"!!"
"This..."
At that moment, seeing the sudden turn of events and the Tokiwadai girl get struck and sent flying, both Kanzaki Kaori, who had just escaped the fire and was catching her breath in the distance, and Stiyl Magnus, who had projected himself there using the Rune Magic "Mirage" and was preparing to resume negotiations over Index, were utterly stunned!
"Why?!"
"How... how can she use magic?!"
Unlike the three students, Stiyl and Kanzaki had never worried about the safety of Index, the girl left behind in the fire whom they had sworn to protect!
They both knew that the pure-white, silk-and-gold-embroidered, extravagantly luxurious nun's habit Index wore was actually a magical item called the "Walking Church." Its defensive strength was on the level of the Pope's, and could even rival the Great Cathedral of London! Furthermore, apart from the legendary "Dragon of St. George" descending once more and unleashing its terrifying Destruction Magic, no one's attacks could possibly break through the barrier of the "Walking Church"!
Whether it was a physical attack or a magical bombardment, the barrier would absorb it completely! That was why they hadn't been too worried about Index, who had been accidentally forgotten in the blazing fire by her unreliable "companions," and why they hadn't believed the flames could hurt her!
And now...
The girl slowly floating up from the fire, Index, was completely unharmed, proving that they hadn't been wrong!
But what they had never expected was that Index... really could use magic?!
The situation was deeply bizarre. The Church had explained and warned them that, for various complicated reasons that couldn't be discussed, and because Index's overworked mind contained the contents of 103,000 grimoires, making her a walking index of forbidden magic, she had suffered excessive mental strain and could no longer