The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

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"—Hannah-san?!"

Anxious cries of surprise came from above. Tono Hannah waited with her eyes closed for a long time, but the pain she had imagined did not come.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself floating in the air.

The magic was activated.

Did you make it in time...?

Just as she was thinking this, she finally looked down and saw Hoshino Utsunomiya on the ground.

Hannah Tono and Hoshino Utsunomiya made eye contact.

"........"

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

His gaze met mine, a slightly off-target gaze, and it seemed as if his pupils weren't focused on his own eyes.

Instead...

"!!!"

Finally realizing what was happening, Tono Hannah abruptly pressed down on her skirt.

The magic was abruptly interrupted, and she fell again.

She fell headfirst, pressing the hem of her skirt, which she was holding down with both hands, onto Utsunomiya Hoshino's head.

Hannah Tono's heart stopped beating.

Breathing was pattering, hair was itching, and the brain was shutting down.

He didn't look up on his own initiative.

But they offered themselves up to them.

"........"

Hoshino Utsunomiya was a little speechless.

Sigh, I'm telling you, you're so on guard, and you're in such a hurry.

Didn't it all end up like this in the end?

It's like I'm some kind of protagonist in a romantic comedy.

I've told you so many times to be careful when climbing stairs, don't rush, and make sure you're holding on before you lift your leg.

You must be careful to maintain the spell you are casting and not let your concentration be interrupted.

Now look what's happened, a secondary accident.

Let me briefly describe the current situation between the two of them.

First was Hoshino Utsunomiya, who was holding onto the ladder and standing half a body length in front of it, but was knocked backward by Hannah Tono's fall.

Next up was Tono Hannah, who lost her balance halfway up the ladder and knocked down Utsunomiya Hoshino. She used levitation magic to adjust her position before hitting the ground.

However, because she couldn't maintain the magic and landed again, she knelt perfectly on Utsunomiya Hoshino's face in a duck-sitting posture.

His head was sandwiched between her legs, while her thighs were tightly clamped together. The girl's hands were helplessly pressed against the floor in front of her, her whole body leaning forward, her eyes fixed on the ground.

Under such circumstances, Hoshino Utsunomiya's feelings were quite obvious.

You'll suffocate! You'll suffocate! You'll suffocate!

He was actually already trying to get up.

But this move, which resembled a meteorite falling from Mount Tai, was countered by pressing him back down with his thigh.

He subconsciously let out a long sigh, but he couldn't catch his breath.

Hoshino Utsunomiya reached out and felt his way to the ground, trying to prop himself up.

He couldn't care less about anything else. Although he wanted to consider Hannah Tono's feelings, he could clearly hear the deathly silence around him and feel the girl's action of clamping her thighs together.

Hoshino Utsunomiya felt that she would need to go through a process of mental shutdown, restart, gradually come to her senses, finally realize what was happening, feel ashamed and indignant, prepare to stab him to death and then commit suicide, and finally regain her rationality before her thoughts would come out of his body.

But that little bit of time was enough for him to be suffocated and have difficulty breathing.

So, Hoshino Utsunomiya quickly propped himself up, raised his hand to support Hannah Tono, who had lost her balance and was leaning backward as he stood up, but was still pressing down on his head. He then reached out with one hand to separate the girl's thighs that were pressing down on him.

We're saved!

He put Tono Hannah down, stood up, and glanced at her again, who had become completely dazed and in a state of utter paralysis.

Hoshino Utsunomiya hesitated for a moment, then grabbed her by the back of her collar.

With nimble steps, he quickly climbed up to the second-floor balcony in just a few strides.

He is capable of doing such a thing.

Utsunomiya Hoshino: "..."

Tono Hannah: "........"

Sherry Tachibana: "........"

Noah Kinosaki: "........"

Hiro Nikaido: "........"

A silent atmosphere permeated the crowded balcony.

"Wow, this is actually an art studio."

The silence was broken when Noah Kinosaki finally turned around to look at the scene inside the room.

Abrupt, stiff, but just right.

"Oh—it's an art studio! I remember Noah-chan was just looking for one, right?" Tachibana Sherry exclaimed dramatically, "What a coincidence!"

"In that case, we don't need to look anymore, right?"

“Hmm, no need to look anymore.” Nikaido Hiro nodded reluctantly and said, “If it’s painted in an art studio, even a witch wouldn’t be able to find fault with it.”

She didn't really want to cooperate.

Although the atmosphere is indeed quite delicate right now, the best option is to tacitly pretend that what just happened didn't exist and let it go if we want to be considerate of Hannah Tono's feelings.

That was just an accident.

Think of it this way.

but.

Isn't it Tono Hannah who's wrong?

She treated someone else's boyfriend like a pervert who would try to peek under her skirt, and in her haste, she failed to grab Tachibana Sherry's hand. She ended up floating in mid-air and had to find a more suitable position and posture to ride on Hoshino's body.

Why should I take care of her feelings?

However, if they don't cooperate, we'll have to bring up what we just discussed again.

Hannah Tono, feeling ashamed and indignant; Hannah Tono, feeling shy and bashful; Hannah Tono, who had close contact with Hoshino.

It might just be the start of a relationship.

She never expected that even at this point, she would be interfered with by some random woman.

So, nothing happened just now.

Let's just leave it at that.

"But... where's the door?" After tacitly changing the subject, Tachibana Sherry carefully scanned the room from left to right.

This is an art studio.

This is a conclusion that everyone who comes in can reach.

The walls are dark blue, the floor is dark, and the walls, which are divided equally by stakes, are covered with many picture frames.

A wooden frame was set up against the wall, with a long table next to it, the table covered with drawing paper and paint.

Unfinished, or rather, never-before-started, paintings were scattered on the ground, and the smell of paint was overwhelming.

However, this art studio, which has a balcony leading to the courtyard, lacks a door that can be opened to the second floor.

At first, Shirley thought there was a door and a mechanism, but now it seems that even looking out from inside the room, it is a room without doors.

What should we do then? We can't possibly use a ladder to go through the balcony every time we need to get in and out, can we?

Whether it's convenient or not is debatable, but the main concern is its security.

The fact is that a very serious security problem has just occurred.

If one of them is relatively strong and survives being crushed by a heavy object, the other will float, which can cushion the impact and reduce the damage.

Even from just the second floor, a fall would still result in injury.

"Draw one, Noah!" Noah's eyes lit up as he discovered that the room had no door.

She pulled out a protected spray paint can from her bosom and began painting in front of them.

And so, the magic of miracles began to work, and a flawless, lifelike door was drawn bit by bit from Noah Kinosaki's hands.

No, no, it seems real, this door...

It's true.

It is not just a three-dimensional painting drawn from perspective, but a door that seems to be able to be opened by simply reaching out and turning the handle.

"...?"

Hoshino Utsunomiya stopped thinking about what had just happened and stepped forward without hesitation, reaching out her hand towards the doorknob.

—He touched it.

Then, it turned.

"Click..."

With a slight creak, the door opened.