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

However, the truth is that when faced with this strip-shaped object that looked like a white-fuzzed rice noodle roll, Chang Rong remained calm and mechanically completed the cleaning work.

When Chang Rong first mustered the courage to give Xiao Xue a bath, she was naturally flustered and at a loss for what to do. Chang Rong still remembers that the girl who always had a blank and detached expression could also blush and shyly look away from him, staring intently at the floor and counting the gaps between the cracks.

But after spending a lot of time together, these mundane daily interactions became 'ordinary' and 'taken for granted' natural behaviors for both of them. There was no surprise or budding romance; it was just like tightening screws on an assembly line.

The only difference is that this 'Screw' sometimes has inexplicable lapses in judgment and claims to be a witch who will destroy the world.

"Rong—[Makes me feel comfortable]."

Sato Yuki, whose hair was being ruffled and who had a "—q—" expression on her face, suddenly blurted out those words for no apparent reason.

"Just make do with this for now, Xiaoxue. To be honest, it's already lucky that we can find the same shower gel and shampoo you've always used in a place like this. Don't even think about things like a jacuzzi."

"Humph……"

"Oh, by the way, if you went to bed early and behaved, maybe—"

"perhaps?"

"Maybe anything can happen in dreams, oh my god, so sweet!!"

Judging from the force of the kick, Xiaoxue seemed quite satisfied with the joke.

After washing and conditioning Sato Yuki's long hair, which was notoriously difficult to wash, and giving her head a massage, Chang Rong quickly rinsed herself off, took out spare clothes from the changing room, changed into them, and then prepared to leave the shower room.

"Xiaoxue?"

The girl who usually followed behind him wasn't there today. Chang Rong turned around curiously and found Sato Yuki still sitting in front of the shower, seemingly lost in thought.

"—It's decided, let's do it this way."

Sagifumi Yukiru seemed to have made up her mind (she nodded, then got up and wrapped herself up like a dumpling with a towel), and left the private bathroom.

"Huh? Xiaoxue, are you done showering? Chang Rong didn't come with you—wait, wait, what's with this outfit?!"

While waiting outside the shower room, 'Kurobe Nanoka' was reading a book and chatting with Sato Yuki. When she came to her senses, she realized that this white bean sprout had simply slipped out wearing a towel.

"Did Chang Rong finally lose his temper?! In this extreme situation, it's understandable... No, no, that's not right. It's still too early for you!! I shouldn't have agreed to your strange request in the first place!"

As Kurobe Nanoha watched Koyuki's 'disheveled retreat,' her mind instantly conjured up images of a lone man and woman washing away grime in hot water, rubbing their skin together in the smooth, sticky bath gel, and finally, Chang Rong's reason failing to overcome his instincts, leading him to reach out his claws to the thin, fragile, and pitiful Koyuki, who fought desperately to escape.

—You're only 00 years old, how could you do something like this!?

"Where did you go, Koyuki? — Oh, Kurobe-kun? Good evening~"

Chang Rong hurriedly chased after her from the shower room, only to bump into Kurobe Nanoha Kaori as soon as she opened the door.

Chang Rong greeted Kurobe Nanoha Kaori very politely, but the girl in goggles did not respond; instead, she looked annoyed.

"Chang Rong... I knew it was a mistake to support you and Xiaoxue's 'private shower time'! A huge mistake! Xiaoxue is so petite and pitiful, how could you do that!? Monster, scum, sadistic man—to protect everyone, I must correct you...!"

"Huh? What is that?! Whoa!!?"

As Kurobe Nanoha Kaori spoke, her cheeks grew hot, and she chopped at the bewildered Chang Rong with a chop to the neck. The latter could only desperately cross his arms to block.

—I finally managed to get a separate shower time with Xiaoxue by campaigning with a small group (because of Changrong's gender, we had to give each other separate shower time), why did Kurobe change his mind while I was taking a shower!?

"I cannot allow someone like you, who has already turned into a beast, to threaten my sister...!"

"Your sister wasn't arrested either, was she?"

"Yes, right... then let's consider it as a way to help Futter and Meruru!"

What the hell!?

Why did Chang Rong give Xiao Xue a bath and then give Nanoha Kaori a stressful bath? Chang Rong racked his brains but couldn't figure it out. Could it be that Nanoha Kaori looks like a mature and steady older sister type, but is actually a hysterical person who gets stressed when she gets wet?

Just as Chang Rong was facing off against Kurobe Nanoha, who was blushing and repeating her hand chop to him, Zongzi Xue, who had run away earlier, returned wearing a bath towel.

"Rong, what... are you doing?"

Sato Yuki tilted her head, not understanding why the two of them were fighting in front of the bathroom.

"Run, Xiaoxue! Chang Rong is already possessed by lust, I'll stop him... Alice?"

Nanoha Kurobe tried to sacrifice herself to stop the beast in front of her, but when she turned around to persuade Yuki to run as far away as possible, she found that the white-haired girl had somehow brought someone else with her.

That blonde Lolita maid girl who was always drowsy and sleeping everywhere.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph—Rong, I know your methods, I have mastered your techniques, no one can stop me now."

Xiaoxue, while showing off something to the Lolita girl, then, under the surprised and confused gaze of Chang Rongnai, dragged Alice into the bathroom.

—Could it be… that Xiaoxue wants to try taking on the role of 'taking care of someone else' and give Alice a bath!?

Upon seeing Sato Yuki's crooked smile, which was filled with disdain and utter contempt, Chang Rong instantly realized what this guy was up to.

Hey... that's hell ahead!! At least Alice is innocent!

"Wait a minute, Xiaoxue! You can't do that on your own—"

"You...you actually want to drag Alice down with you?! You...you...you're no longer human, Chang Rong!"

"What?! Guwa!!"

Chang Rong, who tried to rush in to stop Sato Yuki, was knocked down by Kurobe Nanoha Kaori with a single abdominal strike.

"You pathetic carnation addict... I can no longer allow you to live in a world where my sister is."

"Is your brain only filled with pornographic material, Kurobe-kun...?"

Chang Rong lay sprawled on the ground, helplessly looking towards the bathroom not far away. A tragedy was about to unfold, but he had no power to stop it. He could only watch helplessly as a powerless 'husband' watched his 'wife' vent her anger on his 'child'.

Sure enough, not long after—

"Mom is an idiot—!"

Alice, who usually had a lazy demeanor, unusually ran out of the shower room. Her hair was tied in a bunch of strange knots, making it look like an ancient method of knotting ropes for record-keeping. Furthermore, there was half a bar of soap tied to her head for some reason, and the towel wrapped around her body was in an extremely bizarre way, creating a visual effect resembling a piece of Dongpo pork, despite Alice's flat skin being just like Sato Yuki's.

"This doesn't make sense... I've already analyzed Rong's techniques completely—"

Sato Yuki followed her out of the bathroom, her face broken as she looked disgusted by the child, muttering to herself, "It's impossible, it shouldn't be like this."

finally--

"That's it! It must have been a trap set by evil humans. If that's the case, I'll destroy humanity—ugh!"

Sato Yuki suddenly understood, stood up, struck a mysterious pose pointing to the sky, and made a declaration of world destruction, only to be interrupted by Chang Rong tapping her on the head.

In the end, Chang Rong coaxed and tricked Alice, gradually untying her hair knot, and finally got Alice to accept Sato Yuki as her new mother.

Xiaoxue, on the other hand, gritted her teeth, wearing an expression that suggested she was honest but unwilling to admit defeat, silently planning to demonstrate to her 'daughter' what filial piety as a mother truly meant next time.

Kurobe Naiyoshi kept apologizing to Chang Rong, saying that she shouldn't have thought of Chang Rong as the kind of person who would never be satisfied even if she were shot a thousand times.

"Don't worry, Kurobe-kun. Although I like Koyuki, it's because Koyuki is special. If we're just talking about preferences, I prefer older women—oohhhhh!!"

"Rong, commit suicide."

"Is this...is that so...?"

After hearing Chang Rong's response, Kurobe Nanoka showed a thoughtful expression.

As a result, due to the stupid behavior of the "nagging white-haired group" that day, more than half of the prospective witches were unable to take a hot bath, almost triggering the biggest and most desperate collective stress-induced witch transformation event in history.

In the end, Chang Rong pulled the disgruntled Sato Yuki aside and seriously addressed the public about the secrets of the red bean paste and horse racing, promising to do anything that was inconvenient for her personally. Only then did she manage to suppress the public's anger.

"No, as expected of Chang Rong-san... Although it was only a little short, you...you are really talented...I admire you so much...!"

However, after learning the whole story, Ice Meruru inexplicably showed a strange fervor towards Chang Rong, saying, "I admire his seniority so much!"

Another day has passed. Since waking up in the cell, the prospective witches and demon orbs have been imprisoned on the prison island for almost a week.

Perhaps it was because the scene of the girl named 'Tanaka Drew' transforming into a witch in front of everyone on the first day, and then being cut in half by the 'witch remains' (guardian) the next second, was too terrifying and shocking. Although there were still some minor frictions between the prospective witches, they maintained a relatively stable relationship for the time being.

"It still feels incredible that we are still alive."

Nanoha Kurobe flipped through the book in her hand and spoke while eating breakfast.

"Yes, yes... Why am I still alive—it hurts so much!"

Chang Rong slumped on the table with a look of utter despair, but before she could finish complaining, Sato Yuki kicked her up.

Although Chang Rong spends most of his time refreshing the game with Sato Yuki, and his values ​​are so stable that they can be described as 'inexplicable', even such a boy has his own inner demons that he can't get over—the prison food.

Although Chang Rong initially managed to appease the aristocratic young lady 'Gao Yuan Lihua' who was nearly driven to despair by the food issue, as time went on, Chang Rong herself began to find herself unable to bear the food, which was essentially a waste of resources.

"I didn't expect you to be so particular about the quality of food. I thought you were the type who, no matter what happened, would just sigh and then continue doing what you were doing."

Rong Fute, a photography girl who doesn't know how to edit photos, blinked and said with some curiosity.

"It's not that I care about the quality. After all, I've been responsible for cleaning up a lot of the kitchen waste that Xiaoxue made on a whim—ugh! I just feel that these vegetables and meats died for nothing, and it would have been better if they had just rotted in the ground."

"Hmph, Yi Ronglin's cooking skills are amazing!" Ni Zuo Si Teng Xueyi proudly boasted to everyone while stroking the dozing Alice.

—I'm really, really sorry…! But considering I tried my best to eat with everyone, I hope you can forgive me a little…

On the ice, Meruru's hands are clasped together, ostensibly in prayer, but in reality, she is trying to justify herself.

Of course, from a certain perspective, Meruru Ice Ride, who has consistently eaten these things by hand, does indeed have the 'right' to excuse herself.

You bunch of nobodies, you've only been eating shit for a few years!

"Um, sorry, I wasn't actually complaining. In a place like this, you have to maintain an optimistic attitude no matter what. It's one of the most important factors for survival."

Realizing the topic had veered off course, Kurobe Nanoha coughed and handed the book in her hand to everyone.

"This is... umm, this is a book!" Through the viewfinder, Fut immediately saw through the illusion and realized that the book in Nanoha's hand was actually a book.

"..." Sato Yuki did not respond. She looked at the cover, her eyes seeming a little dazed for a moment.

"Waaah, I, I don't understand this stuff... I'm so sorry..." Meruru only glanced at it twice before her eyes immediately lit up, looking like she was about to faint.

“Zzzzz…” There’s another one who’s already asleep.

As for Kurobe Nanoha, who had just pulled out a book, a bead of cold sweat quietly rolled down her forehead as she looked at the group of brilliant, almost human-like, aspiring witches gathered before her.

—Did I join the wrong group? Why does it feel like everyone's combined education level isn't even as high as my diploma?

Futter is a genuine dropout, Meruru may look like she has a sacred intellect, but she doesn't do much serious work except for whining and hanging out outside the medical room. Alice and Yuki are just two innocent kids.

On the other hand...

Nanoka Kurobe looked at the small group on the other side of the cafeteria.

Led by the black-haired, straight-haired schoolgirl in a JK uniform, 'Mizuyu Chisa', and the blonde, twin-tailed young lady in a floral dress, 'Takahara Reika', and supported by the pink-haired JK girl, Sakuraba Nana, along with Lu Ren and that somewhat strange girl in a white lab coat with messy hair, 'Ebe Mari', it was clear at a glance that their intelligence level was completely different from their own.

Even the occasional laughter coming from their side was a very noble, elegant, and aloof sound like "Oh ho ho ho".