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

Of course, mindlessly sinking the boxes might accidentally unearth a powerful figure (witch) like an arrow piercing a ladybug. Therefore, Hiroko and her companion must make a point of avoiding opening the boxes in ways that might violate everyone's taboos.

"Of course, even if I reveal this information, people can still use excuses like 'it's a magic box opening' or 'it's an intelligence network' to excuse me. But there's one thing I absolutely, positively assure you that I haven't provided any false evidence—"

Hiro gently placed his palm on his chest and gave everyone the most sincere and earnest smile.

"I believe in everyone."

It is because of the companions they have lived with that they want to save them. It is because of the companions they have lived with that they believe in them unconditionally.

It is because of this trust that we are now able to be so open and honest with each other.

"...It doesn't seem like they're lying. That makes sense; if there were more than one liar, wouldn't that create a lot of overlap in character portrayals? For a stage like this, that would be a complete disaster, hehehe..."

Baosheng Mag said with a smile, which also meant that he had completely acknowledged Hiro's 'rewind' magic.

"..."

Listening to Xiluo's words, Chang Rong was surprisingly not surprised after learning that his childhood sweetheart had the ability to 'rewind' and his adopted sister had the ability to 'observe timelines'.

After all, both Hiro and Coco had repeatedly made predictions about the current situation and the future in their previous conversations. This extraordinary thinking ability and precognitive actions, when explained by the excuse that "it has actually happened before," could solve all the confusion.

—Hero's ability is to rewind only after death, in other words... in the previous timeline, everyone must have ultimately failed to find salvation... I don't even have the courage to think about what kind of resolve Heero had in her heart when she used death to rewind to the moment before.

How exactly did Hero embrace death and revisit the past? That moment must have been incredibly sad and cruel, yet it shone with an undeniable light called 'faith'.

Hiro and Coco, they've returned to the 'present' with all the tragedies and imperfections of the past, surely to save everyone this time? If that's the case, I have to work hard too. I absolutely can't hold them back and become one of those good-natured, freeloading pretty boys in romance anime!

Since Hero said that I possess a 'special quality' that only I can do... then I must make good use of this ability to help everyone as much as possible and share the burden that Hero and Coco bear.

Thinking of this, Chang Rong clenched his fist silently behind Xi Luo and Ke Ke, hoping to help everyone in his own way.

Although if Xiluo heard what he was thinking at that moment, she would most likely just smile and tell Chang Rong to quickly wash himself clean, strip naked, and tie him up in the basement so he wouldn't run away and would wait for Xiluo to come and kill him. That would be the greatest help she could give him.

After Hiro recounted some events that occurred before the time travel, the past of Witch Island, and the prerequisites for 'witchification,' while subtly hinting that 'everyone has taboos that cannot be touched,' the prospective witches had no choice but to silently digest this sudden influx of high-density information and intense spoilers.

"Um... I think I understand what Hiro-chan and Coco-chan were saying... But, but I still have a question—then, what about Chang Rong-jun? In the time we've experienced before, what kind of person was Chang Rong-jun?"

Emma Sakura was the first to recover from her shock. She cautiously and timidly raised her hand and asked the question that she was most curious about at that moment.

—Tsk, it seems we still can't escape the idiot rabbit, can we? Emma… it has to be you again, Emma. No, even if Emma hadn't brought it up, someone else would probably have asked anyway, since Chang Rong is just too eye-catching standing there.

Hearing Emma's question, Hiro sighed helplessly. She had tried very hard to reduce the presence of 'Chang Rong' in the previous narrative, but in the end, everyone still noticed the white-haired boy and became interested in him.

“As I said before, Chang Rong is my fiancé—” “Onii-chan is also my future husband!!” Coco quickly added to Hiro’s words as if a knee-jerk reaction had been triggered, mentioning the marriage certificate and the symbiotic relationship.

"Anyway... Chang Rong is a bit different from us. He was a participant in the witch trial two years ago, and due to some reasons, he encountered a slight accident during that trial, which caused some changes in his physique. I took the initiative to participate in this witch trial in order to find Chang Rong. You should be able to understand my determination, right, Nanoha Kaori?"

"Hmm...that's right." Kurobe Nanoha, who had voluntarily gone to jail to save her sister, nodded. It seemed like this kid would even help count the money if Hiro sold her out.

"Not only me, Coco also participated in the witch trial with this purpose. In fact, in the previous timeline, Coco willingly became the murderer to protect Chang Rong's safety. She was executed as part of the witch trial simply for killing..."

"I killed Natsume An'an back then." "[What does that mean...?]"

Zedu Coco didn't hide anything and honestly told everyone about the sins she had committed, which startled An'an, who had been watching the drama unfold.

"Coco-chan, you..."

Upon hearing that Ze Du Ke Ke had taken such action for him, and even been executed because of him, Chang Rong immediately looked at the girl with cat-ear headphones beside him.

"Although I feel really bad for that gloomy bean sprout... but, but I've never regretted it, Onii-chan. Being able to help you was the only thing that truly made me happy in the last timeline, and... hehe, I'm still here with Onii-chan, so nothing happened, Onii-chan doesn't need to worry about me, okay?"

Coco snuggled up to Chang Rong, looked up at Chang Rong, and smiled as she spoke.

"Mmmmmm, Coco-chan, so incredibly beautiful, so utterly amazing…!" "Hehehehehe gurgle gurgle~~~~"

Chang Rong was overwhelmed with tears and didn't know what to say. He wondered what he had done to deserve such a wonderful girl. He knew that no matter how he expressed his gratitude to Coco, it would be in vain. So he simply rubbed the cat's head, making Coco purr and feel good.

"Um, Chang Rong-san... please touch me too...! Just once, just once—"

"Whoa!? How did you manage to wriggle over here, you crazy woman!? Weren't you tied up?!"

One second Coco was enjoying the ultimate heavenly touch, the next second Meruru, who was twisted to the side of the two like the author, was so frightened that she immediately activated her Spinosaurus form.

"Well, um... all I need to do is dislocate the joint. It will hurt a bit though... really, really, it really hurts, it hurts so much I almost cry... but, but when I think that this pain is to atone for the Holy Son's sins, I, I feel... very happy...!"

On the ice, Meruru spoke softly in a pitiful and shy tone. Cold sweat kept sliding down her forehead due to intense pain, but her cheeks were flushed with an extremely unnatural blush. Accompanied by increasingly heavy breathing, she stared intently at Chang Rong.

"What kind of master is this...!? Masochistic power 5, 50, 500, 5000—damn it! The power of masochism has far exceeded the comprehension of normal people...!!"

Arisa Fujito was terrified by Meruru's behavior. Meruru truly lived up to her reputation as a terrifying witch who, while others used a utility knife to cut skin, used a chainsaw to dismember arms and legs.

"After Coco sacrificed herself for Chang Rong, Chang Rong also changed a lot. He did many things to protect me. We were accomplices together, imprisoned together, and we also admired flowers together under the moon. He not only desperately pursued the real culprit in court to protect me, but Chang Rong also risked his own safety to fight against the wreckage to protect me. Not only that, Chang Rong and I also did it in the infirmary, by the lake, in the study, in the library, in the sunroom, and in the warehouse—"

"Waaaaaahhhhhh!!?? Stop, stop talking, Hiro...!"

Unlike Xiluo, who became more and more excited as she talked, almost deceiving herself and concealing reality, Chang Rong covered her face and head, squatting down in defense, her courage completely gone, not even daring to put her hands down.

We did it all, in every place that was allowed and in every place that wasn't... Me, am I really the kind of person whose brain can only produce lewd thoughts...? Waaaaah... This is too awful...!

Could it be that I'm not the male protagonist in some youth romance novel, but rather a sadistic character in some unspeakable, terrible work...?

Chang Rong wished she could find a nut-filled hole to crawl into and start a solo hike along the Aotai Line to the other side of the world to escape reality.

"Wait, wait a minute, Hiro...! What I want to ask is, what is the relationship between all of us and Chang Rong-jun?"

Emma, ​​blushing, interrupted Hirona's dangerous remarks, which the warden would blow up if he heard them, and frowned as she pressed him for an answer.

“Since just now, Hiro has only been talking about himself and Chang Rong, but... what is the relationship between us and Chang Rong...?”

Emma Sakura's question was met with unanimous agreement from the other prospective witches, who all began to inquire about their relationship with the white-haired boy in the previous timeline.

"Tsk... These things have nothing to do with escaping from Witch Island... Fine, I'll tell you then."

Hiro sighed helplessly; the little silly dog ​​Emma had bitten him way too hard.

“Meruru was stabbed to death by Mag from the very beginning, and Mag was also voted out by Emma, ​​so you and Chang Rong have almost no interaction.”

"Waaaaah...! How, how could this happen...! Oh, my lord Chang Rong-san, no one knows how great you are..."

"Oh dear, so I'm the hero who killed the mastermind? Will I get some reward?"

Meruru burst into tears, her little pearls falling in a flurry, while Mag put a hand on her cheek and let out a playful laugh.

“An’an was killed by Coco, so she has no connection with Chang Rong.”

"...Sorry, bean sprout, I'm getting a bit stuck in that pattern." "[So, what does that mean...!]"

With messy hair and dark circles under her eyes, Natsume An'an angrily complained on her sketch paper, wondering who this Chang Rong was. She hadn't provoked him at all, and he had been killed on the grounds of "potentially threatening Chang Rong." What did that mean?

"Noah... well, Noah is afraid that Chang Rong will kidnap me, his gentle, understanding and kind guardian, and stop caring about him. Therefore, out of jealousy, Noah has always been hostile to Chang Rong. Whenever they meet, he sprays paint into Chang Rong's eyes, so the two of them don't talk much."

"No, no, no... Noah does have the urge to spray paint, but not in his eyes... it's..."

Noah tilted his head, feeling that there wasn't much accurate information in what Hiro said.

"Leya is very cool, too cool, too cool, which resulted in her being positioned like a brother. She seems to have a good time with Chang Rong."

"Huh!? Well, while I do enjoy being praised for being handsome and dashing, does being too dashing really turn me into a good buddy...?!"

Hasumi Ryoya looked on in disbelief. How could her famous and popular idol have become such good friends with this boy?

"Nanoha Kaori was farming alone when she was accidentally shot and killed by a jungle monster from behind. I've hardly ever seen Chang Rong."

"Um... I won't be an idiot... I won't... I probably won't..."

As Kurobe Nanoha's rebuttals became increasingly weak, after Hiro opened the box and exposed her true intentions, Nanoha seemed to have prematurely entered the second stage of her soft and sweet mode.

“Milia, because you are too common-sense, your normality seems abnormal. In addition, you have always called yourself an uncle, so you have always maintained a normal social distance between adults and Chang Rong, an unyielding sense of distance.”

"Ah, is that so? Am I... lacking in distance?"

Saeki Miria was somewhat dazed. Although Hiro's words resonated with her own thoughts, Miria felt that if it were that white-haired boy, she wouldn't be so concerned about 'distance'...?

"Shirley nearly killed Chang Rong by suddenly throwing a punch, which not only exposed her true nature as a fake, but also made her a target of everyone's attention because of the commotion. She never had another chance to communicate with Chang Rong after that."

"Mmm, that's definitely a problem-solving method very much in my style!" "You gorilla woman, come up with a different approach!!!" "But, is that really the case...?"

Tachibana Sherry chuckled and gave a thumbs-up, then rested her chin on her hand in thought, while Tono Hannah frowned and made a sarcastic remark.

"As for Arisa... um... right, Arisa suddenly shouted 'Oh no, oh no' and self-destructed, and she didn't have much interaction with Chang Rong."

"Aha!?"

"Hannah drifted away and never came back. As for Emma, ​​let me think what reason she has left... Oh right! Emma, ​​you stepped on a landmine and it exploded, but the fragments were pieced together by Chang Rong and me bit by bit."

"This isn't right!!!"

Hiro's words later on directly provoked public outrage.

"That sounds so weird...! And it feels like you just couldn't be bothered to make things up towards the end, Hiro-chan..." Emma complained quietly as she stepped on a landmine and met her tragic end.

“Hero is lying, Noah can sense it.” Noah’s gaze toward Hero also became much sharper.

"Lying? Heh, perhaps, but you have no way to refute it or any evidence, and even if you ask Coco—"

“The cards are fine, that’s right~” Ze Du Coco, who had already conspired beforehand, immediately told everyone that they didn’t need the Swallow brand, just like everyone did in the previous timeline.

On Witch Island, Chang Rong and I are like strangers.

"In short, that's it. For various reasons, most of us have almost no connection with Chang Rong, let alone any other kind of relationship. But don't worry, we'll have another chance to get to know each other again. Of course, when you interact with Chang Rong, don't forget this—"

Xi Qilin pulled up the white-haired boy who was still crouching and defending himself, then gently tiptoed and pressed his lips to the boy's mouth.

"—Chang Rong is me, and the fiancé of my childhood sweetheart, Nikaido Hiro."

"Don't even think about touching Onii-chan...!" Coco-chan quickly became protective of her food, rubbing against Chang Rong's face to mark her territory with her scent.

—Damn it, what's with this sudden, overwhelming urge to yell "There's a cow!"?

As the white-haired boy was wantonly defiled and toyed with by Hirokoko, the prospective witches almost all felt a strong minotaur aura.

"In short, whether it's everyone or Chang Rong, I will definitely protect everyone this time. I trust everyone and I will definitely lead everyone to a happy ending."

After nearly sucking Chang Rong's tongue out, Hiro licked his lips and smiled at everyone.

"Since you've put it that way..." "Hmm..." "Hiro-chan... if it's Hiro-chan..."

Everyone was fooled into calming down by Nikaido Heero's magnificent expression. As a time traveler, Heero had already demonstrated her resolve and trustworthiness. If they continued to press the issue now, they would only make themselves look like some kind of pathetic, repressed masculinity fanatic...

Seeing the prospective witches gradually calm down, Hiro revealed a wicked smile that seemed to confirm his plan.

—Hmph...A bunch of idiots, just as easy to fool as the swarms of donkeys outside the door of that stupid rabbit!

I do hope everyone is happy, but well, I need to be a little 'happier' myself.

All I have to do now is kick off the keycaps, and Changrong will be my private property...!