The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

The girl's hand naturally rested on Hoshino Utsunomiya's shoulder, but just before she reached out to pull him closer to his neck, she hesitated and stopped.

Seemingly realizing this, Hoshino Utsunomiya lowered his head again.

Printed.

Minute.

“…Another sneak attack.” Tachibana Sherry pouted, put her hands down, propped herself up, and pressed herself upwards.

"I like you."

Then confess your feelings.

"I don't know when it started, but I just like you."

Looking at Hoshino Utsunomiya's face, the girl spoke earnestly.

"Maybe I was the one who liked you first."

she says.

"Hmm," Hoshino Utsunomiya replied, "Maybe I was the one who liked you first."

maybe.

The confession was a spur-of-the-moment decision.

It was premeditated.

He had said it before: it wasn't hard to fall in love with Tachibana Sherry.

He should have fallen for Tachibana Sherry a long time ago.

The past I've been recounting these past few days isn't about making myself like Tachibana Sherry.

He had liked it for a long time.

Being willing to talk about oneself is a natural behavior towards people one likes.

All that's missing is a confession.

A confession that can be said anytime.

If you're willing, you should confess your feelings aloud.

He was willing to confess his feelings.

When he was thrown onto the bed, Hoshino Utsunomiya knew it was a joke.

When asked to confess their feelings to each other, he seemed to like Tachibana Sherry a little more.

Confessing your feelings is great.

He likes to confess his feelings.

I want to laugh happily, and I want to laugh with a little bit of emotion.

Then, listening to Shirley's laughter and looking at Shirley's face.

You can't help but want to lower your head.

Give me a kiss.

He confessed his feelings after the kiss.

"Uuuuuuu..."

Shirley pouted.

"Alright, you liked me first," Hoshino Utsunomiya said with a smile, conceding.

But Tachibana Sherry stubbornly shook her head: "No, you liked me first."

"Hmph." Then she snorted softly, turned around, leaned back a few inches, and sat back in his lap.

Stable.

She didn't urge or speak, but she was waiting for something.

correct.

As agreed, the topic of discussion was indeed still...

The problem with Hoshino Utsunomiya.

Romantic relationships are important, but once you've confessed your feelings to each other, you can actually put things aside for a bit.

Because once you've confessed your feelings, all you need to do is have more intimate interactions.

But we're already quite close now.

At most, he can touch Shirley's legs.

A pair of nice legs.

One was wearing black stockings, and the other was naked.

If you want to put your hand under the skirt...

Well, it's not impossible, but I feel like that might not be very much like Tachibana Sherry.

Although girls might be interested.

But there's no rush.

They hugged each other and whispered to each other.

That's it.

He reached out to massage Tachibana Sherry's calf and thigh muscles, his hands moving constantly. Utsunomiya Hoshino thought for a moment, but didn't stop talking either:

"My problem, well, it's not hard to figure out. It's just that the repeated backtracking and the several deaths I've experienced have somewhat inappropriately erased some of my emotional expressions."

"Indifference to death and a lack of regard for one's own life."

Hoshino Utsunomiya paused in both his actions and words, then thought for a moment.

"But actually, I never thought it would be a big problem," he said.

"Because I'm still afraid of pain."

He's been saying that all along...

I hate pain, I don't like pain, and it would be even better if it were painless.

The fact that he is still afraid of pain means that he still has the most basic reverence for death and the most basic sense of resistance.

The day he feels that pain is nothing to worry about will be the dividing line where he becomes completely inhuman.

Just like Shirley.

“Sherry is still afraid of pain, isn’t she?” he said.

Shirley Tachibana still dislikes pain.

This is what Tachibana Sherry herself described as her true feelings.

The excessive torment caused her to close off completely; the girl would not silently endure the abuse.

Because she was still afraid of pain.

Pain inflicted, the pain conveyed by bodily signals.

This is the most basic self-protection signal for humans.

“I…” Tachibana Sherry opened her mouth, but couldn’t help reaching out to touch Utsunomiya Hoshino’s leg.

“It’s different,” she said.

"That was the only thought that remained in my mind before I killed anyone—the thought of resisting."

"Well... it's something that's only going through a phase."

"It means that at that time my sense of inhumanity had not reached that level, so I was still afraid of pain."

As she spoke, Tachibana Sherry placed her hand on her thigh.

After hesitating for a while, she lowered her hand and pinched her thigh.

"Now, although I feel pain, it's definitely not a big deal. It's not something that makes me want to cry or scream."

The twisted thigh flesh turned white, and the girl released her grip, causing the area that had been twisted to turn red.

The girl's expression was calm and indifferent.

"..." Hoshino Utsunomiya stared silently at that spot, then reached out and gently stroked and pressed it, and then...

"It's okay, it's okay, it doesn't hurt..."

He whispered comforting words in Tachibana Sherry's ear.

He even seemed to want to blow on it.

Gentle words, soft movements.

In an instant, Shirley Tachibana's eyes welled up with tears.

"...You cheated." Tachibana Sherry complained, her voice trembling with a hint of tears.

She raised her hand, her hand hovering in mid-air, wanting to push away Hoshino Utsunomiya's comforting hand, but unwilling to do so.

But Hoshino Utsunomiya stopped anyway.

After stopping, he hugged Tachibana Sherry tighter.

“Shirley just doesn’t know how to react when she’s in pain,” he said.

Sherry Tachibana was an orphan.

A child's journey begins with crying, falling down, and trying to send a signal through crying.

Whether it's hunger, pain, or just itching or discomfort, they will cry to ask for help.

If you cry, your parents will find a way to help you solve the problem.

Therefore, pain is naturally equated with crying.

But Tachibana Sherry was an orphan.