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

[Nikaido Hero]: Noah—

[Noah Kinosaki]: Noah just wanted to give Rongrong a surprise...

(Hero is glaring at Noah with a terrifying look that says, "You'll see if I spank you after the trial...")

[Kurobe Nanoha]: The door to the study was closed at the time, but it wasn't locked. When I pushed the door open, Natsume Anan was already dead.

【Sakura Emma】: Why did Nanoha Kaori go to Tokiyuu-kun's house?

[Nanoka Kurobe]: Um...

Chang Rong: I can testify that this has nothing to do with the case. In short, let's not ask any more questions.

(Anyway, the liquor store is probably here to buy supplies, like pillows, blankets, and clothes. I think we should just move the whole room to avoid wasting time carrying things back and forth.)

[Sherry Tachibana]: Huh? Oh, so the door wasn't locked! Then it can't be considered a {locked room} at all!

[Hannah Tono]: Why are you so obsessed with escape rooms...?

(Even if the door is locked, Nanoha Kaori can easily pry it open.)

[Saeki Miria]: Um... about the {locked room} question, Uncle, I think, in a certain sense, it really is a locked room, isn't it?

[Sherry Tachibana]: Woohoo! Sherry-chan's detective spirit has been rekindled!

Saeki Miria showed everyone the photos she had taken earlier.

In the photo, Nanoha Kurobe is kneeling in front of the open study door, and two footprints can be seen extending into the study in the snow-white corridor.

【Wisteria Arisa】: Huh? What does that prove? The door in the photo is already open, isn't it? It has absolutely nothing to do with a secret room.

[Sakura Emma]: ...They're footprints!

Emma Sakura suddenly realized something and pointed to the two footprints on the ground in the photo.

[Sakura Emma]: Did everyone see that? There are three footprints in the white powder on the ground. Judging from the comparison of the footprints, the two in the middle of the corridor should be Nanoha Kaori and Anan-chan, and the one near the study...

[Chang Rong]: Oh, the one near the wall is the one I stepped on when I went out this morning.

[Noah Kinosaki]: Noah can prove it!

Chang Rong recalled how she had walked out of the room close to the edge to avoid dust splashing when she left that morning.

【Sakura Emma】: Judging from the direction, it does seem like they left the room. So, excluding Chang Rong's footprints, what do the remaining tracks of Nanoha Kaori and An An-chan mean?

【Ze Du Ke Ke】: Does this mean they both like playing in the snow?

【Sakura Emma】: No, Coco-chan... This means that only An-an-chan and Nanoha-ka were in this corridor from the beginning to the end of the incident.

[Sakura Emma]: An An was killed by a crossbow bolt in the room, and her footprints can be seen extending to the front of the study. Nanoha Kaori's footprints also extend to the front of the study. But doesn't this contradict Nanoha Kaori's testimony?

What are the points of conflict?

'Room status'

'The condition of the footprints'

'Birth date and time'

[Hasumi Ryoua]: I understand! It's... um, your mood?

[Saeki Miria]: Xiaoya's answer like that would get her credibility points deducted in a real court...

[Nikaido Hiro]: It's about the 'state of the room door,' right? Nanoha Kaori said the door was closed when she came in, but Natsume Anan, being the deceased, obviously wouldn't have closed the door, unless—

[Tachibana Sherry]: Unless Nanoha was startled after seeing the corpse, so she closed the door and then opened it again to check if she was seeing things!

[Kurobe Nanoka]: I... I wouldn't do something so stupid, would I...?

(The president's words were so confident that Kurobe himself began to doubt himself...)

【Arisa Wisteria】: Could it be—that Natsume Anan committed suicide? She went into the study, closed the door, and then pierced her body directly with a crossbow bolt?! Even I wouldn't dare to think of something like that, but that bean sprout girl... Natsume Anan, she's truly a terrifying existence...!

(It seems that Arisa Fujito has some self-destructive and self-harm tendencies. If An An really committed suicide, she would probably become an insurmountable figure in Arisa's heart, second only to a certain stepping stone of hope...)

(However, An An could not have committed suicide.)

[Sakura Emma]: An An-chan didn't commit suicide... This evidence can prove it.

What is the reason why An'an did not commit suicide?

'Sketching Board'

The deflated strand of yarn looks like a rubber ball.

'Drug B'

【Sakura Emma】: —— It's a sketchbook.

[Noah Kinosaki]: An-an really likes this sketchbook. Noah said last time that he wanted to draw 10,000 butterflies on her sketchbook in one go, but An-an refused angrily...

[Hannah Tono]: An'an likes to write instead of speaking, right? Noah, your behavior is almost the same as banning her.

[Hame Ryota]: Hmm... Oh! I see, the sketchbook was the cause of An'an's death. She wrote her name on it, and then suffered cardiac arrest—

[Nikaido Hiro]: I see. The sketchbook was also pierced by the crossbow bolt, which means that An An was pierced by the bolt while 'holding the sketchbook with both hands'. How could someone in that position allow a crossbow bolt to pierce them and cause them to commit suicide?

[Hasumi Ryoua]: My reasoning was interrupted and ignored!?

(Could we find a way to get the warden to give Rhea-sama a health bar, so that she loses health every time she speaks, and then just throw her out of the courtroom after her HP is depleted...?)

[Hanna Tono]: So you mean there has to be a mechanism—or something like that?

【Arisa Wisteria】: Or to put it more simply... what about Nanoha Kurobe's dried tofu? She followed Natsume Anan, stabbed her to death at the door of the room with a crossbow bolt she had prepared, then pushed the body into the room and shouted to attract everyone to come over—a very smooth logic, right?

【Ze Du Ke Ke】: The simpler the method, the less likely it is to be detected, that should be it! As for whether or not to close the door, that's just something you made up on the spot!

[Kurobe Nanoha]: No... I didn't kill Natsume Anan!

(Kurobe-san... I don't believe she's the murderer either. She came to this prison willingly to save her 'sister' (guess)', and killing Natsume Anan has no connection to that from a motive perspective.)

Chang Rong and Kurobe Nanoha's eyes met, and Chang Rong also saw the girl who called herself a lone wolf, always putting on a cold and unapproachable attitude, saying things like "everyone will die anyway, so I don't need to get along with anyone," but in reality, she would just go to the corner to grow mushrooms if Noah "disliked" her, and she would run off to bake to prove that she could live alone if she was told by her that "her self-care skills are not very good."

Her eyes were filled with fear, not the fear of her own potential death, but the fear of not being able to help the people she cherished.

(Only I know the 'truth' about Kurobe Nanoha, and only I am more certain than anyone else that she is not the witch who killed Natsume Anan.)

That's why, and only I can—

"【False Evidence】: Your reasoning has some inconsistencies, Zifang."

Once again, Chang Rong chose to use lies to protect the person she wanted to protect, even before she knew the full picture of the incident.

[Arisa Wisteria]: Are you going to argue with me? You cheeky rabbit, if you're going to argue... well, then bring it on... (swallows saliva)

(Don't suddenly become a masochist during the witch's trial, you little masochist...!!!)

[Chang Rong]: Zi Teng's claim is: 'Kurobe Nanoha Kaori followed and killed Natsume An'an,' right?

[Arisa Wisteria]: How do you plan to refute this? How are you going to refute it...? Hehehe...

(Warden, Warden, there's a pervert here!!?)

[Chang Rong]: Actually...it's much simpler than you think, Zifang-kun. The reason why 'Kurobe Nanoha Kaori couldn't follow and kill Natsume An'an' is—

Why couldn't Kurobe Nanoha Kaori betray An An?

'An'an's Death Report'

'The Stolen Kite String'

'A bell with a snowflake pattern'

Choose: 'The Stolen Kite String'

[Ryouya Hasumi]: Kite string...?

[Chang Rong]: That's right! Kurobe is like a super agent, killing someone with a crossbow sounds too pathetic! If it were Kurobe, he would definitely choose a more elegant and sharp weapon like a kite string, slowly approach Natsume Anan, pull out the kite string and aim it at her neck—whoosh!

[Hanna Tono]: Eeeeeee...! ? How terrifying!

[Ryota Hasumi]: Oh! Absolutely, that suits Nanoha Kaori's style much better!

[Kurobe Nanoka]: ...Not bad.

【Sakura Emma】: But Nanoha Kaori didn't use a kite string, and we didn't find a kite string either... Isn't this just Chang Rong-kun's nonsense?

(Emma...!)

Chang Rong glared at Sakura Emma with a look that said, "That wretched little dog ruined my good time." Although the pink-haired little silly dog ​​shrank her head and looked pitiful, as if she wanted to be bullied, she still refuted Chang Rong's nonsense.

Choose: 'Bell with snowflake pattern'

Chang Rong took out the bell and gently shook it in front of Zifang Arisa.

[Chang Rong]: Wisteria, go to sleep quickly... May your soul return... Singing as you cross the mountain... Return...

[Nikaido Hiro]: So you rabbit finally overloaded your rabbit brain and turned into an idiot... In that case, let's make use of this waste and everyone vote him out.

Chang Rong: Eek! ? I...I was just trying to lighten the mood...!

(It was almost mistaken for a one-time immortality totem...)

Select: 'An'an's Death Report'

[Arisa Wisteria]: A death report? What does that prove?

[Chang Rong]: The report says 'pierced through the chest from the front,' with the emphasis on 'front,' which means that Natsume Anan was not followed and stabbed in the back by Kurobe.

[Tachibana Sherry]: This also shows that Nanoha Kaori is a very chivalrous person! She will invite An An to a duel in a fair and square manner, and then take her down from the front, giving her a head-on blow!

(Could you give the president a health bar too? So that when he kicks Irelia-sama away, he can be packed up and thrown out?)

[Skirt Saeki Millie]: Although Liu's words are a bit strange... well... but "Uncle, I think Millie's meaning is right. Even if it's a frontal attack, An'an can't fight back, right? After all, An'an's body—"

[Chang Rong]: Of course there are ways to fight back. In fact, the only one who absolutely cannot be 'attacked head-on' is Natsume An'an. The evidence is—

Why won't An An be attacked head-on?

'An An's appearance'

'An An's Magic'

'An An's identity'

Choose: 'An An's appearance'

【yChangrong/】*：u An'an is so cute-! Her fur is fluffy and lively, and everyone wants to touch her. Anyone who would directly attack such a cute creature can no longer be called human!!