After holding it in hand and analyzing it for a long time, Index looked very confused.
The pure white nun pouted with an emotion she didn't want to admit, as if someone suddenly told her that what she had always thought of as a pest was actually a beneficial insect.
But with one hundred and three thousand magic books as a knowledge base, she can naturally identify whether the magic mark on it is real or fake.
despite this……
The nun still looked at the three people in front of her with a doubtful look.
In order for her to accept it, there is still one final point that has not yet been resolved.
"I have a question."
As if he saw what Index was thinking at this moment, the Dark Fairy said straight to the point.
"Suppose, what you said is true."
Her eyes moved from the bad boy to the slightly embarrassed female saint.
"Then for what purpose did these two people decide to wield swords against their former companions?"
This is exactly what Index wants to know most.
This is also a problem that Kanzaki and Steele have to face.
Several people looked at the two magicians.
us--
Being stared at like this, the female saint subconsciously wanted to answer.
I can organize complex emotions, but I don’t know how to convey them correctly through words.
What they did is an indisputable fact.
Even if there is a reason, can this 'reason' really be forgiven by the child?
this moment.
The fourteen-year-old boy and the eighteen-year-old girl all flinched in unison.
"It's not like that."
The one who came to the rescue was a young man in sunglasses who spoke in a serious tone.
"Sister-in-law, they did that, I think, probably out of a kind of protection, right?"
Tsuchimikado shrugged.
He is the 'Informed One'.
Even because of the special nature of a 'multi-faceted spy', we need to know a little more.
But on the other side.
Protect?
Hearing this, Index blinked in confusion.
She became increasingly confused about the situation.
After a short silence.
"...it's up to me to explain this matter."
Kanzaki, who remained silent, let out a resigned sigh.
This is what she must bear.
"I attacked because I was sure I would never hurt her."
"That child is wearing a defensive spiritual outfit of the Pope's level."
The name is "Mobile Church".
Index glanced at her white monastic uniform in acquiescence.
"As for why she ran away when she saw us...it's because she 'forgot'."
The female saint continued.
"She has forgotten the past, forgotten that we are companions of the "Church of Necessary Evil"... and also forgotten why she woke up alone."
"In that case, she had no choice but to make judgments based on instinct and knowledge, and came to the conclusion that we who were chasing her were enemies."
Kanzaki's voice became a little sad.
"And if we are unwilling to take action against her, new people will replace us. The church will not allow the "Forbidden Index" with the knowledge of one hundred and thirty thousand magic books to wander outside. That's what it is."
In addition, Steele dropped his cigarette butt and rubbed his feet back and forth on the ground.
Just like he couldn't vent his feelings.
"but……"
After hearing these words, Index hesitated and thought.
There are still many unreasonable things in what they said.
for example……
"Why would I forget?"
The pure white nun raised her own doubts.
Obviously, they are all such important things.
"that is because."
Kanzaki took a deep breath.
"We erased your memory."
"——!"
Index opened her eyes in disbelief.
Why do this?
She clenched her fists, and her whole body expressed this meaning.
Kanzaki looked away, probably because he didn't want to face that expression.
"To be more precise, it is the memory of 'one year'."
The female saint turned to look at the dark fairy.
"You should have heard that child say that what she possesses is 'complete memory ability'."
The girl in question nodded.
This also means that Index will never forget anything she has seen.
It is this ability that has become the source of their current encounters.
"Complete memory... means not forgetting anything. But, is this really a good thing for her who has already recorded one hundred and three thousand magic books?"
Kanzaki lowered his head in despair.
the answer is negative.
"Did you know? There is a limit to the human brain capacity. What do you think will happen when a person with full memory capacity has most of the memory space taken up and then completely remembers other things?"
"It will gradually reach saturation and then burst her brain."
The female saint's answer made the summer night wind turn cold.
"In order to avoid this ending, we had no choice but to force her to 'forget' through external force."
"One year is the cycle."
This is the truth of the 'misunderstanding'.
so.
"We are not hurting her, we are saving her."
Kanzaki, who finally finished speaking, seemed to have just experienced a battle, with a lingering sense of powerlessness.
She hopes to be understood even if she is not recognized.
Kanzaki waited quietly for the answer.
However, what the female saint did not expect was that what she was waiting for was neither a compromise nor a rejection.
But the next question.
"I do understand the reason why you took action, but can you tell me who told you that 'Index will have her brain exploded if she doesn't erase her memory'?"
The dark elf's voice was calm and terrifyingly rational.
It even made a few people present feel a little bit uneasy.
"Are you trying to say that the church deceived us?"
As a magician from the Church of Necessary Evil, Kanzaki instinctively retorted.
"However, whether it is the complete memory ability or the child's pain when the memory is close to the limit, we have witnessed it with our own eyes. You don't want us to deny this."
Kanzaki's eyes turned cold.
"We even took her to the church's sanatorium to see her, and we came to the same conclusion."
Compared to the church and the changes in Index's body, what they did not believe in was the swordsman girl as an outsider.
Although she understood that her remarks seemed to have aroused a lot of opinions, Yuuki did not intend to change.
She didn't listen to the "whole story" for so long just to sympathize with them.
"Then, let me ask another way."
The dark elf looked at the three church magicians present.
"Have you really tried to understand the "Complete Memory Ability"? Even if you are magicians from the Church of Necessary Evil, you should have at least a few friends who are not members of the Church, right? Have you looked for it in areas outside the Church?
Methods? Even if there are none of these, have you ever thought about other people in the world who have this ability, and what kind of situation they are in? "
"Can you really tell her that I have tried my best for you?"
Yuuki asked several questions in succession.
Every word is heartbreaking.
She really wanted to ask, what have you been doing all these years?
The bad boy was wearing sunglasses and stood there with his expression unclear.
Kanzaki remained silent with an ugly expression on his face, as if he was hesitating to speak.
Only the flame magician stepped forward.
"Having only been with her for a few days, what do you know?!"
Steele has a blade-like mask on his face.
"I don't need the possibility of ambiguity."
"As long as we eliminate her memory, we can truly let her live."
For this reason, he was determined to give up everything.
For this reason, he has the consciousness of incarnating the worst evil.
but.
"Even if that kind of thing is obviously a lie to you?"