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

"No, no, no... Normally, anyone would be startled if someone suddenly came up to them and touched, licked their ear, or blew on it... Even if you were prepared beforehand..."

Baosheng Mag said with a sultry smile, while Chang Rong blushed and complained in a low voice.

"What kind of experiment is this?! It's pure sexual harassment!!" Tono Hannah floated up and shouted, completely oblivious to the experiment, only seeing Mag's direct harassment of Chang Rong.

"You can't say that, can you? Because of the experiment just now, we've already figured out the true effects of Nanoha Kaori's [Illusion Magic], haven't we?"

Hosho Mag asked Tono Hannah a question in return, but the poor princess, completely bewildered by the question, could only hide behind her fan and stammer.

"Investigate, investigate? You're lying again... Hey, gorilla woman, come and refute her!"

"I also want to kiss Watson..." Shirley Tachibana said dreamily, her mouth watering.

"Who asked you that?! And who is Watson?!"

This idiotic, super-strong woman is hopeless...

"Hehe, still don't understand? It's actually very simple. This bottle is a spice bottle that I deliberately dug out from a corner cabinet. Judging from the amount of dust, it hasn't been used for at least several decades, or maybe it's just been sitting there unused ever since. Using it as the 'observation object' can eliminate a lot of interference, right?"

Baosheng Mag shook the spice bottle in his hand and said.

"...I think I understand!"

Suddenly, Emma Sakura realized something. She raised her hand, like a well-behaved student who knew the answer and wanted to reply.

"When Mag-chan first entered the kitchen, she already had a thought about what she wanted to do, but Nanoha-chan couldn't feel this 'thought' from the bottle. However, when Mag-chan entered the kitchen a second time, she turned this 'thought' into reality. This time, Nanoha-chan quickly captured the event through her vision... This shows that Nanoha-chan's vision magic is indeed real, but it can only touch things that have already happened in the past, not future events that are 'certain to happen'!"

"That's right, that's right, I'll reward Emma with a flying kiss~ I didn't go to the kitchen again just to rub Chang Rong to my heart's content, but to turn my first thought into 'reality'. Of course, I just love the feel and feedback of Chang Rong's hands~"

Baosheng Mag responded with a smile, and only then did everyone belatedly realize the significance of Baosheng Mag's series of somewhat strange behaviors.

"No, that's not it... I really did see it back then...!" Upon hearing the explanation, Kurobe Nanoha Kaori showed a somewhat conflicted expression. She couldn't help but begin to wonder whether the scene she saw back then came from the 'past' or the 'future'.

"Well, since it's an experiment, it needs to be conducted multiple times to ensure there are no deviations, right? So, that means—"

"Huh? It's me again—whoa!"

While everyone was pondering the theory of illusion magic, Emma Sakura followed suit, grabbing Chang Rong's arm and diving directly into the kitchen.

"Hey! Emma...!" For a moment, Hero felt like a little orca who had nothing but joy, forever only able to block 1.

He had finally managed to subdue Baosheng Mag to prevent this mysterious liar from causing any more trouble, but in the blink of an eye, Emma broke through his last line of defense.

Stepping out of the kitchen for the first time—Chang Rong looked somewhat conflicted and embarrassed, while Emma's cheeks flushed. Everyone speculated that Emma had made some kind of declaration, which explained Chang Rong's expression.

Judging from Emma's shy expression, could it be some kind of outrageous game...?

Unsurprisingly, Nanoha Kaori couldn't find anything.

So the two of them came out of the kitchen for the second time—surprisingly, this time both Emma and Chang Rong had a 'satisfied' expression on their faces.

"Hehehe... I won't say anything, okay? Let, let Nanoha Kaori see through her vision."

Faced with questions from Hiro and the others, the pink and white puppy simply stuck out its tongue to indicate that it had nothing to say.

Instantly, everyone's hopes rested on Kurobe Nanoha Kaori's shoulders—what on earth did Emma and Chang Rong do to make them both show such 'satisfied' expressions?!

"No, don't put pressure on me..." Kurobe Nanoha Kaori instantly broke out in a cold sweat. The soft and sweet girl at heart had never been able to withstand such fervent expectations.

Due to immense pressure, Nanoha's first two hallucinations failed. Finally, amidst everyone's applause and encouragement, Nanoha successfully hallucinated the two's actions on her third attempt.

"Hmm, Chang Rong is rubbing Emma's head, and Emma is making happy gurgling sounds. Chang Rong also has an expression that shows he's getting more and more addicted to rubbing her head—that's it."

Nanoha Kurobe provided the answer, and seeing Emma and Chang Rong's somewhat embarrassed expressions, everyone was certain that there was nothing wrong with the cards.

—Hmph, for a second I thought her pants were wet… Emma is just Emma, ​​good girl Emma, ​​lovely Emma.

Hearing the answer, Hiro breathed a sigh of relief, completely unaware that this was also part of Emma Sakura's grand plan, the purpose of which was to make Chang Rong and everyone else lower their guard and think that Emma was really just a kind, cute, and soft puppy.

"Okay, then I'll give it a try too—"

With the atmosphere already set, Hiro naturally wasn't going to be outdone and dragged Chang Rong into the kitchen.

However, the two had only been in the kitchen for a short time when Chang Rong's cries of "No!" "What do you mean by 'no'?!" "Didn't we agree...?" "Now we have to keep our promise!" "Oh no, Sister Xiluo, no!" came from inside.

Afterwards, Nikaido Hiro walked out of the kitchen with an expectant look on her face. She even forgot to hand the seasoning bottle to Kurobe Nanoha before grabbing the panicked Chang Rong and heading back to start a game.

Naturally, the mysterious woman's actions were forcibly stopped by the crowd without any explanation, and before a second test could be conducted, the matter was dropped.

In Arisa's words, 'Even without illusion magic, I knew you were planning to start a new game soon. What's the point of continuing the test? Are you kidding me, Kora?!'

In short, everyone has basically reached a conclusion regarding Kurobe Nanoha's [Vision Magic]. While she can indeed see things that are invisible to the naked eye, these things can only be actions that have 'already happened'.

"Hmm... Could it be... could it be that I really misunderstood...?"

After a series of tests, even Kurobe Nanoka herself was somewhat conflicted.

“Hehe, perhaps the ‘future’ you can see is an extremely rare special case, or perhaps… that so-called ‘future’ is actually the ‘past’ in the last timeline…” Baosheng Mag said with a meaningful smile.

"Mmm, but, if that's the case..."

Nanoha Kurobe covered her eyes with one hand, her expression one of pain as if she were about to activate her Sharingan.

If that really was the past, doesn't that mean I'm not Chang Rong's future partner, and that my perfect, kind, and gentle older sister... almost got stabbed to death by Chang Rong on the hospital bed in the medical ward?

Nanoha Kurobe's will is being tested...!

"Ahem, well, the situation is pretty clear now. The illusion you saw, Nanoha Kurobe, was most likely some kind of hallucination, rather than a future event. However, the ability of illusion magic to probe the past is undeniable. This means that the upcoming 'Witch Island Mine Clearance Operation' can indeed proceed steadily. But that's something to consider tomorrow. Everyone should go back and rest early today."

Nikaido Hiro stepped forward, coughed twice, clapped her hands to interrupt Kurobe Nanoha's thoughts, and briefly summarized the evening's activities in an attempt to send everyone away, lest things get out of hand and Hosei Mag could cause some trouble again.

"Then, in that case..."

"Also, we've confirmed there are no strange traps in the Goblin Chamber, so everyone should leave Chang Rong alone and let him sleep there—I know what you're thinking, Zedu Coco! But you should just go back to your dorm and stop causing trouble!"

"Meow...!? Seriously, what a busybody...!"

Zetsu Coco, who originally planned to sneak away again tonight, was caught red-handed by Hiro, and reluctantly snorted twice in complaint.

"Noah, do you really think I wouldn't whip your ass into a spinning top? You'd better behave yourself and not cause any more trouble today, understand?"

"...Hero is an idiot!"

Noah Kinosaki was also perfectly marked, and the little cotton-padded jacket could only snort in dissatisfaction and put away the hard white spray paint can.

As for Hiro herself, considering her somewhat excessive invitation to kiss during the 'Vision Experiment' earlier, she decided to behave herself tonight and not do anything reckless. She wanted to improve her image as a Yamato Nadeshiko in Chang Rong's heart, which would make it easier for her to defect to the sect and take the pure love route later.

And so, amidst Nanoha's dilemma and the complaints of many who were single-handedly defended by Hiro, Witch Island welcomed another night.

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In the underground dormitory at night, An'an, holding a box of colored pencils, awkwardly and shyly approached Noah, who was drawing.

"【I...I've come to apologize to Noah. Although I don't think Noah is exactly a pure and kind balloon, Uncle said that I also made mistakes in this matter...These are colored pencils I found in the recreation room.】"

Natsume Anan held a sketchbook in one hand and a colored pencil case in the other, looking at Noah like a cat asking, "What's going on...?"

"Hehehe, Noah was actually wrong too... Noah really likes An An, and the stuff about using sleeping pills to knock An An out was all a lie."

Noah smiled happily as he accepted the 'apology' from An An. The two children looked at each other and then smiled and made up again.

"Speaking of which, when did you start drawing seriously with a pen? You've always been using spray paint before... Wait, what's this?"

An An noticed the pattern on Noah's drawing paper and asked about it with some curiosity.

"An'an...did you see that?"

Upon hearing Natsume Anan's words, Noah's entire body trembled instantly.

“Yeah, it’s right here,” An’an said, pointing to the drawing paper.

“Since it’s been seen… well, there’s nothing we can do about it…” Noah’s eyes flickered instantly after realizing that Natsume An’an had seen his drawing.

"Then let Noah introduce us to An'an...! This is a series about my married life with Rongrong! Here, this one is Rongrong and Noah meeting, this one is Rongrong and Noah walking down the aisle, and this one is Rongrong taking the kids to the amusement park—"

Noah instantly became very enthusiastic and excitedly introduced the contents of each drawing to An'an.

"The time span is too long! If I put it in a novel, people would say it's too eccentric and incomprehensible...! And the drawing is ugly... Most importantly—【Wake us from this illusion】!"

"It's not a hallucination! Silly An'an, you really don't understand anything...!"

Natsume Anan tried to use hypnosis to break the hypnosis Noah had cast on her, but Noah said that what was wrong with the world of illusions? Just like that, the two pigeon spirits who had just made up started fighting again. Even Saeki Miria would probably sigh if she saw this scene.

—Seriously, what's so great about that kind of guy...?! He's just a stupid monster, a sadistic monster...!

As expected, Natsume An'an, whose face was covered in paint, became increasingly 'dissatisfied' with the white-haired boy named Chang Rong.

If this continues... I really have to "control" you... you sadistic monster!

Natsume Anan thought this fiercely, but even she didn't realize that whenever she thought of that boy, the corners of this shut-in, taciturn, and socially awkward girl's mouth would uncontrollably turn up slightly and a smile would appear.

Meanwhile, after the dinner meeting, Kurobe Nanoka came to the infirmary once again.

"Ugh...!?"

"—Wisteria?"

As soon as Nanoha Kaori arrived at the infirmary, she encountered the mysterious Arisa Fujito. Arisa was startled upon seeing her and rushed out of the infirmary without even saying hello.

Nanoha Kaori didn't chase after or ask Arisa what she was doing. She simply sat down next to the hospital bed again, closed her eyes, and stroked the sheets.

So, so Chang Rong and my older sister had that kind of relationship before? Could Chang Rong possibly be my 'brother-in-law'?

After realizing that this might be the true relationship between the three, Kurobe Nanoha...

They seemed to have become more excited.

Volume 1: Thanks to the Unsalted Salty Fish King, and Ayako's Silver Treasure Chest

Thanks to Xianyuwang and Huaxing for the food!

The 12 extra chapters have already been included in the statistics for the bonus chapters at the end of the new chapter.

Wow, it feels like the Spring Festival is almost over...

Think back on what I've been doing these past few days—visiting relatives, drinking heavily, being tortured by my family for being unemployed, drinking heavily, writing, drinking heavily...

It's really quite chaotic...

In short, thank you all again for your feeding and support! Thanks to you, I, an unemployed person, have more confidence when I'm online with my family!

Although the ending will still be a brutal massacre...

Volume 1: Chapter 180. The Great Witch's Battle of Love and Brains