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

"I haven't even had a chance to decide whether to steal a few yet—ugh!"

Clang!

Arisa's return to reality wasn't smooth; when she looked back, she didn't notice her feet and kicked a can of paint directly onto the ground.

"Tsk...wait...? Perhaps..."

Upon noticing the spilled paint, Arisa immediately picked up a rag and bent down to wipe it up. However, she froze as if a mysterious switch had been flipped, and then, for some reason, turned her head and stared at Chang Rong with an expectant look and flushed cheeks.

——?

Chang Rong was a little confused by Zifang Arisa's slightly hypocritical behavior, but he just sighed, picked up a bucket and mop, and went to the paint to start working on it.

"Hey... what are you doing...?"

Arisa Fujito stared wide-eyed at Chang Rong, who was cleaning up her mess, incredulously.

"Oh, you've already done a great job today, Wisteria. Leave the rest to me."

Chang Rong smiled and responded to Zifang Arisa.

—How about it! My textbook-level Galahad smile for the Wood male protagonist! My textbook-level Galahad speech for the Wood male protagonist! How do you feel, how do you feel, Arisa!

Thinking it was a good time to boost favorability, Chang Rong immediately declared, "Watch my moves!"

And Arisa Fujito is—

"...No, that's not right."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"That's not how it is in Gala Gemuri!!"

With a loud bang, a ball of flame shot out from Arisa's fingertips.

"Huh—uh, what—!?"

"Why are you being so gentle with me! You should have scolded me harshly, called me a good-for-nothing who can't do anything right, slapped me across the face, and then told me to get as far away from this jinx as possible!!!"

"No... uh—what!?"

Ga1la gave Mu Ling a master; Chang Qi Rongba's thoughts were overloaded, like opening 95 windows at once to watch the complete series of New Three Kingdoms.

He couldn't understand what Arisa's outburst meant, nor could he figure out where he had made a mistake in his own play.

But at least Chang Rongming understood that if he didn't do something, in a few seconds he'd probably be roasting lamb—or roasting rabbit!

While other girls were appreciating the inherently cowardly, innocent, and prickly nature of Arisa Wisteria, Chang Rong was busy figuring out how to launch a sneak attack and deliver a critical hit. Therefore, he was unaware of Arisa Wisteria's deceptive nature.

Even knowing this, Chang Rong, who was almost sent to the national highway by Shirley Tachibana's punch before, probably still wouldn't choose to sit idly by and wait for death in the face of a real threat.

—Why can't I understand a word this guy is saying... Wait, this sudden outburst and then this sexual assault-like behavior—isn't that just the reaction of having something taboo stepped on!?

Because just now, my mind was filled with thoughts about the taboo, so I almost instantly connected Arisa's abnormality with the taboo.

The agitation caused by the taboo was instantaneous, meaning that just now, one of his actions had caused Arisa to expose her taboo.

—What did I do? I was just very gentle…gentle?

Combined with Arisa's inexplicable and nonsensical remarks, an idea that sounds absurd but is logically consistent emerged.

—Because the transformation into a witch caused by breaking taboos is extremely dangerous. Although Rhea-sama was able to suppress this impulse, Hosho Mag couldn't. I can't hand over the initiative to the other party in a 50/50 situation!

Chang Rong made up her mind in an instant.

If Arisa's taboo is 'being treated gently,' then what I need to do now is...

What I'm about to do is so absurd that it's highly likely to get me killed in society.

But if you do nothing, the chances of being physically eliminated are much higher...

We have no choice but to give it our all!

Snapped! ! !

A crisp sound came from the studio.

"You...you—"

Just a second ago, Arisa Fujito had a ferocious expression, trying to purify everything with flames. She felt a burning pain on her left cheek. Her eyes widened as she stared in disbelief at the white-haired boy in front of her.

"What do you mean, 'you'? Are you the kind of childish person who starts a fire just because they're in a bad mood, hoping others will comfort them?!"

Chang Rong raised his right hand, and it was this arm that had just touched the girl's soft face—but he didn't control the speed well, and a crisp slap sound was accidentally heard.

"You, you hit me..."

"What's wrong with hitting you? Do you expect me to say something like, 'Arisa has already tried her best and doesn't need to fight anymore,' and then you'll obediently become docile?!"

Chang Rong did a 180-degree spin, spreading his arms and facing away from the wisteria. He then said, "I'm talking to the neighbor, Liu Qi's dad."

"I, I'm not that kind of person—"

Snapped! !

With another sharp crack, Chang Rong used the back of her hand to slap Zifang Arisa's cheek symmetrically.

"You, you hit me twice... Even my father never hit me...!"

The sudden double slap caused Arisa Shito to remove her mask, place her hands on her cheeks, and her voice trembled.

Chang Rong also stared nervously at Arisa Fujito, swallowing hard. He didn't know if his gamble was right, but if Arisa Fujito really had become a 'witch,' her abilities were far too dangerous. He couldn't just run away; in the worst-case scenario, it could even implicate everyone.

"I was hit, hit again, and then severely scolded..."

Arisa Wisteria's will is being tested—

"Great, great! Please, please continue to scold me like this, teach me a lesson severely—!!!"

"--ah?"

Chang Rong's brain, which had been painstakingly reprogrammed, hadn't even had a chance to start when it was completely frozen by a blue screen.

"I knew it...! You wouldn't cover up my crimes, but would punish me mercilessly, leaving me utterly devastated—"

"No, you get cold first—wailing!"

Arisa Zifang stretched out her hands and pounced directly on Chang Rong.

If a man lunges at you with his arms outstretched, your brain will interpret him as a strongman seeking a fight and thus take evasive action.

If a woman swings her fist at you, your brain will identify her as Tachibana Sherry/Tachibana Sherry variant and take emergency evasive action.

But the current situation is that a lovely girl opened her arms and rushed towards him.

thump!

Chang Rong was tackled to the ground by Zifang Arisa. The white-haired girl's cheeks were even redder than her pupils, and even her breathing became heavier and heavier.

"Keep going, keep insulting me, keep correcting me, keep beating me hard... Brother Chang Rong!"

Chang Rong never imagined in his life that when a cute young girl is riding on his back, wholeheartedly craving his attention, care, and love, he, the male protagonist, would say such things in this situation:

"Eeeeeeeeeee, you, you, don't come any closer!?"

It was exactly the same thing that Sawatari Coco said when she was pinned against the wall.

"I accidentally left the data cable here, did you even check—wait a minute?"

As soon as Cao Cao arrived, Hakimi appeared. Ze Du Keke returned to the studio with her phone. Before she could even complain, the first thing she saw was Chang Rong, who was being pinned to the ground by Zifang Arisa, wailing and resisting with his mouth open and eyes closed.

Then there's Arisa Shito, straddling Chang Rong, her cheeks flushed unnaturally, panting heavily as she relentlessly demands violence and abuse from him.

"..." "..." "..."

After a deathly silence, Chang Rong immediately crawled out from under Zi Teng Arisa.

"Coco-chan! First of all, everything you just saw had a reason! Secondly, you've come at the right time. Arisa Fujito's brain is stuck, and she's in a super weird situation right now. Let's run away together!"

The white-haired rabbit looked somewhat flustered, though at first glance it didn't seem much different from usual, just a bit disheveled. But for some reason, in Zedu Keke's eyes, Chang Rong at this moment resembled a terrifying, abusive domestic man in disguise, a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Although this doesn't explain why Arisa was riding on top, the things Arisa said, and her face turning as red as if she'd been slapped—that's the only explanation.

Oh right, besides, this guy seems to have always been a wolf in sheep's clothing, he's never acted like that.

"No...no...! I just want to be—uh...uh...!"

After being interrupted by Sawatari Coco, Arisa's feet left the ground, her witch factor dissipated, and her intelligence regained its dominance.

She seemed to want to explain something, but her cheeks, redder than the fireplace, and her stammering, incoherent speech had a completely different meaning in Zedu Coco's eyes:

If you keep arguing, I'll push you away too!

Ze Du Ke Ke blinked, looking at Chang Rong, who was trying to take her away and was either a victim or a perpetrator, and then at Shi Tou Arisa, who seemed to want to say something but couldn't, before making what she thought was the most appropriate reaction:

"Hey hey hey hey you two perverts, stay away from me!?"

That is, no one believed him, and he ran away while breathing heavily in fear.

Watching Zedu Coco run away in a panic, Chang Rong understood three things.

1. Ze Du Coco's taboo is not being hit by a data cable.

2. Arisa Wisteria's taboo is probably being spoiled.

3. If I don't capture Zedu Coco here, my taboo will become [being brought up today's events].

With this in mind, Chang Rong risked his life on a societal level and desperately chased after Ze Du Ke Ke.

"Eek 2 eh 9 eh K Fei Qi want Liu to chase after Jiu Lai Yi to kill 9? Umbrella!?" "Liu, if you don't run, I won't have to chase you!" "If you don't chase me, I won't run!" "I don't believe you!"

The sounds of their arguing gradually faded away at the end of the corridor.

As for Arisa Wisteria—

—What did I just do?!

The girl, who looked like a delinquent, lay sprawled on the ground, truly transforming into a hedgehog, curling herself into a ball and wriggling continuously.

I've decided that before everyone else completely sees me as a pervert, I'll just drink myself to death with Oddi sleeping pills...!

But, however...

Arisa Shito touched her cheeks, which still felt slightly hot and stinging, and the temperature of her face continued to rise.

This wasn't caused by magic; rather, it's impossible that it was caused by magic.

Arisa Wisteria's magic can ignite everything, but it cannot ignite herself.