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

Chang Rong pondered the cause of this unexpected scene, then nodded and smiled at the girl with short silver hair.

"—Chang Rong"

The girl moved her throat, opened her lips, and awkwardly uttered a sound, softly calling out the name of the boy in front of her.

"Huh, big sister, can you speak now—"

"Chang Rong... Chang Rong, Chang Rong—"

thump!!

The short-haired girl kept murmuring the boy's name before throwing herself into his arms. She gripped his clothes tightly with both hands, rubbing her head against his chest.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... It's all my fault. I promised to protect you..."

"No, no, please don't do that, Big Sister! Even Meruru wouldn't do something like that anymore!? Don't apologize!"

Chang Rong quickly grabbed her sister's cheek and pulled her away from her. The two looked at each other again.

After a moment of silence, a smile appeared on the white-haired girl's face.

"Well, I won't apologize anymore. If everyone has already forgiven me... then, can we get down to business now?"

"Eeeeeeeee^q^!?"

My dear older sister... As expected of my dear older sister, you've adjusted your mindset so quickly and are you going to start the main quest again...?

Looking at the girl with a happy smile on her lips, Chang Rong instantly emitted a sound effect of a small fry being hit.

Seeing Chang Rong's helpless expression, the girl let out a cute laugh.

"Haha... Chang Rong, you really are cute. Just like Nanoha Kaori, sometimes you can't help but want to cause a little trouble."

The older sister touched her temple and then gently shook her head.

"It's a real pity... because I made a time with Milia, and the magic of the exchange will soon disappear. Although I've fulfilled your request, Chang Rong, it seems there really won't be time for you to do the things adults should do anymore."

Although the older sister regained her original appearance, the time limit for the magic exchange was about to expire.

"Well... I won't break my promise. Now that you've finally shown your adorable true self, I'm ready to respond anytime!"

Chang Rong blushed and swallowed hard. Finally, she mustered up the courage to say the words of a Sigma man, as powerful as an eagle: "If you want to fight, then fight!"

But the girl with short, silver-white hair just shook her head again after hearing that.

"It's so tempting, but... the last remnants of my witch factor have completely disappeared. This is probably the last time I can use the [Transformation] magic, the only miracle."

"The last one..."

Chang Rong frowned. He knew very well that once a prospective witch became a 'remains', she would no longer be able to use magic. Even if she did, it would only be a crude form left over from those remnants. The transformation that his sister was undergoing now might indeed be the last miracle.

"Yes, that's it... So, can you kiss me one more time?"

The girl smiled and asked softly, and the boy did not refuse, nor did he hesitate.

Rather, even if her older sister hadn't made the request, Chang Rong would have definitely done it on her own initiative.

Their cheeks touched once again, but this time the feeling was completely different from the previous two.

The girl clinging tightly to Chang Rong at this moment is the real 'older sister' who accompanied her through the first witch trial and continued to help her during the second witch trial.

Time seemed to stand still, but the girl knew very well that this was not the fulfillment of her wish. The relentless ticking of the second hand on the nearby clock relentlessly proclaimed to her that this almost dreamlike moment of miracle would eventually vanish and end.

"I've finally found you, my dear sister."

The two parted their lips, and Chang Rong looked at the girl in front of her, her tone filled with relief and happiness.

"So you finally found me... I'm so sorry for deceiving you all this time with another identity, Chang Rong. I'm also really sorry for what I did to you, but... well, I don't have even the slightest thought of reflecting on my actions or repenting. Hehe, this must be the willfulness of an older sister, and Chang Rong, you said yourself that I don't need to blame myself or repent anymore, right?"

The girl also gazed at the boy in front of her, and smiled again as she spoke.

"There are so many things I want to say to you, so many things I want to do with you, but... um, don't make that face. Chang Rong, didn't you say there would definitely be another chance, right? So, I will keep waiting until everything you said comes true."

The girl gently held Chang Rong's hand, her tone not saddened by the impending separation, but filled with hope.

All suffering has been forgiven, all sins have been pardoned, and all the past has been moved on—what remains is a bright future that will bring smiles to everyone's faces.

"Wait, at least tell me your real name, right? It's weird to keep calling me 'Big Sister'..."

"Your name—heh, I'll tell you when we truly come together again...how about that?"

The girl's cheeks flushed with embarrassment. She smiled mischievously at Chang Rong and unlocked the infirmary door again.

The next second, the hands of the clock crossed and overlapped, and Cinderella's magic vanished in that instant.

Boom! !

The door, which had just been unlocked, was pushed open from the outside almost immediately. Saeki Miria, panting heavily, observed the infirmary in front of her as the two black sharks on her chest floated in the air.

"Huff, huff... I almost exposed myself in front of Nai... Um, Naiha-neechan... uh, Ryo, are you guys alright...?"

Milia, a prospective witch possessing the [Exchange Magic], tried to regulate her breathing while looking at the headband-wearing guard in front of her and Chang Rong sitting on the hospital bed, asking with some concern.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. My sister and I just chatted for a bit."

Chang Rong pulled the blanket up a little higher and smiled back at Milia.

"Want to chat...?"

"Yes, we talked about it briefly... about miracles, dreams, and love."

Chang Rong looked at the guard with the hairband standing to the side, then smiled and said to Milia.

"His-"

"Hmm, I'm not quite sure... no, but it's good that nothing strange happened... Honestly, Nanoha-neechan, I'll never sign such a bad contract again...!"

Milia rarely complained so unhappily. This guy not only canceled the order but also forced her to comply with the unfair contract. She was losing money hand over fist!

"hiss~~"

Unlike Milia, who was throwing a tantrum, the headband guard remained defiant, responding with a cheerful hum.

If Nanoha were here, she might even find that her older sister is turning the tables and complaining about why Milia didn't give them two more hours, so that Little Rong and Little Little Rong could really be born.

"Phew... No, no, don't suddenly run away for no reason, big sister... Huh, Nanoha Kaori, Chang Rong?"

While the three were 'standing in a standoff', Kurobe Nanoha Kaori rushed into the infirmary looking flustered, only to be immediately taken aback by the strange combination before her.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

"No, please don't suddenly rub my head in front of other people, big sister... I'm not a child anymore..."

Before Naoya Kaori could ask anything, the guard with the hairband came over and ruffled her hair, making her look shy, happy, and embarrassed all at the same time.

—I feel like my older sister isn't as strange as before. Is it just my imagination? But... I always feel like my older sister and Chang Rong are quite intimate. Did something happen between them?

"Chang Rong, did my older sister cause you any trouble?" Naiye Xiang asked curiously, while Chang Rong smiled and shook her head.

"No, no, I just made a small agreement with my older sister."

Chang Rong glanced at the guard with the hairband beside her, exchanged a knowing look with him, and then answered Nanoha Kaori.

"Speaking of which... what is Nanoha Kaori's older sister's name? It's not very convenient to always call her 'older sister'—" Milia suddenly asked with some curiosity.

"Ah, my older sister? Her name is 'Madoka Kurobe'... After all, we're sisters."

Nanoha Kaori responded with a smile, somewhat shyly.

"—"

Then, the next second, the woman with the Mantou Card, whose real name had been lost after the box was opened, approached Nanoha Kaori and, without saying a word, grabbed Nanoha Kaori's cycling hat and frantically pulled it down while trying to start a fire by rubbing sticks together.

"Wait, wait a minute, big sister... Waaaaah... What the hell are you doing all of a sudden...!?"

Nanoha was completely confused. She had only told Milia and Chang Rong her older sister's name, but the next second she was being brutally abused by her suddenly crazy older sister.

"My sister is an idiot...!!"

Confused and disoriented, Nanoha Kaori could only yell at the guard with her messy hair, then stormed out of the infirmary, slamming the door behind her.

"Uh... um... hehe?" After a brief silence, Chang Rong looked at Ms. Kurobe Madoka, made a cute face and tried to pretend nothing had happened.

"Hiss hiss hiss..." The guard with the hairband huddled in the corner, motionless, and started growing mushrooms.

"What, what do you mean...?"

The only outsider, Saeki Miria, was completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.

Thanks to Chenguang Moxin for the sudden, albeit seemingly insignificant, gesture! I'll solemnly accept today's serving of leek dumplings.

Thanks to Admirer for the treat!

I'm planning to find a day in early April to adjust my biological clock; I can't be a West Coast person anymore.

242. Did he even call out for his mother to save his life?

After being rewarded with an "opening package" by her younger sister, the older sister spent some time in the corner planting mushrooms before finally giving Chang Rong a resentful look and leaving the infirmary.

"Um... Xiao Rong, do you know what's going on? I feel like I accidentally stumbled into a new version while I was asleep, I'm completely clueless..."

Saeki Miria, the blonde bombshell who called herself "Uncle" and was left in the infirmary, watched the headband-wearing guard leave with an embarrassed expression before rubbing her hair and asking Chang Rong a question.

"Hmm... it's probably just the usual bumps and bruises that happen between best friends all their lives. It's nothing to worry about, just leave it alone!"

Chang Rong responded in this way, feigning composure.

To be honest, Chang Rong herself felt it was a bit difficult. She had just made a special vow with her older sister, but in the blink of an eye, her younger sister, Nanoha Kaori, had completely broken it up.

When we finally open up to each other again in the future, won't we have absolutely no room for any feelings left, and all that'll be left is a straightforward battle of 'rape!'...?

"Hmm... I still don't quite understand. Anyway, I didn't intentionally get ignored, isolated, or subjected to emotional abuse, right...?"

Saeki Miria repeatedly confirmed that the conflict between Nanoha Kaori and 'Madoka' was really just a playful argument between sisters, and that they weren't deliberately ignoring her, who seemed to be a third wheel.

As the Kurobe sisters left one after another, the infirmary became quiet again, with only Chang Rong still lying on the hospital bed and Milia, who had finally caught her breath.

"Um—speaking of which, is Xiaorong feeling unwell anywhere?"

After confirming that the two mother-in-law sisters wouldn't suddenly return, Milia asked Chang Rong with some concern why they had suddenly come to the infirmary.

"Uh... well, I've been feeling a bit tired lately because I've been too busy, so I came here to rest for a bit and take some vitamins—that's all."

Chang Rong quickly made up a false testimony in response. Although he felt somewhat guilty about how well he was at fabricating false testimony these days, he couldn't possibly honestly say something like, "My dear sister suddenly felt repressed, so she used your cloak to lure me to the infirmary, locked the door, and planned to force herself on me and force myself on me!"

Fortunately, Chang Rong managed to barely hold onto her bottom line through various means. Otherwise, if things had really continued, what the children would call Nanoha and Milia after they were born would be a huge problem... They can't each have their own name, and there might even be a textbook example of a 'biological mother'...

Fortunately, Milia did not suspect anything after hearing Chang Rong's excuse, and instead nodded with a happy expression.