"Could it be—" Short-haired Mikoto recalled the scene of Shokuhou Misaki pressing her forehead against the other her. She had thought those two were doing something shameless, but now it seemed that was not the case.
According to what this Accelerator said, Shokuhou Misaki had probably been treating the other her's mental state at the time.
"How did you know about that?" Short-haired Mikoto asked.
"It wasn't actually me who knew. It was a friend of mine—I often helped her with research. Thinking about it now, that plan was probably aimed at the other you."
Accelerator wanted a peaceful life, so he himself had not taken part in any experiments.
But he had a friend.
Nunotaba Shinobu's face appeared in Accelerator's mind.
[And who's this?] [Your punishment is to watch A Certain Scientific Railgun's Sisters arc a hundred times. Nunotaba Shinobu—the one who taught the Sisters, the Learning Device.] [Strictly speaking, shouldn't she be Accelerator's enemy?] [They were both students at Tokonome Academy. Them becoming besties doesn't seem wrong.] [This can be Reversing the Heavenly Stems too?] [Do not look directly at it.]
So it had not been cuddling before—it had been for "treatment."
"Ah, so that's how it was. There wasn't any beyond-friendship relationship between those two... my ass!"
Short-haired Mikoto slammed her head against the table.
"Here, Mikoto. Say ah."
"People are watching nearby. Are you really going to do this?"
"I have nothing to hide."
At another table not far away, Shokuhou Misaki was feeding Long-haired Misaka.
Seeing Shokuhou Misaki intimately feed cake to the other her made Short-haired Mikoto feel like her brain was itching.
"Er, no, then what about you?" Short-haired Mikoto looked at Accelerator.
—Was it really okay to say that in front of the other her?
"Of course it is. My