Returning to his dorm at night, Mr. Kamijou saw Index collapsed at his door. He rushed to her side and saw blood on her. Not knowing what to do, a person appeared behind him: two meters tall, with shoulder-length red hair, and a barcode-like tattoo under his right eye.
"Hmm~ We magicians are responsible." He said this with a villainous look from the start. He was also smoking a cigarette; he didn't look like a good person at all.
"Ah~ The force used this time was really heavy."
"Why?" Why did she come to his door? Was she asking for help?
"Are you asking why she came back here? She probably came to retrieve something she lost here."
He took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled. The tall man calmly answered Mr. Kamijou's question, already feeling confident that he had Mr. Kamijou cornered.
"Yesterday she was wearing a hat, so it must have fallen somewhere."
Was it because she was afraid these people would find her due to the magic lingering on her hat, and she came back specifically for the hat, only to be attacked by these people?
"Don't look at me like that; it makes me uncomfortable. After all, the one who injured her was Kanzaki, not me. And I don't think Kanzaki did it on purpose either. After all, that monastic habit, the 'Moving Church,' had absolute defense capabilities. Yet, for some reason, it was shattered."
"Oh my, oh my~ While I really don't want to interrupt your conversation, if Index isn't treated now, she might get into trouble due to excessive blood loss."
At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind the tall man. Turning around, he saw a beautiful girl with an unusually full figure, long purple hair tied into twin pigtails with two pink hair clips. If there was a change, Mr. Kamijou could still recognize who she was.
"Is that Miss Toujou?" Yes, this was Toujou Nozomi, who usually appeared as a doll. This afternoon, with the help of Yoshino's power, she was able to return to her original body. Now, various exquisitely crafted cards floated around Toujou Nozomi, rotating everywhere, and she looked at the two with a smile.
"Mr. Kamijou, you should take Index for treatment first. You know, this isn't the time for you two to be leisurely chatting. Yoshino is waiting for you downstairs, hurry up and go."
After she finished speaking, three tarot cards flew towards the tall man, carrying purple magic.
"What! Flames! The gift of pain to the giant!" Feeling the power, he immediately summoned flames and tarot cards to clash, while Kamijou Touma, holding Index, passed him and ran downstairs. The only place they could go now was Teacher Komoe's house.
"I'm counting on you, Miss Toujou."
"Oh my, hurry up. But don't worry, her life will be fine. You're too nervous, Mr. Kamijou."
"Eh?" Hearing Toujou Nozomi's words, Kamijou Touma stopped, looking at her curiously. Why was she so sure Index would be fine?
"Hehe~ The tarot cards told me. Hurry up and go."
Holding the tarot cards, Toujou Nozomi playfully stuck out her tongue at Kamijou Touma. She couldn't read this boy's fate yet. It seemed to be because of his right hand.
"You must be a Magician too, right? May I ask which Magical Society you belong to? Do you intend to interfere with the Anglican Church's Necessary Evil?"
The tall man, seeing Kamijou Touma leave with Index and knowing he couldn't follow, lit another cigarette. After taking a puff, he looked at Toujou Nozomi and asked.
"My name is Stiyl Magnus, a Magician belonging to the Anglican Church's special forces, 'Necessary Evil'. Please don't interfere with us, okay?"
"Oh my, oh my~ Why do the tarot cards tell me that you are not Index's enemy at all, yet that child considers you an enemy now? How strange. Don't you think so?"
Without answering Stiyl's question, she held a tarot card in front of him. It was a card of being misunderstood, yet always protected.
Seeing this, Stiyl calmed down and secretly pulled out the rune card he had prepared from his sleeve, ready to counterattack.
"Don't have any other ideas. In front of me, your cards will only become my tools. Just watch."
When Stiyl picked up his rune card, what he saw inside was a 'comical' face, not the symbol he had originally set.
Calmly tearing the card in his hand into pieces, he took a deep drag from his cigarette.
"I am a member of Academy City's Saintess Cult, you know. I wonder if you heard that sacred singing before, Mr. Stiyl."
"The Saintess Cult, huh. Our Archbishop told us that a The Cult had emerged on the science side. We thought it was a joke at the time, but we on the Magic Side are also searching for information about the owner of that voice. Our Archbishop said that the girl should be brought back to become a Saintess, and none of us refused this."
"Oh~ That won't do. I won't allow it. If people like you take that child away, who knows what consequences there might be."
Toujou Nozomi waved her hands, and hundreds of tarot cards appeared throughout the corridor. "Now I'm going to give you a good lesson, you know, because I promised that child I would stall you properly."
"It seems you have a deep misunderstanding of our Magic Side. But don't think that without rune cards, I have no means of attack. You should know that I am considered a genius Magician." Stiyl threw his cigarette to the ground and stomped it out, then flames appeared in his hands, looking at Toujou Nozomi with a face full of fighting spirit.
"As for you, a Magician from an unknown society, I need to ask you some serious questions now. You should know that I have always been dealing with Magicians who harm this world."
"Oh my, I'm so scared. The tarot cards told me your fate next."
Purple light appeared from the tarot cards in her hand, and a dangerous smile appeared on Toujou Nozomi's face. "It's to be thoroughly dealt with by me."
"Then let's try it!!!" The battle was on the verge of breaking out.
Turning to Yoshino on the other side, Kamijou Touma was now carrying Index towards Teacher Komoe's house.
Yoshino's hand touched Index's body, slowly copying the magic books inside Index's mind.
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