Whose youth romance story begins with a witch's trial?!

Although rationally Chang Rong knew very well that even if he had seen the videotape 10 years earlier, nothing would have changed... emotionally, Chang Rong still couldn't help but think that he saw it too late, so late that everything was beyond change.

"【Little Silly Dog (Sakura Emma): Oh no! Chang Rong-kun! Something terrible has happened in the cafeteria!!】"

"Emma...!!"

Emma Sakura's text message interrupted Chang Rong's thoughts. The content on the screen made his eyes widen instantly, and he rushed to the restaurant.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, Chang Rong saw the pink and white-haired girl, Emma Sakura, sitting at the table with a tearful expression on her face, making one want to rush over and hug her tightly.

"What's wrong, Emma!"

"Chang Rongjun...! You, look over there—"

Upon seeing Chang Rong, Sakura Emma trembled as she raised her finger and pointed to the long table beside her.

The long table, which should have been covered with all sorts of unpalatable food, was now ridiculously clean and tidy, and the food was nowhere to be found, as if it had never been set out in the first place.

"Emma." Having reached a conclusion, Chang Rong immediately turned her gaze to Sakura Emma.

"What... no, don't look at me like that, Chang Rongjun... even I wouldn't steal and eat all that food!"

"Hmph, that's hard to say—Pfft!?"

Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone a cunning little dog.

If there's nothing to eat, then eat Changrong—if it were that Sakura Emma, ​​she could probably do that very easily, absolutely, very easily!

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As dinner time approached, the other aspiring witches gradually arrived at the dining room, and one after another, they expressed the same confusion as Emma, ​​who was always the first one to arrive every day to wait for dinner:

What will we eat?

The restaurant's poop is refreshed at a fixed time every day, and today I suddenly couldn't see it at all, which made me miss it even more.

After everyone routinely asked Emma Sakura if she really hadn't stolen any food, and Emma was so embarrassed she almost dug out the landmine and exploded in front of everyone, they could only temporarily accept the bizarre situation that dinner wasn't prepared properly.

"I guess there was a mistake on the prison's end... Anyway, since everyone's here, I'll take this opportunity to give a unified report on the investigation we conducted in the underground cold storage."

Chang Rong clapped her hands to interrupt everyone's wild thoughts, and prepared to take advantage of the fact that everyone was there to tell them the information she had gathered earlier.

Considering that the relationship between Kurobe Nanoha and the 'Hairband Guardian' had not yet been fully exposed, Chang Rong temporarily concealed the matter of the photos. However, he still told the girls everything about his experience as a veteran, having participated in a witch trial, including the contents of the videotape he had just seen in the entertainment room.

After learning all about the Great Witch's obsessive hatred and the blood feud between humans and witches, everyone felt a bit downcast.

After all, these aspiring witches are essentially just naive girls in their early teens who are about to start high school. Suddenly placing them on the scales of hatred between races would make them feel confused and at a loss, which is the right reaction.

Of course, there are some exceptions—

"Mmm! I completely understand everything now, so as long as we find that last great witch and punch her to death, everyone will be saved, right? A~A~O!"

"It's because of people like you that this rotten mess of revenge and being avenged on keeps going on and on! And what's with that weird verbal tic, Desuwa!?"

"Huh? Hannah, you're the one who always has a verbal tic, aren't you?"

"This, this is different from Desuwa!"

Sherry Tachibana immediately raised her hand, indicating that she had found the way to salvation, but was immediately and loudly rebuked by Hannah Tono.

As expected, Tachibana Sherry is the true textbook example of staying true to her original aspiration. Her core fighting style of "always throwing a punch at anything strange she sees" has always been consistent and unwavering.

"But...we don't even know where that great witch is, do we...?"

"Isma Sakura said softly, her voice filled with disappointment. After learning what humans had done to witches, she showed a surprised expression and remained somewhat somber. It was clear that Emma truly felt sorry for the witches."

In the past, Hiro would probably have jumped out at this point to say, "Sakura Emma actually sympathizes with the enemy. She's a traitor within the witch. Brothers, give her some attention and vote her out."

"Speaking of which, Chang Rong, since you possess some memories of the previous witch trials, could you offer us some practical advice based on your experience?"

Hasumi Ryoya asked a question out of curiosity, and her words aroused the interest of everyone. They all asked Chang Rong to share some senior experience, and said that if a senior doesn't say something meaningful, he's just showing off his seniority. They warned that the juniors wouldn't blame them for scolding the seniors who were just relying on their seniority.

"Based on experience... Oh, and by the way! Meluru on Ice is a bad thing!"

After thinking for a moment, Chang Rong immediately held up his finger and said.

"Next, let me tell you something that nobody knows." Hiro ruthlessly dismissed this tip.

"Um... Oh right, if someone tricks you into going to the infirmary late at night, make sure they invite you!"

"...??" "?"

Chang Rong's second piece of advice was too abstract, and everyone had question marks on their heads. Only Kurobe Nanoha, who knew the reason and had even personally witnessed the experience, covered her face and remained silent.

"This is also very important: do not resist the guards, or you will be killed."

"Why are you staring at me when you said that, you idiot rabbit...!" Hiro instantly reacted with a yawn and a bristle.

"It doesn't sound interesting at all. Oh dear, Watson, you might as well just say it directly. You haven't been flirting with any of the other senior members, have you?"

Shirley Tachibana waved with a smile, intending to lighten the mood with a joke, but...

"Hey, you haven't been flirting with anyone else, right, Watson?"

Her joke elicited a slightly embarrassed blush from Chang Rong, which instantly sharpened Tachibana Sherry's gaze. She immediately moved closer to Chang Rong, her tone still cheerful and lively, but the murderous intent within seemed about to burst forth uncontrollably.

"What?! Chang Rong, don't tell me you've pushed all your favorites onto the veterans in front of you...!!"

"Speaking of which, your attitude in the sunroom earlier, you silly knight... could it be that you mistook me for someone else, Desuwa!?"

"Huh?! Hannah-chan knows about that sunroom too? This, this won't do... Waaah!"

"Ahem... Well, speaking of which, he did act a bit strangely after he came out of the basement..."

"Noah, could Noah also be just a replacement for Rongrong...?"

"You idiot rabbit, if you don't explain yourself clearly today, you're not leaving here standing here...!"

Led by Shirley Tachibana, the junior members immediately became alarmed and crowded around Chang Rong, demanding an explanation from the white-haired boy. They asked him what he had done in the previous witch trials, whether he had been assaulted or had assaulted others.

"Waaaaah!? I...I suddenly remembered that I seem to have amnesia, I can't remember anything at all...!?"

Cornered in the corner, Chang Rong swallowed hard. If I were to give false testimony now, would I still be able to survive...?

Just when the situation was about to spiral out of control—

"【Coo coo coo... Um, it seems the guard who was in charge of cooking was suddenly killed by the other guards... What happened? Guards who can cook are a very scarce resource... Oh dear, hmm? Well, you guys continue."

The warden fluttered in through the ventilation duct, initially complaining a bit, but upon seeing the scene before him, he immediately adopted a spectator's attitude, indicating that he would just watch the show and not bother them, and that it was good that they were still young.

"Warden, save me!?"

Chang Rong looked at the owl beside her. In order to survive, she had to abandon her dignity and try to seek refuge with the evil forces on this prison island.

"【Mr. Chang Rong? (No concern)】"

Then, unsurprisingly, it was cut up and discarded on the spot by the owl.

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After being tormented to the point of exhaustion, Chang Rong finally managed to move on from the matter by using the fact that "although someone confessed to me, I did not accept it" as a reason.

No matter what, I must not reveal what happened to my sister, Nanoha Kaori Kurobe... I absolutely cannot let the younger generation, who still have some moral bottom line, know about the methods of the older generation that are even more like Dark Souls 5, otherwise I will never have a peaceful life again!

"【This is much more interesting than short dramas, cluck cluck cluck... Lately, I don't know why, all the works I see are very abstract.】" The warden said with satisfaction, stretching out his feathers.

"Um... what did you mean when you said the guard who was cooking was eliminated...?"

The greasy-faced, wicked pink-haired dog, mingling in the crowd and enjoying his meal, looked at the warden and raised his hand to ask what to do with his other major desire after satisfying his sexual desire: his appetite.

"【It's exactly what it sounds like, cluck cluck cluck. The guard in charge of cooking for everyone got 'killed,' or rather, 'taken down,' but the control system was definitely damaged. The parts for repair won't arrive for at least a week. It's strange that there's friction between guards. Spare me... don't add to my workload here, cluck cluck.】"

"Then, what shall we eat...!" Sakura Emma took a step forward and asked. When it came to the topic of rice and dried Changrong, this usually soft and gentle girl would suddenly unleash amazing courage.

"【As long as you all become witches, you won't starve to death... just kidding. Unlike Lady Meruru, I don't have any strange fetishes.】"

The warden flapped his wings, then looked at the prospective witches and raised his head vertically.

"I can provide you with food for now, but prisons aren't charities, so you'll need to pay a small price... and that price is the boy over there."

"Chang Rong...? Don't even think about it! No matter what you're planning, we will never agree to it!" The warden said to Chang Rong, while Hiro immediately protected Chang Rong and retorted.

"Hmph~ They actually dared to plot against Watson! That won't do! I guess I should just punch that awful bird first, then at least I can have some roast chicken today, right?" Shirley Tachibana also raised her fist, ready to start a fight with the warden.

"Wait—I agree."

Before the witches could launch their attack, Chang Rong stepped forward. Before anyone could react, he went straight to the warden and agreed to the deal.

"Hey, you idiot rabbit, you bastard...!"

"【As expected of Mr. Chang Rong... *coo coo coo*, I suppose you were prepared for this, right?】"

The warden let out a sinister laugh, and then, under everyone's watchful eyes, flew to Chang Rong's head, built a nest on his white fur, and began to doze off.

"..."

For a moment, everyone stared at each other in disbelief. They all silently watched Chang Rong, who stood motionless in this bizarre pose with a bird-like head.

"Um... how about we arrest him...?" Sakura Emma asked softly, raising her hand.

"No, no, no, although I don't know what this guy is up to, isn't this a bit much?" Chang Rong quickly stopped him. What if they could really get through the warden's route? More routes mean more chances of escaping.

"Chang Rong-jun can't escape now, so he should be easy to catch, right...?"

—So you were trying to catch me!? Sakura... Emma! You wicked little dog!

"【Coo coo coo... Hmm, Mr. Chang Rong is definitely the most comfortable stepping stone. Although he has a bit of a guarding wreckage smell, it also seems to have a hint of his master's scent mixed in—】"

"Master? Are you referring to Meluru on Ice? Warden, do you know anything about Meluru?!"

Chang Rong quickly pressed for details, trying to extract some information from the warden. But the warden just poked at Chang Rong's head with his paw.

"【I can't remember anything at all, after all, I'm just a bird with a brain, cluck cluck... But Lady Meruru did mention two things, asking me to take extra care of Mr. Chang Rong, so he wouldn't get killed for no reason. And to change the 'hanging execution' equipment from a magic-suppressing material to ordinary hemp rope, but it seems Lady Meruru herself doesn't know why she arranged it this way... Sigh, having a boss with dementia is actually more stressful than you imagine, cluck cluck cluck...】"

"Ice skater Meruru is going to take extra care of me? Why? Does she know about my past experiences—it hurts so much!"

"【You're asking too many questions, don't push your luck, Mr. Chang Rong, *coo coo coo*... It wouldn't hurt to take some more back to keep warm—"

"How can hair keep you warm?! Ouch! You stinky bird...!"

Chang Rong was being straddled and frantically pecked at by the warden, while Shirley Tachibana finally couldn't stand it anymore:

"What? It's so mean to eat all by yourself! At least let me have a bite!"