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

I have to admit that there's one thing Meluru on Ice is right: at this moment, the person in the infirmary most qualified to 'judge' Meluru on Ice is indeed Chang Rong. If Chang Rong makes a decision, then no matter the outcome, I will choose to support and agree with his decision.

"Meruru..."

Chang Rong softly repeated the name the girl had uttered, the name that belonged to her.

—I have a similar feeling to Coco-chan and Hiro; it seems I really do know this girl.

Unlike others, when I try to call out this name... it always sounds incredibly jarring, and my body instinctively shivers, as if I hate and want to escape this name.

Not only that, when he met the blonde nun's teary gray eyes, an inexplicable anger would surge up uncontrollably, making him want to rush over and beat the girl in the stomach on the spot.

“Holy Son…” Meru on Ice clenched her hands even tighter, as if she were truly awaiting her judgment.

"Meruru... Ugh, just saying those few words makes me feel an overwhelming sense of irritation."

"Waaah...!" Meruru's neck suddenly shrank back.

"Not only that, to be honest—although I'm currently a bit confused due to amnesia, when I see you—for some reason, I instinctively feel disgust, and a surge of anger spreads through me, mixed with confusion and bewilderment. Although I want to ask you something, I immediately feel it's pointless, so I might as well not ask anything and just attack you directly."

"Waaaaah...!" Hearing the words of the white-haired boy 'Holy Child', Meru felt as if she had fallen into an underground freezer with a repaired air conditioner, and her whole body trembled with an icy chill.

"OK! I know about your domineering intentions, Onii-chan, so I'll take care of this guy—meow!?"

Upon hearing Chang Rong's response, Ze Du Ke Ke immediately exclaimed that Meruru's father had really come to kill her, but before Ke Ke could take a step, Chang Rong pulled her back, and Ke Ke instantly looked at Chang Rong with an expression that said, "What do you mean?!"

The serious expression of confusion and struggle on Chang Rong's face slowly faded. He coughed lightly twice and looked at Melulu on the ice again, his tone changing as well.

"But like I said before, I haven't recovered some of my memories yet, so—if you really have any sins you want to confess, Meruru, you can tell me now. Whether it's judgment or immunity, I need to understand the situation first, right? Whether it's your kindness or your pure malice..."

"Wait a minute! What's with this atmosphere where only I'm not good enough... Onii-chan, you and this guy are mortal enemies, the kind who would fight the moment you meet, that's why!"

Seeing Chang Rong say something nonsensical to Melulu on the ice, seemingly about making sushi, Ze Du Ke Ke quickly pulled the plug to stop him.

"That's right, trust your initial instincts; that's your true heart. As for feeling sorry for this kind of person and wanting to give her a chance... that's all just your delusion, the suspension bridge effect, hypnosis, an illusion!"

Nikaido Hiro quickly came over to add to the explanation. The atmosphere in the infirmary seemed a bit off, which made Hiro quick to keep an eye on things.

"Yeah, yeah, this guy really broke your heart, Onii-chan! You said it yourself, Onii-chan!"

"Waaaaah... What... what did I do to the Holy Son...? If you could, please tell me...!"

"Did she say it herself...? Then what exactly did Meruru do to me?"

Chang Rong asked with some curiosity, and even Ice Meluru herself wanted to know what she had done to the Holy Son in her lost memories that made him choose to abandon her and leave.

Hiro and Coco were taken aback for a moment, and after a brief silence, they spoke at the same time:

"This guy personally killed your comrade in a super cruel way, Onii-chan!"

"She faked her death to deceive your tears, and then jumped out to mock your naivety and kindness after the dust settled."

"..."

—What's the point of this information slot, FW Hakimi!

—You might as well just die and start this day anew, you perjury woman!

The two, whose tacit understanding is zero, are constantly exchanging barbs and self-destructing arguments, a testament to the ever-present struggle for information dominance.

Volume 1: 152. I...I'm very fun to play with, please play as much as you like!

"I...I...I can't possibly hide behind the Demon Master Qi Siwu Liu while personally going out to kill people...I don't even know magic like clones..."

On the ice, Meruru tearfully reminded the two that her magic wasn't yet capable of 'cutting Meruru in half and repairing her, then using mitosis to create the mastermind's faked-death Meruru, and the face-to-face Sharon Meruru'.

"Anyway, the specific situation is pretty much the same, it's a similar plot!"

"No, that's right! It must be that Hiro who's mistaken!"

"Your keycaps..."

The seemingly unbreakable childhood friends and sworn sisters group instantly crumbled and began fighting amongst themselves due to the instigation of a behind-the-scenes manipulator.

In reality, neither Hiro nor Coco from the third playthrough knew much about Chang Rong's experiences during her senior years. They only knew that Chang Rong participated in that year's Witch Trial, became companions with the Great Witch Yuki and Meruru, but was ultimately killed by Nanoha Kaori's sister while trying to save Yuki.

As for the entanglement and conflict between Chang Rong and Meruru during that witch trial, the two of them didn't actually know much about it.

"I know that both Coco and Hiro are worried about me. This clumsy false testimony must have been made up for my own good."

Chang Rong smiled as she looked at Xi Luo and Ze Du Ke Ke. Their casually made-up words did not mean that the two were untrustworthy people. On the contrary, it proved that they really cared about her and did not want her to have too much trouble with this 'mastermind'.

However... Chang Rong felt that she couldn't just accept their kindness so easily; she should have a more important choice at this point.

"However, there are some things I want to understand and pursue. Perhaps some so-called truths can only be understood more objectively when one is not clear about things. Maybe... my current 'amnesia' is a rare opportunity for myself and for Meruru, an opportunity for me to examine everything from a more objective perspective."

Chang Rong smiled somewhat awkwardly and said that what she said sounded a bit willful, but it was indeed what she was thinking at the moment.

Only by losing his memory and being able to avoid being affected by the malice emanating from those targeting Meluru on Ice, might he be able to truly touch the undisguised heart of this jellyfish-like, weeping nun.

For both 'Chang Rong in the past' and 'Mei Lulu on Ice in the past', now might be the perfect opportunity for them to settle their old scores.

"Waaaaah, Your Majesty, Your...Your kindness..."

Upon hearing Chang Rong's words, Bing Shang Mei Lulu almost burst into tears again. She sniffled desperately to barely manage to stop herself from bursting into tears on the spot.

"Ugh... I'm really fed up with you, you idiot rabbit."

As for Nikaido Hiro, he sighed helplessly and gave a "I knew it" look, then rubbed his forehead.

"You bastard, even if you lose your memory and have your stats reset, you're still the same person. Seriously... you might as well just get your memories back soon and become the original Chang Rong again. At least that version of Chang Rong wouldn't be like this, making me want to thrust into you until I die, but I'm too guilty to actually do it. And yet I have to watch you go around flirting with other women in this state, even taking in guys like Ice Meluru without any discrimination."

"Huh...?! Top, top what? Hiro, you must be joking... haha..." Chang Rong was startled by Hiro's wildly liberated line after trying to hold on for so long but still failing.

While I would reluctantly agree if Hiro really asked me for something, the thought of him forcibly withdrawing money is still a bit much...

My childhood sweetheart, the gentle Yamato Nadeshiko, couldn't possibly be a mysterious, lover!

"..."

On the other side, after seeing Chang Rong's soft and cuddly appearance, Ze Du Ke Ke suddenly recalled certain scenes from the past. Hakimi's lips curled into a wicked smile. She walked to Chang Rong's side, stretched out her arm, and roughly pinned Chang Rong against the wall.

"Onii-chan, you should probably be a little more careful, you look terrible right now... I mean, you're making it easy for fans to kiss you—eeeeeeeee meow!?"

Originally, Ze Du Ke Ke wanted to imitate the scene of the "ghostly rabbit" wall-slamming herself back then, but before she could finish speaking, Chang Rong suddenly rubbed her temples hard and made the same rascal-like sound as she remembered.

"Since Coco-chan is my sister, you can't just say that kind of thing, it's too... (Idiom) It's so impolite! As your older brother, I have to correct you!"

Why, why did it still end like this...? And why am I the only one being corrected? Wasn't what that mysterious woman who called herself a Yamato Nadeshiko (ideal Japanese woman) said going to make things even worse?

Damn it, was it a bit too reckless of us to seize the ecological niche of the fake 'sister'...?

He thought he could finally experience the ups and downs of life, and that his soft, cheap brother, who had lost his memory mode, could also experience the boomerang of his past. However, Hakimi was still sunk and ended up in a cat-loving TV show. It was as if fate had intervened, and he turned back into the small fry he used to be.

"So, so you really want to know, are you willing to judge my sins...?"

Melu on the ice approached again, asking cautiously, as if afraid that everything before her was just a hallucination in her own mind.

"Calling it a trial is a bit of an exaggeration... but I feel quite confident just being a listener."

Chang Rong rubbed Hakimi's cat head while smiling and responding to Meruru.

"Waaah...! To be able to hear my sins, that's enough. Thank you, thank you, Holy Son—"

"Don't call me that, it sounds really weird... Just call me by my name, Chang Rong," Chang Rong waved his hand awkwardly, signaling Meruru to change her address. After all, he wasn't a clergyman, and calling him "Holy Son" was indeed too incongruous.

"Then, in that case... Chang Rong-san?" Meru carefully uttered the name of the white-haired boy in front of her.

"Um"

"Chang Rong-san... Chang Rong-san... Hehehe, I don't know why, but when I say this name, I... I feel so happy! Maybe, just maybe, Saint Prince and I—Chang Rong-san and I were actually very, very good companions—"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Don't try to piggyback on my brother's fame with this twisted and grotesque conspiracy. It's disgusting to even look at!"

Meru on the ice savored the boy's name with a blissful expression, while Coco immediately tried to break the madwoman's hypnosis.

"Put away your unrealistic fantasies. Don't think that just because the idiot rabbit has amnesia, you can fabricate history that doesn't exist. My childhood sweetheart is not your friend, not in the past, present, or future." So said the mysterious woman who first initiated the era of grand historical fabrication.

"Well, since Chang Rong-san has already agreed to listen to my sins, could you two please stop interfering? Otherwise, I... I'll have no choice but to deal with you two... The information clearly shows that you two are complete strangers with no connection to Chang Rong-san. Perhaps you are the evil witches who deceived Chang Rong-san—Waaah!! Yes, I'm sorry..."

"Don't make jokes like that again, Meruru." Chang Rong tapped Meruru on the head as she innocently uttered such ruthless words, and the latter immediately became soft and submissive.

“However, ‘no connection’...?” After torturing the little jellyfish until it became soft and juicy, Chang Rong frowned and looked at Xi Luo and Coco.

"That's just a lie! Chang Rong, you know me. I've always been your most gentle and considerate childhood friend, haven't I?" Xi Luo retorted guiltily while rubbing her long hair.

"That's right, that's right! Onii-chan, you know me. I'm the most obedient cat by your side, right?" Ze Du Ke Ke took out Er Jiu Liu Jiu Yin and tried to awaken Chang Rong's non-existent sibling affection with her long-lost business voice.

"Yes, I believe in Hiro, and I believe in Coco-chan too." Chang Rong didn't press further, but smiled at the two of them to show her trust.

"Well……"

Chang Rong's unconditional trust, on the contrary, constantly tormented the consciences of Hiro and Coco, who fabricated and deduced identities upon meeting each other.

After sleeping with Chang Rong, it was best to just honestly confess...

That's right, after we slept together, after that, after!

"Anyway, cough cough... your threats are useless against us, Meluru Ice. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're a witch." Hiro coughed twice, skipping over the previous topic, while shaking the medicine bottle containing a clear liquid in her hand.

"Huh... is that... is that a witch-slayer potion? I clearly locked them in the safe..." Meru noticed the potions in the two's hands, which were forbidden potions that could even kill witches, and showed a surprised expression.

"Hehe, are you scared now, you crazy old hag?" Ze Du Ke Ke mocked.

"Hmm... Did I really lock it in the safe? Come to think of it, what's the combination to the safe...? It seems like it's been a long time since I've used it... Huh, what's in the safe...? Huh, do I really have a safe...?"

"Are you senile?!" Ze Du Ke Ke shouted, her originally anticipated exciting scene of 'the villain suddenly discovering that the protagonist has stolen his hidden trump card and is using it for his own purposes, and exclaiming how could this be?' was easily ruined by the ice-cold senile dementia.

"I'm so sorry... But... if possible, please don't use the Witch Slayer Potion! That thing shouldn't be used unless absolutely necessary. Please, please put it back right away, it's very dangerous!"

Meluru on the ice abandoned her memories of the safe and instead advised Cocoshiro to calm down and not to use the dangerous forbidden potion in his hand recklessly.

"Has Miss Black Curtain finally felt the sense of crisis?" Hiro raised an eyebrow. The more anxious Meluru on Ice was to cry, the more it showed that she was afraid of the Demon Killing Potion, and the more it showed that his actions regarding Mao's safe were absolutely correct.

"That...that potion is a human creation. It will cause the witches who come into contact with it to truly die...that's right, just like the magic [Witch Slayer] that the Great Witch gave me, which can easily kill the holder of the witch factor."

"Oh? Isn't that good? It sounds like a one-time solution, and you won't have to go through all that trouble to collect those witch remains, right?" Sawatari asked in a mocking tone, while Hyokami Meruru quickly shook her head.

"Of course, that would be terrible! If the witch factor is completely erased, then even if the Great Witch were to descend again, there probably wouldn't be any way to save it... Unless it's the remains of a particularly volatile, uncontrollable, and destructive witch, I would absolutely not use this potion..."

"You made it sound so high and mighty, but you were clearly killed by the Demon Killing Potion www. You're such a weakling. Ikugi 8-shi & Qi is definitely a weakling in the martial arts world. If it were me, I would never do that! Hmm... why do I feel like I've been hit on the back of the head by a non-existent boomerang when I say this, meow...?"

Zedu Coco pointed at Meruru on the ice and mocked her mercilessly, but as she laughed, she muttered to herself, feeling a strange sense that she and Meruru were like star-crossed lovers, victims of a demon's murder.

In her first playthrough, Zetsu Coco was forced to drink a potion of demonic killing after being controlled by Meruru and forced to drink it. In her second playthrough, she continued to be forced to drink the potion of demonic killing herself, pondering the source of this sense of incongruity.

"Wait, [Witch Slayer] magic?" Nikaido Shiro noticed a word that caught Meruru's attention in her earlier statement.