Kamijou casually converses with them, but Lucia and Angelene are both blushing as they silently turn their heads aside. Eh? Kamijou can’t help but make a stiff face when he doesn’t get a reply.
Orsola smiles as she says to the Roman Catholic nuns,
“Really, there’s no need to be shy about it.”
“No…we mustn’t say these kind of words so easily!!”
Gritting her teeth as she says this, Angelene swings her large sleeves as she looks like she’s about to cry. Lucia doesn’t shout around or cry, but she’s closing her eyes, muttering as she draws a Cross. Maybe it’s to help her stabilise her emotions.
“??????”
Unable to understand what’s going on, Kamijou frowns.
“Hahaha.”
Seeing this, Tatemiya laughs.
“About this…because it was dark, I’m not so sure what happened over there.”
“…These words aren’t exactly making me comfortable, you know.”
“It’s that. Lucia and Angelene’s nun robes are different from Orsola. You see, their sleeves and skirts are yellow. That’s a restraining equipment that the Roman Catholics prepared. With that, they have a similar effect of ‘being unable to escape a certain distance from a certain point’.”
“What does that mean?”
“In, other, words, you’re a slow guy. If you don’t destroy it, those two will collapse due to the restraining effects. This would be troublesome. Thus…I don’t know how to say this, but you seemed to have accidentally used your right hand when you were unconscious.”
WHAT? Kamijou widens his eyes.
“In simpler terms, those nun robes—”
Tatemiya twist his lips and gives a smirk, and then points at Lucia’s face. To the tall nun who reveals a surprised look, the substitute Supreme Pontiff says sternly,
“Dropped off cleanly.”
With those short-sleeved arms of hers, Lucia blushes as she hugs Angelene, and looks away. She’s like a mother protecting her child, using her body as a shield.
Looking closely, their nun robes are like Index’s; there are safety pins all over the place. The gold rings on their heads are also gone.
Thinking about what might had happened, Kamijou suddenly reveals a surprised look.
“WAIT… WHEN I WAS UNCONSCIOUS, SOMETHING WONDERFUL… NO, SOMETHING RIDICULOUS HAPPENED!? BESIDES, HOW DO I DEAL WITH THIS INDEX WHO’S ANGRY UPON THINKING ABOUT THAT? I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING AND THIS WAS ALL CAUSED BY YOU!! IT’S UNREASONABLE TO BE ANGRY OVER THIS!”
Though Kamijou is refuting this, he’s in a begging position. Regarding Kamijou, who’s shouting about, Index doesn’t say anything, but her slightly trembling lips reveal white teeth, making it look even scarier. Killing intent envelops her heart, and even the battle-experienced Amakusa members are frantically yelling and escaping. The entire ship’s in a mess.
On the other hand, Angelene, who got away from Lucia’s chest, suddenly remembers something.
“Oh…oh yes. Now’s not the time to say this… Sister Agnese’s still…! Erm…everyone, thank you for saving us, please let us explain the situation…!”
But with that whispering voice of hers, she’s completely unable to reach out to Kamijou, who’s busy trying to explain himself, and the people surrounding them.
“Touma’s like this all the time!”
“Aren’t you like that as well, Index? Anyone would get angry and start lecturing, but what’s with that bite that can bite through cuttlefish floss?”
“That, about that…”
Seeing the crowd that continues to ignore her, a panicking Angelene frantically waves her hands. The entire scene is like an out-of-control class.
“Erm…about that, we still have something to do. If possible, I want to talk about Sister Agnese’s situation…wa—”
“THAT IS WEIRD! IF THERE’S SUCH A POWERFUL BITE ATTACK, CAN’T YOU USE THAT TO DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST OTHER MAGICIANS!? 103,000 MAGICAL BOOKS? THIS IS EASIER TO POSE A THREAT!”
“Touma, Touma. Do you think that you can win by trying to open my eyes?”
In a rare moment, Kamijou turns around, trying to avoid Index, who leaps over. The white nun leaps onto his back, and both of them roll on the floor. “WAAAAAAHHHH!!” The double-eyelid girl gets caught in it, and falls onto the deck. The wet white handkerchiefs that she was holding onto scatter all over the place, and the surrounding Amakusa members are all shouting,
“ITSUWA, NOW’S THE CHANCE! GO!”
“USE THIS CHANCE TO KISS HIM ON THE EARLOBE!”
“AT LEAST GET ONTO HIS CHEST!”
“SO NOISY, AT LEAST YOU SHOULD GET RID OF YOUR STRONGEST RIVAL INDEX FIRST! ITSUWA, IF YOU’RE A WOMAN, FLING HER AWAY!!!”
Seeing this scene, Tatemiya laughs while Orsola places a hand on her face and says “Okay, okay”. Lucia, however, can’t stand this as she sighs.
In other words, nobody’s listening to Angelene.
“That’s, that is…!!”
Angelene’s getting even more panicky.
Just as her franticness is at her limit, her eyes suddenly widen.
Deciding on this, Angelene grabs onto Lucia’s skirt with both hands—
“Look…look here! Everyone, notice this!!”
Whop, Lucia’s nun skirt is pulled up.
At this moment.
All the conversations ceased.
At first, Lucia was shocked by this sudden silence that would have killed the ears and frowns of all the people staring at her. The emotion is high, as if the Pope was waving his hand from outside the palace. Just as she’s incredulous about this silence, she feels a chill around her legs. Just as she looks down in surprise—
“!?”
2 seconds later, she blushes as if she just exploded, and quickly uses her hands to slap down the skirt that’s in the air.
Lucia silently turns towards the petite nun beside her.
“…Sis…Sister Angelene?”
“No, it’s not that! Our group often gave the same feeling! So, that…I carelessly did it on habit!!”
Most likely, Angelene’s trying to explain her actions. Tatemiya and Lucia, together with the Amakusa teenagers, start to blush and look away. As for Kamijou, who’s frozen at the spot, he’s bitten on the back of the head by Index.
2010-11-03, 07:11
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