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

Chang Rong, who originally thought this configuration was flawless and invincible, is now increasingly doubting whether he has made a serious mistake in his judgment.

After the commotion caused by Meruru's unparalleled feminine prowess, Chang Rong began assigning tasks before the battle.

“Leah-sama, your task is to control the line of sight in case of an emergency.”

"No problem, my Romeo! I'll keep your gaze firmly fixed on me, so you won't want to take your eyes off me for even a second!"

"Why are you controlling my gaze?! I'm talking about the gaze of the 'young lady's remains'!"

"Oh...sorry...but if Romeo needs me, I can always hold your gaze firmly...with my superb acting skills—"

"NEXT"

"Eh?!?!"

After distributing the responsibilities to Hasumi Rhea and incidentally sinking the blonde idol, Chang Rong then looked at the twin-tailed young lady Hannah beside her.

“Miss Hannah, you will be in charge of personnel transport in emergencies, also known as ‘ambulances’. After all, only you, Hannah, have the ability to fly regardless of terrain. If an emergency really occurs, the transfer and evacuation of the wounded will be entrusted to you.”

"Leave it to me, desuwa! This time I will do my best to become the perfect suspect that no one can find a single clue about!" Tono Hannah patted her chest and replied seriously, while also making a joke of herself.

"—" "..."

"Um, this isn't funny, Hannah. Everyone's already tired of hearing it—"

"I just don't want to be talked to like that by you, you gorilla woman!"

The ambulance crashed straight into Holmes.

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201. Forgotten Sins

"Uh... Anyway, next up is Nanoha Kaori. Nanoha Kaori, you need to use your spear to restrain the young lady's remains. The remains won't die, so there's no need to worry. Just try to limit her mobility."

“Understood.” Kurobe Nanoka nodded coolly in a brief reply.

—As expected of Nanoha Kaori, she's really cool. However, according to the historical information provided, Nanoha Kaori always messes up at crucial moments, so let's not count on her for now.

Chang Rong smiled and nodded in response to Nanoha Kaori, but in his mind he was already thinking about a backup plan B after Nanoha Kaori embarrassed herself.

According to information provided by Coco, Kurobe Nanoha in the 'first playthrough' almost completely deceived everyone. Everyone thought that Nanoha was a hidden master who roamed around and was nowhere to be seen all day, and that she would definitely make a big splash when the time came.

Then Nanoha was instantly killed by Meruru from behind. She wandered around the knife battle room with a long spear for 5 rounds, and in the last round, the opponent picked up the spear and killed her with a single shot from behind. This is the shameful level of our Witch Island's number one breakthrough operator.

"Meruru and Hannah are in a team. As a battlefield emergency rescue team, you have a great responsibility, so you must do your best. But don't push yourselves too hard; protecting yourselves should be your top priority."

"Well, um, Your Holiness, actually, it's fine for me to be your punching bag... I'm very durable, and I feel great in your hands—"

"Waaaaah... I told you you're a healer, don't even think about pulling the taunt line!" Chang Rong cried again, terrified by the riverbank gameplay.

"Waaaaah... I'm so sorry..."

I've seen quack doctors who only focus on dealing damage and are impatient, but this one only focuses on getting beaten up and then healing himself... wait, so Meruru, you're a paladin?

As for Sherry—

"Hey hey~! The super cute Sherry-chan will blast the veteran lady to smithereens with one punch!" Tachibana Sherry said, hopping around and swinging her powerful right fist.

"Stop fooling around." Chang Rong flicked Tachibana Sherry's forehead with a flick.

"it hurts!"

"Sherry, you're a glass cannon. If you rush in rashly, you'll definitely get burned. Don't cause unnecessary trouble for the rescue team. Sherry, what you need to do is restrain and pull the young lady's remains after your older sister has suppressed them, instead of recklessly charging in."

"Eh... I know..." Tachibana Sherry looked a little unhappy, after all, this arrangement went against her core fighting strategy of "I don't care about this or that, just give me a punch first!"

Although Tachibana Sherry tried to win a damage dealer position by acting cute and rolling around, Chang Rong rejected all her attempts, making her wriggle around like a clown.

No matter what, we can't let Shirley rush in—this thought was unusually clear in Chang Rong's mind.

"Finally, there's our eldest sister—the absolute core of our team. We must focus our attacks around her and strictly adhere to the 5-protect-1 strategy!"

"Hiss hiss~" The headband-wearing guard twisted its tentacles, clearly quite happy.

"As for me, I'm the brains of this team!" Chang Rong said, patting his chest as he spoke last.

"It sounds like it's not very useful!"

"It's not that I'm useless! My role is equivalent to a professor, a prodigy, a trainer, and a summoner! I'm the soul of the team!" Chang Rong quickly explained that he wasn't a pushover.

"I don't really understand, but are these people responsible for providing physical sustenance to the soldiers?"

"Of course not!"

Let's not ask Shirley Tachibana to help anymore. Ever since she got her intelligence, her attacks have become increasingly violent... Oh, she came over on her own, so never mind.

After confirming their respective roles, Chang Rong considered the personnel configuration again. Once everything was settled, the group, led by the guard with the hairband, prepared to head into the depths of the forest.

These are the only truly useful people. Little Stupid Dog Emma is a complete blank slate, and Hero and Coco are both useless information slots. Their only purpose is to take responsibility for committing suicide and starting the day anew if the team is wiped out, but that's the absolute worst-case scenario.

Milia, Mag, and Noah are also a blank trio. Unless some kind of god-tier version like "touching the ground to switch bodies to Gaia and Milia", "blood painter Noah", or "whispering of the ancient god Mag" is developed, which seems to be a money-grabbing scheme released before the server shuts down, they can only serve as cheerleaders.

Arisa's firepower is only good for baking bread. An'an's hypnosis is powerful, but An'an herself is too weak.

After careful consideration, Chang Rong felt that this configuration was perfect, and she had everything she needed.

"—"

As Chang Rong was leaving the entrance hall, he saw a rainbow fixed in the sky directly above the sea of ​​flowers. In that instant, he felt his heart skip a beat.

"What's wrong, Chang Rong?" Tono Hannah noticed Chang Rong's unusual behavior and came over to ask with concern.

"...No, it's nothing. I just thought the rainbow was really beautiful."

Chang Rong shook her head and didn't say anything more, but simply followed the others.

"..."

Meanwhile, Meruru, standing next to Chang Rong, once again wore a thoughtful expression.

To ease the tension of facing the 'remains of a veteran' along the way, someone started a conversation about the definition of 'young lady'.

"In the end, only those who can see anyone as male and then give themselves to someone without hesitation deserve to be called 'big,' right, Watson?"

"Why are you telling me this..."

Sherry Tachibana's definition of a "young lady" is so vague that it's impossible to find a angle to criticize her...

"If it's a young lady... she should at least be like in a manga! Owning a castle mansion, dozens of maids, loyal servants who protect her, and princes who are jealous of her—" Tono Hannah was immersed in the fantasy of shoujo manga.

“But… it doesn’t matter what kind of young lady she is, desuwa! Anyway, they won’t have my stupid knight…” Tono Hannah’s style suddenly changed. She covered her face with a feather fan and secretly looked at Chang Rong and whispered.

"At the very least, one needs to control the entire supply chain to become a young lady, right?" "What kind of supply chain are you talking about...?"

Nanoha Kurobe looked thoughtful, and after a moment of contemplation, she offered her opinion. Chang Rong, however, was hesitant to press further, fearing that asking too many questions might lead to accidentally hearing something she shouldn't, and she might end up being forced to take a hydrochloric acid bath in the tub...

"The Great Witch is the best young lady... Although, although the Great Witch doesn't look very big from any angle, especially compared to me, she is pitifully small... But the Great Witch is still great!" Meru said, placing her hands in front of her chest in a praying posture.

—I have a feeling that Meruru's fervent worship of the Great Witch is cooling down rapidly since our conversation in the infirmary... Is it just my imagination?

Chang Rong looked at Meruru and pondered, "This person who is a fan of the Great Witch seems to be getting more and more perfunctory in his attitude towards the Great Witch. Has he found some new faith?"

"Young lady? Hmm... Speaking of which, when I first became an idol, I heard a rumor that a young lady who was the heiress of a terrifying conglomerate with countless riches also debuted as an idol. However, because her stats were too outrageous, she was banned from existence later. I don't know if it's true or just an urban legend."

Ryota Hasumi rested her chin on her hand, pondering the 'legend of the heiress of a giant corporation' that she had heard when she first entered the industry.

“As for Miss… actually, Hiro really does have the style of a young lady—” Chang Rong pressed her advantage and expressed her opinion, then:

"Are you alright, Chang Rong!? Stop joking, Desuwa!" "Waaaaah... Has Chang Rong-san lost his mind too...?" "Calm down, Watson! Don't say such seriously OOC things, okay?!" "Hahaha, Romeo, you really have a knack for comedy!" "...Did I give you too much?"

It was met with resistance from everyone immediately.

—I'm at my wit's end, Hero... Why have you become known like this?

Chang Rong covered her face helplessly; this was truly a reputation that couldn't be salvaged.

After chatting for a while, everyone arrived at the lakeside in the forest, led by the older sister.

"Hey Watson, is it just my imagination? This place feels so familiar... like I've actually been here before. Not only that, even my manhood..."

"We're here to do serious business, Sherry!"

Why is someone's first sentence all along "I'm hard!"?

"Want to do it?!" "No way!"

"Ugh, Watson, really..." After being rejected for the invitation to a kissing dinner, everyone around her was looking at Tachibana Sherry with eyes that looked like they had seen a ghost, leaving her unable to do anything else. She could only stare blankly at the lake in front of her, trying to calm the inexplicable restlessness in her body.

"It's here again... So that's why my sister's attitude was so strange last time. Is there not only the water ghost senior here, but also the wrecked senior?" Kurobe Nanoha looked at the sign in the distance that read "Water monkeys are present, please do not enter the water" and gradually understood why her sister was acting strangely by the lake during the last mine clearance operation.

"I never knew there was such a place outside the castle. How amazing."

Hasumi Ryoya blinked. She hadn't had time to explore her surroundings yet. At first glance, the lake, forest, and bushes looked quite beautiful. If it weren't for the sign and the towering prison wall next to it, it would really feel like a paradise.

"Waaaah... It's only been a year or two since I took care of it, and so many weeds have grown out of control..."

Meruru, an indigenous person, complained softly, looking around with a tearful expression. It was obvious that the lake used to be much less chaotic.

And just as Meruru was looking around—

"Hmm...?"

A rustling sound came from the bushes at her feet. Meruru looked down in the direction of the sound and saw that a dark green vine had appeared at her feet at some point.

"--careful!!"

Of all the people present, Chang Rong was the first to react.

"Eek...woo, woo-wah!?!"

Before Meruru could understand what the vine meant, the vine suddenly seemed to develop a sense of self and began to wrap around Meruru's ankle.

The vines suddenly contracted towards the lake, and Meruru instantly lost her balance and fell to the ground. In the instant she was pulled away by the vines, a flash of silver light appeared.

"Hmm...!? Holy, Holy Son...?"

Meruru stared blankly at Chang Rong, who suddenly rushed to her side. The white-haired boy now held a sword in his hand, the tip of which was a severed vine.

"Don't just stand there, get up!"

Chang Rong flung the vines off the longsword and tossed it back to Leia, while also casually taking the spear from Naoya's back.

"Bang! Bang—!"