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

Although we don't know how shady the scandal involving Ice Meruru really is, if we judge it solely from the perspective of stability and threat level, perhaps the best solution would be to vote them out together.

"Ahem—Since you are unwilling to put forward a trial for the cover-up, then I will continue to explain the current situation of everyone."

After playing a round of Road Rash with Sawatari Coco, Nikaido Hiro coughed twice to indicate that the scene was now considered a black history of the abandoned Lostbelt, and then looked at everyone with an air of ease and elegance.

"It's been a long time, everyone. Let me reintroduce myself. I am Nikaido Hiro. I am the student council president and also serve as the advisor for twelve clubs. I have achieved first place in activities such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement, violin, karate, archery, violin, and calligraphy. My primary goal right now is to lead everyone to the correct outcome."

Hiro smiled, placed one hand on his chest and extended the other towards the crowd, and began to speak in a tone that was somewhere between pretentious and declarative.

"In addition, this is my boyfriend and fiancé, and this is my pet—" Hiro then pointed to Zedu Coco next to him and Chang Rong, the white-haired boy in the corner.

"Um...! I'm Chang Rong... nice to meet you all."

Chang Rong, who was still frantically trying to remember people's names, was startled by Xi Luo's words. But since his childhood sweetheart girlfriend had introduced him in this way, Chang Rong could only follow her lead, walk out and greet everyone, awkwardly rubbing his hair and forcing a smile.

"My fiancé?!" "Who's your pet, you idiot?!" "Oh dear, looks like what they said in the live stream was true~?"

The aspiring witches instantly erupted in chaos. The girls were in the prime of their youth, and it would be a lie to say they didn't enjoy watching the drama unfold. Especially seeing a fight break out over an unevenly split melon made it all worthwhile!

"I told you, Onii-chan, we should get a marriage certificate!" "Heh, a sterilization certificate is a certificate too..."

Coco looked at Hiro with a shocked expression, as if to say, "This is not what we agreed on!" Hiro sneered and pushed up his non-existent glasses.

The two undermined each other, while simultaneously attempting to make greater physical contact with Chang Rong, the white-haired boy caught in the middle, as if asserting their dominance.

—What are these two nagging women up to… Did they call us over just to make it part of the game? Also, why… why do I feel inexplicably angry when I see that boy being treated like a sausage, being squeezed and rubbed around like that…?

Many of the aspiring witches began to have doubts as they watched the scene unfold before them.

"Oh my... How interesting. Although the boy didn't refute it verbally, but instead went along with it, he seemed to be instinctively 'resisting' the two's intimate actions. Is he afraid of something? Or is he like me, someone who doesn't actually believe in such an ethereal and illusory thing as 'love'? Hmm... This is getting more and more interesting."

Baosheng Mag watched the farce unfold before her. Unlike the others, she wasn't seething with anger. Instead, she carefully observed Chang Rong's expression and then gave him a meaningful, intrigued, and uneasy smile.

"Marriage and all that... well, bigamy is not only morally problematic, but also illegal in law...! I may be a bit old-fashioned and conservative, but aren't you two being a bit too open-minded...!" Saeki Miria tried to stop Hiroko and the other from truly being true to their desires.

"Age is the bigger problem! Even if we really have to do that kind of thing, at least, at the very least, we should wait until we're adults before we do it... right?!" Arisa Fujito pulled at her hood, trying to hide her blushing cheeks. She was already so bold in front of others; she didn't even dare to think about what she would do in private...!

"Um, um... so what exactly does Hiro-chan want to say to everyone? It can't just be that she's here to show off Chang Rong-kun, right? — Waaah!"

Sakura Emma was eager to ask Hiro about his true purpose. She hurriedly walked forward, but accidentally stepped on the frayed edge of the carpet on the floor, causing her to lose her balance and fall forward.

"Watch out—!" "Emma!"

Chang Rong and Xi Luo went over almost at the same time, and together they reached out to help the pink-haired girl up from her fall.

Looking at the two hands in front of her, Sakura Emma hesitated for about 0.001 seconds before placing her soft yet incredibly tender little hand on Chang Rong's palm.

"Um... thank you. I've always been so clumsy, I'm sorry for causing you trouble..." After getting up, Sakura Emma gave Chang Rong an embarrassed smile, blushing as she whispered her thanks.

“Sakuraba… Ai—well, maybe, maybe it’s just my imagination…”

Seeing the scene before him almost trigger the underlying code, Hiro immediately stopped the code from running after seeing Emma's pitiful expression. Instead, he comforted himself, thinking that this was definitely not Emma's little trick. Emma had only just met Chang Rong and had no reason to get close to her. This was just her gentle and considerate way of not wanting to cause him any trouble. He had almost mistakenly killed a treacherous loyal dog.

"So, so what that [warden] said was all true...? Just like Coco said, are we really going to... live here forever?"

While stroking Chang Rong's palm, Sakura Emma asked Hiro with a bewildered expression, pretending not to hear Chang Rong's soft question, "Um, Sakura classmate..." and continued to squeeze Chang Rong's palm.

"I regret to inform you that what the warden said is true. No, it should be said that it is a fact that has already happened."

This time, Hero is determined not to be a shameful Silver Warrior anymore. In the past, she did not trust the other prospective witches, so she wanted to hold onto her so-called 'trump card'. But now, Hero has abandoned her weak and hesitant past self. This time, she has come to end everything.

"It's already happened?" The prospective witches tilted their heads and blinked, somewhat confused by the description.

"That's right. In the future, we lived together on this witch's island for quite a while, but in the end, no one really escaped the island—[Death Rewind], this is the magic I possess, and it's the reason I can stand before you now."

Hiro immediately revealed his magical abilities to everyone.

"By the way, what this guy said is true, isn't it? Because I saw it all with my magic, 'Clairvoyance.' Everything that happened on the 'past future' timeline. Well, although I was forced to see things I shouldn't have..."

Zetsu Coco struck a cool pose like Amaterasu, revealing her shark teeth as she grinned at everyone, but then her face flushed red.

"Time travel... and the ability to see through time...? Is this for real?" Tono Hannah looked incredulous, her grip on the feather fan tightening involuntarily.

"Huh...!? Death rewind, time-traveling telepathy...? Really, Miss Hiro, Miss Coco...?"

"Why are you the most shocked one?! Aren't you the one pulling the strings?!" Ze Du Ke Ke shouted at Bing Shang Mei Lu Lu, who was showing the most incredulous expression at the moment.

"Waaaaah... I'm so sorry... But, the information I received didn't mention Miss Hiro's magic at all... And the description of Miss Coco's magic only says that she can 'observe the person who is observing her,' which sounds like a useless, trashy magical ability..."

"I'll kill you, you damn big-breasted slut!!"

"So the information you have isn't actually complete?" Hiro asked, raising an eyebrow.

"My understanding of the prospective witches mainly comes from... mainly from the information provided by the human government. And the selection of prospective witches is also done through the government's operations. I have no idea about the specific methods or the specific circumstances of the prospective witches... If it were possible, if it were possible... I would also like to hope that some girls with more stable personalities and more innocent and ordinary personalities could be sent over from there... That way, perhaps I would have a chance to become companions with everyone for a longer period of time...?"

On the ice, Meruru tilted her head and began to imagine a wonderful scene where she wasn't fighting alone, but living on Witch Island with her other companions.

"No, no, that's not right...! If that's the case, wouldn't it be even harder to find the Great Witch? But... but now that I have the Holy Son, the Great Witch doesn't seem to be in such a hurry to find me... No, no, I still have to find the Great Witch...!"

"...I mean, this guy has always been like this...uh, weird?" Arisa asked quietly, pointing at Meruru on the ice.

“That’s how their whole family is, you’ll get used to it,” Nikaido Hiro replied with a sigh, already unfazed.

Just as everyone was beginning to accept this premise:

"Wait a moment--!"

Suddenly, Hasumi Rieya stepped forward, one hand resting on the hilt of the sword at her waist, ready to draw it at any moment. She walked up to Hiro, her expression serious and resolute.

"Leah...is something the matter?" Hiro frowned.

"You seem to know me quite well, but that's not enough! In fact, I have doubts about the veracity of everything you've said! You didn't even appear at the first meeting, and you looked different at the beginning than you do now (your witch transformation was suppressed). When you reappeared, you were accompanied by a white-haired boy who looked like he would be my prince—cough cough cough. In short, your current behavior is not trustworthy. If you are the real mastermind... then I have an obligation to protect everyone from being misled by you!"

Hasumi Ryo pointed her left hand at Nikaido Hiro, while her right hand still gripped the sword hilt. From the serious expression on Ryo's face, it was clear that what she said was true; she genuinely wanted to protect everyone from being deceived by the 'mysterious food-obsessed woman'.

Seeing the big, blond girl in front of him breathing at him with a serious expression, Heero smiled instead.

As expected, Rhea will always be Rhea. No matter what, she will always try to protect her companions, even to the very last moment of her life, even if the person she is protecting might be the 'behind-the-scenes manipulator,' she will still draw her sword for others.

If Rhea's soul hadn't been twisted by the witch's influence, she would surely be an incredibly dazzling and cool being. And she wouldn't have given birth to some completely incomprehensible nonsense like the 'simple spear'... Damn it, what does that simple spear even look like? I'm so curious...!!

When Shiro and Coco exchanged '1st and 2nd week observer information', one of Shiro's biggest regrets was not being able to witness Rhea's impressive feat of hand-crafting a simple spear.

"You need proof of trust, right? Hmm... alright, Rhea. In the timeline before I went back, you said you possessed the magic of [controlling gazes], not the magic of [seducing others]. And you secretly used this magic to facilitate your idol career. Not only that, you've always wanted to perform in bigger stage plays, but you're often criticized for your overly self-conscious performances. Also, the reason you became an idol was actually to make your mother happy, right?"

"Ugh...!?"

Ryota Hasumi's expression instantly turned to one of utter terror as the long-haired, black-haired girl before her revealed her secret in a tone as casual as if she were stating the weather.

It's worth noting that the first time everyone's magic was revealed was during the first lunch, but Hero pointed it out directly before lunch, even revealing the excuse that Rhea had originally intended to use to fool everyone.

Wow, this box!

"Well, that doesn't prove anything! Rather, you'd only know this information if you were the one pulling the strings!" Arisa Fujito retorted through gritted teeth.

"Does Meruru even know that she knew all this?" Hiro sneered.

"Meru doesn't know..." Meru quickly shook her head. She was just a jellyfish, what could she possibly know? She couldn't even remember what she ate for breakfast.

By the way, the answer is history.

"So what! This guy's a fairly well-known celebrity, right? So it's not surprising that he knows these things—"

"Arisa, her magic is [arson]. Although she looks like a delinquent, she's actually just a quirky girl who longs to be scolded by her parents. She likes to cover herself up with a hood and mask, and at first glance she looks like a hedgehog, but deep down she's an unexpectedly gentle and kind girl who can't bear to hurt anyone."

"Wh-what?! What are you saying?! I-I-I didn't mean it—" Arisa Fujito's cheeks instantly turned so red they could be used to pull a train, and she frantically waved her hands in denial.

"Your specialty is pink claw rice porridge. You actually aspire to be a gentle and virtuous girl like me, a Yamato Nadeshiko. Of course—that's too difficult for you right now, isn't it?" Nikaido Hiro smiled at Arisa.

"Gurgle... I, I'm not the kind of person you're talking about...!" Arisa Fujito was sunk and could not get up again.

Click!

The sound of the spear being pulled back startled everyone, who were instantly taken aback by Kurobe Nanoha and the magical spear in her hand.

Why would someone use a sniper rifle in a knife fight room... Wait, didn't I complain about this before?

When Chang Rong saw Nanoha Kaori, this thought instinctively came to mind, but it was immediately overwhelmed by a sense of déjà vu.

“Even so, there are still many doubts in your words. Perhaps this is information you gathered using your own ‘magic’—” Kurobe Nanoha Kaori questioned Hiro, holding up her spear.

"As expected of Nanoha Kaori, she's as good at messing things up as ever." Facing the dark muzzle of the gun, Nikaido Hiro actually smiled.

"Wh...what?" Kurobe Nanoha blinked. The character she was currently creating should clearly be a 'mysterious lone wolf, taciturn and cool girl,' which had nothing to do with 'dropping the ball.'

"So I said from the beginning that my magic is [Rewind], and the information just now, as you said, was obtained by me using [Rewind]. Nanoha Kaori, are you an idiot? — Right, you really are an idiot who likes to work by yourself. Even if an idiot like that obtains a powerful information slot [Vision] magic, it would be difficult for them to help their older sister, right?"

"Ugh...!! Big sister—!" Kurobe Nanoha was also knocked down and could not get up again.

"This is a bit inefficient, so you can all go together."

Hiro sighed and looked at the remaining witches.

Today we'll have a good fight! You bunch of losers who tried to steal my rabbit in the previous playthrough!

Volume 1: 156. Hehe, they even have stress-relieving toys delivered to your door!

After exposing Nanoha Kaoru's flaws, Hiro looked around at the remaining prospective witches and said that he was in a hurry and would be off to deal with rabbits after finishing his business, so he wouldn't take up too much of their time.

Before the rewind, Chang Rong had gathered everyone together to exchange information, including their respective "dark histories." At that time, Hiro never imagined that these "heart-to-heart talks" with his companions would one day become bullets used to expose his friends.

"Sakura Emma, ​​my best friend who can hide magic even better than me!" "Ugh, Hiro-chan...!"

"Sherry Tachibana, magic [super strength], your life in the orphanage probably wasn't very pleasant, but that's no excuse for making compressed rice balls. That kind of thing isn't something 'humans' can eat. If you want to become human, at least remember that." "Huh? Sherry-chan isn't famous enough to have her box opened, is she? How scary, how scary~~!" Sherry Tachibana immediately raised her hands high to surrender.

"Hannah Tohno, use the magic [Levitation]. It's fine if you don't believe me, we can just choose Hannah as the culprit anyway." "Wh-what?! I'm not the suspect, Desuwa!"

“There are times when I’m not a suspect, but I’m just a victim of cosplaying a teru teru bozu doll www,” Ze Du Ke Ke added with a mischievous grin.

"Saeki Miria, magic [Exchange], although you have the air of a middle-aged nanny, you're actually not very good at housework or handicrafts, right? But everyone has their own expertise, Uncle, your battlefield isn't in the kitchen or in front of the spinning machine, but in the courtroom, right?" "Waaaaaa!? Uncle, I just don't have time to learn those handicrafts...!"

Saeki Miria quickly waved her hand to indicate that she simply hadn't learned sewing yet, not that she wasn't good at it!

"Noah Kinosaki, magic [liquid manipulation], although you're a famous balloon artist, you're essentially just a kid with some clever ideas. Noah, your paintings seem a bit repetitive, could you explain why?" "No, no, no...!? Noah... Noah doesn't know anything..."

AI illustrator Noah Kinosaki immediately changed the subject.

"Hosang Mag, the magic [voice imitation], hmm... I must admit, Mag, you're quite successful as a 'trickster.' Even I couldn't get much information about you in the previous timeline." "Hehe, well, thanks for the compliment~"

“But I know that Mag loves fortune telling and decorating his little house. It’s just that he’s too morbidly eccentric, so he hardly ever gets any customers. Honestly, he’s such a cunning guy!” Zedu Coco added, which made the previously composed Mag’s pupils constrict slightly.

"Natsume An'an, use magic [brainwashing]. If you're really having writer's block, why not try brainwashing yourself and pretend you're a Muzu who only knows how to write 2 words a day and all you do besides typing? At least that way you won't get dragged to the basement by angry readers." "[I'm not an abandoned author...! I'm just... just conserving my energy...! Next book is definitely coming!]"

Natsume Anan raised her sketchbook to cover her head, refuting in a soft and gentle way.

After a debate, almost everyone's magic and parts of their lives were revealed by Hiro. Even those Hiro didn't know were finished off by Coco, a veteran from the first playthrough, making the two of them an almost invincible box-opening machine. In an instant, all the prospective witches present were sunk.