Short-Haired Mikoto: Am I some kind of fake? / What do you mean, World War III?

"No... I no longer had the right to stay by her side..."

Kamisato Kashiwazaki sighed.

There was sorrow and loneliness in her eyes, but even more than that, a certain kind of joy.

At that moment, Kamisato Kashiwazaki seemed to remember something.

"—Right, Stiyl and I didn't come to Academy City solely because of Index. We also had another investigation to conduct. An investigation concerning Saints."

Kamisato Kashiwazaki did indeed have that assignment.

However, it was not exactly a secret, so there was no problem with saying it aloud.

"Your friend, Arisa Meigo. Her identity is very special. She might very well be recognized as the ninth Saint. Once she grows further, even I might not be her match..."

"Um—"

Hearing the voices here, King Hippo... no... Slowpoke... no, Kamijou Touma, who had already changed into nun's robes and was still biting down on his head, walked over.

"—The person you were talking about, her name was Arisa Meigo?"

What a coincidence.

Just a week before coming to this world, Kamijou Touma had happened to bid farewell to Arisa Meigo from the neighboring world.

So Kamijou Touma really did know quite a bit about her... including her true identity.

"You know her too?" Kamisato Kashiwazaki found that strange.

Saints and the like were matters of the Magic Side.

How did you people from the Science Side know so much about magic?!

"I know a little—"

After Touma said that, the scene changed once more.

Or rather, the story of this episode had ended, moving on to the story of another world.

"I can't do it! I really can't do this! Gamma Ray Bursts are indeed electromagnetic waves, but I really can't pull off something like that!"

The esper ability used by herself from the other world left Short-haired Mikoto utterly