A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 21 by Kazuma Kamachi

Author:Kazuma Kamachi [Kamachi, Kazuma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Light Novel
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2019-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

The Roman pope.

What he had done in the streets hadn’t been anything special. He simply spoke to everyone, approaching them, listening to what they had to say, and taking the time to soothe their rattled nerves.

That was all.

Normally, a crowd close to fifty thousand on the verge of a riot might have beaten him to a pulp. And they might have even taken his words and actions as the spark that would ignite a devastating explosion.

In spite of all that, even with their unique group psychology that had become so strangely intense, the kind that treated fighting to be the natural course during war and would assume anyone standing still at such a time was evil—at his words, everyone regained their humanity. The pope hadn’t produced any magical effects to sway their emotions, nor had he read out a speech carefully composed to sway those caught up in mob mentality. The words of this one old man just slowly permeated everyone’s thoughts and spread, causing one person, then another, to lower their guns or blades.

Of course…

It wasn’t as though the world could be fully related to a simple scale of good and evil. Some of those in the crowds were Roman Orthodox agents, who purposely wanted to incite riots. They weren’t aiming for complete anarchy, but they were more wary of the people being quietly absorbed into supporting the Roman pope. Because of that, some tried to use a single gunshot to overturn their disadvantageous situation. By provoking a throng of people that straddled the line between chaos and stability, the agents were hoping to cause an even stronger outburst. In times like these, it was simpler to induce a great panic with an easily understood gunshot than by using strange sorcery. Those from the Roman Orthodox Church had written the book on how to manipulate the enormous group of two billion faithful—they’d assumed a single gunshot would be more than enough.

And yet.

I can’t…

The professional assassin couldn’t reach into his pocket. Nobody could bring themselves to fire on the pope of Rome, who had calmed so many people and who said he would set things right on his own.

Deep inside him was terror.

Leaden pressure had gone to the pit of his stomach, and it had frozen this true assassin’s hands.

This terror, however, was a peculiar fear that assassins, who had killed and killed so many times, had never before tasted.

I can’t allow the small thing this man is creating to end, no matter what…!!

And thus, the pope’s advance began.

Many stood in his way: assassins both easily spotted and well hidden. But the pope of Rome never said a word. He didn’t brace himself. He simply continued forward. That was all it took for everyone to yield and make a path, convincing them to drop their weapons and Soul Arms and even inducing some among them to cry and repent. Before anyone knew it, many were following in the wake of his advance. These weren’t people whose minds were consumed by whirling emotions like passion—it was a simple, quiet procession.

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