The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

Call out your own name.

Others finished.

He softly uttered the word 'Snow,' a word that deeply moved her.

Then, very occasionally, he would greet Xue with a "Xue" when they met each day.

He remembers.

He won't forget.

If it were a question about how long it had been, he would absolutely, positively remember to call out "Xue" to me.

Instead of some 'witch lady'.

"The last time we met was the last time."

Actually, when chatting, Hoshino Utsunomiya doesn't like to stare at people for long. Although he will glance at the person next to him from time to time, most of the time he just looks at other places, and then feels the atmosphere that there is indeed someone listening next to him, and finally speaks softly.

But this time...

His gaze, however, remained fixed on it.

He just looked at Tsukishiro Yuki like that, and then said.

“But the witch last time used the identity of Heero, at least. Although I was quite bothered by it, at least Heero is still alive.” Hoshino Utsunomiya paused slightly, biting her lower lip lightly.

“But this time…” He took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment: “They’re actually using a dead person’s face.”

"...I really think you're being a bit disrespectful."

He really wanted to sit down and have a calm talk with the witch.

In fact, seeing the witch as soon as he woke up should have been a very happy thing for him.

At least in this matter, the witch didn't try anything new.

There's no need to pretend to be Hero and ask him to spend a day on a date with the witch before revealing the truth.

There was no task system in place where you were only allowed to meet the witch after completing a task.

If she were to impersonate Emma, ​​holding my hand and insisting on a date before allowing me to speak to her...

He really didn't know what to do.

However, the witch did not actually disguise herself as Hero Emma.

Instead, they were dressed in the clothes of the dead.

This was something he simply couldn't accept.

As he said.

That's incredibly disrespectful.

Can't we just let the deceased rest in peace?

"No, disrespectful...?"

Yuki Tsukishiro was somewhat at a loss.

I was just struggling with the issue of how to address her. I was trying to think of something. Hoshino just hasn't called me by my name in a long time, and I was just a little uncomfortable calling her "witch" for a while. It wasn't intentional.

But when she turned around, she was stunned by the words, "You actually used a dead person's face."

What do you mean by saying that using my own face is disrespectful?

Tsukishiro Yuki knows what Utsunomiya Hoshino means.

That's why she couldn't accept it.

Because the appearance of this sentence only represents one thing.

Hoshino Utsunomiya did not believe that the 'Yuki Tsukishiro' appearing before him was 'Yuki Tsukishiro'.

She was rejected.

She wasn't recognized as 'Tsukishiro Yuki'; she was treated as a 'witch'.

He imagined himself resurrected and appearing before Hoshino, only to be looked at with disbelief by Hoshino. After Hoshino's brief pause in breathing, he suddenly rushed over and hugged him tightly, calling out his name.

It would never have happened in the first place.

......

Let alone that he only has eyes for himself, let alone that he has forgotten all the bad women, let alone that he has gotten married.

Even the most basic name, 'Tsukishiro Yuki'.

It seems she can't have any of them.

In a panic, Yuki Tsukishiro waved her hands frantically.

"No, no, no, I am snow, I am snow," she said weakly in her defense. "I am Tsukishiro Yuki."

I am Tsukishiro Yuki...

Disrespectful behavior, using a deadpan expression, etc...

Why...?

Why would I think that way...?

Yes, that's right!

Suddenly, Yuki Tsukishiro realized a possibility.

Hoshino said "the face of a dead person," does that mean Hoshino still thinks I'm dead? Does Hoshino not believe in my resurrection?

Yes, yes, humans are creatures that die and then die. It's certainly difficult for humans to easily accept something as illogical as the resurrection of the dead.

Subconsciously denying her own resurrection, she then severed ties between the name 'Tsukishiro Yuki' and herself, giving her appearance a reason, believing that a witch was disguising herself...

This logic is perfectly reasonable!

In other words, instead of offering such a weak and feeble explanation, what I should do is make Hoshino accept that I have been resurrected!

Once the logic was sound, Yuki Tsukishiro suddenly had a direction.

"Actually, I've been resurrected, you didn't expect that, did you, Hoshino? I can be resurrected." Tsukishiro Yuki quickly took a step closer, trying to grab Utsunomiya Hoshino's hand: "If Hoshino doesn't believe me, just touch it."

I want him to touch my heartbeat. Once he feels his own heartbeat and confirms that he is still alive, and has the tangible feeling of being alive in his hand, he will probably believe what I say.

But for every step she took forward, Hoshino Utsunomiya took a step back.

"Stop." He even gestured for him to stop: "Keep this distance."

Do not overstep your bounds.

"I won't touch it. Your heartbeat is your own business, isn't it? No matter how fast it beats, it only proves you're alive." With a slightly cold expression, Hoshino Utsunomiya uttered words that sounded particularly indifferent to Yuki Tsukishiro: "In the end, she's been dead for so long, is it really meaningful to insult her again?"

"Resurrected? Ha."

The witch must have lost her mind to say something like that.

Do you think he's an idiot?

Or is this the script this time?

Is she pretending to be the resurrected Yuki Tsukishiro to get close to him, in order to 'steal' the love he once gave to Yuki Tsukishiro?

If that's the case, then the witch in the present moment might have nothing to do with Yuki Tsukishiro.

That useless reasoning about avenging Yuki Tsukishiro can also be overturned.

That's true. If it really is because of Tsukishiro Yuki, then the witch has even less chance of falling in love with him.

What kind of cruel joke is it that someone would fall in love with themselves as a form of revenge?

His extremely wary attitude and blatantly resistant demeanor were accompanied by a series of cold laughs.

The moon shines through the snow, its cold penetrating to the bone.

I said the wrong thing.

What nonsense are you spouting...?

Tsukishiro Yuki's outstretched hand hovered in mid-air. She slowly withdrew her hand, lowered her head, and looked at the distance between Utsunomiya Hoshino's feet and her own.

That was not the distance between friends.

Yuki Tsukishiro always knew that Hoshino Utsunomiya had his own set of standards for maintaining distance, such as what kind of distance to keep with friends and what kind of contact distance to maintain with strangers.

And now.

She is a stranger to me now.

A bitter smile appeared on her face, but Tsukishiro Yuki knew perfectly well that now was not the time to be sad.

If all she can do is be sad, then she can only be sad.

To reverse this mood, she had to find a way to make Hoshino believe in her.

Where should we begin our explanation?

"That's it, that's it." Yukishiro thought of a breakthrough: "Hoshino knows I'm a witch, right? Hoshino knew I was a witch from the very beginning, right?"

This was something that Hoshino Utsunomiya told Sherry Tachibana on his own initiative, and it was also the answer she had deduced.

Utsunomiya Hoshino: "...?"

What nonsense is this witch spouting?

"I'll tell Hoshino, witches can actually be resurrected!" she exclaimed.

Yuki Tsukishiro felt that Hoshino Utsunomiya might not understand 'witches' enough, confusing her with ordinary humans and thinking that once someone dies, they are dead and cannot be resurrected.

"Even though I died once, I can still be resurrected!"

Excitedly, Tsukishiro Yuki raised her head and looked straight at Utsunomiya Hoshino, hoping to get a look of sudden realization.

However, all she could see was a disappointed expression.

“I thought you were going to say something…” Hoshino Utsunomiya felt confused: “Putting aside why I should accept your premise, even if I were willing to admit that witches can be resurrected.”

"Would the witches who are already dead admit it?"

He asked rhetorically.