Temperature Control in Academy City

Natsume Sonoko asked a meaningless question.

"Touma participated in a sale and ate everything in the fridge. All the eggs Touma bought this afternoon were smashed."

Index lowered her head slightly, and her stomach groaned in unison. She fell to the floor, holding her stomach with her hands, looking as if she had lost all hope in life.

"And all the comics I bought for you got wet."

A trace of disappointment appeared on Index's face, and she crawled over and found a soaked copy of Magical Girl Kanami's book from the corner.

"If you're hungry, I have a bento here. Index will give it to you."

Tsuchimikado thought for a moment and took out the bento she had prepared for her brother.

"May I?"

"of course can."

Tsuchimikado said with a smile that it didn't matter if her brother went hungry.

"Then I'll start."

She clasped her hands together, and Index's health bar instantly filled up.

As soon as she opened the lunch box, Index's eyes sparkled. The lunch box made by Tsuchimikado-san was so luxurious.

Index's appetite was seriously inconsistent with her body size. The full lunch box began to disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The calico cat named Sphinx also crawled to Index's feet at this time and got a meatball.

The cat Sphinx also has a good relationship with Natsume.

It seemed that it still remembered the canned fish that Natsume-classmate gave it to it before, and soon crawled over to a girl with a bun-like head and acted coquettishly.

"I am full."

Index rubbed her belly and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"correct."

At this time, Tsuchimika raised a finger and looked at Index seriously.

"The acquaintance who kidnapped Index before must have had a motive of twisted love."

Tsuchimikado recalled something that happened two days ago and said it with concern.

"Kidnapped? An acquaintance?"

Natsume Sonoko was a little confused. Was Index kidnapped by an acquaintance?

"He had red hair, wore a black cape, and had a barcode-like tattoo under his right eye. He kidnapped Index when we were discussing the path of maids. Later, Kamijou Touma said he was an acquaintance."

Tsuchimikado-san explained.

"That's Stiyl, he's Touma and my friend. We went to do something very important. At first we were looking for someone, but then it turned into a fight."

At this point, Index showed a thoughtful expression on her face.

Although Natsume knows something about magic, Index subconsciously omitted the part about magic.

She didn't know how to explain Orsola, the interpreter of the "Book of Law", the Amakusa-style Cross Cult and their female pope, Kanzaki Kaori, and the conspiracy of the Roman Orthodox Church. These were too far away from ordinary students.

"But in the end, Touma was hospitalized for a whole day because of this incident, and he was just discharged this morning."

Index's expression changed quickly, and at this moment her mood became gloomy again.

"Is that so?" Tsuchimikado nodded.

Natsume-san beside her also nodded, even though she didn't quite understand what was said.

That guy named Stiyl is really trendy, is he a chuunibyou or a delinquent?

However, Natsume did understand some other things, such as that Kamijou-senpai was in the hospital again.

Hmm? Why use the word 'again'?

"I am back."

Before Index could finish her words, Kamijou Touma's voice was heard from the front door, holding a bunch of ingredients he had just bought.

Following her in was a tall girl with her T-shirt tied up at the waist, revealing her white belly.

He was wearing jeans with one leg missing, and he looked much more mature than his peers.

"Miss Kanzaki."

Natsume recognized it at the first sight. Such a signature outfit cannot be compared with the standard school uniform.

Back then, in that magic circle, I was able to leave thanks to him.

Including Kanami, there were suddenly a lot of magical girls gathered in this room.

“You were a girl at that time.”

Kamiya Kaori was also a little surprised. She didn't expect to meet Natsume Sonoko here.

This girl also helped him a lot at that time, and what was more surprising was that this girl seemed to be able to resist the assimilation of the magic circle, at least there was no confusion in her memory.

And at that time he was just a person with good abilities, but now he has become a person with super abilities.

This time, Kamijou Kaori stayed in Academy City for a few days and kept hearing some discussions about Natsume-classmate. After asking, she found out that it was the same person.

"So you guys know each other."

Kamijou Touma was also a little stunned. In his impression, the two people could be said to be from different worlds.

One is a person with super powers that Academy City is proud of, and the other seems to be some kind of saint in the magical world.

"We knew each other and lived together for a long time."

Natsume nodded. The time in that magic circle was obviously different from the outside world.

“Excuse me, I came here to say goodbye to Index, but I ran into Kamijou at the door. I have already informed Kamijou of the aftermath of the incident involving the Book of Law.”

Kanzaki Kaori came to Index, touched Sphinx's head, and then continued.

The Book of Law?

Just by listening to the name, you can tell that it is about the magical world, Natsume thought to himself.

But is it okay for an ordinary student like me to hear it?

"By the way, regarding the magic circle from last time, it is in an unstable state again. It is estimated that the original seal will become ineffective in about half a year. It is best not to get close to it then."

This time, Kamijou Kaori was speaking to Natsume-san.

"I understand."

Natsume Sonoko said that she wasn't going out of Academy City anyway.

The world outside is too dangerous, so Academy City is better...it seems about the same.

"What magic circle?" Index asked curiously.

"I guess it's the phase magic circle recorded in the magic book 'The Psalm of Saint George'. I'm not sure about the specific information." Kamiya Kaori explained. Among the people present, only Index could understand it.

Chapter 232: Tokiwadai to Conduct Special Training

The magic book involves magic circles of phases, which is like listening to a mystery to outsiders.

Is the phase that Miss Kamiya Kaori mentioned referring to the physical quantity of waveform change? A certain bun-haired girl tilted her head in confusion.

Natsume Sonoko, whose head is full of all kinds of science, has a much deeper gap with the magic side than imagined, and is not much different from all ordinary students who have received normal scientific education.

Even because Natsume is a person with super powers, his understanding of personal reality is far more profound than that of ordinary students, and his belief in science is even more deeply rooted.

Okay, let's put all the boring stuff aside.

Natsume doesn't have much interest in studying this incomprehensible thing, although he is still a little curious.

It's like the hyperdimensional exile used by the magical girl Kanami. I wonder if it has any research significance for Shirai-san. Someone who is giving advice to Shirai-san is thinking inexplicably.

Kamijou Kaori only stayed at Kamijou Touma's house for a while before leaving. Just as she said, she just came to say goodbye to Index.

Index also felt a little reluctant, and just pursed her lips and watched them leave.

Since saying goodbye to Kazezan Hyouka last time, Index has actually become much stronger.

"Then we'll take our leave. It looks like my brother won't be coming back today."

Tsuchimikado-san was sitting upright, maintaining the good manners of a maid, and only then did she stand up and speak.

"Yes, Kamijou-senpai, we have been here for a long time too." Natsume Sonoko nodded and said.

"Is that so? I'll take you there."

Putting down the ingredients at hand, Kamijou Touma said "oh" and continued.

.....

"Natsume-san, do you know the song of ARISA?"

The sun is very strong today. Mei Hanakaiin is wearing Tokiwadai's sportswear. Her face is red and sweat is constantly leaving her face. She has already drunk half of the energy drink beside her.

During the break in the physical education class, Hanakaiin looked at Natsume Sonoko, who looked a little listless, with concern.

“Alyssa, I know that one, is it the singer who is very popular on the Internet now?”

Wannei-san leaned over and said with some sudden enlightenment.

"That's not quite accurate. Not only on the Internet, but even his street performances are very popular. He is a very powerful independent singer."

Mei Hanakaiin waved her fingers and said, a smile appearing on her face.

"Hey, is Hanakaiin her fan?" Wannei asked curiously.

"That's right, I have downloaded every one of her songs." Hanakaiin raised his head somewhat proudly and turned his gaze to Natsume Sonoko.

"I don't listen to music much, and I don't know much about Alyssa."

Also wearing sportswear, Natsume lay weakly on the grass at the edge of the plastic track in the playground, with his trembling arms raised high to block out the glaring sunlight.

"I just want this week to go by quickly. Why would the school make such a horrible decision?"

Looking at the two people beside him with empty eyes, Natsume climbed up from the lawn with difficulty. The sweat on his body did not decrease because of the existence of the constant temperature layer on the body surface, and the whole person was soaked with sweat.

"I think it's because Tokiwadai only came in second place in the Daihastari Festival last year."

Wannai sighed and said that he was still afraid of the devilish training in Tokiwadai that would last for more than a week.

Because Tokiwadai Junior High School has always won first place in the Daihasei Festival, if it only gets second place this time, the senior members of the school board will be very upset.

I was attending class normally today, listening to the teacher talking about things I had already learned on my own.

Once again, Natsume finished several large sections of his homework in class, and he was enjoying himself leisurely.

But suddenly we received a notice that during the period before the Daihasei Festival, all the original cultural and art courses would be cancelled and replaced with physical education courses.

Physical education classes, non-stop for a week, it makes me feel despair just thinking about it.

If Natsume really had the physical fitness of an average junior high school student instead of just thinking so, he might not be so distressed.

"Ah, as expected of Misaka-sama."

There was a cheer coming from afar. The psychic Misaka Mikoto was the undisputed star of Tokiwadai Junior High School.

In a 5,000-meter long-distance race that had just begun, Senior Misaka won first place by nearly five minutes ahead of the second place.

This is in stark contrast to the girl with a bun who was five minutes behind the second-to-last place half an hour ago.

They are all people with super powers, but why is there such a big difference between them? Maybe people’s physical constitutions cannot be generalized.

Misaka-senpai breathed slightly and nodded in response to the voices around her.

Many students gathered around Misaka-senpai, and among them, one was the most enthusiastic about moving in space.

"Sister, you are amazing."

It seems that one can still hear Shirai Kuroko's screams from afar. The fanatical fans are constantly increasing their presence.

"Break time is over, first graders are starting to prepare."

Not long after, the physical education teacher blew the whistle and began to call the first graders.

A guy with a ball-shaped hair lowered his head and took a sip of drink. When he found that the classmates around him had already gone to get ready, he stood up reluctantly and returned to the track.