Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:Item3 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 2===

Mugino was in a bad mood as she plopped herself down on the gazebo bench.

Her phone was the source of that bad mood.

She had a call from the Mugino family outside Academy City.

“Such a wretched state of affairs… How could the daughter of the glorious Mugino family find herself homeless and spending her nights in junk food establishments?”

“Shut up, Mujinayama. What happened to paying me respect?” grumbled Mugino.

While Butler Mujinayama spoke quite gently, she knew better than to take what he said at face value.

He ordinarily did not ''directly'' call Mugino’s phone. He must have made this decision after using various indirect methods to finally sense that something was wrong.

There was pity in his voice.

That was not an emotion that a butler should have been directing toward his master.

This was an emergency for a high-class girl.

“If necessary, we can send supplies to support you. We could even send an RV or a large truck along with a kit for building a simple house with 2x4 construction. Academy City keeps itself locked up tight, but there are delivery services using the official routes.”

“You must be kidding. If I accepted a handout from the family, I’d be their laughing stock until the end of time.”

“I am intensely relieved to hear you say that. Even if you must live a miserable life without a roof over your head, I see you have not forgotten that you are a proud member of the Mugino family.”

“Mujinayama.”

She was ready to give him a serious talking to, but discovered he had hung up on her.

He might be the lead butler, but he was only a servant and she was the heiress.

“Damn bastard.”

She just about crushed her phone in her grip but stopped herself at the last second. Mujinayama had been getting around the restrictions on his speech to encourage her. And he had succinctly told her what things were like in the Mugino family at present.

A house was more than just a place to sleep.

For the upper classes, it was as much of a status symbol as a wristwatch or handbag.

(He’s too damn nice. Ugh, we need to find a new hideout sooner rather than later.)