Chapter 88

Luna Bai really didn't want to get involved in the Book of Law incident. He had rushed back to the Academy City without stopping, and he hadn't slept yet. Although the constitution of a Heroic Spirit didn't require much sleep, as a human, the habit of sleeping was hard to change.

But!

A single call from Aleister made the lunch-eating Luna Bai go to find Stiyl, "As a representative of the [Science Side], you will supervise the search process to ensure that the [Magic Side] doesn't act recklessly."

Isn't this just too much? Why not send someone else?

In the end, Aleister said that someone with dual identities like him was the best to witness this.

"Then what about Tsuchimikado?"

However, no matter how much Bai opposed, Aleister decided to send Bai, even using one of the few free dispatch opportunities.

Of course, both of them knew that the last dispatch opportunity was the most important. But Bai was just annoyed; couldn't he get some sleep?

With a gloomy face, Bai came to the abandoned theater of the Hakusei-za.

Seeing Bai arrive, Stiyl was about to greet him, but seeing Bai's expression, he realized something was wrong.

Stiyl didn't want to provoke the current Bai, but Bai didn't want to let Stiyl off the hook either.

"Hey, Stiyl, tell me, why does your [Magic Side] need a supervisor for your search? Huh? Tell me!"

Faced with Bai's questioning, Stiyl could only smile awkwardly.

"We have no choice. The person we are looking for might be brought into the Academy City, and there might be a conflict. It would be troublesome, so we need a witness."

"Hmph."

Bai gave Stiyl a cold look and went to a seat, closing his eyes to rest.

At this moment, Touma also received the letter left by Stiyl and started heading there. A girl in a nun's habit opened the door to the hall where a few people were.

The girl was dressed in a proper nun's habit, wearing high heels about 30 centimeters thick.

The girl, along with Stiyl and Index, arrived at the entrance of the Hakusei-za. The girl looked at the two people in front of her and started to complain, "The current situation is a mess, the information is complex, and we haven't even confirmed the location of the [Book of Law]..."

The nun suddenly realized that the people in front of her were not from the Roman Catholic Church but were collaborators in this incident.

"Forgot to introduce myself, I am Janice Sanctorius of the Roman Catholic Church."

Stiyl nodded, understanding, "Do you know what kind of magic the Amano family uses?" Understanding the enemy is a basic part of any battle, and since Stiyl had just arrived, he naturally asked if the Roman Catholic Church had any relevant information.

"To be honest, we haven't been able to accurately analyze it yet." Janice was a bit embarrassed; as the so-called orthodox of the cross, not knowing what magic the other side used was embarrassing.

"The characteristic of the Amano family is secrecy." At this point, Index, as the Magic Library, came into play, and this was her domain.

"The Amano family doesn't use obvious incantations or magic circles; all rituals and magic are hidden in everyday actions and words, making it impossible for even professional magicians to identify them."

"A troublesome bunch." As a proper magician, Stiyl found this annoying, but his partner was from the Amano family and was the Pope of the Amano family, so he just complained.

"Ah, it's Touma!" Outside, Touma was bringing another nun to the location.

"Oriana Aquinas!" Janice didn't expect to find the target so soon.

"What's going on? What kind of kidnapping game is this?" Being called out of the Academy City for no reason, Touma was very angry.

"What, did you get the wrong idea? Nothing, just to find a missing person." Stiyl said while smoking.

"Find a person?" Touma found Stiyl's explanation strange. If it was about finding a person, what use was a Level 0 like him?

"Oh, it's not your job anymore." Stiyl pointed to the nun next to Touma, "Just hand over the nun next to you to us."

"What?" Touma was confused.

"In other words, the nun next to you is the Oriana Aquinas we're looking for." Stiyl waved his hand as if dismissing Touma, "Good, you've done your part, you can go back now."

"Excuse me, what about me, who walked so far in this heat?"

"Didn't I say thank you? What, do you want me to buy you shaved ice?"

"Even though I knew we were incompatible, I at least wanted to get along with you," Touma's voice was low, then suddenly raised, "I really thought so until just now!"

"Do you want me to pay more attention to you? Sorry, I can't help with your loneliness, just hand Oriana over to Janice."

Hearing that she would be handed over to Janice, Oriana's body trembled.

"By the way, she mentioned that she was being pursued," Touma remembered that Oriana had told him she was being pursued, turned to look at Oriana, and noticed her trembling, "What's wrong, Oriana?"

At that moment, a man's voice came from the sky, "This won't do. If you hand over Oriana so easily, I'll be in trouble. Oriana Aquinas, instead of returning to the Roman Catholic Church, join us in the Amano family, and your life will be more meaningful."

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the source of the voice, three blades appeared under Oriana's feet, forming a triangle that cut through the ground, and Oriana fell down.

Touma immediately wanted to chase after her but was stopped by Index. Looking closely, sharp blades were waiting for him below.

"My hand holds fire, its form is a sword, its duty..." As Stiyl chanted the spell, flames rose in his hand, but by the time he finished, the cave was already empty, "Looks like we're too late."

"Hey, Stiyl, you're going to explain everything to me, right?" Touma was really angry.

"I'll explain to you, but who will explain to me?" But Stiyl himself was also confused, thinking about the strange words the Archbishop had said before he left and the cross of the British Puritans he had given him.

"You guys are so noisy." Luna Bai came out of the Hakusei-za, finally woken up by Touma's noise.

"Tsukino! What are you doing here?"

"I am now representing the Academy City as the supervisor of this search operation, so I'm here."

"Huh?"

Luna Bai gave Touma a cold look, "It's fine if you don't understand; I do."

"What do you mean?"

"In short, I won't interfere with this [Magic Side] matter; I'm just here to observe and ensure that you don't secretly act against the Academy City."

"Tsukino, what are you talking about? Why would I act against the Academy City?"

"Right, I believe you, Touma, wouldn't act against the Academy City, but you're here as the guardian of the Magic Library. Otherwise, why would they involve you?" Luna Bai directly pointed out the reason Touma had suffered to come here today.

Touma turned to look at the fuming Index and smiled without saying a word.

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