The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

Wasn't he playing with Arisa?

Tachibana Sherry finds it hard to imagine what it would be like if Utsunomiya Hoshino actively bullied someone.

but......

Bullying someone he finds exceptionally good-looking...

Why does it sound like some random elementary school boy?

Although she had such thoughts in her heart, and felt that it was kind of cute, Tachibana Sherry didn't say anything more.

It was obvious that Hoshino Utsunomiya still had something to say, and she wanted to hear it all.

"On the day we first met, she had an iron bucket on her head, and her whole body was dripping wet. She also gave off a strange smell in the sweltering heat."

The smell is very strong.

She's also very good-looking.

“I think I should be angry,” he said.

Who wouldn't be angry about this?

...herself.

"A cold smile, a handsome face, and..."

"...The identity of a witch."

"I don't think I'm that angry anymore."

Although at one point I had a moment of folly and wondered if she might not have been bullied willingly.

But now Hoshino Utsunomiya understands.

Yuki Tsukishiro did intentionally allow herself to be bullied.

So he wasn't angry, not even a little bit.

"A witch?" Tachibana Sherry exclaimed in surprise, "Why are witches here?"

The witch that Hoshino liked... could it be the same witch who clung to him?

“Ah, not just one person.” Hoshino Utsunomiya smiled and corrected, “She did indeed die right before my eyes.”

"Although I have never seen the witch's true face, she is probably not the same person as the witch I once liked."

When you talk about witches, you can't help but think of them, right?

He would also make the connection.

"I've actually tried to guess that maybe this witch is actually her mother. She hates me so much because I didn't protect her daughter. She has such a big grudge against me because I've been bullying her daughter."

"If I just hold her hand and say, 'Auntie, Auntie, it's not my fault, she died on her own,' will she let everyone go?"

"It's not impossible, is it?"

"hehe."

With a smile, Hoshino Utsunomiya, who rarely jokes, expressed a conjecture and thought that he had had long ago.

To be honest, he always thought this idea was quite amusing.

It's just that he, the person involved, isn't very interesting.

"Auntie, Auntie, it's not Hoshino's fault, stop bothering Hoshino!" Blinking, Tachibana Sherry stood up, raised her hands as if making a megaphone, and shouted this at the sky.

The sound was quite loud; probably everyone in the mansion could hear it.

I wonder if the witch can hear it.

...The witch would definitely be spying and eavesdropping, using whether she had fallen in love with the girl as the criterion for kicking out the time travel.

So she must have heard it.

But is it useful? It's definitely useless.

Sherry Tachibana just wanted to annoy the witch.

Regardless of whether the witch is an old lady or not.

Seeing Tachibana Sherry's actions, Utsunomiya Hoshino smiled.

Looking up slightly, Utsunomiya Hoshino waved to the girl leaning on the railing of the second-floor balcony, then sat up straight again.

Well, everyone does have their own things to do, but actually there's nothing much going on.

Occasionally, like now, I try not to reveal my presence too much, but to observe and listen secretly.

Maybe I can steal some impressive words and actions.

After all, these young girls don't have much dating experience. If you're talking about learning something good from others—things about what to do and say in a relationship...

That seems pretty good too.

However, no one copied Tachibana Sherry's actions; they were just there to listen to the story.

Of course, Hoshino Utsunomiya would know of their existence.

But there's no need to worry about it.

It wasn't something that needed to be hidden in the first place.

However, let's get back to the main topic.

"Well..." Hoshino Utsunomiya rubbed his head, unsure of how to put it.

Logically, we should probably explain the motivation here.

Reasons for not being so angry, decisions made with a purpose.

But how should I put it...

He realized later that the girl had been bullied voluntarily, and there were two reasons why he felt relieved and even experienced a lightning-fast emotional shift at that time.

One of them is that the other party is a witch.

A person who possesses magic and has the ability to fight back at any time is bullied, and an innocent girl is surrounded by malice and bullied.

These are two completely different concepts.

The former will be confused, while the latter will be angry.

The other is individual interests.

He has to admit that sometimes morality and interests can be weighed and compared on a scale.

Sometimes the weight of morality is heavier on one side of the scale, and sometimes the weight of self-interest is heavier.

If you offered him tens of millions of dollars for killing someone, he wouldn't accept it, nor would he. The guilt of killing would outweigh everything else at that moment.

But what if you asked him to slap someone for no reason in exchange for an equal amount of wealth?

I will do it.

An apology afterward is sufficient; as long as the explanation is clear, that's enough.

You could even give the other party a certain amount of wealth in exchange for forgiveness.

Such an example might not be very clear, so let's think about it from the other side.

Even though gaining and losing are different, the cases of elderly people falling down are still clear.

If you help them up, you will lose an unspecified amount of property.

Ignoring this will result in the loss of certain moral certainties.

The choice is obvious.

What Hoshino Utsunomiya wanted to say was...

He did it.

He did indeed do something like choosing to hurt a girl who was a witch, all for his own sake.

He felt that these injuries were insignificant to the witch, yet he also believed that the witch would kill him because of them.

Chapter 202 Safe Journey

The witch neither killed him for it nor did she really think what he had done was insignificant.

She committed suicide.

Therefore, it becomes particularly difficult to say such things.

I can't bring myself to say it.

"There must be a reason why witches are bullied, but the reason I'm suddenly not so angry is not that."

"I'm happy."

Hoshino Utsunomiya couldn't help but reach out and grab Sherry Tachibana's small hand. He took her hand in his own, held it gently, then released it, tried to slip his fingers through hers, and then let them slip out. He then held her hand in one hand and pressed her small hand inch by inch with the other.

From palm to knuckles, then gently stroking the fingertips, Utsunomiya Hoshino spoke softly:

"The joy of discovering the witch came even before I realized I had fallen in love at first sight."

The reason she wasn't angry wasn't just because she felt it didn't matter to the witch.

“I want to… provoke her,” Hoshino Utsunomiya said, uttering something that might seem a little strange.

"It would be even better if she could kill me while she's at it."

How can I provoke her?

"Use some well-known methods."

Hoshino Utsunomiya paused for a moment, then gave a smile that was almost a bitter laugh.

“I bullied her.”

It was quite obvious that the girl's hand was slightly withdrawing.

Will it ruin my image? Will I feel like my image is shattered? Will I realize that I am such a bad person?

But having come this far, I suppose we can only say everything we have to say.

"As expected, this is the most outrageous thing to do, and this is the most likely thing to provoke her."