Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:MvM Chapter6 (section)

===Part 4===

The next day, bikini armor Misaka Mikoto and dancer Shokuhou Misaki made their way to the Strange Underpass Cathedral.

Some elves accompanied them.

So did some succubi, muspells, dryads, scyllas, pixies, mermaids, echidnas, arachnes, and even the occasional human.

But that wasn’t all.

There were even some of the enemies they had fought, like the lord who no longer had his ultimate equipment, the two witches, the king who had relied so heavily on those alluring sisters, and the superpower’s king.

“Carry my bag, Lavender! Brain, be a proper butler and teach this knight how to behave!”

“Oh, is that how you treat women, even if she is a knight?”

“Eh? Oh, um, of course not, my king!!”

The lord was strict with the knight who worked for him, but he immediately bowed to his king. It sounded like he still had a lot of learning to do.

A woman with long blonde hair and a tight red dress hid her smile behind a fan.

“Ho ho ho. I hope you are thankful that I am lending you my ultimate fire magic to assist with this selfish cause of yours.”

“...Who’s she again?”

“I am the Queen of Explosions who leads the Mjolnir Hegemony!! You couldn’t possibly have forgotten the onslaught of flamethrower magic and my specialty firebombs – made by filling a bottle with solid fuel and cotton!!”

So she was one of the ones they defeated without even trying. She had honestly left less of an impression on Mikoto than the initial slaver woman.

Not that there was any need to distinguish between them.

The conflicts and friction would not disappear overnight, but Mikoto an Shokuhou could tell those things would gradually shrink until they were entirely gone.

The (former?) slaver woman was slumped over and muttering to herself.

“W-will I really receive my business talent back? Or would I be happier giving up on business and living a slow life deep in the forest?”

A giant structure of smooth stone stood on the only floating land on Layer 11. It had the sparkling wine coloration of a luxury smartphone.

“Wait…” said Mikoto as she took the first step inside.

Sparkling wine.

Hard stone.

It had a clean but cold feel.

And it was entirely deserted.

But Mikoto and Shokuhou both frowned.

They had been right to sense something was off.

They walked to the very back, opened the large door there, and found a space even larger than a stadium.

“I know this place.”

“So do I.”

Rectangular spiral staircases ran along the walls like trick art and pure water flowed down from them.

Wasn’t this the Something-or-Other Sanctuary? It looked so much like the place where they had met Reincarnation Goddess Salinagaritina after being forced into an out-of-body experience by an accident.

Enough that it felt the two places had to be linked.

“Could this be the world’s exit?”

Patissiet nervously followed Mikoto and Shokuhou into the large room.

An upside-down U structure sat in the very center of the stadium-sized space. It was a stone double door with the same sparkling wine color as everything else. But when they opened the heavy doors, there wasn’t anything there. Only the rest of the room on the other side.

“If you perform the three treasures ceremony, will this truly become an exit?” speculated the elf, looking thoughtful.