The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

"..."

Miss Witch doesn't seem to have arrived yet.

Turning his gaze, he saw the pink-haired puppy, who was often late, blinking its eyes and waving at him silently, its lips moving as if to say 'Good morning'.

...It's all like some kind of underground rendezvous code. Is that really necessary?

With a sigh, not intending to respond to the girl in the same way, Hoshino Utsunomiya walked straight to Emma Sakuraba's table.

Good morning, Emma.

He spoke softly.

The girl's eyes were visibly brightening.

"Good morning, Hoshino!"

This was the first time he had responded to me outside of noon.

It happened in front of all the classmates.

Why does it suddenly feel like our relationship is public?

Logically speaking, even friends should address each other by their surnames first.

The reason for skipping the parts about calling out Sakuraba and Utsunomiya is simply because Hoshino Utsunomiya doesn't have the habit of calling people by their surnames; he either doesn't call them by their surnames at all or he just calls them by their first names.

The latter was simply because Hoshino Utsunomiya had already called her Emma directly, and Emma Sakuraba, taking advantage of the situation, felt that she should also call him by his name.

Clearly, nobody cared about such a trivial matter.

After a brief greeting to Emma, ​​Hoshino Utsunomiya returned to his seat, openly taking out his phone to look at bento-making tutorials while waiting for the witch to arrive.

However, the witch did not appear even after the first class began.

The witch's seat was empty.

Hoshino Utsunomiya repeatedly looked up at the back door, but never saw the witch.

Did you oversleep?

Just as Utsunomiya Hoshino was thinking this.

"Dudu..."

A slight vibration, and a message popped up on my phone.

His only contact, Yuki Tsukishiro, sent him a message.

[Yuki: My cat can do backflips, want to see? Right now!]

[Yuki retracted a message]

The moment the message popped up, before Hoshino Utsunomiya could even click to change the unread status to read, Yuki Tsukishiro retracted the previous message.

[Yuki: Typo]

[Yuki: I think it's about time I made up with Emma. Could you please tell Emma that you'd like her to come over to my house today?]

[Yuki: However, I'm a little worried that I won't speak well, so please come over first. As for Emma, ​​please ask her to come after school this afternoon.]

Chapter 61 What should I say, and what expression should I use?

Utsunomiya Hoshino: "...?"

Cats can do backflips and stuff... Does Miss Witch have any cats at home?

I didn't notice it when I went there before.

Although witches and cats seem to be a fixed pairing, Hoshino Utsunomiya has never seen any cats in Yuki Tsukishiro's house.

But why was it withdrawn?

What does it mean if I mistyped a word?

The cat that did the backflip is gone, right?

Never mind, the cat doing a backflip or something is irrelevant; what's important is that Yuki says she wants to make up with Emma.

It's time to make up. It's not good for friends to drift apart like this.

Hoshino Utsunomiya admits that she quite likes the feeling of being all alone in the life of a witch, but it's not good to keep Tsukishiro Yuki and Sakura Emma in this stiff and distant relationship even though they used to be friends.

It would be wonderful if they could make up.

That way, I can probably get the witch to have lunch with me around noon.

I wonder if Emma will be happy that the rooftop is a bit more lively at noon.

...We should also add Emma's contact information.

It's not good for friends to keep meeting in this kind of rendezvous manner. Although I always feel that if we exchange contact information, I will be constantly bothered by messages from Emma, ​​and the chat box will be filled with all sorts of mysterious short videos.

But at worst, I won't click on it; being able to get in touch is the most important thing.

If he had a way to contact her now, he wouldn't need to walk up to Emma Sakura's table, squat down, and make himself eye level with Emma.

"..."

"..."

The two stared at each other in silence for most of the day.

Utsunomiya Hoshino then spoke:

"Give me your email address."

Caught between acting as a mouthpiece and demanding the girl's contact information.

Hoshino Utsunomiya chose the latter.

"...Oh, oh, oh!"

After responding several times, Emma Sakura, not caring that the teacher was still lecturing on the stage, quickly took out her phone.

then.

I got Hoshino's contact information!

Seeing a new name appear on her list of contacts, Emma Sakura couldn't help but laugh.

However, her laughter quickly stopped.

"...Sakuraha, come to my office after class."

The English teacher on the stage said something cold that made her expression freeze instantly.

Why...

Okay, I know, it's because I took out my phone during class.

But at the very least, please call Hoshino over with me, okay?

Emma Sakura wanted to experience what it felt like to be called to the teacher's office with her friends and make little gestures and winks at each other while being lectured.

......

We got Emma's contact information.

Although she seemed to be caught by the teacher again as soon as she turned around, it didn't matter, since Xue meant for her to go over after school in the afternoon.

So just send her a message and leave a comment, she'll come when she sees it.

He lightly tapped the screen and pressed send, staring at the unread icon for a few seconds. Seeing that it still hadn't been marked as read, Hoshino Utsunomiya stopped waiting.

Instead, he turned around, got up, and left the classroom.

No one seemed to care about his departure, even though the witch was no longer by his side and he was all alone.

The classroom was noisy, but it seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Today... let's go through the main entrance.

"Tap, tap, tap, tap..."

Clear footsteps echoed in the deserted stairwell. After changing back into outdoor shoes, Hoshino Utsunomiya glanced at Yuki Tsukishiro's closet.

The witch's indoor shoes were still safely stored inside.

Leave the school gate, turn the corner, walk, and then knock on the witch's door.

...That's how it should be.

But Hoshino Utsunomiya stopped at the very first step of leaving school.

"--written request for leave."

The cold-faced security guard blocked his way and then reached out his hand.

Hoshino Utsunomiya: "...Huh?"

This was the first time a security guard had asked him for a leave slip.

Ever since he transmigrated, ever since he bullied the witch, ever since he held the witch's hand.

No faculty or staff member has ever been so blind as to disturb his activities.

It's hard to say whether it's because of the witch, but it certainly made it much easier for Hoshino Utsunomiya to be late or leave early every day.

Even if you're wearing a school uniform and going on a date with a witch outside, you won't be bothered by any life guidance counselors or anything like that, and you won't be pointed at or gossiped about.

Logically speaking, the gatekeeper should have ignored his presence today and allowed him to come and go as he pleased without any hindrance.

But the security guard raised his hand to stop him and demanded the damned leave slip from him.

"You can't go out without a leave slip. Go back and get a leave slip from your teacher."

...traffic is restricted.

Never mind, I don't know what's wrong with this security guard, but I can still climb over the wall.

She nimbly climbed over the back wall of the school again and headed towards Yuki's house.

For some reason, Hoshino Utsunomiya felt a subtle unease in his heart.

What am I uneasy about?

The only thing I can think of is that Xue and Emma have made up.