SEVEN YEARS LATER

"I can never beat you, dad!"

"Don't say that, Tetsu. When I was your age, it was even harder for me…"

"Hey, Touma! Don't be so mean to him!"

"Index, shut up! I'm the father here! My house, my rules!"

Sighing, Seiri, now happily married to the boy that she accidentally drugged almost years back, walked into their living room as she brings in a tray filled with sandwiches and four glasses of juices. After four years of toiling and struggling in college, she finally became a registered nurse at one of the government hospitals in Kanagawa. But right now, she had to take a leave of absence because once again, she was again pregnant and this time, the couple is now expecting a baby girl.

Placing down the tray, she looked over and she saw his husband, now a law enforcer and Special Assault Team officer in the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department, easily winning in a shogi match against his own son. Besides the two are Index, now a fully-grown nun whose habit had also radically changed as it is now studded with golden threads and she is now carrying a staff similar to what bishops carry in mass.

"Yay! Mom made sandwiches!" Tetsuya momentarily forgot about his loss to his father as he stood up and quickly gave his mother a soft hug since he wouldn't want to hug her tightly that he would end up crushing his little sister in the cup, "Mom's sandwiches are the best!"

"Indeed, they are son," Touma, who is still in his uniform, stood up as he takes one to bite, "After all, she always gave me and your godfather lots of tough love when we were in high school."

"By the way, honey…" Seiri smiled before turning stern as she points to a certain object lying in the table, "I'm certain that as a policeman, you're trained how to handle a gun carefully so why are you leaving your service firearm lying carelessly in your side?"

Sensing his wife's killer intent, Touma's face paled with fear as he realized he just left his SIG Sauer P226 pistol beside the table where he and Tetsuya played shogi. Quickly, Touma took away his service firearm and tucked it back into his holster before his son or even Index can be unlucky enough to fire it accidentally. And I'll be damned to Seiri if that happens.

"Hnn. Such a careless man…" Seiri sighed as she sits beside his son, who was busy eating his snack, "Besides, why are you home earlier? I thought you still got a work to do until seven in the evening…"

"Chief Minami gave me the pass to take a day off," Touma replied as he also sat besides his wife, "If you're just gonna ask me, I'd rather spend my time with you two…"

"Hey! What about me!" Index cried in protest as she stuffed her cheeks with meat.

"Oh yeah? Well, you're not even related to us by blood," The spiky haired young man sighed then scratched his head, "Well, I actually don't even understand how you can still stay here in our household when your status as a nun-in-training got elevated into a full-time nun."

"Touma!" Index balled her fists in irritation.

"Geez, calm down, Index…" The man already took steps to calm own the raging sister before he turned his eyes towards his son, "Yo, Tetsu, I believe one of these days, you'll beat me on equal grounds in shogi. Your father's a misfortunate guy after all and you're my son."

Tetsuya pouted his lips, "But I'm not as good as you or grandfather! Wait, I don't think I can even make a move against your old man!"

"But you're a genius in your own way, son. Maybe shogi isn't the best for you but who knows? You could actually be good at something else…" Touma said warmly as he stood up from his chair and patted his son on the head, ruffling his identical spiky hair, "No matter what, you're my mini-me and I'll be always proud of you…"

Suddenly, the sound of a cellphone ringing could be heard from the man's pocket and the next thing happened is Kamijou quickly putting his ear on the device.

"Yeah, Motoyama….hai….hai…" Touma was listening to his partner's voice and as the call quickly ended, he gave Seiri a quick kiss in the forehead, "Tetsu…Seiri…I'm sorry to say this but it seemed that my day off would have to be interrupted for now. A hostage-taking is happening at the mall…"

"Then please come home quickly as soon as you're finished. I'll be waiting for you until you're back here," Seiri's eyes were filled both with sadness and worry over her husband's job, "I don't want to be widowed so early, you idiot…"

Touma was donning his gear as he exited their single-family detached home, "Just stay here, Seiri. I promise. I'll end this quick and I'll be back safe…"

Four hours later, it was all over as the hostage taking crisis rather peacefully as Kamijou Touma was able to force to gunman to surrender without even having to fire one single shot.

Carrying as bottle of sake that he received from Chief Inspector Minami as a thanks for resolving the issue without bloodshed, Touma had already made his way back home and by the time he reached their house, it was already dead silent as nightfall had already arrived and he was sure that his family had already eaten supper without him. Such misfortune. He sighed but he was already used to his so-called bad lucks as he opened the door leading to their living room.

"You're home, Touma…"

"Oh? You're still here? Touma looked at his wife, who was sitting by the entrance door.

"Didn't I say that I'm going to wait for you here, idiot," Seiri said in an irritated manner as she karate-chops her husband's head, "By the way, your son is already upstairs as tomorrow is Friday and he'll have to get to school. Index is also sleeping in her own room with that nasty cat…"

There was silence as Touma merely yawned while Seiri removed his sweaty uniform. As they both sat down, the former Iron Wall Girl can't help but giggle at how bulked up her husband is when he is shirtless.

"I didn't expect you to become such a good father, especially with what you said to Tetsu-san," Seiri then kissed him on the cheek.

"I don't want my son to experience what I experienced back in Academy City," Touma whispered, "I just don't want to raise my child with how Academy City cruelly handles majority of its students. I want Tetsu to be free to be whoever or whatever he wanted without any weights and expectations placed in his shoulders. I don't give a damn if he's an Esper or not." He clenches at his service pistol, which looked shiny with the strike of the moon, as if it wasn't even fired once.

Some minutes later, both Touma and Seiri went to their own bed, finally having their own sleep, "Sleep tight, Seiri. I want our little Satsuki to grow up healthy…"

Far from where the couples sleep, Othinus can't help but feel amused as she sat beside her newly-built dollhouse that was given to her when they moved into this new residence.

"How blessed of you human to have such a good and wonderful family…"