A Certain Magical Index Volume 14

No, even if she had understood it, she had forgotten most of it.
What had caused this tightening in her chest was one simple statement.
“…”
She realized that no sound came out when she tried to speak.
She moved her shaking hands and managed to turn off her cell phone. She merely stared
at the phone that no longer had a connection. She thought about staying like that until
her body stopped shaking, but it didn’t seem like it would ever stop.
As she slowly came out of her shocked state bit by bit, she managed to move her lips.
She hadn’t intended to speak, but she could tell that the eerily hoarse voice had come
from her own mouth.
She spoke very quietly.
“…He…doesn’t remember…?”
After saying the words, Misaka Mikoto thought again about what they meant.
(He lost his memories?)

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AFTERWORD

To those who have bought the books one at a time: Welcome back.
To those that have bought them all at once: Welcome.
This is Kamachi Kazuma.
Now then, a lot happened in Volume 14. A lot of problems that haven’t really been
touched on yet in the series because I guess you could say I’ve been holding back on
using them showed up here.
The overall theme was “groups”. I guess the occult keyword was something like the
“Final Judgment”. Some things dealt directly with it while others were indirectly related.
(Some easy to understand ones were Original Sin and the Mass.)
…Actually, I get the feeling that pretty much anything in the Christian Church is related
to the Final Judgment. But I guess this time around it was “a little closer to the surface”
than usual.
If I have to choose one side or the other, this was a magic side story, but since a lot of
Academy City’s new weapons showed up I think I made it so those of you who like the
science side could relax too.
Many thanks to my illustrator, Haimura-san and my editor, Miki-san. There were a lot
of things for you to complain about, so I truly thank you for sticking with it. And this
time I would like to thank Manaka Junichi-san. His lectures on the workings of stealth
fighters and the field of the military in general were very helpful. And I would like to
thank Fukushima Yuuko-san. Her supervision of the Italian was a huge help.
Now, to you, the reader. Including the SS, there are now fifteen books in the series. It is
all thank to you that I’ve come this far. Please keep reading in the future.
And now you will be closing the pages.
I pray that you will open the pages of the next book.

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And I will lay my pen down for now.
Now, what is the difference between “神上” and “神浄”…?2
-Kamachi Kazuma

2 “ 神上” and “神浄” are both pronounced “kamijou”. The first means “The One Above God” and the second
means “The One who Purifies God”.

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