Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:NT SS (section)

===Part 3===

“And then I said loud and clear, ‘Do you really think you can live on supplements alone!?’ ”

The girl speaking proudly in front of Index was Tsuchimikado Maika.

She attended Ryouran Maid School and, simply put, was a maid-in-training. She wore the maid uniform even on her days off and she was sitting on top of a drum-shaped cleaning robot for some reason.

Index spoke while looking back and forth between the drum and the maid.

“Y-you are a greater summoner than I’d heard. You can use powers beyond those of man.”

“Hm? Don’t you see these cleaning robots all over the city?”

Maika cutely tilted her head, but she received no response.

As Index trembled in fear, the drum-shaped robot rocked back and forth as it battled a stubborn stain on the ground. It seemed to be a disastrous situation where some already-formidable gum on the road had pieces of a popped balloon caught in it.

Incidentally, Kazakiri Hyouka had vanished into thin air the instant Tsuchimikado Maika had called out to Index. For that friend, it was not a rare occurrence.

“Kamijou Touma was saying he wants a steam oven.”

“Steam?”

“They’re convenient and they completely change the repertoire of dishes you can make. He probably wanted to feed his roommate something good.”

“…”

Talk of cooking seemed to get her excited because Maika’s tone was tense.

At Index’s request, she guided the white nun to the cooking corner of an appliance store (and brought the cleaning robot with her).

“Are you sure this is what you want to buy? It’s not exactly a sexy gift.”

“It’s fine. If it makes Touma happy, that’s all that matters.”

The box was large and heavy, so she arranged to have it delivered. But despite living there, Index did not know the dorm’s exact name or address. That unwelcome surprise forced her to get Maika’s help again.

And there Index’s exciting Sunday came to an end.

She had fully completed her mission.

“I hope Touma will like it.”

She walked home while holding the calico cat.

Another new day would begin tomorrow.

“I hope it makes him smile. Right, Sphinx?”

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