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

"Eh, eh!? What, what's going on, Chang Rong-kun? Hiro-chan?"

Before Nikaido Hiro could react, Chang Rong had already taken over and led her away. Sakura Emma was also taken aback by this sudden development. She blinked and finally mustered up her courage to follow.

The three of them hurriedly completed the Dunkirk evacuation in the cafeteria. At the same time, a short-haired girl with a hood and dark circles under her eyes walked into the cafeteria.

"Damn it, that fly girl (Sherry Tachibana) kept muttering weird things all night, and I didn't sleep well at all... Hmm?"

Arisa Wisteria arrived at the restaurant yawning, glancing sideways at the hurried, chaotic footsteps in the corridor not far away.

Meanwhile, Chang Rong, dragging Xi Luo and Emma along, hurriedly ran from the cafeteria to the main entrance.

"Phew... Phew... Thank goodness."

Chang Rong was slightly relieved after confirming that Arisa Zifang had not seen him.

—What a blunder! I almost thought the same thing as Arisa Fujito… I went to the cafeteria early because I was afraid of running into Arisa, but it seems like Arisa also wanted to avoid other people and came to the cafeteria much earlier than usual.

Thankfully, Heero and Emma were there, otherwise I probably would have bumped into Arisa one-on-one in the cafeteria, which would have been so embarrassing.

Thinking of this, Chang Rong looked at the black-haired and pink-haired girl in front of her with immense gratitude.

—No, if it weren't for these two, I would have already finished my breakfast and gone back to my room. Why would I need to go through such a tense and exciting search and raid?

Thinking of this, Chang Rong looked at the two girls in front of her—

"What's wrong with you again, you idiot rabbit?"

"Aww, so sweet!?"

Hiro was furious at Chang Rong's clumsy face-changing performance, so he simply used the Slavic method of repairing light bulbs to repair Chang Rong—that's right, he yanked hard on the light cord (hair).

"Um... putting Hiro-chan aside for now, what was Chang Rong-kun just doing?"

Sakura Emma, ​​along with the timid Liu Sheng, raised her hand to ask, "I am like a shrimp following its master's dog, running to the entrance." But Sakura Emma actually had no idea why Chang Rong suddenly ran away.

"What do you mean by 'let's not talk about Hiro'? I was just... being grumpy when I woke up because of low blood sugar (false evidence), but you really should explain why you suddenly had this attack again."

After a period of commotion, Nikaido Hiro gradually regained his original rhythm.

Faced with this kind of Hiro, both Chang Rong and Sakura Emma had a completely nonchalant expression, as if to say, "We've seen enough, hurry up and take it away."

It's clear that the one who can truly switch between rage and calm is not Hosho Mag, but Nikaido Shiro.

"I'm not having a breakdown... how should I put it—"

Chang Rong had considered revealing the truth to the two of them, just like she had to Ze Du Ke Ke, but considering the presence of Ying Yu Emma, ​​Chang Rong decided to refrain from discussing the "forbidden" matter for the time being.

On one hand, Hiro and Emma don't have Zedo Coco's "clairvoyance," so they might not believe that the prospective witches are destined to kill each other. On the other hand, Chang Rong herself doesn't intend to repeat Rhea's murderous intent to others as testimony over and over again, as that would be too disrespectful to Rhea.

On the other hand, Chang Rong always felt that Sakura Emma... shouldn't be exposed to too much 'malice'.

Of course, he couldn't honestly say, "Arisa Wisteria wanted to pounce on me and then have sex with me."

After a brief moment of thought, Chang Rong came up with the following reason:

"The weather looks really nice today, so I suddenly had the idea to leave everything behind and go out and have some fun! After all, to be honest, I don't think I've ever even left the castle during the day."

"You idiot rabbit, haven't you always been putting everything else out of your mind?" "Chang Rong-jun, does that mean... you want to play with me and Xiluo-chan today?"

Hiro and Emma clearly had different focuses in their remarks about Chang Rong.

"Wait, together...?"

However, it is clear that Emma grasped the key point more effectively. After mocking Chang Rong's empty rabbit head, Shiro immediately focused on the words "play together".

"Um, is something wrong, Nikaido-san and Sakura-san?"

"I, of course I'm fine~!" Sakura Emma was super happy and raised her hand to indicate that she was included.

"If it's just in the morning, that's fine too."

"Doesn't Hiro-chan still need to check everyone's breakfast attendance?"

—Tsk… Sakura Emma!

As always, Emma Sakuraba, with her naive and clumsy demeanor, mercilessly used her argument against Hiro.

However, after experiencing the recent turmoil, Hiro also underwent a period of enlightenment and growth. The person here now is no longer Nikaido Hiro, but...

Three-stage Hero!

"I believe in everyone, after all, everyone has been following the rules during this period."

Hiro responded with a smile, while glaring fiercely at Chang Rong, whose breakfast attendance rate was still negative, with an air of "If you dare to interrupt, I'll interrupt you."

"Um... since everyone's free, let's relax and have some fun this morning! Oh, right, I'll also contact Noah and bring her along—"

"Noah is probably still asleep at this hour. She's in the growth stage, so it's always good for her to get more sleep."

Nikaido Shiro directly interrupted Chang Rong's idea of ​​calling Noah's little cotton-padded jacket over as well.

Meanwhile, in Noah and An'an's cell—

"Achoo! Noah... Could it be that Noah has caught a cold?"

Noah, lying in bed, sneezed and said with some curiosity.

“We told you all long ago not to mess around with that strange guy, and now you’re getting your comeuppance.”

Lying on the lower bunk, Natsume Anan responded softly in a low voice.

"Rongrong isn't a weirdo at all~ Rongrong is Noah's good friend, and maybe she'll become more than just a friend—hey, An'an-chan, what's that~?"

Noah poked her head out to argue with Natsume An'an, and at the same time she noticed that Natsume An'an was holding a glass bottle filled with blue liquid.

"Hmph, this? This is a potion I got from that wildcat, capable of easily taking down 'bad guys'..."

"Ugh, An-an-chan is up to something weird again, yawn... Noah wants to sleep a little longer before Hiro-chan calls him to breakfast~"

Noah Kinosaki wasn't interested in the liquid in her roommate Anan Natsume's hand. She turned over, snuggled back into the covers, and quickly drifted off to sleep again.

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"Then let Noah sleep a little longer~ Oh my, I didn't expect you to be so open-minded sometimes, Nikaido."

Chang Rong happily agreed with Nikaido Hiro, who rarely showed such a gentle side, and then looked at Sakura Emma.

"Then I'll call Miss Tono over. Sakura-kun often plays with Miss Tono, right?"

"No, no need, Chang Rong-jun! Hannah-chan has been busy cleaning up the cells lately, let her get some rest."

Sakura Emma hurriedly tried to stop Chang Rong, while Hiro, who saw this, just snorted coldly.

—Is it becoming increasingly difficult for you to conceal your evil nature, Emma Sakura!

...However, calling Hannah over would indeed make things very troublesome. I'll let you off this time and let others rest properly, which is the 'right' thing to do.

"Tono-san may be from a wealthy family, but she's very earnest and down-to-earth. She's a true Yamato Nadeshiko, completely different from someone else, Desuwa."

Chang Rong looked at her patched-up coat, then glanced at Nikaido Hiro, the Yamato Nadeshiko who only existed in the setting book, and sighed softly.

It seems that the other aspiring witches' costumes are delivered daily by the prison administration, but she only has two or three sets of costumes in total. This differential treatment is quite obvious.

But Hannah Tono was quite happy about it, saying, "This way we can sponsor Zhengda laundry services, right?!" To be honest, I don't quite understand her thinking.

"Then I'll call Rhea-sama over; she'll definitely be alright—"

"She's going to wax the longsword during the day." "Leya-chan said she plans to spend the whole day at the library...!"

Emma Sakuraba and Hiro Nikaido retorted in unison, and then the two stared intently at each other.

—A library, a place completely unrelated to Rhea, would someone like her spend a whole day there? Don't talk nonsense if you can't give false testimony, Sakura Emma…!

—What kind of excuse is waxing a longsword?! Is Rhea-chan going surfing with it?! Your intelligence is completely useless at a time like this, Hiro-chan…!

Both of them were annoyed and yawning at each other for ruining their precious 'private time' with their clumsy false testimony.

However, after listening, Chang Rong nodded and put away her phone.

"As expected of Rhea-sama, even while researching stage play scripts at the library, she still made sure to keep her personal accessories in perfect condition. She is truly elegant."

Chang Rong accepted the false testimonies of both men without any hesitation and merged with them.

After all, considering that she is Lady Rhea, it's not surprising that she would do such a thing!

"Anyway, it looks like it'll just be a few of us slacking off and relaxing during the day today."

Chang Rong herself didn't really want to meet with Nanoha Kaori, Sherry, or Coco. Either meeting them would make things complicated (Nanoha Kaori and Sherry), or it would make her want to hold onto love tightly (Coco).

Unexpectedly, everyone has their own lives, and in the end, this morning's impulsive entertainment time was just me and Hiro Emma.

"But if we're talking about relaxing, where would be a good place to go? I really don't know much about this area."

Chang Rong rubbed her chin, looking at the map on her phone with some confusion.

"Well, if Chang Rongjun doesn't know, how about we go to [Flower Field]?" Sakura Emma mustered her courage and raised her hand to volunteer.

"Hmm...that's indeed a nice place."

Surprisingly, Nikaido Hiro didn't refute her; she nodded in agreement.

"Yin Tingling thinks this is a good place, and if it really is suitable, it might be nice to use it as a place for tea parties later... OK, then it's decided! This morning's activity is to escape the wisteria... to go to the flower field to relax and change the mood!"

Having set his sights on something, Chang Rong excitedly pushed open the front door—

"Pfft...!" "..."

Then I bumped into something soft again.

This time, it's no longer the harmless, slightly scheming pink-haired girl, but a burly, imposing...guard.

"The guard...!?" "Ugh!? Chang, Chang Rong-jun...!!"

Hero and Emma were both startled by the fact that they had bumped into the guard. Although the three of them hadn't committed any illegal acts, bumping into the guard at such close range was still terrifying and made it hard to breathe. Who knew if the guard would judge it as an assault and then violently slam it down with his scythe.

"It's alright, Sakura-kun. It's a 'hairband guardian.' Although it suddenly went crazy once before, it's usually very docile."

Chang Rong looked at the guard with the headband and said, while the guard looked at Chang Rong, then at Nikaido Hiro to Chang Rong's left, and then at Sakura Emma to Chang Rong's right.

"..."

Click!

The mop the guard was holding broke into four pieces.

"...Are you sure it can really be described as 'docile'?" Nikaido Hiro swallowed hard and asked Chang Rong.