The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

She doesn't want to use magic; she doesn't use magic.

Even with this hypothetical condition as a premise, Yuki Tsukishiro still possesses her own unique advantages.

face.

She really has a beautiful face.

A delicate, adorable face, like a porcelain doll.

Even disregarding the system's authentication, spending time alone with Yuki Tsukishiro...

Hoshino Utsunomiya felt that she would still conclude that 'this is a witch'.

However, unlike the system's explicit setting of non-human and magical beings, it is different.

He would identify Yukishiro as a witch simply because of her face.

Therefore, in theory, Yuki Tsukishiro should not be bullied.

At most, it's just bullying that girls secretly start out of jealousy.

But this level of humiliation will soon be interrupted by righteous individuals who step forward.

On the surface, they maintained the most basic decorum, but behind the scenes, the appearance of the righteous man fueled the girls' jealousy.

This kind of bullying is the outcome that would normally occur under normal circumstances.

Before he took over the bullying work on Yuki Tsukishiro, she was subjected to school-wide bullying that was even tolerated by the teachers.

This is strange.

At first, he didn't think about it in detail; he just felt that her 'attitude' was very problematic.

On the day I transferred to this school, when I angrily confronted the bullies.

She did not move.

He simply watched calmly, without saying a word or reacting.

It's like watching something that has nothing to do with me.

This reaction is normal and reasonable for victims of bullying.

'Heart dead'

That's roughly the feeling.

—If Yuki Tsukishiro's heart is truly dead.

Unfortunately not.

She did not lose her capacity to feel hope because of her past experiences.

She probably never expected anyone to save her from the beginning.

Inaction, negligence.

To accept one's fate passively.

Because of this attitude, she became the outlet for the negative emotions of the entire school.

That was originally what Hoshino Utsunomiya thought.

He didn't wake the bullies until he slapped them twice, got the answer from them, and smelled the scent in the air around him.

It smells of decay, of rotting, of fermentation.

It smells like sewage.

It wasn't because the school's drainage pipes were broken, nor was it because any toilet burst.

The source of flavor, the origin of aroma.

It was on the girl sitting right behind me.

It's on Yukishiro.

Why is this beautiful girl being bullied?

Because she smelled bad.

Yuki Tsukishiro has a unique stench.

It subconsciously makes people frown and evokes feelings of disgust and aversion.

This kind of 'dirt' itself makes people more likely to become the target of bullying.

The malice derived from the common perception that 'cleanliness and tidiness are the only right things' has always been intense.

Although this logic is still rather subtle, it is obvious that something is still missing.

But for Hoshino Utsunomiya, that was enough to make a judgment.

He had clearly refused to join the bullying group against Yuki Tsukishiro, and he had drawn a line with his actions, seemingly standing by Yuki Tsukishiro's side.

To achieve his reverse operation.

One more step is needed.

He attracted the witch's attention in the most unique way.

—To become the only person she hates.

......

Cool water poured from the iron bucket, its icy chill seeping into the girl's simple school uniform as it ran down her long, silvery-white hair.

The clothes, which had dried slightly over time, were now soaked with water again.

Fortunately, the school uniform wasn't as bad as I had imagined; it wasn't soaked to the point of being revealing.

Even so, the fact that Hoshino Utsunomiya watered Yuki Tsukishiro's plants was already shocking enough.

No, brother, aren't you on her side?!

If you're going to water it, why are you doing it against us?

The students around him were dumbfounded and couldn't understand it at all.

But what's even more incomprehensible is Tsukishiro Yuki.

Power, action, everything.

What's wrong with this man?

She stirred up the crowd; she manipulated people's hearts.

This man named Hoshino Utsunomiya should be like everyone else he has met in the past.

Her name was erased, and she became one of them, joining in the daily bullying against her.

Emma stood up for herself, Heero angrily accused them of their mistakes, and good-natured Emma looked at her vulnerable self with great concern.

.

That's the right way.

I don't need any righteous heroes to stand up for me!

That was her thought, but before Tsukishiro Yuki could even figure out how to deal with this man who seemed subtly different from other humans and possessed a brute force...

He came closer.

Standing before me, looking at myself with those clear eyes.

The imagined anger and pity, the pitifulness and lamentation, the satisfaction and expectation, are all absent.

All that remains is clarity.

His face wore the same calm expression as mine, with a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.

Hoshino Utsunomiya extended his hand.

He gently removed the iron bucket from her head.

then.

"—Splash!"

They poured a bucket of cold water on her.

"If you can't take a shower at home, I can help you get clean right now."

He uttered the first words they exchanged since they met.

His lips and teeth moved, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, and he was approachable and tender.

His words and actions were completely mismatched and contradictory.

Logically speaking, there are only three possible responses from Yuki Tsukishiro.

Bow your head, remain silent, and endure.

He looked up, questioned, and hurled insults.

Cry, cry, cry.

There is no fourth option.

But, but, it was precisely at this time, precisely when faced with these words.

She nodded.

I responded instinctively.

"Ah."

Yuki Tsukishiro understands humans too well.

As the only 'Great Witch' to survive the massacre by humans, and as a Great Witch who once mastered countless spells.

Driven by a desire for revenge against humanity and to exterminate them, she has spent years traversing human society, spreading 'witch genes' that can infect humans.

Over the course of those long years, she had come to fully understand what the 'human' race was.

Humans are selfish and cruel.

With just a little bit of emotional appeal, just a little bit of reason given to them.