The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

unless......

He interrupted the execution, he interfered with the witch's death, and he should have been killed along with her, while Emma chose to die taking the blame, leaving herself completely unaware of what had happened.

A familiar yet unfamiliar, uncomfortable yet painful sense of loss, a jumbled mess, began to carve marks on my chest.

I......

What am I doing this for?

Don't hurt the people you like for the sake of irrelevant people, and even more so, don't hurt the people who like you for it.

It was only when Emma died that he seemed to realize this.

"..."

My lower lip, which I had unconsciously bitten, felt as if it had split open. The taste of my own blood overwhelmed my taste buds—a metallic, sweet, and salty flavor...

Just as Hoshino Utsunomiya's emotions began to surge, it seemed that he noticed his expression was developing in an undesirable direction, and the sign of health quickly softened.

“I was just kidding.” Nikaido Hiro’s words suddenly interrupted his emotions. “Emma isn’t dead.”

she says.

His emotions froze at that moment, but his expression couldn't easily recover. Utsunomiya Hoshino just paused for a moment.

What does it mean?

A terrible joke, a joke that wasn't actually Hiro Nikaido's.

"...Why would you make such a joke?"

After a moment's hesitation, Hoshino Utsunomiya grabbed the hand that Hiro Nikaido was pressing down on him.

"You know that kind of joke is really going too far, right?"

He placed his hand on Hiro's shoulder and looked directly into her eyes.

"I'm sorry." The girl looked away, but seemed to have no intention of apologizing.

"So, where's Emma?" Finally pushing Hiro away, Hoshino Utsunomiya got out of bed.

“Emma isn’t here.” Hiro, who had been pushed away, didn’t get out of bed. She just sat on the bed, sideways, looking up at the iron bars at the head of the bed.

"Did you go out? Fall asleep? Or what?"

As he pressed on, Hoshino Utsunomiya became slightly concerned about Hiro's reaction.

Hiro's reaction was a bit strange.

A nasty joke, an intimate gesture, and a seemingly subtle attitude toward Emmanuel at this moment.

"do not know."

Hiro's answer was very perfunctory.

"How could I not know?"

A strange feeling arose in his heart, and Hoshino Utsunomiya couldn't help but keep asking questions.

Actually, it's wrong to ask such questions; it's wrong to interrogate people like that.

but--

"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!" Hiro was naturally angry, and she turned her head to look at Utsunomiya Hoshino:

"In the end, I'm the one who's Hoshino's lover! Why do you keep bringing up Emma?!"

An angry little expression, a wronged little posture.

The girl crawled over and sat down on the edge of the bed.

She looked up at Hoshino Utsunomiya, as if seeking comfort and reassurance.

“...Emma too, right?” So, Hoshino Utsunomiya’s voice became a little softer.

While the volume of one's voice doesn't always reflect the degree of confidence, people who shout generally seem more assertive.

Of course, sometimes it can seem even more unreasonable.

However, Herro's performance obviously wouldn't fall into this category.

It is wrong to favor one girlfriend in front of another girlfriend.

Since Hiro has already declared himself his girlfriend, he probably hasn't gone back in time.

If there's no going back, then just live life as it comes.

...In the end, did they still fail to save Natsume Anan?

If the agreed-upon seven days end early, and the witch has already committed suicide, will there be further deductions and executions for anyone else?

"Emma is no longer."

Just as Utsunomiya Hoshino was thinking this, another sentence from Nikaido Hiro once again raised a question mark for him.

What does it mean?

"I broke up with Emma?" Hoshino Utsunomiya was stunned.

I have amnesia? How come I don't know anything about this?

“…Hoshino never dated Emma from the beginning,” she said.

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Utsunomiya was completely baffled.

He felt it was necessary to have a serious talk with Hiro to find out what was really going on.

So he sat down again.

A hand's width apart, pressing down between the two.

He turned around and placed his hand on Hiro's thigh.

Silky, warm, and soft thighs.

"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked softly, looking into Hiro's eyes.

Hiro's face didn't turn red, nor did she mind his hand. In fact, she even opened her arms, gesturing as if to say:

"An apologetic kiss."

She's asking for a kiss.

She wants what she couldn't get before.

Sure enough, the sense of incongruity is very strong.

What exactly happened to make Hero like this?

Before considering this question, Hoshino Utsunomiya needs to make a decision.

To kiss or not to kiss.

Kissing him was too easy; all he had to do was lean down and their lips would meet. In fact, he could say that he had the better deal, since it was Nikaido Hiro's little mouth, and getting a kiss was a win.

Besides, he's already kissed Emma, ​​so it's only right that he should kiss Hero too.

As for not kissing...

"...Do you really want to make my first kiss a gesture of apology?" he asked.

The reason for not kissing is quite simple.

The atmosphere is not right, and the meaning is incorrect.

If you were to kiss her at this moment, it would inevitably leave some regrets.

"Ah..." Nikaido Hiro belatedly realized, she paused for a moment, but quickly changed her expression to one of pitiful distress: "But I want a kiss."

She really wanted it.

Even if it leaves regrets.

Even if I regret it later.

But at this moment, all she wanted was a kiss like this.

He came voluntarily, he asked for it, he bent down.

this kiss.

“...Okay.” Seeing Hiro’s expression, Hoshino Utsunomiya stopped insisting. He raised his hand and wrapped it around Hiro’s neck, then slowly, slowly closed the distance between them.

All Hiro needed to do was close her eyes, feel her breath, and then wait for her lips to touch hers.

But for some reason, she couldn't seem to close her eyes.

The next moment, my heart was pounding.

She couldn't resist.

"—I guess I'll just forget about it!" He pushed Utsunomiya Hoshino away.

As she pushed him away, the girl, who had been holding her breath, gasped for air and said repeatedly, "It's not that I hate kissing Hoshino, it's not that I don't want to kiss Hoshino, but Hoshino was right after all. We can't just kiss for the first time like this."

The first time is very important, even the first kiss is still very important.

What will matter to a young girl is the first time holding hands, the first hug, the first kiss, and the first time getting together.

It is very important.

Unless she doesn't hold a particularly sacred view of relationships, she will feel that these things are very important.

"But please give me an apologetic hug." She turned her head away, her dark hair falling down to reveal her fair, jade-like neck. She became slightly more coquettish, released her grip, and opened her arms again.

This time, Hoshino Utsunomiya lifted her up.

The same feeling, the same emotions as last time.

But unlike before, Hero's heartbeat was clearly audible, and his body didn't seem as relaxed as one might expect.

She was still a little nervous.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Utsunomiya Hoshino whispered an apology, gently patting Nikaido Hiro's back as he held him tightly.

"It's my fault, I cared too much about Emma."

The apologetic hug will last for a moment before they let go.