"Lord Yoru Machi, are you saying that Index being unable to use magic or possess Magic Power was also the Church's doing?"
Divine Severance was no fool. On the contrary, as the former female pope of the Amakusa Style, although she was somewhat helpless when it came to scientific electronic devices and could occasionally be a little awkward by nature, she remained clear-headed when it came to the bigger picture.
Faced with the spheres of light continuously shooting down from the sky, Yoru Machi directly created two long blades with magic and, wielding them in a dual-blade stance, split every single magic light bullet in two.
Even while fighting, he calmly looked at Divine Severance and the others as he replied, "I can't say for certain whether the protective mechanism on Index is entirely the Church's handiwork. After all, I don't know much about the magic side.
"But since the One Hundred Thousand Pages in this child's mind are the original texts of grimoires from all over the world, I doubt other factions would feel at ease with them being held by a single power."
"Erasing this child's memories at regular intervals was probably done to prevent her from forming improper bonds or emotions with others. That could easily result in this power, enough to destroy the world, falling into someone's hands.
"After all, in the eyes of those important people, a library that stored grimoires was never supposed to have emotions.
"As for this claim that Index cannot use magic and has no Magic Power, that sounds even more absurd to me.
"Magic Power does not come from nowhere. The defensive mechanism currently controlling Index's body may be capable of replacing her thoughts, but at the end of the day, it is merely a special spell. It cannot generate