The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

“…Mmm.” Hero responded very softly.

Hoshino Utsunomiya released her grip.

"So, Hiro, can you tell me now what happened?"

he asks.

As he asked the question, Hoshino Utsunomiya looked up at the cell door.

He hadn't looked at it earlier, but now that he's looking, he's noticed.

The door wasn't locked, and it wasn't time for confinement.

The underground corridor visible through the fence was eerily quiet; there was no one else in sight, and no sound could be heard.

But he hadn't woken up yet, and Hiro was sleeping on him.

Was it morning, and everyone had gone upstairs, that Hiro climbed up alone to sleep with him?

Since yesterday is over, is today Hiro's time?

Hoshino Utsunomiya pondered, awaiting Hiro's reply.

"..." Perhaps he was thinking back, or perhaps he was organizing his thoughts, Nikaido Hiro remained silent for a moment before finally opening his lips:

"What happened? Hmm..."

Where should I begin?

“Let’s start with magic.” She paused and said, “Hoshino should know, right? The prospective witches each have their own magic.”

"Shirley has superhuman strength, Noah has liquid manipulation."

The list includes the magic of the two girls that both of them knew.

"I don't know about Emma, ​​but I don't know about mine..."

It is 'death regression'.

She whispered the name of her magic.

One, a magic that Hoshino Utsunomiya is very familiar with, a very familiar magic.

Death regression.

Death, and then regression.

Before today, before Hiro uttered those words, he had always believed that this magic belonged to a witch.

The witch possessed similar magic; she manipulated time, repeatedly rewinding time after killing him.

But today, Hero told him.

It has nothing to do with witches; magic is hers.

So, in other words, that means...

If that's the case...

The previous two regressions, and Hero's performance in these four.

...That seems to make sense.

His death is not necessarily linked to retrospection.

But after his death, the witch conveniently killed Hero as well.

Therefore, Hero's attitude was different in each of the three regressions.

The first time, Hiro's attitude was normal: gloomy, withdrawn, and silent.

After the second time he reverted to his previous state, Hero quickly regained his composure and started moving again.

The third time, having witnessed his own death the second time, Hiro immediately began to touch his body to check his wounds.

Then, assuming this is indeed the fourth time—

Chapter 134 Love and the Witch (13,000 words)

Regardless of whether this was the fourth time, the name of the magic spell that Hiro mentioned made Hoshino Utsunomiya begin to suspect something.

Does the witch kill Hiro every time he travels back in time?

If that's the case, then Hero might be suffering more than he imagined.

No wonder Hero acted so vulnerable; no wonder Hero acted so coquettishly in front of her.

She lay on the ground, exposing her soft belly, letting him rub it.

If possible, try to satisfy Hero's every whim.

Nikaido Hiro seemed oblivious to the softening in his gaze, and continued speaking:

“Every time I die, time rewinds to that morning, my memories are preserved, and all traces of what happened are erased, becoming a future that does not exist.”

"This is my magic."

As she spoke, Nikaido Hiro turned her head and asked, "Will Hoshino wonder I brought this up?"

"Yes, that's right, just like Hoshino thought, time has reversed."

She nodded, acknowledging that this was the fourth time she had regressed.

"So Hoshino isn't dating Emma yet, so Emma isn't Hoshino's girlfriend."

She explained the questions she had just been asked and solemnly stated:

"Only I am."

Only I, Nikaido Hiro, am your only girlfriend, Utsunomiya Hoshino.

Please recognize this and stop caring so much about Emma.

She wasn't dating you at all.

“…” Hoshino Utsunomiya fell silent for a moment.

That's what you're saying...

It seems there really isn't a problem.

Wasn't he just trying to keep a distance from Hiro because he wasn't dating her yet?

Now the situation has reversed. He hasn't even started dating Emma yet, but Heero has regressed with his memories, so he has to keep his distance from Emma.

"...But if we could go back in time, we should also—"

"—We're dating." Nikaido Hiro quickly interrupted him, saying earnestly, "We're dating."

“I remember, Hoshino remembers, so we’re still dating.”

“If Hoshino remembers, but Emma doesn’t, and it never happened, then it doesn’t count as dating.”

Nikaido Hiro began to define the meaning of the word 'relationship'.

"...Or is it that Hoshino wants to break up with me?" She pursed her lips, her voice trembling slightly as she asked Hoshino Utsunomiya.

Hoshino Utsunomiya denied it very quickly:

No, that's not true.

He never imagined breaking up with Hiro, as initiating a breakup after having been in a relationship would be incredibly hurtful.

...Although it is true that couples who are on probation should also undergo an evaluation at the end of their probation period before a decision is made on whether to make them permanent or break up.

But he gave up on all the assessments and evaluations.

Hero was his lover.

Before Hero got tired of him and took the initiative to break up with him.

He would acknowledge the relationship.

"Then tell me you like me," she demanded again.

Hoshino Utsunomiya spoke softly:

"Hero, I like you."

This is the truth.

only......

To be honest, it's a bit complicated.

He could understand Hiro's seemingly insecure behavior at this moment, after all, the fourth time travel would indeed have such an effect.

However, they went a bit too far.

"Hmm." Having heard what she wanted to hear, Nikaido Hiro didn't seem as happy as expected. She simply nodded slightly, then looked towards the door and began to talk about the circumstances of this time travel that Utsunomiya Hoshino didn't know.

"Emma is not here, not in the cell, not in the mansion, and not in the prison."

she says.

"Emma is nowhere to be found; she might be dead."

As if bringing up an old issue again, Nikaido Hiro once again uttered some rather offensive words.

“I’m not kidding,” she added.

"Not just Emma, ​​no one else is here either."

Hero stood up, took two steps forward, then spread his arms wide and said, looking very happy:

"There's no one here, no one else is here, just the two of us."

...It was just the two of us.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, she seemed less happy.

“It’s just the two of us.” Nikaido Hiro sat down again.

Utsunomiya Hoshino: "..."

He might be able to understand, to some extent, why Hero had become the way he was.

"What day of regression is it today?" he asked.