The Three Witches of Campus Legend / A University Full of Curses ...

"Eh... it's nothing, it's nothing, senpai, don't worry about me." Shirou waved his hand somewhat awkwardly.

"Hmm, it's just a normal family matter, isn't it?" Yukino Yukinoshita replied with a perfect smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine now, it's good that you're all alright. I've finally seen through that jerk's true colors. But speaking of which, the legend of the witch who's a friend to women at school really is true, isn't it? The cat that saved me must be the Witch Lord." The female college student said with a smile.

"Really? That's great... Eh eh eh!?" Shirou and Yukino agreed with a smile, then after a while, they realized what was happening, suddenly widened their eyes, and exclaimed.

Chapter 796 Campus Legend: The three witches

"Senior! So you've heard about witches before?" Shirou and Yukino asked in unison.

"Huh? This is actually quite famous. For a while, everyone was talking about it." The senior looked at the two of them in surprise. She actually considered herself a bit introverted and unsociable, not the gossipy type, but she was still very familiar with this kind of rumor. She never expected that there were people in the school who were completely uninterested in gossip.

"Um..." Yukino Yukinoshita was speechless. With her aloof personality, she actually spent most of her time reading in the library. Her true friends were those she had made in high school. The downside of being an unapproachable beauty was becoming apparent at this moment.

"Shirou, have you heard of him?" Yukino turned to look at her boyfriend.

"No, the boys aren't really interested in that kind of thing. I've heard people talk about it, but I don't really know." Shirou shook his head. In fact, besides going to school, taking on some requests from other people, and accompanying Yukino, he refused all activities like matchmaking. To be honest, he didn't spend much time socializing with boys his own age.

"Senior, please tell us, because it's very important to us," Yukino pleaded.

"Why are you so serious? Is it another request? Yukino, you're a kind person with a cold exterior but a warm heart." The senior said with a light laugh to the junior who was much more reliable than herself.

"Yes, but this request is also related to us, so I'm asking you for help, senpai," Yukino said again, pleading with him.

"Alright then, I'll talk about the relevant things. Actually, there are many rumors about witches in this school. The most famous one is the legend of the three witches..." the senior student recounted little by little.

"Three witches? Are there three witches?" Yukinoshita asked doubtfully.

"I'm not sure either, but there are rumors about the three witches battling an evil witch and driving her away. While the three witches aren't exactly perfect benefactors, and there are some terrifying rumors about them, they've never harmed any women; it's always the men who suffer."

"..." Shirou's eyelids twitched. He had a strong feeling that the three witches were the ones who cursed him, and that they were definitely not friendly to him.

I learned about the rumors about witches from my senior. Although they were quite chaotic, when you put them together, you can see that they all have commonalities and make sense logically, without any contradictions. It seems that the three witches really are all friends of women.

For example, exposing the secret of a man who is two-timing another woman, revealing his ugly side, and protecting the innocent girl.

For example, a female college student who has fallen into prostitution, whose shameful photos have been taken, and who is forced to make films to earn money, is shown in a cross-dressing special with bad guys and a gangster boss who runs a film production company.

After they had learned everything, it was almost 4 PM. Yukino and Shirou were going to investigate the places where the curse was said to be effective.

"If you encounter any difficulties, remember to talk to me. Well, although I can't really help much, please don't hesitate to ask me for help with anything I can do." The senior student said this to the girl as she said goodbye.

"I know, I'll have to trouble you then." Yukino Yukinoshita replied with a smile.

"Looks like you've made a good friend," Shirou said, clearly happy for his girlfriend.

"Well, she is indeed a nice person." Yukino Yukinoshita blushed slightly, seemingly a little shy, but still admitted it frankly.

"Let's invite my senior out next time and go out together," Shirou suggested.

"Well, we'll talk about that later. Let's investigate the curse first!" Yukino said, leading the way.

After saying goodbye to their senior, the two headed towards some of the most famous locations she had mentioned.

One of the locations is a maple forest, where there's a rumor that a curse can be cast using a scarecrow, and at dusk, the witch can be asked to carry out her revenge on men.

"This is clearly one of the school's scenic spots, right? I remember in the fall, some upperclassmen invited us to go camping here, and several girls ended up getting drunk," Yukino Yukinoshita recalled.

Perhaps it's the combination of exam-oriented education and the repression of a society based on etiquette that has led many people to become extremely reckless when drunk. It's not uncommon to see drunkards who, after drinking one place, continue drinking until they collapse on the ground, then simply crawl to the next place.

Even abroad, in some Japanese nightclubs, you can often see people wearing ties around their foreheads.

In autumn, the whole area is red, and the falling leaves create a particularly beautiful scene. However, on summer nights, someone found the largest maple tree, lit a white candle, and then nailed a scarecrow containing the hair of the person being cursed to the tree stump.

If your resentment is deep enough, the witch who senses it will help you curse the man you hate.

When the night is deep and quiet, you can hear the sound of a hammer striking wood!

Shirou and Yukino walked hand in hand into the maple forest. When they reached the deepest part, they saw straw nails driven into the tree stumps—not just one or two, but hundreds. Except for the largest tree, the surrounding trees were all covered with straw, with many nails driven into them at heights of over two meters. It seemed someone had even brought a ladder here. Scarecrows were also faintly visible at heights of three or four meters. They were going to great lengths to curse the man.

The scene was quite eerie. Even for strong-willed people like Shirou and Yukino, seeing it, especially in such an environment where the leaves block out the sunlight year-round and the temperature is generally lower than outside, made them feel that something strange might fly out at any moment.

"Are there so many girls in our school who resent men?" Shirou's teeth clenched, and he felt a deep sympathy for the pitiful scarecrows nailed to the tree stumps.

"I don't know either, but growing up, girls have never been particularly magnanimous. They'll hurt others out of jealousy, hide other people's things, and use forming cliques to disguise themselves as righteousness, when in reality they're just exposing their ugly side without even realizing it. I thought becoming a university student would at least make me grow up, but now it seems that even after growing up, nothing will change..." Yukino Yukinoshita said with a mocking sneer.

"Yukino- san... you're a girl too..." Shirou whispered a reminder, though only in his mind.

Chapter 797 The Cursed University

Looking around at the scarecrows scattered everywhere, Shirou felt as if he had attended a fake university. What happened to the promise of rejecting all superstition and for the new generation to unify superstition and believe in science?

Shirou also probed the surrounding atmosphere, seemingly sensing faint remnants of magical energy, but the other party was well hidden and left no trace to follow.

There was no one else here, and it was quiet all around. A cold wind blew, sending chills down one's spine. But if one were to run into a classmate carrying a ladder and a scarecrow, one really wouldn't know what to do.

Fortunately, nailing scarecrows is something that is done at midnight, so there won't be any awkward situations.

That said, if a girl is strong enough to have the courage to go alone into the depths of a forest in the dead of night to curse someone, would she really need to resort to such a roundabout method?

"Let's leave it here for now. We'll come back next time with the necessary tools ready," said Yukino Yukinoshita after investigating for a long time without finding any clues.

"Huh? What kind of gadget?" Shirou asked, puzzled.

"Of course it's the scarecrow and the nails," Yukino Yukinoshita said, giving Shirou a disgruntled look.

'Hmm?... Yukino? Who exactly are you trying to curse?' Shirou thought guiltily, but in the end he didn't ask.

Afterwards, the two went to another part of the school, the famous Ninomiya Kinjiro statue.

The image of a study prodigy, often found in many schools, is that of a young man diligently studying while carrying firewood and holding a book. He was a farmer's son from the late Edo period. Due to his family's decline, he had to chop firewood during the day and weave straw sandals at night to earn money to support his family. He devoted his spare time to studying, eventually becoming a renowned minister who revitalized agriculture.

Similar to inspirational examples from ancient China, such as "carving a hole in the wall to steal light" and "hanging oneself by the hair to stay awake and pricking one's thigh with an awl."

Legend has it that if you leave a message with Kinjiro Ninomiya, a witch can help you cast a curse that grants you love.

"Speaking of which, some schools recently removed the Ninomiya Kinjiro statue, apparently because parents said Kinjiro is outdated. They worried that it would be dangerous if kids copied him and crossed the street while reading a book," Yukino said, circling the statue and examining every corner of it.

"Huh? Why are those parents focusing on this from such a strange angle?" Shirou said in surprise. If a child watches an anime and burns down a classmate, it's always the parents' fault for not supervising properly. Even with a popular anime like Yo-kai Watch, you don't see kids imitating Jibanyan by challenging trucks.

The two of them circled around Kinjiro Ninomiya, chatting as they went.

"Ah! I've got it!" Shirou found a gap under the stone platform beneath the statue. It was so well hidden that it could only be seen by lying on the ground and looking upwards.

"Is there anything inside?" Yukino asked.

"Hmm, I think I touched something!" Shirou pulled an envelope out of the gap. It was pink, with trendy emoticons written on it, and a Hello Kitty sticker on the seal. It seemed to be a letter from a cute girl.

"It's a letter, let's open it and see." Yukino Yukinoshita made her judgment without hesitation.

"Hey? Yukino, this is a letter someone wrote to a witch, isn't it? Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Shirou advised the girl.

"There should be a method inside to contact the witch, right?" Yukino Yukinoshita said matter-of-factly.

"But this involves a woman's privacy." Shirou's upbringing in many worlds had taught him that he should treat women with gentlemanly manners.

"No, compared to my boyfriend being a beast at night, this is a small matter. It's not a big deal to look at it. If it's not something shameful, she could ask us for help like my senior, instead of some unknown witch," Yukino Yukinoshita said incisively.

"Yukino... you don't actually hate girls who curse others, do you?" Shirou wondered to himself.

To the Witch Lord:

I have a crush on someone who is my senior, a sunny angel who always took care of me in high school. I followed in her footsteps and got into this university.

However, this university is different from my previous school. In my previous school, it was all-sex, but here it's co-ed and full of all sorts of sluts and trash.

The senior was too trusting of others, which is why he got entangled with that shameless guy.

He would leave his umbrella for a puppy abandoned in a cardboard box on a rainy day. He would make other girls scream on the basketball court, but he would only smile at the person he liked. He had excellent grades and was also a Student Council member.

My angel, this hypocritical scoundrel, despite my investigation, I couldn't find any dark history to threaten him into leaving. He's clearly just a pretty boy who looks more like a woman than a man, yet he dares to ignore my warnings and continue to harass my senior!

Please expel him from school! Whether it's food poisoning, being bitten by a dozen dogs, or being raped by a gay man, may he never appear in front of us again.

In short, my Elder Sister belongs only to me!!!

Please, Witch Lord!

py: Your most loyal follower

"Huh?! So the one who's cursed is the man?" Shirou said in surprise.

"Because the witches here only help women deal with unfaithful men, right?" Yukino Yukinoshita said calmly.

"So the one cursing is a girl, and the person she likes is dating a boy, so she's cursing that boy now? Even though he doesn't actually have any flaws?" Shirou pondered for a moment, racking his brains, and then compiled the information before speaking. This whole situation is really too messy; even he's confused.

"That's how it seems for now," Yukino Yukinoshita replied calmly, having already seen through everything.

"That boy obviously made a mistake? Will the witch curse him?" Shirou asked doubtfully.

"Or you could just put the letter back, and you'll find out in a few days," Yukino Yukinoshita said with a cold laugh.

"Eh...?"

Time passed by unnoticed, and by this time, dusk was approaching Yukino Yukinoshita was still thinking about continuing to search for the witch's whereabouts at the next rumored location, but Shirou suddenly froze on the spot.

"Ah, it seems the curse is about to begin..." Shirou gave a helpless bitter smile, sensing the changes in his body; a faint light flickered around him.

"Shirou!" Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Shirou anxiously, stepped forward and hugged him.

"Don't worry..."

But before he could finish speaking, Shirou shrank little by little in the girl's arms, eventually turning into a Shirou Cat. He poked his head out, put his two paws on the girl's arm, and turned to look at the girl who was holding him.

"Meow~!"

Chapter 798 Haruno's Surprise Attack

Shirou has turned into a calico cat, completely losing any resemblance to a human. Only his amber eyes give Yukino Yukinoshita a sense of familiarity.

The human and the cat embraced each other.

"Speaking of which, where did my clothes go? What's the logic behind this?" Yukino looked around in confusion. Shirou turned back into a human this morning and was lying in bed completely naked, wasn't he?

'I want to know too! My wallet and phone are gone. And I don't even know when I'll be able to turn back into human form. If I do, it'll be terrible!'

"Meow!?" Shirou, now a cat, also complained a few times.

Unfortunately, Yukino can no longer understand it.

Shirou turned into a cat, and then Yukino grabbed him by the neck, lifted him up, and carried him out of the school. However, the direction they went was not towards the girl's house.

"Meow?" Shirou looked at Yukino in confusion. 'Where are we going?'

"Don't move around. Let's go to your place and get your clothes. You don't have many clothes left at my place. You need to bring some school clothes and some loungewear," Yukino said, holding Shirou's cat.

"Meow." Shirou nodded in agreement. However, the girl didn't understand, so he could only press his paw against her arm. 'That's true, thank you.'

After he shrunk, he discovered that the girl had suddenly become incredibly powerful, practically a Superman. Observing the outside world from a cat's perspective, the whole world seemed different.

Of course, being a cat isn't without its advantages; at least you don't have to pay your dues at night. Thinking about this, Shirou, nestled in the girl's arms, suddenly felt that even if he was cursed, it didn't seem so bad.

However, what he didn't know was...

Yukino was secretly pleased. Although she loved cats, cats were often aloof and wouldn't always reciprocate a desire for affection. They would usually just act cute and affectionate during mealtimes, finish their food, and then go off to play. But with Shirou, she could do all sorts of things, fully satisfying her desire as a cat lover, and she believed Shirou would reciprocate.

Hehehe... Pinch the fleshy balls to your heart's content, and rub the ears until you're satisfied.

Yukino Yukinoshita arrived at Shirou's rented room with practiced ease. Before falling in love with the girl, he was in a state of being single and had no family to worry about, so his living conditions were naturally incomparable to the girl's. It was just a very ordinary four-and-a-half-tatami room, but it had a kitchen, toilet, and bathroom.

Shirou quickly noticed something: Yukino Yukinoshita had taken out a bag of clothes, and then pulled out boxer shorts and socks from a drawer.

However, as a cat that can only be held and not hold people, Shirou couldn't help the girl carry things at this time. Thinking about it this way, Shirou felt that he should lift the curse as soon as possible.

When a person and a cat got into the elevator together and stepped out, they were surprised to see someone standing in front of their apartment door.

This person was a beautiful young woman with short black hair. Her features bore a resemblance to Yukino Yukinoshita, and she was a rare beauty. She was Yukino's older sister Haruno Yukinoshita.

Haruno Yukinoshita arrived at the luxury apartment and rang the doorbell, only to find no one inside. She followed someone into the elevator and then waited at the door for a while.

"Oh, welcome back! I thought you'd gone off to spend the night over there." Haruno Yukinoshita looked at her younger sister.

"Sister, since you're here, why don't you come in? I have a key to share with you." Yukino looked at...

"Oh dear, it wouldn't be good if I suddenly barged in one morning and disturbed you two, would it?" Haruno said with a mischievous smile.

"Who would do that in broad daylight... cough... we live separately." Yukino blushed, speechless, turned around, took out her keys, opened the door, and said.

As a college graduate, Haruno will enter the business world to start her own business and build up her network. In the future, she may marry someone who can inherit her father's political legacy. However, no matter what, she will always have good choices and will never suffer a loss. Even when facing her domineering mother, she can handle things very cleverly. Therefore, there should be nothing in this world that can truly stump her.

Haruno was more interested in things related to her younger sister. The more she liked someone, the more she would tease them. She picked up the sofa Shirou cat and hugged it.

"Give him to me!" Yukino quickly snatched Shirou from her sister's arms.

Haruno watched in surprise as her younger sister snatched the cat back from her arms, and said, "Ah! That's really exaggerated! You're in college now, and you still have such a strong competitive spirit towards me? I'm so sad."