A Certain Magical Index SS, Vol. 1 by Kazuma Kamachi and Kiyotaka Haimura

Author:Kazuma Kamachi and Kiyotaka Haimura [Kazuma Kamachi and Kiyotaka Haimura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

2

With breakfast over, it was at last time to resume the battle with the washing machine.

“Instruction manual, check. Screwdrivers and other tools, check… A-and if things come to worst, the warranty… Wait, the customer service center’s phone number is from Japan… Does that mean it would incur international fees?!”

Unable to tell whether her determination had hardened or dulled, Kanzaki plodded wearily down the hallway.

Then one of the doors lining the passage suddenly opened.

Sherry Cromwell emerged, scratching her head roughly, looking like she hadn’t gotten enough sleep. She ran her hand through the mane-like blond hair that hung wildly around coppery skin the color of wheat. The sun was nearly at its summit, but she was still wearing a black negligee.

Her hands gripped a chisel and hammer for sculpting.

“…Hey, Kanzaki. Any breakfast left?”

“Were you so preoccupied with carving stone again that you forgot the time? There’s probably no breakfast left, but Orsola was on cooking duty today. She’ll probably make you something if you plead with her,” Kanzaki advised, peering into the room over Sherry’s shoulder.

Sherry was borrowing two of the rooms in the women’s dorm. One for sleeping, the other for working. More than a few rented multiple rooms for purposes such as maintaining their Soul Arms, but it was relatively rare for someone to have an extra purely for a hobby.

Although she’d named it the sculpting room, there were no sculptures in Sherry’s room, just piles of smashed-up stone fragments.

Save for one—a statue of a young boy, standing in the room’s center.

Carved on the marble pedestal of the life-size statue was the word Ellis.

“Another failure,” sighed Sherry in annoyance after realizing what Kanzaki was looking at. “Not even fit to show other people. But for some reason, I can’t bring myself to break it down,” she continued in a mutter to herself.

Still, Kanzaki didn’t know anything about this Ellis except for the fact that it was the name of Sherry’s golem. She decided to be straightforward and asked, “Is that the name of the spell, or…?”

“…When the time came to name it, that was all I could think of,” Sherry said, sulking. “When I created the puppet to protect myself, and I needed to give it a name, his was the first thing that came to mind. Clearly, I don’t know how to let go…”

Sherry casually tossed the sculpting implements into the room behind her, then locked the door before heading to the dining hall without another word. Kanzaki didn’t know what to make of all that, but for some reason, Sherry looked small as she retreated.

Well, I probably shouldn’t pry. Meddling in other people’s affairs isn’t always the best way to save them.

The magic name Kanzaki bore—a hand of salvation for the unsaved—itched within her, but she decided to leave it alone for now.

“Oh! There you are, Miss Kanzaki…”

Just then, Angeline came to her at a trot. She’d run off during breakfast, but for some reason, she was now holding what looked like a tube of toothpaste. There was probably chocolate ganache in it.

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