History Recap / ACertainMagicalIndexArc7OrsolaAquinasRescue

She gets a little upset, but hands him a paper talisman that allows them to speak telepathically. She gets down to business and asks if he knows about The Book of the Law aka Liber AL vel Legis. He has; it is a grimoire written by Edward Alexander (Creator/AleisterCrowley's real name), and kept in the library archives of UsefulNotes/VaticanCity. It is rumored to be very, very powerful, but no one can decipher it. It is one of the many texts Index Librorum Prohibitorum memorized, but since she cannot understand it, it is of no use to her. However, Orsola Aquinas, a nun from the Roman Catholic Church, has apparently figured out how to decipher it. Orsola and the book have both gone missing, and they suspect the Amakusa Catholics are involved somehow. They enter St. George's Cathedral to continue their conversation.

Eventually, Touma runs into Orsola, who had managed to run away from her captors despite still being bound and gagged. He touches her restraints with his Imagine Breaker and destroys them. She is amazed and asks how he did that, but he shrugs and says it is a long story. She asks what he is doing here, and he says he and his friends came to save her. She pouts a little and says he must obviously be doing this for her knowledge of The Book of the Law, but he retorts that he couldn't care less about some old book, he's here to save ''her''. This makes her very happy, and she thanks him. A few Amakusas show up, so the two hide behind a pillar. They quietly chat while waiting for the coast to be clear, and she wipes his face with her handkerchief again. He remembers the cross necklace Stiyl gave him and says she should have it, since he's an atheist and it is meaningless to him. She agrees and asks him to put it on her, but when he does, she closes her eyes and tries to kiss him. He very nervously avoids her lips. Afterwards, he asks her why she studied The Book of the Law. She reveals that she knew how dangerous it was, and hoped to understand it so she could use that knowledge to destroy it and prevent anyone else from learning how to read it in the future.

Eventually, Touma runs into Orsola, who had managed to run away from her captors despite still being bound and gagged. He touches her restraints with his Imagine Breaker and destroys them. She is amazed and asks how he did that, but he shrugs and says it is a long story. She asks what he is doing here, and he says he and his friends came to save her. She pouts a little and says he must obviously be doing this for her knowledge of The Book of the Law, but he retorts that he couldn't care less about some old book, he's here to save ''her''. This makes her very happy, and she thanks him. A few Amakusas show up, so the two hide behind a pillar. They quietly chat while waiting for the coast to be clear. He remembers the cross necklace Stiyl gave him and says she should have it, since he's an atheist and it is meaningless to him.

Eventually, Touma runs into Orsola, who had managed to run away from her captors despite still being bound and gagged. He touches her restraints with his Imagine Breaker and destroys them. She is amazed and asks how he did that, but he shrugs and says it is a long story. A few Amakusas show up, so the two hide behind a pillar.

Note: In the light novel, they talk about how the Amakusa Catholics is a small magic cabal in Japan that combines Catholic teachings with aspects of UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} and UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}. Kaori Kanzaki used to be their leader until she joined Necessarius. Kaori is missing as well, and Necessarius is worried that her loyalties lie with her old group. Laura orders Stiyl to go back to Academy City and recruit Index and Touma to help him find Orsola and The Book of the Law. He gets upset.

The heroes gather around Parallel Sweets Park. Agnese says the plan is for her and her forces to engage the Amakusa Catholics while Touma, Index, and Stiyl sneak in and recover Orsola and The Book of the Law. They are to retreat if they don't succeed by five minutes to midnight. Stiyl is a little uncomfortable about this plan, but agrees.

Meanwhile, at Parallel Sweets Park, Saiji Tatemiya, the leader of the Amakusa Catholics, watches over an unconscious, bound and gagged Orsola. His colleague Itsuwa reports that the Miniaturized Pilgrimage spell is almost ready. He smiles and draws his sword. He dramatically swings it a few times and declares that he will show how much the Amakusa Catholics have improved after he took over as leader from Kaori.

The nun who joined Index and Stiyl introduces herself as Agnese Sanctis. Despite her young age (she's shorter than Index), she's a high-ranking operative of the Roman Catholic Church. Agnese admits that they may have some trouble because they are not familiar with how the Amakusa Catholics' magic works. Index has some knowledge of them. Due to blending three religions together, most of their spells are improvised, so they can use almost any household item as a medium for a spell. Most members are well versed in martial arts and swordsmanship. Their conversation is interrupted when they see Touma and his new friend approaching.

Touma's rest is short-lived when he feels something on his chest. He opens his eyes and is horrified to find Agnese in her underwear on top of him. She's still asleep, and cuddles against him while muttering something about her father.

Agnese moves to join them, but trips and falls. She grabs Touma to steady herself, but ends up pulling him down and causing him to look up her skirt. She freaks out, while Index yells at him and Stiyl kicks him, accusing him of being a pervert. After that mess is over, they get down to business.

Touma angrily berates Stiyl for pretending to kidnap Index and forcing him to walk all the way out here. Can't he just ask him for help like a normal person? Stiyl brushes this off and thanks him for ending their mission early. The nun with him is Orsola Aquinas, the person they were looking for. Touma says they're not done and asks Stiyl to apologize for dragging him all the way out here, but Stiyl rudely takes a drag of his cigarette and blows smoke in his face, making him cough. He orders Touma to hand Orsola over to them. However, when Orsola sees Agnese, she gets scared and backs away.

Outside Academy City, Touma starts walking toward the Twilight Theater. He stops to rest at a bus stop and runs into a nun. She asks him which bus goes to Academy City. He explains that there are no buses that go to Academy City, and even if there were, she would need a permit to enter. She seems to be very ditzy because he has to repeat himself several times for her to understand this. She walks up to him and wipes his face with a handkerchief (in the light novel, because he had food crumbs; in the anime, because he was sweaty), making him blush at their close contact. He asks why she wants to go to Academy City, and she says she is being chased and seeks sanctuary. He says she can travel with him while he goes to the Twilight Theater; she will be safe with him.

Outside Academy City, Touma starts walking toward the Twilight Theater. He stops to rest at a bus stop and runs into a nun. She asks him which bus goes to Academy City. He explains that there are no buses that go to Academy City, and even if there were, she would need a permit to enter. She seems to be very ditzy because he has to repeat himself several times for her to understand this. She walks up to him and wipes his face with a handkerchief (in the light novel, because he had food crumbs; in the anime, because he was sweaty), making him blush. He asks why she wants to go to Academy City, and she says she is being chased and seeks sanctuary.

Outside Academy City, Touma starts walking toward the Twilight Theater. He stops to rest at a bus stop and runs into a nun. She asks him which bus goes to Academy City. He explains that there are no buses that go to Academy City, and even if there were, she would need a permit to enter. She seems to be very ditzy because it takes several tries for her to understand this.

Touma walks home from school. The city is preparing for the upcoming Daihasei Festival aka Daihaseisai, and he and his class had to help set things up. He muses that because of his amnesia, he will be experiencing the festival for the first time. A distraught Maika appears and asks him why he turned his phone off. She explains what happened and hands him an envelope Stiyl had given her, saying he warned her not to call the authorities and to give the envelope straight to Touma. Inside the envelope is a letter telling Touma to meet him at the Twilight Theater, a small abandoned theater a few kilometers outside Academy City, at 7 PM. After Maika describes the kidnapper, Touma recognizes him as Stiyl and gets annoyed. He tells her not to worry, Stiyl would never harm Index and is just doing a fancy way of getting his attention. The envelope also has permits and documents that would allow Touma to leave the city today.

Touma walks home from school. The city is preparing for the upcoming Daihaseisai Festival, and he and his class had to help set things up. He muses that because of his amnesia, he will be experiencing the festival for the first time.

She gets a little upset, but hands him a paper talisman that allows them to speak telepathically. She gets down to business and asks if he knows about The Book of Law. He has; it is a grimoire written by Edward Alexander (Creator/AleisterCrowley's real name), and kept in the library archives of UsefulNotes/VaticanCity. It is rumored to be very, very powerful, but no one can decipher it. It is one of the many texts Index Librorum Prohibitorum memorized, but since she cannot understand it, it is of no use to her. However, Orsola Aquinas, a nun from the Roman Catholic Church, has apparently figured out how to decipher it. Orsola and the book have both gone missing, and they suspect the Amakusa Catholics are involved somehow. They enter St. George's Cathedral to continue their conversation.

Note: In the light novel, they talk about how the Amakusa Catholics is a small magic cabal in Japan that combines Catholic teachings with aspects of UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} and UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}. Kaori Kanzaki used to be their leader until she joined Necessarius. Kaori is missing as well, and Necessarius is worried that her loyalties lie with her old group. Laura orders Stiyl to go back to Academy City and recruit Index and Touma to help him find Orsola and The Book of Law. He gets upset.

Index talks with Maika Tsuchimikado outside Touma's apartment. Index is annoyed that Touma, Komoe, and Himegami are at school and she can't hang out with them. She asks why Maika isn't at school. Maika reminds her that she is a maid in training, and she's supposed to travel around town cleaning things up and serving people.

Note: In the light novel, they talk about how the Amakusa Catholics is a small magic cabal in Japan that combines Catholic teachings with aspects of UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} and UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}}. Kaori Kanzaki used to be their leader until she joined Necessarius.

She gets a little upset, but hands him a paper talisman that allows them to speak telepathically. She gets down to business and asks if he knows about The Book of Law. He has; it is a grimoire written by Edward Alexander (Creator/AleisterCrowley's real name), and kept in the library archives of UsefulNotes/VaticanCity. It is rumored to be very, very powerful, but no one can decipher it. It is one of the many texts Index Librorum Prohibitorum memorized, but since she cannot understand it, it is of no use to her.

She gets a little upset, but hands him a paper talisman that allows them to speak telepathically. She gets down to business and asks if he knows about The Book of Law. He has; it is a grimoire written by Edward Alexander (Creator/AleisterCrowley's real name), and kept in the library archives of UsefulNotes/VaticanCity. It is rumored to be very, very powerful, but no one can decipher it.

In the streets of London, Archbishop Laura Stuart, the leader of Necessarius, talks to Stiyl Magnus. Stiyl interrupts her and asks why she's speaking in Japanese and why it sounds so weird (for example, bad grammar). Laura says she asked Motoharu Tsuchimikado to teach her Japanese so she would be able to better communicate with people from Japan like Academy City and now she practicing. Annoyed, he informs her that Motoharu is definitely not the best source to learn a language from, especially since he lies all the time and enjoys screwing with people.

In the streets of London, Archbishop Laura Stuart, the leader of Necessarius, talks to Stiyl Magnus.

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