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

As we all know, how can you make a successful confession? The answer is to find girls who won't reject your confession.

Oh dear, does every confession lead to a successful outcome...? Chang Rong, this is... a bit scary, isn't it?

Baosheng Mag secretly wiped away his sweat. It seemed that more and more clues indicated that this witch trial had unknowingly turned into a trial of infatuated women, and he was the isolated existence belonging to the other camp with "niche and unique taste".

As for Chang Rong, after deeply reflecting on his behavior, he still had some doubts about the "confession corridor" that Nanoha Kaori saw through her "vision".

But I really can't go looking for any other prospective witches. Putting aside my personal safety, I feel like everyone's immunity to confessions is so low that it's not a reliable reference... Hmm?

While struggling with his dilemma, Chang Rong suddenly thought of a goal. As everyone knows, when faced with a problem, you should seek help from professionals!

"Coo coo coo... Oh dear, you're suddenly confessing your love to me like this? I'm truly flattered... But, if you could groom this adorable little bird every day, I might as well accept your affection, coo coo coo..."

"^q^ Is that so..."

Looking at the warden before him, fluttering his wings and with an expectant expression, Chang Rong finally acknowledged that the trap that Kurobe Nanoha had hallucinated was indeed real. And so…

[Confessing your feelings to humans, witches, corpses, birds, or remains is prohibited in this corridor. Violators will be fined 500.]

A warning sign that would leave anyone completely bewildered was hung on the wall of the 'Confession Corridor'.

After resolving the 'Confession Corridor' problem, Nanoha Kaori then hallucinated other traps in the art studio on the second floor.

The hidden door is not a 'trap' in this room; it's just to conceal the room's existence. However, the studio itself does indeed harbor a terrifying trap—when someone paints on specific paper and adds 'settings' to the artwork, the paintings transform into real, dangerous creatures.

After hearing what Naoya Kaori said, Chang Rong rushed to the art studio.

"Ah, Rongrong~! Rongrong has finally agreed to be Noah's nude model~!"

"Models are fine, but nudity is out of the question... Noah, what did you draw today?" Chang Rong swallowed hard, waved her hand to refuse the invitation from the colorful balloons, and then quickly asked Noah if he had drawn anything strange.

"Oh, there it is! This is Noah's drawing of 'Hiro-chan No. 2,' a being even more ferocious, ruthless, and terrifying than the original Hiro-chan! Her mouth can breathe fire, her wings can create hurricanes, and her tail can cut through steel—"

"Wait, wait a minute...!!"

Chang Rong and Naoya Kaori hurriedly tried to stop Noah Kinosaki, but it was too late.

The 'Hero No. 2', now imbued with 'settings', slowly emerged from the image. Its crimson eyes were filled with a bloodlust, and the Nikaido blood flowing in its veins seemed to be a summons, constantly driving it to slaughter everything in its sight.

"Ugh... Oh no!! We're too late!" Kurobe Nanoha Kaori hurriedly raised her spear, and Chang Rong clenched his fists, preparing to accept the wrath of the painting monster.

Just as everyone was on edge, preparing to fight to the death—

"Noah, go take a bath... What's this?"

Hiro pushed open the studio door and saw the serious-looking group of people, Noah who was completely unaware of the situation and looked bewildered, and that twisted, ghostly thing.

"Oh, this is Hiro-chan #2! She's even more terrifying and violent than #1—"

*Splash!*

Before Noah Kinosaki could introduce his work again, "Number 2" was handed over to Zeiss by Heero and turned into a pile of muddy paint.

"Huh...? Say it again, what is that thing?" Hiro, who had easily crushed the final weapon, smiled and asked Noah with veins bulging on his forehead.

"No no no no no..." Noah Shirosaki swallowed hard, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

"Keep drawing." "No...!?"

Hiro didn't continue torturing Noah, but instead smiled and gestured for Noah to continue drawing. Noah, not daring to disobey the student council president who had comprehended the power of killing intent, could only continue drawing on the paper while crying.

"The color scheme is awful"

With a smack, Hiro smashed the little thing that had just popped out of Noah's drawing paper.

"Disordered lines"

With a soft "poof," another little gadget also perished.

"Distorted in appearance"

Hiro shot down again.

After a period of time—

"Waaaaah... Hiro, Hiro is an idiot...!!"

In the end, Noah, constantly shedding small pearls and leaking air, ran out of the studio. And those 'monsters' that used to pop out, stopped popping out altogether, starting with some painting.

After all, every one that pops up gets crushed, so we chicken out. We can't beat these Yamato Nadeshiko, brothers. Let's just surrender.

"Honestly, instead of studying the basics properly, they always try to cheat with magic when drawing, and would rather create 3D effects to fool people than study brushes. They're such a worry—how's your progress?"

Hiro looked at Chang Rong and Naoya from the mine clearance team, and the next second Chang Rong suddenly gripped Hiro's hands tightly.

"No, as expected of Hero...! Hero has saved everyone once again...!!"

"...???"

Hiro, who had just stomped on those 'Phantom Fantasy Creatures', was completely bewildered, but seeing Chang Rong's excited and grateful expression, he wasn't too bad off.

"Then come here and let me kill you—"

"Sorry, you have used up your free attempts for today."

"Huh...!?"

Hiro was furious at Chang Rong's righteous expression of "Sorry, we're not going."

Fortunately, she was unaware of what happened in the 'Confession Corridor'. Otherwise, if Chang Rong had promised to protect her innocence and then confessed to 100 witches, her murderous intent would likely have persisted until someone was killed.

After dealing with the traps in the art studio, everyone became more and more adept and skilled.

A man-eating trap has been hidden among the books in the library! To remove the trap, one must read the entire book, but it is said that anyone who sees the cursed words in the book will be turned into a monster and devoured.

Upon hearing that there was such a trap in the library, even the usually calm and composed Mag couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

Fortunately, she has been busy translating ancient witch-language texts lately and hasn't had the energy to read other books. Otherwise, given her love of reading, it would have been only a matter of time before she stumbled upon a trap book and was devoured.

The solution to this trap is quite simple—

"Is that all? Hmm... Although I don't quite understand the situation, since it's the Holy Child's request, I will definitely do my best to fulfill it...! Ah, how will the Holy Child punish me? Will he tie me to a cherry blossom tree and keep hitting my body with books? Or, or will the Holy Child pin me against the bookshelf and choke me so that I can't make a sound even if I want to beg for mercy... Or... Hmm, I've turned to the last page."

【Goohoo!! Why!! Why didn't you trigger the trap after reading the whole book!?】

"Huh...? That... what book is that?"

The cannibalistic book let out a mournful wail of despair. Having its trap broken, it could only watch helplessly as it collapsed and dissipated. The scene it saw in its final moments was Meruru on the ice, looking completely bewildered and innocent, not understanding what was going on.

That's right, there's only one reason you lost—that is, Meru on Ice is a complete illiterate who hasn't read a book in a century!

Meruru was mechanically turning the pages. Although her eyes pretended to look at the title page, her mind was filled with all sorts of lewd content. She didn't remember a single taboo or potentially deadly word.

She loves reading, but what truly captivates her is the illustrations within those books!

"As expected of Meruru!"

"Eh...? Well, although I don't know what I did... but being able to help Chang Rong-san, ah... I, I have no regrets even if I die...!"

"Another one about to ascend to heaven? Is today some kind of World Ascension Day...!?"

Chang Rong quickly pulled Mei Lulu back as well. During the post-holiday peak season for returning home, everyone was stuck on the Ascension to Buddhahood passage.

After solving the trap in the library, Nanoha Kaoru hallucinated two more traps in the shower room.

A monster capable of taking over bodies and hiding within mirrors. And a bizarre incinerator passage connecting to another world, with no known beginning or end.

The former approach was somewhat tricky, and Chang Rongnai Xiang thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable solution.

Although we did consider smashing the mirror directly, that might cause the 'mirror image' to interfere with the real world through an increased number of mirror fragments, so we didn't actually smash it.

Chang Rong did come up with a solution based on An An and Uncle Milia, but Uncle Milia seemed to be lost in thought in the flower field, so there was no way to deal with it for the time being. They could only put up a sign as a warning.

As for the "otherworldly entrance" to the garbage chute pipe, after discussion, Chang Rong finally used the offer of "being given a bird's nest for a day" to trick Warden No. 10086 into coming over and once again replicating the drone exploration operation.

However, unlike the previous investigation of the punishment room, when Chang Rong saw Coco-chan in the confession corridor, she suddenly thought of a more efficient way to explore.

The warden holds a photo of Zetsu Coco in front of him. The scene the warden sees is transmitted to Zetsu Coco's vision through the photo using the [Celestial Vision] magic. Zetsu Coco then dials the phone strapped to the warden's back to communicate in real time. This is how the [Simple Otherworldly Detective Owl] is formed.

As the warden dropped the message, Coco quickly received the footage on the other side.

"Hmm, this really is another world, meow... An unfamiliar ceiling... No, this ceiling looks familiar, the floor looks familiar, the walls look familiar too—hey, you silly bird, see that bottle over there? Take a sip and see—almond flavor? It really is an Omega!!"

"Well……?""--?"

Sawatari Coco seemed to have confirmed something, and she instantly became full of energy, while Nanoha Kaori and Chang Rong blinked at each other, completely confused about the situation. They could only watch as Sawatari Coco was like someone who was engrossed in some kind of VR game, constantly issuing commands into the phone, occasionally accompanied by some meaningless words such as "level," "return," and "entity."

In short, after a period of time—

"Coo coo coo... It seems that the other world over there has shut down, and I've been thrown back here."

The warden flew back from the chute and told everyone that the 'entrance to another world' had been closed.

"Heh heh, don't underestimate my gaming skills! Escaping the back room is a piece of cake for me!"

"As expected of Coco-chan, she's really amazing."

"Hehehehe~~"

Although Chang Rong didn't understand the situation, it seemed that Ze Du Ke Ke had dismantled the trap. He reached out and rubbed Hakimi's head, and the latter cooperated by making a comfortable purring sound.

"..."

"Nanoha Kaori, come pat my head too, you've worked hard too!"

"Um... thank you."

Chang Rong, who was rubbing the cat's head, noticed the slightly envious expression on Kurobe Nanoha's face, so he smiled and invited Nanoha to come over as well.

—I feel like Nanoha Kaori is a bit like a cat.

Looking at Kurobe Nanoha, who was slightly curled up in front of him, seemingly comfortable yet cautious and nervous, Chang Rong thought to himself for no reason.

It's obvious that Hiro, Coco, and Nanoha are all 'cat people,' while Rhea and Emmanuelle are more like 'dog people.'

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

"Okay, okay, big sister, you've worked so hard... Waaah, one coat is enough to cover me up, you don't need to take it off anymore—no, don't peel it off!?"

The older sister next to her voiced her dissatisfaction. Chang Rong could only take off her coat and wrap it around her arm while stroking the guard's hair. However, the guard who was being rubbed was not well-behaved and even tried to take off the clothes under Chang Rong's coat.

It's obvious that my older sister is a 'Lion' type...!

His long-standing experience is intimidating!

The traps inside the castle seemed to have been mostly removed, so the group moved to the outside.

Following the towering wall closely, the three soon arrived at a lake in the forest.