Apparently, Index has committed 103,000 grimoires to memory.
I managed to defeat the magician,
but Index's wounds are severe.
It seems her wounds can be treated with magic,
but the students in this city are all unable to use magic.
So, basically, Komoe-sensei, I'm counting on you.
What is the current local time... in Japan Standard Time?
And the date, please.
July 20th, 8:30 pm.
I notice you did not consult a clock.
Is that time accurate?
I don't have a clock in this room.
Sensei's internal clock goes by the second, so that should be accurate.
I can adjust my internal body clock with a stable diet and exercise pattern.
From the position of the stars and the angle of the moon...
...it matches the direction of Sirius with an error of 0.038...
Then, to confirm.
The current local time in Japan Standard Time is July 20th, 8:30 pm, correct?
Yes, we're at the 53 second mark, to be exact.
N-No, you shouldn't get up!
Do not worry, regeneration is possible.
The end of Cancer, the period is midnight between 8 to 12.
Bearing is to the West.
The guardian of Undine.
The angel is Helheim.
What's... that?
Magic.
I will need to borrow your hand and body from this part on.
If you follow my instructions,
no misfortune shall befall anyone here,
and you shall have no need to bear a grudge against anyone.
Just lie down and wait for the ambulance!
Umm... bandage... bandage...
Treatment of that level will not suffice in tending to my wounds.
I do not understand the meaning of "ambulance",
but will that be able to completely tend to my wounds in the next few minutes...
...and replenish a sufficient amount of vital energy, mana, to my body?
Then, what should I do?
Sensei isn't a magical girl, you know?
I am grateful for your cooperation.
First...
...what is that black object over there?
This is a memory card for video games.
Please put that in the middle of the table.
It's a mini-dining table, by the way.
Is this a miniature model of this room?
The materials do not matter.
If the shapes and roles fit,
then the ritual can be carried out.
This is?
The location of your beer cans.
In any case, I would be rather grateful if you followed my instructions accurately.
If you commit a mistake in the process,
there is a possibility your nervous system will be burnt out.
Failure entails the destruction and death of your body... is what I'm telling you...
I will descend the angel and create a temple.
Repeat after me.
Link successful.
Link?
The temple created atop this table has been successfully linked to this room.
What happens in this room will also occur on the table.
What happens on the table will also occur in this room.
Please image it!
W-What?
A golden angel.
Its physique is that of a child's.
It possesses two wings.
Image the sight of this beautiful angel.
Angel...
Telling me to think of an angel out of the blue is...
We are not actually summoning an angel.
As the mage, you must use your will to create the form of an angel.
O-Okay!
A cute angel...
Huh? I didn't really summon an angel... did I?
Fixation of the form has failed.
At the very least, a blue-colored Undine to protect the temple shall suffice.
Let's proceed.
A cute angel...
Along with the replenishment of mana,
I have confirmed the avoidance of life endangerment.
John's Pen will now enter sleep mode.
Are you okay?
All that's needed to heal me is my own stamina.
The wound itself has been treated, so I will be fine.
Thank God that he doesn't need to shoulder this.
Shoulder?
If I had died here,
he might have needed to shoulder this.
You were worried about Kamijyo-chan more than yourself?
I don't know.
I'm really not sure...
...but...
And why is it...
...that the big beer drinker and smoker, the mature Komoe-sensei's, pajamas...
...fit you perfectly?
It's like, how many years apart are you two?
Don't snub me like that.
PLACEHOLDER
*nod* *nod*
I do feel that my chest feels restricted in these pajamas.
*nod* *nod*
Y-Your comment is insulting!
But...
But what?
Nothing~
I am an adult!
Anyway, Kamijyo-chan!
Ultimately, who is this girl to you?!
My sister...
There are times when you shouldn't be lying!
Sorry! Sorry! I really mean it!
She's a beautiful foreign girl with silver hair and blue eyes!
I lied! Sorry! Sorry!
Kamijyo-chan!
Sensei, can I ask something?
Desu?
Are you asking this to tell the executive board of Academy City?
Desu!
I don't know what kind of trouble you two are in,
but whatever it is, since it took place inside the city,
it is a teacher's job to take care of the problem.
It is an adult's duty.
If I know that you two are treading on dangerous ground,
I am not stupid enough to just stand by and do nothing.
If you were a complete stranger, I wouldn't hesitate at all in involving you.
But I owe you a favor, Sensei,
so I don't want to get you involved.
Saying something cool like that and trying to cover things up will not make Sensei forgive you.
Hey, where're you going?
This is a suspension of negotiations.
Sensei will now go to the supermarket to buy materials to make breakfast.
In the meantime, Kamijyo-chan, you think about how and what you should tell me, okay?
And...
And?
When Sensei gets into shopping too much, she might forget about everything.
When she gets back, Kamijyo-chan, you shouldn't try to play tricks and should just tell her first thing, okay?
She's a wonderful person.
You mean, Komoe-sensei?
Yeah.
I can't get Sensei any deeper into this.
Yes, we cannot let her use any more magic.
Grimoires are dangerous things,
with the contrasting common wisdom and the altered laws written in them.
A "different world" like that is poisonous for "this world", regardless of good and evil.
Poisonous?
Without mentioning magicians,
if people of "this world" come in touch with knowledge of a "different world",
their brains will be destroyed just because of that.
Destroyed?
Is that what magic is like?
Do you want to know?
Do you really want to know the burden I am carrying?
What should I say?
It's like I'm the Father now.
Yes, you truly are like a Father listening to a confession.
The Christians were originally all united as one,
but why do you think they have split up into so many different churches?
That's because...
Because they brought politics into religion.
They split, opposed each other, and chose various paths of their own...
...even though they all believed in the same God...
All of them have evolved in their own way and gained their own "personality".
Personality, eh?
The English Purist Church that I belong to...
Since England is a country of magic,
witch hunts and inquisitions,
this kind of anti-magician culture developed in extraordinary manners.
That is why the English Purist Church has a special division.
In order to defeat magicians, this division has researched magic and devised strategies against them.
It is called the church of necessary evil, "Necessarius".
Necessarius?
But, in order to understand an impure enemy, our own hearts will become impure.
Coming in contact with an impure enemy, our body will become impure.
It is a division that gathers all the impurities in one spot.
And the greatest impurity of all is-
Those 103,000 grimoires...
Yes.
Magic is like a formula.
If one can successfully reverse engineer it,
one can even neutralize an adversary's attack.
If one knows all the magic in the world,
one will be able to neutralize all the magic in the world.
So the 103,000 grimoires were-
-hammered into your brain.
If these were really that dangerous,
they should've just burned 'em and not bothered reading 'em.
What's important isn't the book itself but the content.
Even if the original is destroyed,
it would be meaningless if it were passed down through oral tradition.
Besides, humans are unable to destroy the originals.
The human mind is unable to, to be exact.
They had no choice but to seal them off because they couldn't do anything.
In other words, people are after the bomb implanted inside your head, right?
With these 103,000 grimoires, one can absolutely be able to distort the entire world.
You...
Why did you keep all this to yourself this whole time?!
I didn't think you'd believe me...
And I didn't want to scare you...
And... I...
I didn't want you to hate me...
Whatever, man!
You're dissing me right there!
Church of necessary evil, Necessarius?
103,000 grimoires?
It really does sound like bullshit,
and hearing all this would be really hard for someone to believe.
But, you know?
That's all there is to it, right?
Don't underestimate me.
Just because you memorized 103,000 books,
do you think I'd consider you disgusting?
Have some faith in me!
Don't be judging people on your own, okay?
See? I've got my right hand.
Magicians are no match for me.
But, you said you needed to go to school for extra lessons.
Did I?
You definitely did.
F-Forget school!
So why did you say you had to go to school?
That you had plans.
My presence made you feel uncomfortable, huh?
Uncomfortable, huh?
How's Index?
She's alive.
I've researched the background of the teenager accompanying her.
So, what's up with his right hand?
To say the least, he is not a magician or even a supernatural power user.
Now what?
Are you going to tell me he's just a normal high-schooler?
Give me a break.
This world wasn't created easy enough for some amateur with no powers to be able to dispatch Innocentius.
That is true.
Rather, the problem is his battle abilities actually belong in the category of "worthless students that like to pick fights".
Perhaps there is an intentional blackout on his information?
And Index's wounds were actually healed through magic.
Kanzaki, do other magic societies exist in this Far East?
If they were moving inside this Academy City,
some should at least be detected by the institution's antennae.
Enemy forces are unknown.
We have no backup.
She seems really happy.
She really does.
She's been leading a happy life.
How much longer do we have to keep tearing and ripping that up?
Is it a perplexing emotion for you?
You, who have been in that place in the past.
It's the same as always.
In the end, when Komoe-sensei came back from the supermarket,
she didn't ask anything and let us stay in her apartment.
Maybe she forgot all of it while she was doing her shopping,
or maybe she decided to forget everything.
At least, I didn't ask her that.
Bath-tub! Bath-tub!
Bath-tub~
Bath-tub! Bath-tub!
Bath-tub~
Touma! Touma! Touma!
Nothing!
It's kind of fun to call someone's name without any purpose.
Right, Touma?
I want to ask you something.
Komoe mentioned that...
In a Japanese public bath,
there's this thing called coffee milk.
Like this,
and this,
put your hand on your hip and drink it like this!
What's this coffee milk?
Is it like cappuccino?
There's nothing elegant like that in a public bath.
You may experience a culture shock when you see the large bath, though.
They've got nothing but narrow bathtubs in England, right?
I actually don't know.
Why not?
Because, I was in Japan before I realized it.
I'm not really sure about anything in England.
No wonder you speak Japanese so fluently.
No, that's not what I meant.
I was born in London and apparently was brought up inside St. George's Church.
I came here about a year ago, I think.
You think?
Yeah, because my memories keep disappearing.
When I first awakened, I didn't even know who I was.
I couldn't even recall what I ate the night before,
but I knew about magicians, Index, Necessarius...
...knowledge like that kept popping up...
I was really scared...
So, you don't even know why you're losing your memories?
Yup!
Touma?
Are you angry or something?
Am not.
I might apologize if I offended you,
but what is angering you, Touma?
Going through puberty?
I don't want to hear "puberty" from someone with a pedo body like you.
Gosh, what's that supposed to mean?
You are angry from what I can tell.
Or is it that?
That you're pretending to be angry to tease me?
I think I don't like that aspect of you, Touma.
Ok, hold it.
You don't even like me to begin with,
so don't be saying stuff like that.
No matter how desperate I am, I don't anticipate such romantic events filled with love comments from you.
...huh?
Why are you being quiet and staring angrily at me like that?
My princess?
Touma!
I hate you!
Geez...
Biting me all she wants and going on her own way like that...
Huh?
There's... no one?
It's just a rune.
A rune that removed all people from here.
You're...
Kanzaki Kaori is my name.
The other magician, Kanzaki Kaori.
She's the one that slashed Index?
How can she do things like this with indifference?
Next time, "Perfect Memorization".
When science and magic cross paths,
this epic will begin!