"Okay okay—morning assembly's about to start—there's not much time till the opening ceremony, so we have to hurry up!"
Almost everyone was at their seats when Komoe-sensei walked into the class.
"Eh? Sensei, where's Tsuchimikado?"
"Sensei didn't hear him report sick, maybe he overslept."
Komoe-sensei tilted her head as she answered Kamijou.
"Ah—before I take attendance, sensei has something to announce to everyone. A transfer student will be joining us today—"
Mystified, everyone stared at Komoe-sensei.
"This transfer student is a girl—congratulations, you perverted wolves—don't be too disappointed, kitties—"
"WOOOHHHH!!!"
The mood in the class started to boil.
Among them, only one person, Kamijou was getting a bad premonition for some reason.
Impossible. In this life of Kamijou Touma that was full of misfortune, there couldn't possibly be something like 'an ordinary pretty female transfer student'.
(…Is this some sort of a set-up to hide some terrible truth?)
Considering Komoe-sensei's relations with others, the person most likely to be the transfer student was Himegami Aisa, but the world was so big, anything could happen. Maybe Misaka Mikoto would falsify her age and transfer in, maybe Kanzaki Kaori would come rushing in, or maybe it would be the Suzushina Yuriko who was really Accelerator, or maybe it would be the almost 10,000 Sisters all squeezing in here and increasing the student population by more than 10 times, or maybe it would be an angel with hidden wings having descended into the human realm.
"Damn…damn it! I'm actually getting interested in this!"
"Kamijou? Why are you holding your head and muttering to yourself?"
Komoe-sensei tilted her head as she asked, and then said,
"Anyway, I'll let her present herself! The detailed self-introduction will have to leave till after the opening ceremony is over—will the transfer student please enter—"
The moment Komoe-sensei finished saying, the classroom door opened.
Who's the student? Kamijou stared suspiciously…
He saw a white nun carrying a calico cat.
"WHAT…!"
Such an unexpected development caused Kamijou's mind to go blank.
Everyone in class also didn't seem to understand what was going on, because Index was definitely not wearing an ordinary uniform. Things like 'what's that church school uniform?' were whispered throughout the classroom.
However, Index remained unmoved.
"Ah, Touma, so this is Touma's school, right? I'll have to thank Maika later for bringing me here."
With these words from Index, everyone turned at Kamijou.
Everyone's eyes seemed to be telling him: you again.
"…Ah, eh?"
For some reason, even Komoe-sensei, who was intending to introduce the transfer school, was stunned when she saw Index at the door.
"Hold…hold on a sec, Komoe-sensei. What's going on?"
Kamijou inadvertently asked Komoe-sensei, but it seemed like Komoe-sensei herself was rather shocked by this sudden development, and only managed to recover after hearing Kamijou's voice.
"Sister-san! How did you get in? You're not the transfer student, go out, go out—!"
"Ah, but I want to look for Touma. My lunch…"
Index seemed like she wanted to say something else, but Komoe-sensei tried to force her out by pushing her back out.
Kamijou stood up instinctively.
"Ah…oi, Index—"
"Kamijou, please don't get involved in this!"
"Oh!"
Kamijou wanted to chase up, but Komoe-sensei shouted to stop Kamijou. She was not angry, but she did look like a child who would cry any second soon as she pushed Index's back.
Kamijou could only stand about blankly as he saw both of them leave the classroom.
The person who replaced them was a long black-haired girl.
"The real transfer student is me, Himegami Aisa."
Seeing the familiar face, Kamijou heaved a sigh of relief as he collapsed onto the table.
"Thank…thank goodness. Good thing that it's ordinary Himegami, and she's wearing an ordinary low-profile uniform, not a miko outfit. Thank goodness…"
"I do feel some evil intent in your words."
On hearing Kamijou utter the word 'ordinary' here and there, Himegami seemed rather unhappy.