The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

"Please help me up."

Without wasting any more time, she started climbing.

Hoshino Utsunomiya gripped the ladder, and instinctively, he looked up.

It's perfectly normal to keep an eye on the person on the ladder while holding it, right? How can you react quickly and take action to salvage the situation if you're not constantly paying attention?

Normal as it may seem, the person holding the ladder from below is Hoshino Utsunomiya, while the person climbing up the ladder is a girl of the opposite sex, Sherry Tachibana.

It will look a bit.....

Something's not right.

The moment I looked up, my gaze naturally drifted to the gently swaying hem of her skirt.

........oh.

It was a bit unexpected, but it actually seems to fit the style quite well.

Hoshino Utsunomiya wanted to sigh about something, but it seemed like there was nothing to sigh about.

But in the next moment, he forcefully gripped his neck and stiffly withdrew his gaze.

That's not how you should look at it.

Having already expressed his feelings for both Emma and Shirley, it would be strange for him to stare at Sherry so intently at this moment, seemingly oblivious to everyone else.

...That's not quite right.

"Heave-ho!"

With a soft humming sound, Shirley Tachibana quickly climbed to the top of the ladder, grabbed the edge of the balcony with her big hand, and flipped herself up.

Watching her nimble movements, Nikaido Hiro swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her throat.

She was about to stop Hoshino from obediently helping Sherry with the ladder, but seeing how fast Sherry was walking, she couldn't bring herself to say anything more.

Sherry Tachibana is a witch.

In Nikaido Hiro's understanding, Tachibana Sherry is an evil witch who is very interested in Utsunomiya Hoshino.

The current exploration of the hidden room is an excuse she deliberately created.

Therefore, Tachibana Sherry would casually and intentionally give him the opportunity.

Just like just now, I naturally climbed the ladder, naturally asked for help to hold the ladder, and then Hoshino subconsciously looked up when he held the ladder.

Hoshino's gaze will inevitably be captured.

This is the witch's scheme.

A normal person wouldn't be able to react quickly; Hoshino would definitely look up instinctively.

Without a doubt, her scheme was very successful.

Perhaps because of her previous failure, the witch was unexpectedly clever this time.

The timing was impeccable.

Before she could even stop it, the scheme had already ended successfully.

...It's okay, there's nothing special about this scenery.

There shouldn't be any problems as long as there isn't excessive physical contact.

Besides, what's so interesting about that kind of thing? If you really want to see it, sneak into the shower room when no one else is around, open the closet, and everyone's clothes are neatly arranged inside.

If you just want to watch, you can watch it anytime.

How is it different from what you wear?

"Come on up, come on up, I'll pull you up."

Leaning against the balcony railing, Shirley Tachibana, having regained her footing, waved to them.

“........” Hoshino Utsunomiya exchanged glances with the girls: “You guys go up first, I’ll help you.”

He didn't think that with the girls in front of him, they would be strong enough to support each other's weight.

"It's okay, I won't look up."

He added another sentence.

While such a statement might make the unsuspecting girl realize the situation, there would definitely still be people who would worry if it weren't made.

Actually, there's not much to see.

Although the outline he had just seen was still lingering in his mind, Hoshino Utsunomiya still had to speak.

Nothing fancy.

"Noah went up first." Before the other two girls could speak, Noah Kinosaki took the initiative to climb the stairs.

With Shirley Tachibana pulling him up, Noah Kinosaki also climbed over the railing.

"........"

After a moment of silence, Nikaido Hiro also went up.

She couldn't bear to see Noah Kinosaki and Sherry Tachibana alone on such a small balcony.

Nikaido Hiro had heard a question about a small boat crossing a river.

A dangerous witch and an ordinary family of three came together to a river.

They need to cross the river.

There was a small boat that could only carry two people at a time.

If the witch and Hoshino are allowed to cross the river first, the witch will kill Hoshino by taking advantage of the river's obstruction.

If the witch were to cross the river with Noah, Noah might be kidnapped once they reach the other side.

If the witch were to cross the river with her, Hoshino, who would be left behind, might be taken by Noah...

cough.

Okay, no.

She simply thought of this problem of crossing a river.

In reality, their current situation cannot be viewed as a matter of crossing a river.

While she certainly couldn't allow Hoshino Utsunomiya and Sherry Tachibana to have any alone time, she also wouldn't leave Noah in a dangerous situation where the witch could strike at any moment.

So even if this leaves Hoshino Utsunomiya and Hannah Tono alone.

She went up too.

However, although both of them went up, Tono Hannah did not make a move.

She looked up at the ladder, then turned to look at Hoshino Utsunomiya.

"Hurry up, Hannah-san."

It wasn't until Shirley Tachibana, who was above, made a urging sound.

She gritted her teeth and turned her head away.

"Don't peek! If I see you looking up, I'll... I'll bite you to death!"

Clearly, despite Hoshino Utsunomiya saying he wouldn't look up, Hannah Tono was still very concerned about it.

"I won't peek..." Hoshino Utsunomiya said with a hint of helplessness.

Looking up at Shirley was unexpected, but as for Hannah...

With small arms and legs, there's nothing to see.

He wasn't familiar with Tono Hannah at all; they'd barely exchanged a few words.

That's why he could understand Tono Hannah's wariness towards him.

Especially since Hannah Tono had already witnessed Hero groping him on the first day, and then overheard his girlfriend's declaration of love.

If it were me, I would definitely see myself as someone with an inexplicable urge to walk.

"Hoo..." Taking a deep breath, Tono Hannah put away her folding fan and quickly climbed up the ladder.

They moved quickly and seemed very anxious.

It seems like they really don't want people to look up from below.

But it's this anxiety that's driving me forward.

This changed the way things were supposed to be: he could have just reached out and carefully grabbed Shirley Tachibana's hand and gone up to her.

There was an oversight.

"—Ah!?" With her hand slipping out of her grasp and her leg already lifted off the ladder, Tono Hannah's body tilted, causing her to lose her balance and let out a scream.

We're going to fall!

In that moment of panic, only one thought remained in the girl's mind.

Float!

In her panic, the girl grasped at the last straw in her heart.

Her own magic.

Although her magic was very weak, so weak that even after long practice she could only levitate herself a few centimeters, it was difficult to resist her weight, let alone stop the force of such a fall.

But when people are panicked, they don't consider reality.

She felt that as long as she could float, she would be saved.

She did indeed float.

"Well--"

But with a muffled groan, and after a clearly felt physical contact, he slowly rose to the surface the next moment under immense pressure.

This time, she floated much higher than before.

She was positioned just high enough so that Hoshino Utsunomiya, who was lying on the ground being pinned down by her, could see her.

see.