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

“That’s right. Chang Rong is essentially driven by the witch factor, so only the witch factor can accelerate his recovery. In other words, if we want this guy to get back on his feet sooner, perhaps the suggestion that Ice Meluru made earlier is the most reliable.”

"My suggestion... eh, waaaaaah...!? Really...?" Meru looked confused at first. She tilted her head and thought for a long time before finally remembering that her 'suggestion' was actually—to kiss a fan.

"Hehehe, Hiro, you're really something, going to such lengths to make up so many excuses just to kiss Watson~"

"Hiro-chan...you really should go and get some rest, shouldn't you?"

"Onii-chan, yes, that's definitely the type of constitution, but that's what they say..."

The crowd began to discuss Hiro's remarks, and the reception room quickly became extremely noisy.

"I'm not asking you to actually try to kiss that idiot rabbit! My point is that intense emotional changes can increase the concentration of witch factors, and high concentrations of witch factors can be absorbed by the idiot rabbit as fuel to restore its body."

Hiro gritted his teeth and rubbed his eyebrows, saying that judging from the reactions of this group of people just now, quite a few of the prospective witches couldn't hold back and wanted to sneak away and steal the food.

"So, the idea is to find a way to make Chang Rong's heart flutter with romantic feelings? Oh my, that's really... a wonderful treatment method!"

Baosheng Mag asked with a smile, looking eager and itching to try it out.

"If possible, please try to use some more robust methods, okay..."

Why did Marge come here too? I thought she wouldn't be very interested in this kind of 'troublesome matter'.

Hiro complained helplessly, while secretly glancing at Baosheng Mag.

A few days ago, when Chang Rong designated Mag to serve her in bed (?), Hiro and Coco were quite dissatisfied, after all, Mag's uncertainty was too great.

However, when the two of them went to peek later that day, they didn't find anything strange. On the contrary, Marge was super well-behaved and gentle, just sitting next to Chang Rong and quietly watching over her, which surprised the two of them.

Afterwards, Mag didn't show much unusual behavior, which gradually convinced Hiro that Chang Rong really just wanted to chat with Mag and get to know her better.

"I...I understand...If this will help Lord Changrong recover sooner, then...I am willing to offer myself as a sacrifice! Let me atone for my sins...!"

After hearing this, Ice Meruru clasped her hands together, pretended to pray, and then prepared to go back to the infirmary.

"Hey, you trying to eat and take again, stop her...wait, Hiro?"

Hannah Tono's eyes widened. She hadn't expected that Hiro would just stand by and watch Meruru run away without doing anything or making any move.

You should know that this Yamato Nadeshiko is the one who usually breathes out the most fiercely to protect her food.

"Just leave it alone." Hiro snorted coldly, too lazy to explain.

A short while later, everyone saw Meruru float back, crying. The arrogant angel had been reduced to her original form, turning into a sobbing jellyfish once again.

"Waaaaah... Lord Chang Rong... he rejected me so harshly... waaaah..."

Meruru said as she dropped the small pearls, while Hiro was not surprised by the result at all. She shrugged and spread her hands, striking a smug pose like a red-clad prosecutor.

"See? That idiot rabbit is infuriatingly conservative when it comes to emotions, and he's the type who doesn't like to ask for anything. He would never accept a reason like 'absorbing our witch factor to heal his injuries.' But on the other hand, if it were a situation like 'I'm dying and I need CCB to live,' he would probably do it without hesitation and even force it."

Hiro explained Meruru's defeat by saying that she didn't know Chang Rong well enough and didn't realize that in this situation, Chang Rong would definitely refuse the invitation more seriously than usual.

"I understand! I'll just say I'm about to die and I won't get up unless Watson hugs me!"

"Hey you, you gorilla woman!!"

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Sherry immediately felt like she was the most powerful person in the world, and happily rushed into the infirmary with a magnifying glass in hand, before Hannah could even stop her.

A few minutes later—

"Ugh... you idiot Watson...!"

Tachibana Sherry, unusually, showed a cute, frustrated expression as she walked out of the infirmary.

"Watson is really despicable... Not only did he secretly prepare a rope to suppress the magic, but he also forcibly spoiled the mystery of the detective drama I was watching as 'punishment for having an episode'... How could there be such a Watson who rebels against Sherlock Holmes!"

Even the mysterious strong woman was defeated, so it seems that Chang Rong's strict defenses should not be underestimated.

"No wonder Hiro-chan is unusually unenthusiastic and passive today... Is it because Hiro-chan is self-aware enough to know that she definitely won't get Chang Rong-kun's permission to get close...?"

"...Emma! Oh well, you guys can give it a try. As long as you can get that idiot rabbit excited and you're also incredibly excited, you'll probably be able to transfer the witch factor to provide him with a healing acceleration."

Nikaido Hiro waved her hand. She told everyone about this behind Chang Rong's back to keep Chang Rong in the dark. From his perspective, he would probably just wonder if today was some kind of prank holiday, with everyone lining up to give gifts.

As for himself... just as Emma said, no matter how much he wriggled, he probably wouldn't be able to make Chang Rong feel the so-called 'emotional excitement'.

After leaving the living room on her own, Hero went to the kitchen. She took out a rag and cleaning solution and began wiping away the small grease stains on the stove.

—Thinking about it carefully, the relationship between me and that idiot rabbit... could it be that I've always been the one unilaterally holding him hostage?

Since this regression began, I've almost always been the one to actively interfere with his thoughts and actions, regardless of Chang Rong's own ideas. It's just because I took the idea that 'we have an intimate relationship like lovers' as a given fact, that I've been interacting with Chang Rong based on that fact.

But how does that idiot rabbit see himself...? Could he have always just been... a 'troublesome friend who's a little hard to deal with'?

Hiro's thoughts were in complete disarray; all she could do was keep wiping the kitchen, over and over again.

Late at night, Hiro lay in bed. It seemed that none of the other aspiring witches around her had managed to get Chang Rong to groan; instead, they had all been quite exhausted by it.

Isn't this no different from before? He has saved himself time and time again with ease, but I can't even find a way to make him feel at ease and recover his health as soon as possible.

Just as Hiro's thoughts were in turmoil, her phone suddenly lit up, and a message appeared on the screen.

[Idiot Rabbit]: "Are you asleep, Hiro? I have something I want to talk to you about."

"—"

I knew he had feelings for me! I'm the one and only champion!

Hiro immediately jumped out of bed and rushed straight to the infirmary.

And when she arrived at the infirmary—

"I don't know what's wrong with me today. Is it because the rainy season is over and it's XX season again...? Everyone seems so strange...?"

Chang Rong leaned against the bedside, the white-haired boy muttering softly with a conflicted and confused expression on his face. Judging from the somewhat messy bed beside him, it seemed that he had just gone through one fierce battle after another.

"Some people suddenly claim that doing this or that can cure all diseases, while others say they have a hundred diseases and need to do this or that to be cured... What on earth is all this nonsense..."

Chang Rong sighed, rubbing her forehead. She was afraid she would never be able to get used to the intermittent episodes of these aspiring witches.

"Yeah... how could that be?" Hiro whistled, wiping away cold sweat as he responded nonchalantly.

"Anyway, Chang Rong, what do you want from me? Staying up at night is definitely 'wrong'."

"I--"

Chang Rong looked at Xi Luo and swallowed hard.

"I want to come and keep my promise to you."

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One thought to the Dragon Zone

211. Don't try to seduce me, I'm already taken.

Earlier—

"Lord Chang Rong...Lord Chang Rong..."

"Hmm... Meruru... What's wrong? Have you finished chatting?"

After Nikaido Hiro suddenly fell ill, and the bottom-level streamer Meow Dream took over the account and dragged everyone away, only the warden and Chang Rong remained in the infirmary. Having finally found some peace and quiet, he quickly fell asleep.

However, this hard-won peace did not last long. Meruru's whispers in his ear were like loaches burrowing into the soil, slowly seeping into his brain and eventually waking him from his dream.

"No, we didn't talk about anything. It's just that I suddenly wanted to find Master Chang Rong..."

"Looking for me? —Wow, our faces are so close!?"

Chang Rong opened her eyes groggily, then was startled by the incredibly close-up headshot of Ice Slide Meruru, which was almost touching the tip of her nose.

"I thought the sound was coming from the doorway...? Meruru, do you also possess the magic to manipulate sound?"

Chang Rong struggled to sit up, frowning as she asked curiously.

"Ah... well, it's because I used to try to persuade others, but at first I would always get caught red-handed and punished because I was too close. So, I deliberately learned how to create this sense of distance contrast..." Meru explained softly.

"Uh... never mind, I won't comment on the past for now." At times like this, all you need to do is smile, and Chang Rong chose to face this behind-the-scenes man who often put her in a difficult position.

“Um, Lord Changrong… actually, I really think that ‘treatment method’ I mentioned before is really reliable… I’m definitely not just confident because Miss Hiro affirmed it…”

"The previous treatment methods—weren't they just simple kissing and even more intimate kissing... What kind of treatment is that!?"

Chang Rong's last trace of sleepiness was instantly and completely jolted awake.

"Please listen to me, Lord Changrong...! This is really based on evidence! It's about your constitution and the witch factor... wait, what's the next part again...?"

Meru on the ice clasped her hands together as if trying to explain, but after uttering only a few words, she looked like her brain had gone blank, and she forgot most of the details of the witch factor absorption and recovery theory.

“Witch Factor Physique… Come to think of it, there seems to be such a thing.” Unlike Meruru, who was struggling to recall, Chang Rong grasped the concept immediately without any instruction, vaguely recalling that there seemed to be a setting where ‘absorbing witch factors accelerates healing’.

“Even so… let’s not do it, Meruru. Absorbing witch factors will make everyone’s energy level drop, right? Let’s not use this kind of ‘treatment’.”

Chang Rong shook her head and refused Meruru's request. However, Meruru seemed to have known this would happen, and immediately took out several bottles and jars from her loose but still revealing pure white dress with her front armor.

"No, it's alright, Master Changrong. Even if you don't want to receive treatment, I have treatment options available for those you don't wish to undergo—"

"Is there such a treatment? What is it?"

“This is it… a powerful sleeping pill…” Meruru said timidly, holding up one of the small blue bottles.

"Is this kind of forced treatment?! Come to think of it, isn't this the same character as Noah? Although our Noah just accidentally swapped in/was just playing around with it."

Chang Rong complained loudly, "The character of the mysterious water-boiled woman is already difficult enough, how can she multiply?"

"Just a small spoonful is enough, Master Changrong..."

"Damn it, Warden, hurry up and call my sister over here!" Seeing Meruru approaching with a mysterious little medicine bottle, Chang Rong quickly sought help from the owl that was still sleeping on her head.

"【Coo coo coo... Hmm? What a docile bird! But if Mr. Chang Rong is being exploited by Lady Meruru like this, I feel like I'll lose my right to build a nest, so I'm sorry, Lady Meruru—poof!?】"

"Hehehe... You're my subordinate, Warden. You can't just switch jobs like that, can you?"

The warden spread his wings, ready to fly away and call for reinforcements, but was immediately grabbed by Meruru and instantly refined.

"As punishment for unauthorized job-hopping, let Warden watch as your own bird's nest is treated to the point of unconsciousness by your superior... Waaah, it must be heartbreaking, right...?" Meruru smiled and tied the Warden aside, acting as a helpless cooing coo.

"【Coo coo, I don't want to see—yes, I'm sorry Mr. Chang Rong, I tried my best, coo…!】" The warden, like a chicken, duck, or goose brought home for the New Year, could only close his eyes and try not to watch the tragedy that was about to unfold before him.

After getting rid of the troublesome messenger, Meruru moved closer to Chang Rong again and began to count the bottles and jars.

"This is a local anesthetic, which will make your limbs feel tingly, numb, and weak; this is a local blood-activating agent, which will concentrate blood in the corresponding area...; this is a nerve catalyst, which will make your skin more sensitive to touch; this is a sleeping pill, which will allow you, Master Changrong, to get some rest..."