The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

I believe that when I wake up, I will still be sitting close to Hoshino at school. I will be lying on his lap, enjoying the comfort of a knee pillow. When I open my eyes, I will see his gentle smile. I can ask for a kiss just by reaching out my hand.

I must be having a nightmare.

Yes, if it wasn't a nightmare, why would I hear a strange woman's name from Hoshino's mouth?

I don't know any of those people at all.

I'm having a nightmare. I'm having a nightmare.

Wake up, wake up.

What came after repeatedly calling out in his heart was not the awakening he had hoped for, but rather the questions that Hoshino Utsunomiya would then pose.

"If I were to treat you as Xue..." He murmured to himself for a moment, then looked up and met her eyes.

"What exactly did I have to do to make you kill me?"

he asks.

This is a question that Yukishiro herself would definitely not be able to ask easily.

However, if we assume that the witch in front of us is Tsukishiro Yuki, then we can ask her some questions.

It won't harm the person, yet it will give you the answer that the witch has racked her brains to come up with from her perspective, pretending to be the person herself.

He would indeed be very curious about what would have happened if he had done something different, or if he hadn't chosen the awkward path of bullying.

Will I really get killed as I wish?

"Ugh..." Tsukishiro Yuki squeezed her eyes shut, forcing tears from the corners of her eyes, which refracted light in the air. She bit her lower lip hard with her upper teeth, slightly drawing blood.

And here comes something even more annoying.

My chest hurts so much.

A dull, gloomy feeling, a knot of unpleasantness knotted inside me.

This was something she hated even more than him saying he didn't want to marry her anymore.

Yes, even more so.

The phrase "I don't want to get married anymore" brings a strong sense of emptiness, a feeling of loss that comes from having something you could have obtained simply by reaching out, but which you missed due to various unforeseen circumstances, and which is difficult to recover.

She was in so much pain that she wanted to cry, or rather, tears were welling up in her eyes, but she hadn't reached the point where she would burst into tears.

She was still suppressing her emotions, not daring to express them too much, whether it was dissatisfaction, happiness, or discomfort.

She really didn't dare to do it again.

Sure enough, it was this most fundamental reason, the beginning of everything, that caused her the most pain.

I'm about to cause trouble.

Really.

If I want to hug Hoshino's leg and cry and make a fuss, will he reluctantly pull his leg back while feeling unable to bear it and unable to stand it, and then take the initiative to comfort me?

After all, Hoshino would eventually find it unbearable to watch.

Coco is like that, Milia is like that, even Emma...

and so.

If I belittle myself to the point that even Hoshino can't stand it, he will sigh, squat down, and pat my head. Then I can hug him, throw myself into his arms, and cry my heart out.

You can kiss him, rub against him, and even touch him.

It looks tempting, doesn't it?

It's very tempting.

If it didn't mean she would have her dignity completely crushed under his feet, Yuki might actually have done it.

Even now, she has no dignity left to speak of.

Although she didn't really mind being trampled under Hoshino's feet.

but.

No.

It's not that I can't be stepped on by Hoshino, but even if I'm going to be stepped on, it should be in bed.

If you're trampled on like this, if you're reduced to this level...

...Hoshino will not accept it.

He actually cares a lot about equality, surprisingly.

You can feel it when you see it.

If the relationship becomes unequal to the level of humility Emma initially felt.

He won't accept it.

Therefore, even if it's just to get Hoshino to accept her again, this method shouldn't be used.

What she should really be doing now is...

That's a proper answer.

Even if you hear an answer you don't want to hear at all, you should still do what you're supposed to do.

Tell him what he should do.

"..."

Tsukishiro Yuki raised her sleeve to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, walked over, and turned to sit down next to Utsunomiya Hoshino.

She clutched her skirt and lowered her head.

"If Hoshino had wanted me to kill him back then..."

"Killed by me..."

By me...

She repeated it several times, but couldn't bring herself to say it easily.

Her head was bowed, she clutched the hem of her skirt, and tears seemed about to spill over again.

Will he be comforted? Will he reach out and pat his head?

...Don't wait for this.

The longer you wait, the more dependent you will become.

The severe addiction symptoms that Hoshino Utsunomiya already suffered from would actually become more and more serious with repeated relapses.

All that's missing is a trigger, all that's missing is an initiative to embrace.

She will lose her mind again.

She can lose her mind.

but not now.

Yukishiro took a breath, took a deep breath, and raised her head again.

“Then Hoshino will kill Emma the very first time he sees me,” Yuki Tsukishiro gave her answer.

......

"It has to be Emma. Even Heero wouldn't be enough. In fact, killing Heero would only reverse time."

He wanted to be killed, wanted to be enraged, wanted to ignite his own murderous intent.

This is the only method.

Nothing else would make her want to kill.

"If you ask why Emma..." Yuki Tsukishiro paused for a moment, "because her magic is 'Witch Slayer'."

Actually, these questions could perhaps be left for Hoshino to ask, so she wouldn't need to answer much, and could even keep asking Hoshino this and that.

But just as Hoshino explained a great deal, she also had a great deal to explain.

The conditions for the exchange are as follows.

"I, Tsukishiro Yuki, am the only remaining 'Great Witch' on this island, just as Hoshino knows."

Is this a status to be proud of?

Or should we view it as a tragic identity?

Looking back on the long past, those memories are rather colorless, almost like experiences that can be seen from the beginning.

There's really nothing to be proud of.

"I carry expectations, and I also carry hatred."

Evil humans climbed onto the island and began exterminating their own kind of witches.

"I want revenge, I must have revenge, I hate humanity."

The songs woven together, the curses recited in strings.

Curse humanity to extinction.

"Therefore, I went to great lengths to spread the witch factor throughout the world, so that everyone could be identified as a 'witch'."

That sounds like a very impressive plan.

Although she might not actually need to use this method to destroy humanity.

But perhaps what she really wanted was that moment when she painstakingly spread the witch factor, and then used the witch assassin to reap the harvest like a scythe.

perhaps.

"Although I could wipe out humanity in one fell swoop with the Witch Slayer at any time, I'm probably hesitant. I might not dare to make a move. I don't really want to make a move."

Although she was expressing her own thoughts, Tsukishiro Yuki used a guessing tone.

...because she herself wasn't really sure what she was thinking.

Do I hate it or not?

Should I hate him, or should I let him go?