Academy City's Puppet Master

Jigami Akisa became more and more anxious: "No, I assure you, the students here will not be harmed in the end! So please leave quickly!"

"Why are you in such a hurry to drive me away..." Kamijou Touma yelled while being pushed away by the girl.

"Because she wants to protect you?" The voice of the third person suddenly sounded from the side.

A man's voice, but not Stiyl.

Kamijou Touma felt the girl behind her lose strength in her hand.

"Oreos..." Himegami Ayusa stood in front of Kamijou Touma and said, "You promised me that you would never hurt anyone else."

"There is indeed such an agreement." Oreos stepped forward.

This is a two-meter-tall man who is meticulously dressed in a white suit and looks uniquely oppressive.

Kamijou Touma raised his right hand to block in front of him, looking at him vigilantly: "Hime God, don't block here!"

He pulled the girl behind him and confronted the alchemist himself.

"I see, are you the one who is constantly eliminating the composition of my world?" Oreos nodded, staring thoughtfully at Kamijou Touma's right hand.

"Where's my companion?" Kamijou Touma asked.

"Are you talking about Steele?" Unexpectedly, the other party already knew Steele's identity, "He has already been defeated by me."

"Damn it!" Kamijou Touma cursed, and the corpse he saw in the stairwell flashed through his mind.

"Don't worry," Oreos said lightly, "I didn't kill him, and similarly, I will spare your life... once!"

"Don't be complacent, who wants your forgiveness!" Kamijou Touma said bravely.

Oreos ignored his low-level provocation: "Because both of you are the guardians of the catalog of forbidden books, I will spare you once. Remember, this is not an example..."

"Index? What does this have to do with Index!" Kamijou Touma widened his eyes and became excited.

"...But, you just can't remember." Oreos waved his arm.

Kamijou Touma also raised his right hand, but...

===Chapter [-] Memory===

Jingle bell jingle jingle jingle jingle

The piercing phone ringing relentlessly woke Kamijou Touma from a comfortable slumber.

"Who... so annoying..." Kamijou Touma muttered, reaching out to fumble for the phone by the bedside.

"Huh? Why am I sleeping on the bed?" Kamijou Touma suddenly woke up.

These days, Kamijou Touma could only use the bathtub as a bed because a young girl lived in the apartment, and gave up his own bed to Index.

I slept so comfortably today, it must be because I have experienced a soft bed for a long time.

After getting up, Kamijou Touma saw that the curtains were drawn in the apartment, and the room was dark, but the sun was clearly shining outside.

Index also fell asleep lying on the low table next to her.

Kamijou Touma grabbed the phone with his left hand, and gently got off the bed and moved to the balcony.

He remembered that his head was a little groggy this morning, probably because he had been spending the night in the bathtub and didn't get a good rest.

So today I don't want to bother to prepare lunch myself, and it's a rare extravagance to go back to the supermarket and buy a luxurious bento.

After hastily eating lunch, I took a groggy nap.

Until now... Kamijou Touma looked at the time displayed on the phone screen, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

Also, the annoying guy calling at this time to disturb people's slumber is "Flame Maniac".

"What the hell is that nickname!" Kamijou Touma couldn't help complaining, "If you think about it carefully, it should be that magician named Stiyl, right? Hitomi Shiranui mentioned it emphatically."

"How long are you going to sleep!" As soon as the phone was connected, I heard the stern reprimand from the other side.

"It's summer vacation now, I can sleep as long as I want." Kamijou Touma went back angrily after getting up.

Judging from the other party's tone, Kamijou Touma felt that there was no need to be too polite to him.

"You made an international call all the way, what's the matter?" Kamijou Touma asked again.He still remembered that this magician was an Englishman, but he felt that he was very proficient in Japanese.

"How is that child?" Stiyl was silent for a while before asking.

He didn't correct Kamijou Touma's misunderstanding.

Stiyl was in Academy City at this time. To be precise, he was standing on the roof of the apartment building facing the balcony of Kamijou Touma's apartment, covering himself with runes.

His visit this time is a covert operation - or a "private operation".It was to see if Index was living well here.

Coupled with his identity as a magician, he walked very low-key and did not tell others.

Especially I don't want to tell Kamijou Touma!

If the curtains in his apartment hadn't been drawn all afternoon, so he couldn't see what was going on inside, Steele wouldn't have called to question him.

"Index?" Kamijou Touma looked back, "She's fine. Except for the higher food expenses, there are no other problems."

"Listen well, don't treat that child badly!" Stiyl warned, "Also, don't expect us to give you subsidies!"

Kamijou Touma shrugged and prepared to return to the house.Index seemed to be about to wake up too.