Stiyl tells Touma that the corpse they are seeing is that from one of the Thirteen Knights of the Roman Catholic Church which Stiyl says was probably annihilated by Aureolus. Touma asks why no one notices the corpse in the school, to which Stiyl states that the reason the students are unaffected and are unaware of them and the corpse is because Aureolus has put a seal in the school. The seal in question puts the students in a sort of an outer side of a coin, making Touma, Stiyl and the corpse in the inner side. Touma tries to dispel the seal in the building but is told by Stiyl that it won’t work and that they need to defeat Aureolus to break it. Stiyl makes the sign of the cross, and mentions that he has another reason to fight now.
They move to the stairs and Touma wonders why they aren’t using the elevators, and is told by Stiyl that they can’t use equipment that are on the outer side while they are on the inner side. Touma then wonders if they can’t contact people on the outer side. Touma calls Index to confirm this and it works. Index tells Touma that she ate the two lasagnas and a pudding in that were kept in the refrigerator, though initially frustrated with Index’s actions, Touma eventually relents and hangs up. Stiyl comments on how relaxed he his, talking to a girl on a phone while on the battlefield. This prompts Touma to ask him if he is jealous which Stiyl tries to deny, and states that Index is not a target for romance. He continues on how many people was in his position right now, Index’s partner; something that separates Stiyl from Touma. This makes Touma think on how he is not the person that Index likes, the person who saved Index, the person who he was before his memory loss.
They later arrive in a cafeteria where they suddenly discover that the students are noticing their presence and are in some sort of trance. Stiyl states that the students have been put into the inner side of the coin as an automated alarm system; the students start standing up and begin doing an incantation. Glowing blue spheres start coming out of the students heads while they’re doing the incantation. Stiyl states that its time for Touma do something and runs away, Touma realizes that his power is not enough to counter that many magic and runs away as well, later catching up to Stiyl who argues with him on why he is running away.
Somehow while running, Stiyl is able to explain to Touma that the espers are using a replica of Gregorio’s Choir. Stiyl says that it is a Grand Magic Spell that uses 3,333 monks in a cathedral, he continues on to say that to defeat it, one must simply defeat the one who is synchronizing all of them.
Stiyl and Touma reach the staircase, and from here Stiyl uses Touma as bait to runaway. While running from the spheres, Touma comes across a girl surrounded by the spheres. She chants an incantation; while doing so, it creates several cuts on her person. Touma tries to stop her but is unheeded. The girl suddenly collapses and Touma tries to break her fall. While doing so, the spheres that surrounded them are now moving erratically, swirling around and then suddenly launching themselves to Touma. However, they suddenly stop and slowly fall down to the floor and disappear. Touma hears a noise and turns around and sees Himegami Aisa.
Meanwhile, Stiyl is burning a symbol with his fire magic. He comments on how messed up Aureolus is, for using students. However, this is overheard and commented on by Aureolus Izzard himself. He postulates that the other intruder that came with Stiyl, may have been devoured by Gregorio’s Replica. Stiyl responds by saying that Touma will not go down easily and asks Aurelous why he lured him. Back with Touma, Aisa gives a diagnosis on the injured girl and says that her treatment would suffice. Touma asks her how she knows this, and she replies that she knows more about blood flow than most people, she then asks Touma to assist her on aiding the girl.
Back in Touma’s dormitory, Index is seen having a bath with Index. She becomes suspicious on why Touma went easy on her after she ate his pudding and gets out of the bath. She goes out and sees the runes that were planted by Stiyl and becomes even more suspicious.
Back with Touma, Aisa has finished her first-aid on the girl. Touma commends her skill as a doctor, but Aisa says that she is more of a magician and shows her wand to him – an electric police baton. Touma tells her that she should escape from the school, but is told by Aisa that she is not held against her will and that she has her own objective for staying in the school. She tells Touma, that she is in here as so not to attract and kill vampires with her blood, as they look like regular humans as well and she doesn’t want people die because of her. She says that she made a deal with Aureolus, which he will cure her of her ability to kill vampires, in exchange for luring a vampire to him which he somehow needs to save someone. Their conversation is cut-short however, by the arrival of Aureolus Izzard himself. In a flash, Aureolus is suddenly face-to-face with Touma for no apparent reason, Touma tries to attack him in point-blank range but somehow misses, he tries again, but this time Aureolus somehow moved to a considerable distance away from him. He tells him to fade-away but is cut-off by Aisa. She tells Aureolus that Touma does not know the significance of Deep Blood, and came to the school to rescue someone he met a few hours ago. She tells Aureolus that if killing civilians is his objective, then she will quit and kill herself. Because of this, Aureolus does not kill Touma. He takes out a large needle from his pocket and stabs himself in the neck with it; he commands Touma to forget everything he learned here in the building.
The scene cuts to the outside of the school. Index is seen entering the building while Touma and Stiyl are sitting on playground swings, dazed and confused on what they are supposed to be doing. However, Touma touches his head and remembers everything that occurred in the building. Touma instructs Stiyl to close his eyes and stick out his tongue, as he tells him that he knows of a charm to erase his doubts. Stiyl somehow obliges, but is later punched by Touma – which dispels his memory loss – as revenge for using him as bait a while ago.
Inside the building, Index comments on how there is a seal is set up to prevent intruders from escaping. Aureolus greets Index (and is implied to know her while doing so), who reacts as if she doesn’t know him. He commands Index to sleep, which renders her unconscious.
Stiyl and Touma return to Misawa Cram School just in time to see the remaining forces of the Thirteen Knights of the Roman Catholic Church. They pull out their swords and use the real Gregorio Choir. Stiyl says that the 3,333 monks are probably sending their prayers from St. Peter’s Basillica. Touma asks what they are doing and is told by Stiyl that they are going to bombard the school.
Clouds gather above the building, as lightning and thunder roar out. Suddenly, a large flash strikes the building and it slowly collapses. However, the collapse suddenly stops in mid-air and the building is somehow rising and repairing itself, while the knights looks helplessly on the tremendous power of Aureolus Izzard. Stiyl states that what he is seeing is the true power that Aureolus has – Ars Magna. After saying this, Touma notices a familiar head dress on the ground with a cat inside it, Touma suspects that Index has somehow gotten involved in this. Meanwhile, Aureolus takes Index to his office gazing dearly at her.
Rating: 8/10
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