"..."
Sigh!
"Shokuhou, how is it? I think... after all these days, your injuries should be completely healed, right?"
Watching Index and her few "this year's" friends chat and laugh as they entered the gate of the luxurious mansion in the distance, soon disappearing completely behind its tall walls and lush garden trees, the genius fire mage Stiyl Magnus couldn't help feeling a little unwilling and filled with mixed emotions. Only then did he sigh inwardly and slowly turn to ask the companion who had just arrived at his side.
The detached mansion with a garden in the distance had excellent privacy. From this far away, he certainly couldn't keep an eye on Index anymore.
However, he already knew that those people wouldn't harm Index. Aside from a little regret, he didn't have many other thoughts. He only planned to stay here and silently protect her. He hadn't yet decided when he would stop.
"Yes!"
"I'm completely fine now. I can use all of my strength!"
Shokuhou Kuroko had first been injured by accident during that constrained fight against Index at Tokiwadai Middle School, then been knocked unconscious by a direct blow from that terrifying dragon. She had only just recovered, but she was now completely healed.
That attack would have turned an ordinary person into a pile of mush, but Shokuhou Kuroko wasn't ordinary, so the dragon's tail-swipe hadn't killed her! Now that she was recovered, she declared that if the dragon dared show itself again, she would make it feel the wrath of the strongest close-combat fighter!
But there was no use getting angry now. She already knew that the flying dragon had hidden itself in the deep sea. Not only did she have no way of finding it, but probably no one in the world knew which