The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

I'll tentatively taste it to see if it's slightly salty or slightly sweet.

It separates instantly upon contact, protruding and retracting, bringing back a sample with a slight curl for the taste buds to confirm.

If you really want to eat it.

She gradually became dizzy, her heart pounding, and finally she opened her little mouth wide.

One bite.

Then it stopped moving.

To hold in one's mouth.

He held a mouthful of water in his mouth so that she wouldn't talk too much.

Do they rub their little teeth together from side to side? Do they move their little tongue slightly?

Mmm.

Finally, it spat it out, its tongue lolling out as it panted, just like a puppy making a smacking noise.

Well.

Just trying it out.

If you want to eat.

But I didn't eat the tsukishiro snow.

Although Hoshino Utsunomiya gave a very strange look, although Hoshino Utsunomiya didn't actually refuse, although, although, although.

But if you didn't eat it, you didn't eat it.

Even if she tried to wipe her mouth, there was still nothing to eat.

However, once such a suggestion is made, the atmosphere will obviously change.

Yuki Tsukishiro will nonchalantly forget the questions she raised to Hoshino Utsunomiya in order to resist the suggestion of endurance, as if they didn't exist or were never said.

Hoshino doesn't need to atone for my sins, nor does he need to pay any price.

I have forgiven.

Although she had actually forgiven him from the very beginning.

only......

After calming down a little and regaining her senses for a moment, Yukishiro began to regret her decision.

Why would you give in to such a trivial matter? Why would you make such a small request?

I should have let Hoshino eat mine—

cough.

No.

I should use this as an exchange to get Hoshino to lower his standards.

At least, at least we can't just watch.

I really can't stand staring at it for so long.

After indulging in a little bit of willfulness and having it indulged, the guilt that should have been there resurfaced.

Although Yukishiro didn't want to be forgiven by others, since Hoshino needed her to gain their forgiveness...

That.

She'll think of a solution.

But before that, there is one last question.

"The person who made Hoshino fall in love with me, and even promised to send Hoshino back after her death, the one who lured Hoshino here..."

"who is it?"

Her slightly flushed face regained its coldness, and Tsukishiro Yuki, unusually, transformed back into the indifferent witch, uttering icy words.

Once the feeling of craving ends, it's time to return to reality.

Whether it's atonement or punishment, one must bear the consequences of their own wrongdoings.

but.

Only this one person.

She wanted to settle accounts with the other party.

Good debts and bad debts should be accounted for together.

"..." Hoshino Utsunomiya was somewhat surprised, but still spoke softly: "Commander."

Someone is calling you.

In fact, he had already prepared himself for further questioning when he was referring to the descriptive system.

However, Yukishiro initially put the system aside, only to come back and ask about it now, which surprised him somewhat.

[Wait, wait, wait a moment, host—]

The system's noisy voice arrived late.

Clearly, it is still alive.

How could she not live? After all, she had stolen the rewind button from him and already knew the witch's identity. It was the one that remained silent after the rewind.

Let me find the pause button first... where is it again...?

"Stop looking, come here now."

【--yes!】

The system has no physical form, which in a sense is similar to the state of Tsukishiro Yuki when she hanged herself.

But to say it has a soul is hard to say.

After all, the essence of a system is creation.

To 'appear,' besides creating a physical form, the best way is...

It means using a medium.

Um......

For example, the warden.

"...Huh?" That's why, the moment he saw an owl flapping its wings and flying onto Hoshino Utsunomiya's shoulder.

Yuki Tsukishiro couldn't understand it.

Her brain went blank.

What is a warden?

It is a familiar, a creation, a demon.

Not just one, but many, many more; mass production, a shared consciousness.

He is the warden, the introducer of the rules of witch trials, a tool, a toy.

Yukishiro never imagined that the real 'mastermind' would be an owl that should have been completely under her control.

Was it this thing that commanded Hoshino? Was it this thing that ordered Hoshino to approach me? Was it this thing that made Hoshino wish to commit suicide?!

Yuki Tsukishiro is going to get angry.

But before he could even get angry, the owl spoke up.

【The Great, Great, Great Witch...】

The sounds that Hoshino Utsunomiya could hear echoed in the small cell.

[I am the 'Love and Witch' system, temporarily borrowing the warden's body. Even if you ruin this body, it won't matter...]

Destruction only serves to vent emotions and actually hinders communication.

and......

This body is borrowed, and if something borrowed cannot be properly returned...

Then, I can only express my deepest apologies.

"System...?" Tsukishiro Yuki frowned slightly and asked directly, "You, are you a witch?"

She smelled it.

Both her words and her aura had an unexpectedly familiar witchy scent.

However, logically speaking, she should be the only surviving witch.

Meruru is not a proper witch after all. Although she insists on calling herself a witch and considers herself a witch, she is ultimately not a true witch.

But right now, this entity seems to have no physical form and calls itself a system.

But it gave her the feeling of a witch.

【Eh, no, no, no, a system is a system, not some witch...】

However, it's not entirely unrelated to witches...

[System, I was born out of expectation.]

Now that things have come to this, there's nothing left to hide.

Ultimately, if the host were to ask, it would actually intend to tell the host.

I want to say something, I want the witch to understand the whole story.

Sure enough, we still have to start from there.

......

As everyone knows, this place was once a paradise for witches.

The witches, living in seclusion on the island, have created an unprecedented civilization with their dazzling magic. Under the leadership of several great witches, they lead a prosperous life.

But that day came.