mentioned, Akane Koizumi was finally persuaded and reluctantly ended the magic.

With a flick of her finger, the floating cursed papers fell to the ground.

Seeing the mess on the ground, Akane Koizumi was still a little annoyed and stepped on it.

Lin Xiuyi, who was standing to the side, had already squatted down and started picking up the papers.

"Hurry up and help!" Lin Xiu said without looking up. "If others see this, you can forget about staying at school. You'll be bullied like a monster."

“School is really not a good place,” Akane Koizumi pouted, reluctantly squatting down. “No wonder my mother didn’t let me go to school before.”

"But you can't stay at home forever, can you? Compared to the complicated adult world, school is simple enough,"

Lin Xiuyi smiled and shook his head. Looking at the aggrieved girl in front of him, he suddenly remembered the rumors about Koizumi Akako that he had seen in his previous life.

Witches cannot shed tears; if they do, they will lose all their magic.

"Won't you lose your magic if you cry like this?"

"...How do you know this?"

Akane Koizumi suddenly looked up, her eyes instantly turning sharp.

"This matter should only be known to us witches!"

"This..." Lin Xiu blinked, then asked mysteriously, "How do you think I knew?"

"How should I know!" Akane Koizumi glared at him angrily. "Fine, even if you were to tell me, it would most likely be a lie to deceive me."

Hearing that she didn't intend to ask any further questions, Lin Xiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

“Only witches who have received the full inheritance are subject to such restrictions,” Akane Koizumi explained in a low voice. “Once they shed tears, just as you said, they will immediately lose all their magic.”

"Then you?" Lin Xiuyi looked at her in surprise.

“I’m not yet the inheritor of the Red Magic,” Akane Koizumi shook her head. “My mother was the fifteenth Red Magic witch. Only after fully inheriting the Red Magic can I be considered…”

The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment: "An apprentice witch?"

“Then I hope you never become an official one,” Lin Xiuyi blurted out.

"Why?" Akane Koizumi blinked in confusion.

“Crying is a way for humans to release emotions,” Lin Xiuyi said softly. “If you can’t even cry, then living is too pathetic.”

"Really?" Akane Koizumi frowned in confusion. "In my memory, my mother has never cried, and she's always been fine... But she doesn't seem to smile much either..."

(End of this chapter)