"What happened to this child's Walking Church...?" Kaori Kanzaki asked darkly. "Why has it been damaged to this extent?!"
At that moment, Kaori Kanzaki was deeply shaken by her own carelessness.
As Index's companion, she had failed to notice the abnormality in the Walking Church in time.
If she had brought her blade down just now...
Honestly, she did not dare imagine it!
In her understanding, aside from the grimoires stored in her mind, Index was no different from any normal ordinary person.
And as a Saint bearing stigmata, if Kaori had struck her with a single blow, this child would definitely have been seriously injured.
The thought that her own negligence could have led to such consequences truly filled Kaori Kanzaki with lingering fear.
Of course, alongside that fear came immense anger.
The Walking Church was a protective ritual garment given to Index by the Church of England.
Yet within a single day of her arrival in Academy City, after she and Stiyl Magnus had let their guard down for just one morning...
It had been damaged to this state.
Naturally, she assumed that Academy City's chairman had gone back on his word.
He had promised to let them enter Academy City freely, yet secretly coveted the magical knowledge of the magic side.
That was why Index's Walking Church ritual garment had ended up like this.
And Yuzhen standing before her now, along with that spiky-haired boy from this morning, were both highly suspicious.
This handsome young man before her might very well have been sent to win Index's favor after Academy City destroyed her ritual garment.
After all, in Kaori Kanzaki's judgment, the timing of this handsome fellow's appearance...
Was simply too convenient!
With that thought, Kaori Kanzaki immediately focused all her attention on Yuzhen.
If Yuzhen made