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

"--Alas!?"

Hakimi was instantly terrified by the hellish whispers, but before she could activate her thorny back mode, Chang Rong pressed her shoulders down firmly.

"Do you see Nikaido over there? Can you feel that killing intent?"

Chang Rong, holding the cat's head, turned towards Nikaido Hiro, who was eating in a distance with an air of seriousness. After noticing the gaze, the latter immediately put down his fork, wiped his lips with a napkin, and then breathed on 'Zawato Coco'.

"Alas……!?"

Without a doubt, it was indeed a surge of killing intent, as powerful as a fire poker transformed into a god.

"See Sakura over there? Don't you think it's strange that someone as weak as her would harbor murderous intent? Why don't you take a closer look?"

Chang Rong then turned the cat's head towards the pink-haired girl sitting with Hannah. Sakura Emma, ​​who had been smiling sweetly, noticed the gaze and immediately looked at the two of them with a smile. However, as she smiled, a vacant look gradually appeared in the girl's light pink eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey...!?"

Although it is impossible to know where this emptiness comes from, Ze Du may clearly feel this twisted, heretical fear of being 'inhuman'.

Of course, Chang Rong was well aware of why Emma was getting a little irritated again.

Sherry, one of my good friends, is still in jail. Hiro stole my apple early this morning, and not only that, he didn't let Sakura Emma come to Chang Rong's bedroom with him. After breakfast, I have to go to the infirmary to reorganize the medicines that have become a mess for some reason.

Just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm about to explode with stress.

"It's not over yet. See that Rhea-sama over there...? Let's skip this one."

Upon discovering that the handsome golden-haired prince was giving her a thumbs-up, Chang Rong quickly continued to turn Hakimi's head to the side to get rid of him.

"See Natsume An'an over there who rarely speaks to us? While it might not be murderous intent, you can at least sense the malice in her, right?"

"Ugh..."

Sawatari Coco looked at Natsume Anan, who was holding up a sketchbook with the words "Don't bother me" written on it, not far away, and couldn't refute it.

"Finally, did you see Kurobe-kun? She's wiping away some unknown bloodstains from her spear with a gloomy expression, shrouded in mystery. She's the lone wolf who declared from the beginning that she wouldn't travel with the others. That jet-black blade in her hand, the one that decides life and death—who do you think it will be pointed at?"

"Waaaaah..."

Zedu Coco swallowed hard. Her already slightly hunched back became even more hunched, as if she wanted to shrink back right now.

—Why did you get ketchup on your gun barrel and face while eating breakfast, Kurobe-kun? And the bow tie on your collar looks like a pile of poop. Are you trying to steal Sakura Emma's niche? But at least Sakura Emma isn't really that bad at taking care of herself!

Resisting the urge to run over and wipe the ketchup off Kurobe Nanoha's cheeks and fix the bow on her chest, Chang Rong patted Ze Du Ke Ke's shoulder one last time and sat back down opposite her.

"So let me repeat what I said before—I mean, you could easily get secretly strangled like this."

"No, no... I won't be killed... I'll survive this time no matter what...!"

Zedu Coco sounded flustered, and although she was still panting in rebuttal, the force of her kneading was almost the same as a kitten kneading.

—Although in the series of false testimonies just now, no one actually had any intention to kill Sawatari Coco (on the contrary, some people harbored deep resentment towards me...), considering the existence of the instantaneous bombshell of [Witch Transformation], it is indeed a fact that Sawatari Coco's behavior pattern is prone to triggering a bombshell.

Both for public and private reasons, Chang Rong actually wanted to build a good relationship with this troublesome Hakimi.

Personally, I find it very enjoyable to tease Hakimi. The intensity of his breath and the contrast between the tortured minions are simply wonderfully delightful. If I were to also progress towards becoming a witch, I could probably keep the number of cases in single digits just by torturing Zetsu Coco.

As for the public, it's like the Foolish Old Man Who Moved Mountains... cough cough.

On a public level, Sawatari Coco's magic, "Clairvoyance," seems to be more than just what she says, 'being able to gain the vision of those who observe Sawatari Coco through other mediums.'

She possessed a wealth of information that even Kurobe Nanoha, who possessed the [Vision] magic, couldn't obtain, such as—how to kill a witch.

Chang Rong and Xi Luo once reviewed the Baosheng Mag case, and one issue that wasn't raised during the witch trial, but was actually extremely suspicious, was:

Where did Baosheng Mag get the weapon he used to kill Ice Chimimi?

The ice is inhabited by a witch, one of whose defining characteristics is immortality. To kill the witch, specific methods must be employed.

It seems that Zedo Coco had mastered that method from the beginning, but Baosheng Mag stole the fruit and used it to kill the Black Tomb Ice Commissioner.

Zedu Coco herself was too insignificant; she didn't seem like a true 'Black Tomb' or 'Black Tomb MK' at all. Therefore, the way she obtained the most crucial information became something Chang Rong really wanted to figure out. Perhaps this ability could also help her find more information about this body.

So how do you build a good relationship with her?

"Let me be blunt, Coco-chan. Either you keep doing things your own way, or one day you'll get taken down like a soldier."

"……Alas!?"

"Or—come with me, and I'll show you what it's like to be an adult."

"……Alas!!??"

Looking at the terrifying, insane, monstrous, and mysterious white-haired boy in front of her, Zedu Coco wanted to drop her little pearl again.

Volume 1: Chapter 50. The Big Minion Leads the Little Minion to Find Uncle Minion (6K)

"I'm talking about chess... Er... {What exactly do you want to do...? ^ [Master Jiu*Moon-*-~First++Release##Qi's Feeling] Umbrella, could it be... that kind of thing?"

During the free time after lunch, Zedu Koko, with an expression as if she had just eaten Indian food, cautiously and nervously followed behind the white-haired boy.

—7. Suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the four prisons, looking for some strange, abandoned guy on the island. Then, out of nowhere, he had a fit of madness, inexplicably said he wanted to teach me how to stream, inexplicably blew up my stream, and now he's inexplicably dragging me along to do some 'adult stuff'. What sins have I committed...?

—It wasn't like this at all last time! Last time there was neither this strange white-haired guy nor that aggressive black-haired guy (Heero), um... should I try to slip away?

"Coco-chan, your next line should be—run away while this guy's spacing out!"

"While this guy's spacing out, hurry up... meow!?"

Just as Zelongdu Liuke was plotting how to escape, he was startled by Chang Rongliu's words and immediately bristled with fur, letting out a wail as if his tail had been stepped on.

"How rude of me, I wasn't spacing out. I was just thinking about what I should do for you next." Chang Rong said with a smile as she rubbed her chin.

"Eek...cold...two!? What the hell are you doing...?! You—ah! If we really fight, dealing with a nobody like you is a piece of cake—ouch!"

Ze Du Ke Ke kept trying to maintain her advantage by standing back and forth, but the next second Chang Rong Lü Chong hit her head lightly right in the face.

"Damn it, I've really been underestimated.jpg. I can't beat that hexagonal monster Nikaido, but that doesn't mean you've gotten stronger, Coco-chan! Manipulating a kitten is a piece of cake for me. If you really want to win back, go transform into a witch!"

"Ugh...what is this...?"

—Does this guy even have the sense of shame that a 'human' should have?! Why can he so brazenly use his male identity to knock me on the head, and then act like some kind of superior being???

For a moment, Ze Du Ke Ke even wondered if Chang Rong had inherited the true teachings of Confucius, how could he bully a girl and still act so brazenly and even arrogantly.

While others would still hold their noses and maintain a hypocritical and ridiculous but "civilized" relationship with Ze Du Ke Ke, saying things like "we're such good sisters on the surface, and there will never be another good sister like this," the monstrous white-haired rabbit in front of them was an absolute anomaly.

No arguing, no showing mercy, no backstabbing, no decency. If you dare breathe on me the first time, I'll pin you against the wall; if you dare breathe on me the second time, I'll punch you hard; if you dare breathe on me the third time…

Zedu Coco swallowed hard, not daring to think any further.

If I had to say what I learned during my time with Chang Rong, it would be that this guy's bottom line seems to be something you'd have to dig a few hundred meters deeper into the basement of the prison, maybe even in front of the fog gate of the Son of the Ominous in the royal city's sewers, to see his lost humanity.

And yet, this very thing, this strange ghost, somehow, without any preparation, mindlessly charged in with a basic attack to start the fight…

I'm so stupid, really.

"Ahem, okay, I accidentally went too far with the teasing again. Should I say it's because Coco-chan's feedback was too good?"

—Don't use the word 'feedback' to describe girls, you crazy rabbit!!

Zedu Coco glared fiercely at Chang Rong, but that was all she did. She was afraid that if she resisted again, this guy might drag her to the Miaomiao House the next second.

Even when Chang Rong's gaze came closer, Ze Du Ke Ke didn't dare to stare anymore and could only look away unwillingly and humiliatedly.

"In short, the so-called 'adult feeling' simply means doing what a normal person should do."

"...?"

A big, round question mark popped up above Hakimi's head.

"Coco-chan has such a silly look on her face, but I thought of that too, so it's better to use quotations than dry explanations—that's it then, I'll leave the rest to you, Saeki-kun!"

Chang Rong pushed open the door to the entertainment room and spoke to Saeki Miria, a blonde 'hot girl' who was already in the room and referred to herself as 'uncle' in a strange way.

"Well, although I'm not entirely sure what's going on... anyway, Xiao Rong means she's asking me to play a movie that 'meets her requirements,' right?"

Saeki Miria asked Chang Rong with a puzzled yet polite smile.

“That’s right. I heard from Noah that you used to watch horror movies in this recreation room with the little mute. But the projector here looks really hardcore and retro, so I thought I’d ask Saeki for help.”

"'Little mute,' it's An (Natsume An An)... There really is such a thing, haha. An An often drags me to watch those horror movies, and I, an old man, really can't handle it... Luckily, An An has recently started playing with Aya (Noah), otherwise I would have nightmares every night, and even I, an old man, couldn't take it, hehehe."

Saeki Miria's words were calm and kind, yet carried a hint of exhaustion and helplessness, sounding just like a middle-aged office worker who had just finished overtime and stepped off the last bus.

"Yueha? What—what—what a mess of clothes…it’s a movie, and then there’s this weird old man…right, right! Uncle Qi, you have to help me! This guy is a complete madwoman, she’s definitely planning to do this or that to me—!"

At first, Zetsu Coco still looked completely bewildered, but she immediately realized that the woman in front of her, Saeki Miria, who possessed the "exchange magic" and had actually spent some time exchanging lives as a middle-aged office worker, was the most easy-going and kind-hearted person among all the prospective witches.

If I desperately beg her for help at this moment, she, being a kind-hearted person, surely wouldn't stand by and watch me die, right?

Seizing the fleeting opportunity, Zetsu Coco instantly activated her Battle Spinosaurus form, jumped away from Chang Rong, and darted to Saeki Miria's side, loudly accusing the white-haired boy in front of her of being no longer human.

—Even if this old bastard is useless, he can at least hold this guy off for a while, right? Then I can take advantage of the chaos to attract more people, and then I'll see him get severely punished by a group of people again.

—Not only that, but that way this freak will definitely realize that I'm not someone you can bully. Maybe he'll end up being my slave, a servant I can order around at will. Then I can do whatever I want with him, even making him crawl over and lick my toes would be a piece of cake, hehehe…

Click!

The sound of the recreation room door locking from the inside interrupted Coco's hallucination. Hakimi came to his senses and found that Saeki Miria, for some reason, not only did not protect him behind her, but also locked the recreation room door with a key, and then hid the key in front of her chest.

"Lying is wrong, Koko."

"...Huh?"

Watching the 'uncle' wagging his finger and lecturing her with a pained expression, Ze Du Ke Ke realized something:

As an older man, Saeki Miria is not only a kind-hearted person, but also a kind-hearted person with a complete and mature set of values.

"Xiao Rong probably wants to help Xiao Ke, right? Even I, an old man, can see that. Although I don't know exactly what Xiao Rong wants to do, I will definitely do my best to protect this wish of helping others..."

Indeed, Saeki Miria, who possesses a mature and complete set of values, clearly sees Sawatari Coco as a bratty child in dire need of correction, while Chang Rong is the patient and responsible attending physician.

Why did Saeki Miria team up with Chang Rong to lock Sawatari Coco in the entertainment room instead?

Sigh, it's just a difference in perspective.

"You, you, you big-breasted nobody—Eek!?"

Before he could finish his angry words, he felt a familiar touch on his shoulder.

"That's exactly what I like about Coco-chan, isn't it?"

Chang Rong's bright and innocent smile appeared in front of Ze Du Ke Ke.