Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:AgneseSS Chapter2 (section)

===Part 9===

“It’s pretty obvious, I guess.”

“What is?”

Silver-haired brown-skinned Necromancer Isabella Theism tilted her head, causing her death-smelling rags to sway.

Agnese sighed and continued.

“The current era is built on that former one, so some people will remain obsessed with the world of the past. Even when everyone who actually fought in that war are gone and no one alive experienced it themselves.”

The Hood had disappeared without a trace.

As if to say it never should have been there in the first place.

All that remained were the scars of destruction in the Calais harbor and the empty expanse of the sea.

She had not defeated that old man.

Because it had already been over.

The battlecruiser he had summoned would never have arrived here. The shock of learning he could never actually experience it for himself would be punishment enough. And with so little life left, Jack Prometeria would not have time to put together a new plan.

However, Isabella seemed anything but respectful.

If you were not willing to break some taboos, you would never specialize in necromancy.

“It’s our job to fulfill that sort of desire☆”

“Ummm?”

“Necromancers, I mean☆ We rob graves, steal the stained clothing within, and wear them to become one with the dead so we can provide otherworldly answers from the mouths of the dead. That might sound like a cursed thing to do, but ours is the correct way to hear the words of a specific dead person. Jack, was it? There is a simple way to help him work through his regrets. ''Summon one of the Hood’s crew and ask them what they think.'' Or we could summon his own father for him. He can ask them if their loss was due to their own lack of strength or if it was due to the Crowley curse dragging them down. And he can ask them if they regret what happened. Wouldn’t that solve everything without going to all the trouble to summon a big ship and possibly start a war?”

Was she trying to claim she was a pure shaman instead of a necromancer who reeked of death? She was like one of the ancient witches who had been labelled as evil by the intentional misinformation spread by a global religion.

On the other hand…

“How can you say that when we don’t even have a clear definition of the soul?” asked Agnese.

“As long as enough people come seeking our techniques, our field will never die out.”

Even if they knew it was wrong.

Even if they understood intellectually it was grotesque.

Isabella Theism smiled as she continued.

“Eternal life will bring only loneliness. It is much more comforting to contact the dead and speak with the deceased. Twisted as it might seem, that’s just how humans are.”

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