First of all, thank you all readers for giving your free time to read my story. Honestly, I didn't expect to have more than 10 favorites and follows, but here we are.
Rianju: When I write this story both of them come to my mind. I like both of them, so I thought why not?
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Note:
In this story, I give Touma a bit of a gift by reducing his misfortune by a significant amount. In the light novel, Touma already suffered enough. I want him at least to feel a decent life and because he will suffer more in the story.
Trivia:
Honkai is a cyclical natural disaster phenomenon that periodically adjusts the universe. Every once in a while, the Houkai will break out. The outbreak of the Houkai is irregular and unpredictable, making it highly dangerous. It has manifested in the past as a plague, meteors, volcanic activity, and currently as a horde of beasts.
Fun fact:
Did you know that the majority of people who read Index light novels are Touma's simp.
Kamijou slowly opens his eye.
He gathered his thoughts and tried to wake up. At first, his vision was blurry but it slowly became more and more clear. His surroundings weren't like the strange room he was in before. Where he was now is looked normal.
Looks like when he was reincarnated he fainted.
He then realized that he was in bed, someone seemed to have brought him here while he was unconscious.
"Mama! Papa! He wakes up!"
The sound of a child gets his attention. He turned towards the source of the voice. He then notices a little girl peeking while hiding behind the half-opened door. From there he saw another two people enter the room. They are both adults, one man, and the other is a woman.
From the looks of it, Kamijou guessed that they were the family and owners of the room he was in now. There was also a high possibility that they were the ones who helped him while he was unconscious.
The two adults slowly approached him. The little girl who had been peeking through the door moved behind the man.
The first one that started the conservation in the room is the woman who has clear blue eyes and beautiful white long hair.
"Can you understand what I'm saying?"
Kamijou nodded as a sign that he understood the language the woman was speaking. He knew this woman's language was not in Japanese but somehow he could understand it perfectly.
(Look like the gift given by Zael is working.)
"I am Cecilia Schariac, this is my husband."
Touma gets a better look at a man in the room.
"Yo, I am Siegfried Kaslana."
Siegfried also has blue eyes and similar hair color to Cecilia. The most noticeable trait of Siegfried is his muscular body. Which reminds him of one of the twenty saints in his world and a former member of God's Right Seat.
From seeing he know that the man muscular look is a mark of him going through many bloody and gory battles, and not the ones that a bodybuilder has.
"This is our treasure and sunshine. She is our child Kiana Kaslana."
"I am Kiana! Nice to meet you!"
Kamijou can see the resemblance between both adults on the little girl. He can't help but smile feel the cheerfulness of the little girl. There is something about children that make people happy around them.
"I am Touma."
He was very surprised after saying those words. In his mind, he immediately thought something was wrong. The voice that came out of his mouth was very different from his usual voice. Compared to his old voice, his voice was lighter now and his tone was more high-pitched.
Kamijou couldn't even believe it was his voice. He wonders if this is the side effect of reincarnation.
"How are you feeling Touma?"
"I am fine."
Kamijou tried to ignore how odd his voice sound like.
"Where I am?"
"You're in our house."
"While we were in the park, our daughter accidentally found you unconscious."
Kamijou was grateful for their kindness, but they should have known not to carelessly help strangers. Which is hypocritical since he would do if he were in the same situation.
"Thank you for help me Siegfried-san and Cecilia-san"
"Cecilia-san?"
"Cecilia in Japan you should address the person with their name plus 'san' to show your politeness."
"Oh, I see."
He realizes how big and tall the adult in the room is. Siegfried's height was almost thrice of his own. Kamijou knows Japanese people are smaller compare to people from the West like America and Russia. Even so, the difference is too big.
That until he sees at the mirror in the room. To say he is surprised is understandable. What he saw in the mirror shocked him. To describe what he sees in the mirror is small. Kamijou Touma's entire body shrink with the only thing that remained the same was his spiky hair.
Child, Kamijou Touma becomes a child.
"Touma is something wrong"
"Yeah?"
"You faded out a sec there, are you alright?"
"I am alright just a bit surprised."
Under normal circumstances, people would panic if they woke up in a different body. But Kamijou Touma had gone through many strange and absurd phenomena. He learned from experience not to panic, because it only made the situation worse. He had to remain calm analyzing the situation to come up with a solution.
"What are we talking about?"
"When we were in the park, we tried to find your parents but did not find them. "
"We even tried to ask the police for help. Unfortunately, until now there is no news about it. Touma, do you know where you live?"
He remembers that he has nothing to be called home anymore. He even doesn't know where he is now. From the conservation, Kamijou is pretty sure he is not in Japan. The only saving grace of all that is the gift from Zael that makes him understand the langue where he is now.
(Well at least that is a plus.)
If that is not enough he also becomes a child. At least if he still has his old body he can do part-time jobs to earn money and fulfill what he needs. Kamijou doesn't know much about the rule of working, but even he knows a child can't work. The only place he knew of employing underage children was a shady business, which is out of the question already.
But no, that's not the biggest problem he faces right now. The biggest problem he feels right now is the fact that he is alone.
This beceuse Kamijou Touma never trully alone. He knew Index had complete faith in him that he would return and was always waiting patiently for him in his dormitory. And not long after he has Othinus on his side that who will give him advice and always be by his side.
His face turned crestfallen.
Realizing that he couldn't see the two of them again made his heart ache. Even though he had prepared for that, it hurt more than he thought. He underestimated how painful it was to part with those who were close to him.
His thoughts come to halt for a moment after he felt someone embrace him tightly.
"Ich Liebe Dich."
"Cacilia-san?"
"There, there, you don't need to worry anymore."
Cecilia's mother instinct tells her to hug the boy in front of her, which she gladly does. From his expression, she knows the boy has been through a lot.
The boy's expression was also not missed by Siegfried. Even if he wasn't the smartest person in the world, he knew the meaning of the unspoken word. After all, it's not that hard to connect the dots behind the conservation of his wife and the boy.
"Say, Touma, how about you live with us?"
"Huh?!"
"That great idea Ziggy!"
The women release her hug on the boy and look at his face with a smile.
"That's right this room is empty and no one is using it!"
"That means from now on this is will be your room, Touma."
"Wait, why do you say like I will live here already?! Aren't both of you supposed to wait for my opinion?!"
Kamijou wanted to say something about what they had just done. He could still accept that they were only helping an unconscious person even if it was suspicious. But the fact that they had suddenly decided to let that suspicious person stay with them was beyond his comprehension. He wondered if there was no common sense in their minds. To be fair he looks like a child, but even so.
"Kiana, do you agree if our little friend here lives with us?"
Of course his opinion is ignored.
"Realy?!"
"Yeah what do you think about it?"
"Yes!"
"See our daughter also agrees. That means this means the voice is three against one."
Before the boy tried to refuse further, Cecilia placed her right index finger to his lips.
"That right Touma, we insist about it."
From there Kamijou knows the decision is final and he can't do anything to change their mind. Don't get it wrong the spike-haired boy still wants to argue, but he reconsiders and decides not to do it because he knows it will be useless. From their look, Siegfried and Cecilia will not take no as an answer.
It's been a few hours since he wake up. Kamijou tried to get used to his new body. He was surprised his body move normally. At first, Kamijou thought it would be harder to move with a child's body.
After familiar with his new body already he goes outside of his room. Not far from his room he came to a place that seemed to be a family room. From there Kamijou sees two people who enjoy watching tv. The first person is Siegfried who sits on the sofa and the second person is his daughter Kiana who sits in his lap.
Not long after Siegfried seems to notice his presence
"How are you, Touma?"
"I feel better Siegfried-san"
"How about watch the tv with us, the show is very good I promise you gonna like it."
"No, I am good."
"There's no need to hesitate. Come sit here with us."
Kamijou actually doesn't mind just relaxing and watching tv, it's just that he prefers to do something else that is more useful.
"I don't see Cecilia-san anywhere, if I may ask where is she?"
"My wife is in the kitchen, she is preparing the dinner."
"I will help her then."
"You can cook Touma?"
"I know one or two about cooking."
Live with Index together in his dormitory teach Kamijou a lot about food.
How to maximize the taste of food with as little spice as possible.
Which ingredient is worth buying when there is a sale.
How to make food with leftover ingredients.
Without that knowledge, the spiky-haired boy wouldn't be able to satisfy Index's hunger or have enough money to survive tomorrow.
"I see, the kitchen is that way."
"Thanks, Siegfried-san."
Kamijou leaves the room and goes in the direction Siegfried point to. Not long after he finally arrived at the kitchen. In there he meets with Cecilia.
"Sorry Touma, the dinner is not ready yet."
"Actually, I want to help prepare the diner Cecilia-san."
"No need I can take care of it myself."
"Please let me help, I insist."
Feeling the boy will not give up soon, Cecilia reluctantly accepts his help.
"Alright, then but please be careful."
After getting permission from the kitchen owner, Kamijou started by washing his hands.
"What are we going to make?"
"Actually I still think about that too. Is there something you want?
"No, I'm not picky about food. I can eat anything Cecilia-san."
For someone whose life is full of misfortunes, Kamijou is always grateful for everything. He didn't have a choice to get picky for what he got.
"This is our ingredient, what do you think?"
On the table, there are various ingredients for food from various kinds of vegetables and some animal meat. He also saw that there were spices to make food delicious.
Fortunately, it seemed that he still remembered the recipe he made while cooking for Index. From the available ingredient, he decide to make one of his own recipes but with a bit of improvement.
"How about make a rice fried and a few side dish Cecilia-san."
"I think that's a good idea."
He started by preparing the ingredients for the dish he was about to make. First Kamjou cut the vegetables and meat he was going to use. A smile appeared on his face as he realized his cooking skills were still the same as he remembered.
(Looks like my cooking skills still remain.)
The spiky haired boy then feels a stare from the other person in the kitchen. Kamijou stopped what he was doing and turned his face to Cecilia if he made some mistake.
"Is something wrong Cecilia-san?"
"No, not at all. I'm just surprised that you're so skilled at this."
"I appreciate the compliment, but my skill is not that good."
After a while and with Cecilia's help, the food was finally ready. The two of them brought the food to the table in the living room. There Siegfried and Kiana were already sitting waiting patiently for dinner.
"The food smells great!"
"I can't wait to taste it."
"This is the cooking Touma made."
"It's not fancy or high class food, but I hope all of you can enjoy it."
"Then what are we waiting for. Let's taste it!"
From the look and the smell, they can guess that the food was pretty decent. At least compared to what Siegfried's usual cooking, if what he made was worth called food at all.
At first, Cecilia and Siegfried think to praise the boy for his hard work to make him happy. What a mistake, they underestimate the cooking skill of Kamijou Touma.
"Oh my…"
Cecilia put her hand to her lips, it seems like she couldn't believe what she had just taste.
"What…is this?"
Spoon fall from Siegfried's hand as he said those words.
"…"
Kiana said nothing, but her face has the same expression as both of her parents.
"Is something wrong with the food?"
Kamjou then realizes looks like he is overestimating himself. He should know not to make Index's food preferences as a comparison to what normal people like. He felt truly regret to think that his cooking skills were able to satisfy those who helped him.
"Touma your food…"
Siegfried paused to take a breath before continuing his words. This makes Kamijou more and more nervous.
"… is so delicious!"
Kamijou is surprised by what Siegfried just said, but it seems the man has not finished his compliment yet.
"It's very good, it is better than 5 star chef!"
Kamijou was glad Siegfried enjoyed the meal, but he felt that what the man said about his food was exaggerating.
"I don't think my food is that good Siegfried-san."
"I don't think what Ziggy said is exaggerating, Touma. This is the best food I ever taste."
"See! Cecilia also agrees with me!"
"Kiana, what do you think?"
His eyes fell on the little girl who had been silent all this time. Kiana must think this food is pretty normal and don't understand what her parent talking about. Unlike his estimate, however, that was not the reason Kiana was silent all the time.
The reason for this is because Kiana too busy ate the food on her plate at unbelievable speed like there was no tomorrow. It's like she is in her world and does not see or hear anything that happens.
Siegfried is truly astonished by a divine gift called food he just eat.
Cecilia enjoy the dinner in amazement and wonder how it could taste this delicious.
Look like all of them truly feel the satisfaction from eating his food.
Kamijou knows this is not enough to repay their kindness, but he can't help to feel happy to see they enjoy his food.
Dinner at Kaslana's family that night was quite lively.
The full moon was shining brightly made it beautiful to look at. A few clouds in the sky made the many stars clearly visible in the dark night.
It was the middle of the night, the streets were deserted with no pedestrians in sight. The shops that were open have long been closed. Almost all the lights in the house have been turned off. This is bedtime for most people. They need rest to prepare for the tomorrow that will soon come.
But unlike most people, the certain spiky haired boy is still awake. He has other plans than sleeping on his mind. Kamijou Touma slowly got out of bed and approached the window beside his room. He opened the window as quietly as possible. He doesn't want to wake the resident of the house after all. The window itself wasn't very high, even though Kamijou's body has shrunk to only half his original height making it not hard to climb. From outside he could feel the cold wind on his face.
Before he manage to escape the door in his room suddenly opened. Kamijou was surprised by that and look the identity. The moonlight made a still visible silhouette of two people who enter his room. Even if there was no light from the lamp, he could clearly tell who the two people who entered his room were.
"Wanna go somewhere Touma?"
Kamijou mind racing to give an answer.
"No… it just … I suddenly hear a voice calling me… and I just tried to see it. Yeah! Something like that."
"So you hear a mysterious sound and then you open the window to see where the sound is coming from. Do you think we will believe that Touma?"
"To be fair I thought that was a good excuse and pretty reasonable. I almost buy it, almost."
He must know by now that his plan will never work and be ruined by one way or another.
"Shouldn't you two be asleep already?"
"We can ask the same question to you, but to answer that I have a gut feeling you would try to escape."
"Sorry."
"Touma do you have any other place to stay?"
"No, but I promise I can manage it somehow."
Because of his misfortune, Kamijou Touma has been involved in a lot of trouble and problem. In comparison to what he used to face, looking for a new place to stay is a pretty tame issue for him.
"Touma if you truly don't want to live with us it's alright, we will not hold you."
"No, please don't say it like that!"
Kamijou's response to that was immediate. He didn't want to hurt the hearts of those who helped him because of a misunderstanding.
"If that's not the reason then why?"
"It is just..."
The fact that they were helping a stranger like him made Kamijou very happy. He really appreciate their kindness, which was why he had to leave them or else.
"Touma, do you think of yourself as a burden?"
Yes, the answer to that is because Kamijou Touma thinks of himself as a burden. But that is not the only reason why he tried to leave.
"Something bad will happen if I stay here."
He was reincarnated here because of the threat this world would face. What might happen if he chooses to stay with them. No, just thinking about that already makes him feel sick. Kamijou Touma is really grateful for their kindness, but he can't trouble this family anymore.
How ironic he thought that. If only he could remember how the first time he met a silver-haired nun goes by. Unfortunately, the memory of that meeting and other memories of his past had been lost on that night. And no matter what happened, the spike-haired boy would never remember it again.
"Listen to me brat we don't expect anything when taking care of you. We choose it ourselves and we do not regret it. If, if something happens to us because of that we are ready to accept it."
"What Ziggy said is right Touma. You are not a burden, rather we happy to take care of you. No matter what will happen, we won't regret it."
Both their voices were full of confidence that they wouldn't blame the boy if anything happened to them. He can know that their intentions were completely sincere to want to help him a stranger they had just met this day.
"Why?"
Why did they help him?
Why they will do that for a stranger?
Why do they do that much for him?
Why were they so determined to help him?
One by one questions filled in his mind. Kamijou in this world is nothing but a lost child. He didn't understand why they help him. They even never meet him before this day. There is no reason and nothing to gain for helping him.
The answers to his question are pretty obvious. Usually, spike haired boys wouldn't think like this. He of all people should already know the answer. It seemed that the fact that he died recently made him unable to think clearly.
Well, I guess it's time for Kamijou Touma to taste his own medicine.
"What why? Do we need a reason to save you?"
Kamijou was speechless upon hearing those words. He then realized how wrong he was. There was no need for a reason to save someone.
Looks like he's fooling himself. One of the most important things he learned during his life was not to underestimate the kindness and strength in people's hearts.
(Really, what am I actually doing?)
Seeing the boy slowly descending from the window made both adults feel relieved.
"Kids need to sleep or you won't grow taller."
For someone who was once in high school, Kamijou Touma didn't care about his height very much. For him, there is a lot of thing to worries more than how tall he is. Even so, he can't help but respond to that with a smile.
"Good night Siegfried-san, good night Cecilia-san."
"Good night Touma."
Both of them are glad to know the boy will not do anything reckless anymore. After ensuring it's alright to stay with them, the adults leave the room and close the door to let the boy they found have a nice sleep.
It crossed in the boy's mind how things were going about the Anglican nun and the former Magic God who living together in his dormitory.
(I hope Index and Othinus are fine.)
Honestly, he knows Index will be alright because Kanzaki and Stiyl will more than happy to take care of her. Leaving Index to them is the best solution he can think of. Both of them are very capable on their own and surely can take care of Index no problem. Their wish to finally get a chance to build a new relationship with Index to replace the old relationship that has been lost for a long time will be granted.
It's Othinus condition he is more worried about. The former Magic God didn't have an ally that will help her and she already lost most of her power. But somehow Kamijou Touma knows Othinus will be alright without him.
This is because he is her understander and she is his understander. That is why he is confident to say Othinus will be alright. She will without a doubt be devastated about the news of his death. But it needs more than that to break her. Even if she almost lost all her power she is still the god of war and deception. Surely she will have a few tricks on her sleeve.
This also can be said to the family and friends he leaves. The fate of the world is not on his shoulder. The world is not only him alone. He will leave the world to the people who are still there. He experiences a lot of things so he can tell that the world will be alright without him. After all the people he meets there are strong. He will believe in them that they will be alright.
After thinking that, he slowly closed his eyes. Kamijou Touma felt comfortable surrounding him. It had been a long time since he had slept soundly in bed. With Index living together in his dorm forcing him to sleep in the bathroom. The only time he could sleep was when he was in the hospital. Even that, it was because fighting against such a dangerous foe left him in a near-dead state.
The last time he remembers having this peace is after he fought the Kamisato Kakeru faction and before the fight in the Windowless Building. After that lot of things happening where he must fight in constant battle until Christmas and that all ended with his death.
(This is my new life I guess.)
Kamijou Touma wonders what future waiting for him in this new world.
But until that time come he will enjoy this peaceful night.
For the first time in the new world Kamijou Touma sleep.
Chapter End