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

The thought of his private account with all achievements and maxed-out affection levels being turned into a shared all-ages pure love save file by Hakimi made Shiro's forehead throb with anger.

Although we can't be angry with Emma, ​​we still need a Meow Meow King, so Coco will take on the part-time job.

"Waaah... Chang Rongjun is really something... It's okay if he's a little bit of a jerk..."

Emma lowered her head and made cute little humming noises. What was more torturous than not being able to eat delicious food was naturally smelling and seeing the food, sticking out her tongue and head, but being unable to eat it no matter what she did.

Emma's instincts and nature as a hunting dog had been awakened, but Chang Rong chose to run away at this moment. This left Emma restlessly licking her lips, feeling disappointed and anxious, waiting for the next opportunity. She was sure that she would pounce on him more swiftly then!

"Phew... I'm a little relieved... Actually, I wasn't ready yet. If I serve him with this half-hearted attitude, it would be disrespectful to Chang Rong... But if I do that, will he punish me severely... Waaah..."

Arisa Zifang breathed a sigh of relief. If possible, she would like to be better prepared for her first time, just like Emma said—at least she should know whether Chang Rong is the type who likes to take the initiative or the type who likes to be the one to make the move.

"You indecisive guy who pretends to be gentle and virtuous, tsk, you won't even get a chance to push my butt when it comes down to it!" "...Ugh!?"

Hiro has developed a condition where he gets annoyed whenever he sees a Yamato Nadeshiko (a Japanese woman who is considered a good Japanese woman), so he huffs at Arisa, who is in her soft and cuddly mode and gets startled.

Chang Rong's escape prevented them from starting a game on the spot. After the 5-player breakup group disbanded, Xi Luo called out to Ying Yu Emma.

"Emma, ​​about your 'magic'...do you really have no memory of it at all?"

"Magic... Um, sorry Hiro-chan, I didn't mean to hide it, but I really don't know what my magic is... I know I can absorb witch genes, but other than that..."

Emma lowered her head in embarrassment. She had no intention of hiding her magic; she was genuinely clueless about it.

—Has the memory been 'forgotten'...?

Hiro frowned, and after a brief moment of thought, she sighed and, as if making a decision, took a photograph from her pocket. It was the photograph that Hiro had retrieved beforehand from a hidden optical blind spot in the library, based on the Second Master's memories, and it reflected the figure of the Great Witch Yuki.

While Xiaoxue's forgetting magic is very powerful, its effectiveness seems to diminish significantly once its presence is detected by a third-party observer. Perhaps this method of observation could also break Xiaoxue's control over Emma's memories.

Although considering their mental state and other issues, this photo cannot be shown to Meruru or Chang Rong for the time being, it shouldn't be a problem for Emma.

"Try again, Emma. Look at this photo and think back to your conversation with Xiaoxue."

"Xiaoxue? Wait, isn't this Xiaoxue in the photo? Why is she here—oh, Xiaoxue…!"

As Emma Sakura looked at the photo Hiro handed her, and saw the girl with long, snow-white hair in the picture, a dusty box in her memory suddenly loosened—

Kind Emma, ​​pure Emma, ​​good girl Emma... Meeting you, meeting Shiro, is the second happiest thing that happened to me after I planned to destroy humanity, second only to meeting Rong.

[My time is running out. Spreading magic and witch genes has made it impossible for me to maintain my body. And from the very beginning, I designed this process to be irreversible... Heh, how reckless of me.]

Heero is destined to be the 'hero' who can correct everything, but only if... someone can protect her until she reaches the right path, and that mission is entrusted to you, Emma.

I'm entrusting this magic to you personally, because if it's you, it'll definitely be fine. If it's you and Hero... then definitely...

By the way, the name of this magic is 'Witch Slayer', so remember not to use it carelessly!

"Magic is—the witch slayer..."

"So that's how it is...!!"

After a moment of disorientation upon seeing the photo, Emma uttered the magic that Meruru claimed to possess—the Witch Slayer.

That was a magic capable of stripping away the witch factor and obliterating those possessed by it, a magic that, like a tyrant, decided the life and death of all things.

Her suspicions were confirmed: the Great Witch Yuki personally handed over the button to destroy humanity, the 'Witch Slayer Magic', to Emma Sakura.

Xiaoxue is searching for her own death reversal magic because she wants to save Changrong, who believes he is already 'dead'.

At the same time, she passed on the witch killer's magic to Emma Sakura—because she no longer wanted humanity to perish, but her magic was destined to be spread. Rather than randomly passing it on to someone, she decided to give the key to Emma, ​​to that kind, foolish girl who wouldn't easily say "go die."

"But why did Xiaoxue deliberately hide this matter...?" Hiro still had one last question, while Emma Sakura, who was beside him, gradually regained her composure after her initial shock.

“It must be because…Xiaoxue doesn’t want me to have too much pressure,” Emma said softly, clasping her hands together.

"Xiaoxue trusts me. She believes that even if I don't know about the 'Witch Killer', I would never have the thought of killing anyone... That's why Xiaoxue erased my memories of the Witch Killer's magic to keep me from worrying, right?"

"—That's exactly the kind of thing that person with a conflicting left and right brain and who's so indecisive would do, really."

Hearing Emma's explanation, Hiro sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"This guy is really... Even if she's a friend, friends still need to be punished when they make mistakes, right?"

"Huh? Is that so..." Emma blinked, wondering what Hiro was planning to do with his suddenly serious expression.

"Since that's the case, let's punish that idiot Xiaoxue. That guy seems to really be childhood sweethearts with Chang Rong, so... after we find a way to summon the Great Witch and 'drag' Xiaoxue back—in front of her, devour her childhood sweetheart completely, leaving not a drop, not a bite, so that this guy can only watch as she sheds her pearls... Understand, Emma?"

Hiro snorted coldly.

"Waaaah... This... this kind of thing... I have to be included!"

Emma Sakura nodded vigorously, already itching to summon the Great Witch right now and then severely punish and torture this nobody.

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Thanks to Chenguang Moxin for the sudden, unexpected help, hehe, I don't have to go to work.

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189. A giant treasure chest is looming in front of me.

"Achoo...! What's going on? This feeling of being watched by countless eyes..."

Chang Rong sneezed, feeling as if she were being watched by some powerful figure. However, considering this was the Witch Island, a place renowned for its outstanding people and beautiful scenery, it wouldn't be surprising if she really was being watched by some veteran observer.

It must be the gaze of a seasoned veteran, not the secret planning by his companions to help him with his 'memory recovery technique'...

But if it's really as Heero said, wouldn't that be a complete vicious cycle? I don't want to take that step with the prospective witches before I regain my memories, but if I don't take that step, I can't regain my memories... Isn't this a dead end?

Anyway, let's consider something else first, at least until Emma and Arisa's affection level reaches 99...

After leaving the basement, Chang Rong took another look at the favorability list. He noticed that after the recent turmoil, Emma and Arisa's favorability had both reached 90/100, seemingly just one step away from 99.

Strangely, however, the favorability ratings of those who had already reached 99 remained completely unchanged. Perhaps... perhaps what Hiro said was true in some sense, that one must go through some kind of 'special event' to regain their memories/reach 100 favorability?

Doesn't this mean... if I want to meet all the conditions for summoning the Great Witch, I need to... cough cough cough!

Forget it, forget it, let's not think about whether there are people or not for now... I'm a Sigma man, not some crazy guy who jumps 13 ships in one go!

Chang Rong shook her head vigorously, focusing her attention on the tasks at hand.

Thanks to Emma, ​​the animal-based healing therapy was immediately effective. Chang Rong, no longer troubled by the witch factor, left the underground cell that had almost become a brothel and immediately went to the infirmary to check on Meruru on Ice.

"Oh dear~ Isn't this our patient number 2? Is it really okay for him to just swagger into the infirmary like this? He was explicitly forbidden from visiting patients and was told to rest properly."

As soon as Chang Rong entered the infirmary, she heard Bao Shengma's signature mature yet slightly seductive voice.

A purple-clad girl, who looked quite sophisticated, sat upright on the sofa, holding a book in front of her. She looked at Chang Rong with interest and greeted her.

"No problem, I'm the number one Sigma man on Witch Island, this little injury is nothing!" Chang Rong quickly raised his left arm and made a muscle-flexing gesture, using this method to prove that he was not someone who would break at the slightest touch, but a powerful man with terrifying combat endurance.

“I see, the number one man... although there aren’t any other women on this island, huh?” Baosheng Mag smiled and nodded, not intending to linger on the topic any longer.

"How is Meruru, Mag?"

"Oh dear... it's not very good."

When talking about Meruru on Ice, Baosheng Mag put away his previous playful and teasing expression and looked seriously at the hospital bed not far away.

"Although her body temperature and breathing are still normal, it seems that Meruru has been having nightmares ever since she fell into a coma. It's really heartbreaking to see her like this..."

Marg closed the book and placed it on the table. She got up and walked to the bedside of Meru on Ice, who was lying in the hospital bed, and said with concern.

Looking in the direction of Marg, Chang Rong noticed that the blonde nun angel lying on the hospital bed was indeed in a somewhat strange state.

At this moment, Meruru on the ice had removed the loose white headscarf from her head and placed it aside, revealing her long golden hair spread out and pressing down on her body. Her hands, clad in white silk gloves, were clasped together and crossed in front of her chest as she lay flat, making her look like a devout believer still praying.

It wasn't until now that Chang Rong realized that, like Hasumi Ryoa, Ice Meruru was an absolute 'static beauty'.

If you disregard her dementia-like educational background and her jellyfish-like behavior of constantly dropping tiny pearls, then Ice Meruru... is truly beautiful, even possessing a touch of holiness.

However, Meruru's expression at this moment was somewhat unsettling. Her eyes were closed with an unnatural force, large beads of sweat occasionally appeared and dripped from her forehead, and her breathing was rapid and heavy. This expression did not look like prayer at all, but rather more like that of a criminal being judged at the gates of hell.

"Waaah... Great Witch... Why... Please don't abandon me... I'm sorry... Please don't hit me... I don't know... I'm so sorry..."

Scattered fragments of rambling thoughts escaped Meruru's lips. Although these words were too fragmented to form coherent sentences, the sense of guilt and despair in these fragmented words could easily be conveyed to anyone who overheard them.

"The child was sweating and talking in her sleep, as if she was trapped in a nightmare she couldn't wake up from. To be honest, this situation is hardly normal. But... well, I don't know what I can do for her. At most, I can only help wipe her sweat."

Baosheng Mag took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from Meruru's forehead, who was trapped in a nightmare. Then he shook his head and said in a somewhat dejected tone.

"Nightmare..."

Looking at the utterly unfamiliar and extremely fragile ice-bound Meruru in front of him, Chang Rong felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest.

"So, after seeing such a pitiful and helpless Meruru, how do you feel now, Brother Changrong? The torment that Meruru is suffering right now is all because of you. She is constantly being tormented by nightmares in order to heal your wounds. What are your thoughts on this?"

Suddenly, Baosheng Mag changed her tone. She looked at the white-haired boy, her purple eyes casting a repulsive and resistant gaze like a python as she stared intently at Chang Rong. In a tone that sounded like a joke, she uttered an extremely sharp question.

"It is indeed my fault. If I had been more careful during the exploration, if I had understood my own constitution beforehand, Meruru would not be in such a painful coma now."

Chang Rong clenched her fists, her eyebrows almost furrowed as she responded to Bao Shengma.

Although Chang Rong had just told Naiye Xiang not to get caught up in self-destruction and not to take the blame for the harm done to others.

However, as the saying goes, those involved are often confused while bystanders see things clearly. When it came to Chang Rong himself, he found it difficult to extricate himself from the torment that Meruru was currently experiencing on the ice.

"Oh dear... I was just saying it casually, Chang Rong, you don't need to agree so readily, right? Nobody should blame you, is it? Admitting it so easily is a bit too naive, isn't it? If you keep this up, one day you'll be fooled until you're left with nothing but your underwear, Chang Rong?"

Baosheng Mag said with a smile.

"Well, underwear and stuff have nothing to do with this... Besides, this is Witch Island, there won't be any other scammers here..."

Chang Rong quickly retorted that apart from the mysterious woman with false evidence and the mysterious woman with false voice, everyone else was a pure, kind, and good child.

At most, Emma would lie to herself about hugging and kissing, Arisa would lie to herself about whipping and torturing her, Noah would lie to himself about taking sleeping pills and becoming a nude model, and Coco would lie to herself about being her older brother—

...It feels like Witch Island is starting to resemble a scam park.

"Speaking of which, you really do care about Meruru, Chang Rong. According to Hiro, you seem to be a veteran who has participated in more than one witch trial. If that's the case, don't you hate the mastermind behind it all, Ice Meluru? After all... she personally destroyed everyone's wonderful lives... Heh. Perhaps even Chang Rong was once deceived by her seemingly harmless appearance?"

Baosheng Mag smiled and looked at Chang Rong, his eyes fixed on the white-haired boy, trying to discern the truth from his answer.

"Perhaps that's true. In fact, when I first saw Meruru on Ice, I did feel a kind of instinctive aversion, but... um?"

Chang Rong was interrupted halfway through his sentence. He had only intended to gently separate Ice Meluru's hands, which were resting on her chest, to her sides to make her breathing easier. However, when he placed his palm on the back of Ice Meluru's hand, her breathing visibly became much more stable, even though she had been talking in her sleep and shaking her head with a fearful expression from time to time.

"Meruru...?"

Chang Rong opened his hands and grasped the crossed palms of Melulu on the ice, and the frequency of Melulu's chest rising and falling did indeed become visibly much slower.

"Mmm... Chang Rong-san... let's... together, Great Witch..."

Although Meru's rambling on the ice continued, her tone of voice, breathing rate, and the sweat on her forehead were all greatly relieved.

"Oh dear, it seems our Sleeping Beauty Sister has found a sleeping pill to calm her down~?"