Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:GT Volume15 Chapter1 (section)

===Part 11===

Itsuwa of the Amakusa Church paled as she leaned on her spear.

She gulped.

But not because of Blodeuwedd the Bouquet’s spell that made one pay for a life with a life.

She had caught sight of something inexplicable out the corner of her eye.

How long had she been there?

How had she gotten this close without any of the professional Anglican magicians noticing?

The next thing Itsuwa knew, ''she'' was standing there.

She was an exceptionally tall woman. She had long, long blonde hair and she wore a loose white dress and a large wide-brimmed hat.

She was the Transcendent known as Good, Old Mary.

“Hm. I thought for sure mama’s role would be to side with that lonely boy, but it would appear the situation has changed.”

What was she doing here? No one had an answer.

How had she suddenly appeared here? Again, no answer.

“He has continued his escape with assistance from an unusually capable AI that even makes deductions in the field of magic despite the limited learning material, and now he has drawn the interest of a Transcendent to provide him with a special magical fighter. The boy is rapidly leaving mama’s salvation condition. Which means…while it will be the complete opposite of my original plan, mama may take this side instead.”

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She spoke.

Calmly.

She said it didn’t matter at all to her if she went with the complete opposite of her original plan.

Transcendents dressed up as gods to draw on those gods’ power.

Their theater and divine summoning spells were no more than a method. That wasn’t the core of who they were.

So perhaps this was the most frightening thing about them.



…''There was no reason it had to be Hamazura Shiage.



As long as they met their salvation condition, a Transcendent would assist anyone unconditionally.

That was true of Good, Old Mary and ''it was true of Blodeuwedd the Bouquet who was currently assisting Hamazura.'' Anyone who wanted the assistance of a Transcendent’s immense power had to accept one powerful limitation: they could not leave that individual Transcendent’s salvation condition. Otherwise, their immensely powerful ally would attack and kill them.

“A group of inconsequential individuals who have boosted their strength by applying several different special conditions, which has in turn eliminated their own standing. A collection of individuals who could not acquire those unfair special conditions and thus had their own beliefs and justice denied.”

And so, she – Good, Old Mary of the Transcendents – whispered.

“Perfect. Mama recognizes you Anglicans as passing my Transcendent salvation condition. …Do not assume miracles are granted only to a chosen few, world.”