The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

Even the most recent proactive communication was actually a bargaining gesture involving a spell to summon an iron barrel.

But he still had that feeling.

Of course, feelings are feelings, and he had no intention of comforting the system.

What's the point of comforting someone if they won't even give you grass?

There is a host who can soothe the system.

Ultimately, Hoshino Utsunomiya wasn't entirely without resentment towards the system's mechanism, which was completely outclassed by death rewind.

Let's talk about it again when it remembers that it's a system.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the system still didn't seem to show up, Hoshino Utsunomiya sighed.

Forget it.

He allowed the system to shrink before the once-powerful superhuman strength became less effective.

"Click".

The door lock opened immediately.

Hoshino Utsunomiya didn't pay attention to whether the warden said anything on the screen, since this should be the sixth time now.

Despite dying last time because he appeared too familiar with the prison, leading Nanoha to misunderstand him as the mastermind, Hoshino Utsunomiya still has no intention of changing his strategy this time.

It's really too difficult to pretend you've never been here. Those who deliberately pretend are more like the mastermind behind it all, aren't they?

Then, Hoshino Utsunomiya pushed open the door and went out.

A black-haired girl, biting her lower lip, with a gloomy face, carrying a long spear on her back, and with an unyielding dark cloud in her eyes.

We met at just the right time.

If we're talking about this, then Utsunomiya Hoshino is also prepared to follow his plan of falling in love with the first person he meets.

So without a doubt, this time the girl he's going to fall for is...

Her name is 'Kurobe Nanoha Kaori'.

"Ah, ah..."

Nanoha Kurobe raised her head and saw Hoshino Utsunomiya's face. Her pupils contracted, her lips parted slightly, and she made a low, muffled sound, as if she were mute.

Her hands involuntarily rose, and her legs uncontrollably moved closer.

Her raised hands traced a path from her thighs upwards, reaching her Adam's apple, her fingertips brushing over it, before finally cupping it upwards.

The girl cupped Hoshino Utsunomiya's cheeks in her hands, pulling him down so that his head was lowered. Their foreheads touched, and as they breathed on each other, the breaths pattering against their faces, finally calming down Kurobe Nanoha's slightly rapid breathing.

"It's rewinding, it's rewinding, yes, it's still rewinding, I knew it was rewinding." Muttering these words, her eyes still slightly unfocused, Kurobe Nanoha couldn't help but say:

"I knew you wouldn't die. I had already guessed that you wouldn't die. You also knew you wouldn't die, and that's why you didn't resist. Actually, I—"

The words, which seemed more like a soliloquy than spoken to Hoshino Utsunomiya, suddenly stopped.

Nanoha Kurobe paused in breathing and bit her lip so hard it bled.

"—I'm sorry." Swallowing her own blood, Kurobe Nanoha's hand slid down, resting on, or rather simply on, his body, her head resting against his chest.

"I'm so sorry, I ...."

I'm sorry for shooting you, I'm sorry for misunderstanding you as the mastermind, and I'm sorry for having the idea that I could pretend nothing happened just because I thought I could go back in time.

The emotions left behind by a sense of powerlessness and reminiscence are restored after seeing the vibrant Hoshino Utsunomiya again.

It resurfaced.

Chapter 172 You're not dead?

Apology, repentance, guilt.

Nanoha Kurobe was covered in this scent.

The front of my shirt felt a little damp.

Hoshino Utsunomiya thought for a moment, then tried to hug her and gently stroked her back.

"Yes, it's reversed." He said softly, "I'm still alive."

Actually, there are probably many questions.

For example, do you remember? Did you also go back in time?

Or rather, what about Rhea's situation, and what about the others?

But after thinking about it, he still said it very softly.

"It hurts quite a bit to be shot in the leg. The feeling of dying from blood loss is like a countdown. My consciousness is gradually fading..." Utsunomiya Hoshino casually said something that seemed to make the girl feel even more guilty and uneasy, and then lightly sniffed Kurobe Nanoha's hair.

A refreshing scent, a very faint lavender fragrance, followed by comforting words while holding the girl in his arms...

Sure enough, I'll think of Hero.

The icy coldness, the sound of her crying, the feeling of being in his arms...

After a brief pause, Hoshino Utsunomiya said:

"It's right to apologize, Nanoha Kaori really should apologize to me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Nanoha Kurobe seemed to stiffen even more.

But before she could say anything, Hoshino Utsunomiya placed his hand on her shoulder, gently pushing her away from his chest, and then reached out to touch Nanoha Kaori's pretty face.

Look at her cheeks, look into her eyes, and let her look into your own eyes.

“Since you’ve apologized, I’ll forgive you,” he said.

Her once cool and pretty face was now streaked with tears, the edges of her eyes were slightly red, and tears welled up in her gray eyes.

A small hat, pigtails, and a ring that can be glimpsed around the neck.

"After all, Nanoha Kaori is very cute." He smiled and let go of her hand.

Even in this prison filled with beautiful girls, Nanoha Kurobe's looks are in a league of their own.

"What...?" Taken aback by the sudden praise, Kurobe Nanoha muttered twice, "Are you starting to provoke me again? Is it that every time you rewind, you're provoking girls?"

With her hands unable to resist stroking her cheeks, she lifted the swaying ponytails on either side of her face, feeling...

I feel like I've calmed down a lot.

Although, she still couldn't easily forgive herself.

But as long as he's still alive, that's all that matters.

Once she understood this, she was finally able to move forward and start thinking about other, more things.

"I won't fall in love with you," she said, turning her head away.

She still had things to do, so she couldn't date Hoshino Utsunomiya or focus all her attention on him.

“It’s okay, I’ll find a way to fall in love with you,” said Hoshino Utsunomiya.

It seemed as if one was retreating while the other was approaching without a care in the world.

And that seems to be the case.

Even Nanoha Kurobe couldn't help but want to shrink back when faced with such a nonchalant expression of goodwill.

That's so straightforward!

Anyway, they probably just want to do something lewd, right?

This man is truly devoted to his desires.

Although Hoshino Utsunomiya has been cleared of suspicion as the mastermind behind the scenes, his actions will not change.

In Kurobe Nanoha's eyes, he was still the same man who fell in love with every girl he met and maintained ambiguous relationships with several girls at the same time.

Now, he has set his sights on himself.

It's not that straight women don't plan to date.

Ultimately, Nanoha Kurobe is also a young girl, and naturally she also yearns for romance.

It's just that he likes too many people!

If it comes to competing, Nanoha Kaori believes she won't lose to anyone.

But there was no need; she had her own things to do.

So, sorry, I'm not into dating.

"So what's the real reason you're so obsessed with being in a relationship?" Kurobe Nanoha sighed heavily, turned, and leaned against the wall.

"You can even accept Meruru, who killed you once? Isn't that a bit too devoted to your desires?"

Nanoka Kurobe turned around and started chatting with him quite naturally.

But clearly, she wouldn't accept it so easily.

Words of comfort, words of forgiveness, and his promise to come to like me.

However, if he forgives me, but I still hold onto it, then it will be him who will be troubled.

Try to calm down, try to realize that you've been leaning in for too long, try to suppress your shyness after a little bit and start a natural conversation.

A sense of closeness is born in such moments.

In particular, Hoshino Utsunomiya does not treat her like a stranger, nor does he make her feel an overly obvious sense of distance.

In this situation, she would naturally feel that her relationship with him had become much closer.

If that's the case, then if they are... friends.

Ask follow-up questions, criticize his performance, and express your true feelings.

That should be possible, right?

Is it too inexplicable or too overly familiar?

Well......

But to kill him with my own hands... Ugh... The person who killed him once with his own hands wants to shamelessly consider himself his friend...

Nanoha Kurobe was incredibly conflicted.