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

The girl immediately grabbed Chang Rong's pillow and covered her chest with it. Her expressionless face stared at Chang Rong as she asked, "What do you mean?"

"Uh……"

Although the two were previously so close they seemed like family, even real family members would feel awkward in this situation, let alone two teenagers of different genders.

What should I say? What should I say at a time like this? How should I face Xiaoxue? Use your brilliant mind, Chang Rong, to think of something!

[Agree]: Yes, I did see it. It's okay, Xiaoxue. She's so cute with her pink and small body!

[Rebuttal]: Sorry, because Xiaoxue was so quiet, I didn't see anything at all!

[False Evidence]: What do you mean by seeing or not seeing? You just feel you've been cheated, right? Fine, I'll show you as much as you want!

[Slaanesh]: Xiaoxue, I like you! Anyway, the atmosphere has been set up, let's start a game!

...Oh dear, it seems my brain couldn't handle such a chaotic scene, so it completely overloaded and went on strike! ^q^

Ultimately, Chang Rong failed to respond correctly within the time limit and was executed on the spot by Xiao Xue. Under Xiao Xue's flushed rising dragon punch, Chang Rong was knocked down with a blissful and peaceful expression, becoming the second victim (?) among this year's prospective witches.

……

After a brief morning of playful interaction, Chang Rong led Sato Yuki, who had been dressed up and looked like a delicate porcelain doll, to the cafeteria.

"Xiaoxue, your swing punch is really impressive. Did you learn it from that gangster movie you watched recently?"

"What a paramecium-like way of thinking, Rong. As a great witch, I also possess the talent for mere human boxing."

"But in regular boxing, you wouldn't knock out your opponent and then strike that weird pose of pulling down your shirt and pointing to your back, right?"

"..."

"Waaaah, don't use a low kick feint to cover up your chin jab attack without warning!?" Chang Rong exclaimed in a panic as she dodged Sato Yuki's double punch.

"I originally wanted to get a nose job, now [squat down], Rong."

"Even if you really need to issue an order, at least next time you could switch the order between 'attempted attack' and 'issue an order', okay... hmm?"

As Chang Rong passed by a cell, he glanced into the room and saw a young girl lying on the double bed inside what should have been an empty cell.

—It's that child who's been sleeping in the playroom all this time. What was her name again…? [Misawa Alice]

It's Alice...

Chang Rong took out his phone and opened the built-in Witch Encyclopedia app to confirm the name of the girl who was still sleeping in front of him.

"Isn't the girl in the dorm with that rich young lady 'Gao Yuan Lihua'? Did she leave without waiting for her roommate?"

“Let’s go too, Rong.”

"It just doesn't feel right to leave it alone... As someone who's been through this miserable experience, I can't bear to see others get soaked in the rain—Go, Xiaoxue, wake up Misawa-kun! Oh my gosh!"

Chang Rong struck a pose like a Pokémon trainer and sent Sato Yuki into battle, only to have her Pokémon immediately use Iron Tail on her calf.

Incidentally, the "tragic experience" Chang Rong mentioned refers to the painful psychological scar of oversleeping during evening self-study and not being woken up by anyone, only to find that school had ended and the door was locked.

"There's no way around it, you lowly human, wake up. This... this great witch of grand ambitions has something to ask you."

Sato Yuki walked to the bedside in the cell and spoke to 'Alice' while shaking the bed frame.

However, because Sato Yuki is so light, it feels like if you keep shaking her, she will be the one to fall off small parts first.

Fortunately, the blonde Lolita maid girl wasn't sleeping too soundly, and she finally groggily opened her eyes and crawled out of bed.

“Zzzzz……?”

“Foolish human, tell this witch you don’t need any help, and tell that idiot to stop meddling.”

Sato Yuki spoke in an undisguised and blatant tone, like a cashier being urged by her boss to serve a late-night burger customer, telling the customer with veins bulging on her forehead that the store only sells ketchup right now and to get out of there.

"Hmm...um...Mom?"

Alice rubbed her eyes, looking vaguely at Sato Yuki, who was less than 5cm taller than her, and managed to squeeze out a few words.

"How despicable! They can't even remember what their own people look like. No wonder they're a disgusting race—"

"How is Xiaoxue?"

Chang Rong peeked over from the side, and the white-haired boy instantly met the gaze of the blonde girl who was still in bed.

The next second:

"Hmm... Dad?"

"Eeeeeeeee!? Don't talk nonsense, little sister! I am the real, ruthless Chu Nan, where would I get a daughter—Xiao Xue, calm down... uh, Xiao Xue?"

Chang Rong was taken aback by the girl's outrageous and unbelievable remarks. He never imagined that such an ordinary option as 'talking to the girl who sleeps in' could secretly contain a skull icon.

(A skull icon will appear as a hint for the Bad Ending (BE) option in the game.)

To Chang Rong's surprise, Sato Yuki didn't get angry after hearing these words. Instead, she pointed at herself.

"A human girl, are you saying I am?"

“…Mom?” Alice tilted her head and said.

"And what about him?" Sato Yuki pointed to Chang Rong again.

"Dad," Alice nodded and said.

"Mommy... Daddy... mmm..."

"Uh, wait a minute, Misawa-kun. You must have just woken up, your big card deck brain is a bit slow to activate, right? I'm Chang Rong, not your father, and from an age perspective, I can't be your father. She's Sato Yuki, not your—Aww!? Why are you kicking me too, Yuki!?"

Chang Rong's earnest teachings were interrupted by Sato Yuki for no apparent reason before they were even halfway through.

"Shut up, Rong."

Sato Yuki snorted coldly, then looked at the girl in front of her named Misawa Alice.

"Say it again, who am I?" "Mom."

"Who's that white-haired idiot?" "My dad."

The conversation was repeated, and this time Sato Yuki didn't say anything after listening. She silently looked at the void directly above the cell, and the corners of her mouth instinctively turned up slightly.

"Dad, Mom..." The witch, who had always thought she was going to achieve great things, stood there, repeating the two words softly.

"Kids don't speak carelessly, Xiaoxue. Misawa must have her own special circumstances—wait, you have a nosebleed!?"

Completely ignoring Chang Rong's panicked shouts beside her, the girl who called herself 'Sato Yuki' remained standing still, staring blankly into the void. Even as blood dripped from the tip of her nose, she didn't care at all, maintaining the smile on her lips, seemingly already immersed in the world of illusion and unable to extricate herself.

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"Sorry, um... no... I still don't understand..."

"I don't understand either. Seriously, isn't this illegal? It is, isn't it, Ah Rong!"

"Waaaaah, premarital sex is... is not allowed... and the child is already so big... Chang Rong-san, Xiao Xue...!"

During breakfast time, although some of the aspiring witches did not appear in the restaurant, such as the bandaged girl Kouenhara who called herself the 'Serial Killer Vulture' and the 'Explosive Type' girl in the white coat, 'Ebe Mari', who had glasses the size of beer bottles, the other aspiring witches still obediently went to the restaurant.

The girls spontaneously gathered in twos and threes to form different social groups, and Chang Rong and Sato Yuki quickly found their own small group that they had formed the day before, and even expanded it a little.

Although the question of 'what exactly is this shit-like food and is it even edible?' is worth discussing, Chang Rong's group focused their conversation on a question they were more curious about at the moment—the blonde Lolita girl 'Alice' who was sitting next to Sato Yuki and sleeping on the table.

"In short—let me sort this out, Chang Rong, do you mean this child sees you as his father and Xiao Xue as his mother?"

After rubbing her eyebrows for a long time, Kurobe Nanoka finally decided to take the initiative to ask.

"Uh, yes." Chang Rong nodded awkwardly.

"And Xiaoxue didn't refute it; on the contrary, she seemed to enjoy it?"

"Uh... I think so." Chang Rong glanced awkwardly at Sato Yuki beside him. This useless girl, who would most likely starve to death at home without his care, was currently tying a tight knot in Alice's hair with a slight upturn of her lips.

"That's not how you braid hair, Xiaoxue. Even if you have a face full of maternal radiance, you can't fool people when they can't be fooled, sob sob sob!"

Chang Rong finally couldn't hold back any longer and tried to persuade Sato Yuki to stop using her supernatural powers, but before she could finish speaking, she was shoved into a mouthful of some kind of messy stuff.

"Shut up, father of the child. A doting father spoils his daughter; this is filial piety."

"What...?"

Chang Rong looked at Sato Yuki speechlessly. Although she wanted to complain or refute something, there were just too many things to complain about, and she didn't know how to start.

—Hmm… Oh well! Let's just accept everything without overthinking! Anyway, Xiaoxue is super cute like this!

"Don't suddenly look like you've given up and had an epiphany, Chang Rong!? This is only the first day of your imprisonment, at least try to stay rational, okay!"

Originally thought to be a high-value, white-haired, idiotic couple, they all "went crazy" while she was just having a meal. This incident made Kurobe Nanoha Kaori feel like her head was about to explode with black crowns (pressure).

"Hmm... it seems like Arong and Xiaoxue are using hallucinations to escape reality. Perhaps I should use a flash to break their hypnosis—"

Just as Rong Fute was trying to break the illusion spell cast on Sato Yukino and the other person, an even bigger commotion suddenly came from the other side of the cafeteria.

Clang!

The plate was slammed to the ground, followed by a cacophony of shouts and curses.

"Are you kidding me...? What kind of pig swill is this?! Head chef, where's my head chef?! Get him here right now, what am I supposed to eat if he doesn't come?!"

A blonde girl with twin ponytails named 'Takahara Reika,' who claims to be from a prestigious family and is Alice's roommate, wearing a gorgeous floral dress, suddenly starts making a scene without warning.

Volume 1: Chapter 67. You've really gone too far, kid, you know that?

"Damn it... When I first saw a prison with this kind of decor, I thought it would at least have some basic services and amenities, but what is this pig slop... no, what is this stuff that doesn't even qualify as pig slop!? Warden, Warden!!!"

The former noblewoman named Gao Yuanlihua is currently smashing the surrounding tables, chairs, and food like a madwoman.

"How ugly, Rong. Look closely, this is what humanity is like, inferior, ignorant, and sinful humanity."

Sato Yuki watched the scene unfold before her, offering her commentary in a cold tone. Her aloof, detached demeanor made it seem as if she were the one who had orchestrated this entire stage play.

The other aspiring witches in the cafeteria were also drawn to the noble lady's actions, but none of them chose to do anything.

More precisely, no one dared to do anything.

Yesterday's terrifying image of the girl with the tumor, named 'Zero-da-ryu-chū-ji', collapsing and transforming into a witch still lingers in everyone's memory, and now, the hysterical young lady seems to be about to be devoured by the witch as well.

If I rush over now, will I become the next innocent lamb to die in the witch's clutches?

"Yes, I'm so sorry, Miss Lihua... But, but this is a great idea that I've thought about for a very, very long time... I'm so glad it works..."

As Meruru watched this scene, she lowered her head, her face showing signs of tears, and silently begged for forgiveness in a voice no one could hear.