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

—Shouldn't you be saying you want to take my place and suffer for me at a time like this? What do you mean by wanting to replace the warden?!

Finally, after providing a few pieces of information that were of dubious significance, the warden, with a mouthful of white hair dangling from his lips, prepared to leave with a satisfied expression.

"【Coo coo... Mr. Chang Rong, you don't want the other prospective witches to go hungry, do you? After all, I can't guarantee what they'll 'eat' when they're hungry... Remember to come and be my stepping stone tomorrow, otherwise... coo coo~】"

"Ugh... I'd rather be killed...!"

To think that a dignified Sigma man like myself could be so humiliated by such a conspiracy... Fortune changes every thirty years, but the dead deserve respect!

However, considering that these witches might actually take risks and eat strange things when they get hungry... it's unavoidable that I have to use my body to make sacrifices.

Shortly after the warden made his hasty escape, several less intelligent guards indeed brought in a bag of fresh ingredients. Upon seeing the vibrant vegetables and meats inside, almost everyone's eyes lit up.

"Um... um, right! This is a rare opportunity, Uncle, I suggest we hold a cooking competition!"

After seeing the ingredients, Milia thought of something and immediately made a suggestion.

"That kind of behavior is not only wasteful of energy, but also wastes ingredients; it's wrong—"

"Xiao hope, this is a great opportunity to show off your femininity! And... it's also a good way to relieve Xiao Rong's stress, isn't it?"

“Hmm…” Shiro’s words were interrupted by Milia’s unusually serious rebuttal, and Shiro also showed a thoughtful expression.

Just as Milia said, Chang Rong is probably still in a fragile state of confusion after regaining his memories. At this time, it might be a good choice to help him relax. At least it would make Chang Rong realize that he is not in the past, but in the 'present' that belongs only to them.

Of course, more importantly, cooking is the best way to demonstrate one's Yamato Nadeshiko (ideal Japanese woman) strength!

"I agree with Milia's suggestion; appropriate entertainment is always beneficial. So, anyone want to challenge their culinary skills? [False evidence]: It is said that people who are good at cooking have the highest happiness index as partners."

"...!" "—!!" Upon hearing Hiro's words, the girls in the restaurant instantly snapped out of their joy at receiving fresh ingredients and all showed determined expressions.

———— 企児衤三淋`斯久企删si

"And so... the first cooking competition on Witch Island, well, that's how it started! Desuwa—Emma, ​​stop stealing the ingredients! Also, Rhea, put the carrots down, don't play with the ingredients, and definitely don't use them as fake microphones!"

"Hmm...kiang!?" "Hehe, a professional idol should be prepared to perform at any time...this is the ultimate practical skill of an ancient idol!"

"Are you two really here to be judges...?"

At the dining table, Tono Hannah sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation, looking at her two 'judge companions' beside her, and frantically wondering why things had turned out this way.

Do these people really realize they're serving life sentences as 'descendants of witches who slaughtered witches'...?

However... seeing the silly knight's serious expression and tasting his cooking is indeed quite nice.

Tono Hannah held her face with her fan and thought happily to herself.

Not long after, Chang Rong was the first to finish cooking a dish—a steaming pot of mixed vegetable stew with beef brisket.

The dish itself has no extra decorations or strange flavor modifications; it's just the most basic and home-style version.

"It's so delicious...! The sweetness of the vegetables and the savory flavor of the beef blend together perfectly. This simple happiness is just like a wife lovingly preparing a dish while waiting for her husband to come home from get off work. It's simple yet full of happiness!"

"Hmm, I understand! Chang Rong, you want to cook for me for the rest of your life, right?! I just can't do anything with you. Let's go, Chang Rong—" "Eh?!"

After taking a few bites, Renmi Ryoya immediately got up, smoothing her hair and babbling "Yare yare" as she grabbed the bewildered Chang Rong and prepared to run away.

"Don't suddenly kidnap the contestant halfway through your meal, you idiot idol!" As a result, Rhea was sunk by Hannah before she could even leave, alas.

"Um, I'm not full...! Could I have another serving? Also, my spoon seems to be crooked, could you... um, feed me mouth-to-mouth, Chang Rong-jun?"

"The judges aren't here to eat, Desuwa! Besides, there are extra spoons here, take them." Emma—she just finished saying that and immediately dropped it!?

"Hannah-chan... Hannah-chan, can't you just focus on being a good judge...?" "Uh...!?"

Emma stared at Hannah with a mournful and empty expression. If it weren't for the mashed potatoes still on her lips, she would have looked quite frightening at first glance, startling Hannah.

Chang Rong scored a perfect 30 points as soon as she appeared, temporarily ranking first in the 'Women's Cooking Skills Competition' leaderboard.

"Hehe, then it's next up to the cute and clever Sherry-chan~ Jiang Jiang!"

Sherry Tachibana served hand-made rice balls. At first, Hannah Tono blinked and exclaimed that the super-strong gorilla girl could actually make things that were normal for humans. But the next second, Hannah's face turned red and she still couldn't lift the rice ball, not even when she activated her levitation magic.

"Is this...is this really a rice ball!? And upon closer inspection, why is it covered with diamond-like patterns on it!?"

"This is my new invention, compressed rice balls! The volume of one rice ball, the energy and texture of 13 rice balls!"

Tachibana Sherry smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Don't even mention food... it's practically a containment object...! Even Emma could only hold a knife and fork and look disappointed at you, this monstrous thing, unable to eat it—0 points, an undeniable 0 points desuwa!" Tono Hannah was a little furious. Tachibana Sherry was wasting food like this, it was really unbearable!

"Hehe... You're wrong, Hannah. I felt love in this rice ball! Yes, love is something steadfast and enduring! So I will give it—"

"You got 0 points too! Is that kind of adjective really something that should appear on a rice ball!?"

"Eh?!"

Before Ryota Hasumi could finish speaking, she was also defeated by Hannah Tono, and in the end, Sherry Tachibana's 'Eternal Rice Ball' received 0 + 10 + 3 = 13 points.

[If I could brush it with soy sauce and grill it, and then stuff it with dried fish, I'd definitely give it a try!] BY Emma

For a moment, I didn't know whether to marvel at Tachibana Sherry's arm strength or Emma's obsession with food...

After Shirley Tachibana, Hiro took the stage—she prepared an exquisite lunchbox platter, with many side dishes and meats arranged and stacked in a delicate manner. From a visual point of view alone, it was full of temptation and the restrained beauty unique to Yamato Nadeshiko. Judging from the judges' faces, the taste was definitely not bad.

"Wow, that's amazing! As expected of Hiro-chan...!" "Hmm, I have to admit, you're stronger now..." "Even I pale in comparison... Ugh, how could this be...!"

"Heh, a bunch of vulgars." Hiro spread his hands in a disdainful gesture, victory was already in his grasp!

In reality, she didn't care about the so-called 'judges' comments at all. Instead, she handed one of the extra food boxes to Chang Rong, then rubbed her hands together anxiously behind her back, while casually glancing away and saying, "Try making more, see how it tastes."

"It's so delicious...! As expected of Hiro, her exquisite and meticulous cooking skills are even better than mine... Hehe, if someone could eat this kind of food often, they would definitely be the happiest person."

"Ugh—!?"

Seeing Chang Rong's感慨 (gǎn kǎi, deep emotion) that Chang Rong's testimony was not false, Nikaido Hiro's brain instantly went blank.

"Oh, you really are greedy, you idiot rabbit, dreaming big... Being lazy and gluttonous is wrong, I'll beat you to a pulp—"

"Eek!?!" Chang Rong was still completely baffled as to how she had managed to provoke the killing intent of the Great King of hope.

Ultimately, Hiro was disqualified for attacking other contestants.

When it was Milia's turn, everyone was initially looking forward to seeing what kind of delicious dishes she would serve as Chang Rong's strongest competitor for female power.

However, when Milia brought out the luncheon meat canned instant noodles and pre-made kimchi combo, everyone was stunned.

"Haha... When I'm collecting evidence and working overtime until midnight without pay, I often eat this kind of meal...? Sometimes, if things get bad, the luncheon meat cans will be replaced with near-expiry sausages... Hehehe... Hehe..."

"You know, this is already considered the deluxe version, huh...? A police officer friend of mine lives on boiled noodles for 20 days every month..."

Seeing Saeki Miria's smile, everyone swallowed hard and remained silent.

Is this what the adult world is like...? It's far too cruel...

Despite being the one who organized this cooking competition to "make everyone feel love, dreams, and passion," Milia ended up making the girls realize the cruel truth that love, hope, and dreams are rarer than gold in the adult world.

"This won't do! Noah must bring dreams and fantasies back to everyone!"

Noah Kinosaki stepped forward and brought out a covered plate. When the lid was lifted, the entire restaurant was instantly filled with golden light and colorful waves.

"What, what is this desuwa!?" Tono Hannah was so stunned by this dreamlike, fairytale-like scene that she was speechless.

"It's glitter powder! Noah added glitter powder! There's also inedible spray paint, potassium permanganate powder, and some copper powder for flame testing—"

"There's not an edible part at all!? Stop looking, Emma, ​​if it's not there, it's not there!"

"Hehe, this is truly a great stage show. In this moment, let me sing a song—" "Don't start singing suddenly!"

—Hmm… I feel like Tono-sama is also quite talented as a tsukkomi (straight man)?

Chang Rong sighed in admiration, "As expected of my Noah, even his cooking is so unconventional." At the same time, she noticed that Tono Hannah could still spit out two dishes in this situation, truly befitting her status as a young lady!

"Hehehe, Noah actually secretly made some snacks for Rongrong, Rongrong, eat up, it's just a jelly~!"

"Thank you, Noah! You're so cute, just like Noah! *rubs and rubs and rubs and rubs*" "Noah noah noah noah..."

While everyone was cleaning up the powder, Noah secretly handed Chang Rong a piece of pudding jelly, and Chang Rong happily took it and rubbed Noah's little balloon head.

Afterwards, Chang Rong tricked the warden back, fed him a bite of jelly, and watched as the warden instantly fainted into an extreme sleep that couldn't be woken up even by pinching. Then she looked at Noah again.

"No, no, no... Noah seems to have put the wrong ingredients in...?"

The little girl put on a cute expression and left as if nothing had happened.

Next up is Kurobe Nanoha Kaori—full of ambition and determined to leave no regrets here, Kurobe Nanoha Kaori, who wanted to show Chang Rong her best side, had prepared the raw materials well in advance. She even secretly took out some precious vanilla pods from the warehouse and swiped a box of cream. She was ready to amaze everyone with her baking skills, and then she would naturally become the CEO, marry a rich and handsome man, reach the pinnacle of life, and trample her cheap older sister underfoot.

So smug and self-satisfied, Kurobe Nanoka—caused all the cookies to burn due to excessive nervousness.

Afterwards, everyone tried their best to stop Chang Rong from stuffing the caramel biscuit into his mouth, but Chang Rong wriggled around and showed off wildly, saying that this was called caramel ice and they didn't know anything about it. This was really powerful, too, too powerful.

The person involved, Naoya Kaori, could only kneel to the side and beg Chang Rong to stop eating with an expression that looked like she was about to drop pearls. She said that it wasn't her true level, it was just an off day, and begged him not to eat it.

What is tragedy? Tragedy is when one person's all-out effort for another becomes worthless for some reason. That person chooses to force themselves to swallow the bitter pill in order to protect the dignity of the other person, but this action only plunges the other person into deeper self-blame and shame.

I forgot the beginning and the end, but anyway, it was a pair of night herons.

Finally, after everyone had used their unique abilities, they realized one thing: Arisa Fujito had locked herself in the kitchen and hadn't come out since.

At first, everyone was puzzled, then they seemed to understand, and finally they all looked at the small notice sticker that was still posted at the restaurant entrance with horrified expressions.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no—!"

However, when Chang Rong opened the kitchen door, what he saw was not the hellish kitchen about to explode, but rather Arisa Zifang lying on the ground, breathing extremely heavily.

"Arisa? Why are you... so hot...!"

Because Arisa had been covering almost her entire face with a hood and mask, almost no one noticed that this girl who controlled fire magic was currently suffering from a terrifying high fever.

Volume 1: Chapter 127. The Great Balloon Teacher? Just an AI Captive!

The ceiling is 114514 times more familiar than the quiet streets... only this time the perspective is different.

Chang Rong sat on the sofa in the infirmary, staring at the ceiling with a look of anxiety on her face.

Ever since arriving on this prison island—or rather, 'witch island'—Chang Rong has been resurrected on a bed in the infirmary for various reasons, where she is harassed and cared for in turn by the prospective witches.

However, the reversal of roles today, from being the patient being cared for to being the one caring for others, is still a very novel experience for Chang Rong.

But this 'experience' wasn't pleasant for Chang Rong. If he could, he would much rather the person lying on the bed right now was himself, not Arisa Zifang—

"...It's still very hot."

Chang Rong didn't even need to look at the thermometer reading; she could make a judgment simply by getting up and placing her palm on the forehead of the white-haired girl lying on the hospital bed in front of her.

At this moment, the prospective witch 'Wisteria Arisa,' who could use fire magic and usually always wore a tattered hood and mask to cover herself, was lying on the hospital bed. Her eyes were tightly closed in pain, and cold sweat kept seeping from her forehead, as if she were enveloped in a nightmare. An IV drip was hanging on the back of her right hand, and the liquid kept dripping from it, like some kind of artificial counting device, at least proving that time in the infirmary had not been frozen.