7_Afterword

AFTERWORD To everyone who has been reading since Volume 1: It’s great to see you again. To those courageous souls who purchased all five volumes at once: It’s nice to meet you. I’m Kazuma Kamachi. This volume was more of a collection of short stories. It contains three parts, with stories printed on Dengeki Bunko’s website (with plenty of revisions) and newly written material. The time in this series has always moved at a pretty gradual pace, but this one was far and away the slowest of them all. Looking back on the rest of them, it seems that I managed to stretch summer vacation out for five whole volumes. Volume 5 was not constructed around an occult keyword or a particular heroine. Instead, the theme was August 31 in Academy City. This was a collection of short stories, so I needed to do things that couldn’t otherwise be done in a full novel—so I put a certain character in the spotlight and created a variety of underlying themes shared by all the chapters (for example, the legendary Misaka-ignoring game). In short, I just did what I pleased. There are plenty of other small topics that could probably go into short stories, like background on Index and Stiyl; background on Kamijou, Aogami, and Miss Komoe; background on Mikoto and Kuroko Shirai…But this time, I wanted to do this sort of story. If I have a chance in the future, I would definitely like to build on those ideas as well. My illustrator, Mr. Haimura, and my editor, Ms. Miki, have always been there through this entire process. I’d like to give another huge word of thanks to them and ask for their continued support going forward. And for the readers, who so graciously picked up this book: There is no doubt in my mind that you’re all the reason my inexperienced self was even able to publish five volumes. Thank you so much for all of your support. Now, then, as I thank you for deigning to lay eyes on this book, and as I wait eagerly for something to make it up to you, today, at this moment, I lay down my pen. By the way, Miss Komoe is the oldest heroine so far…What do you think, eh? Kazuma Kamachi Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Yen On. To get news about the latest manga, graphic novels, and light novels from Yen Press, along with special offers and exclusive content, sign up for the Yen Press newsletter. Sign Up Or visit us at www.yenpress.com/booklink ContentsCover Welcome Insert Title Page Prologue: The Night It Began Chapter 1: A Certain Scientific Accelerator Chapter 2: A Certain Unsophisticated Railgun Chapter 3: A Certain Misaka’s Last Order Chapter 4: A Certain Freeloading Index Epilogue: The Night It Ended Afterword Yen Newsletter CopyrightNavigationBegin Reading Table of Contents Copyright A CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX, Volume 5 KAZUMA KAMACHI Cover art by Kiyotaka Haimura Translation by Andrew Prowse This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. TOARU MAJYUTSU NO INDEX ©KAZUMA KAMACHI 2005 All rights reserved. Edited by ASCII MEDIA WORKS First published in Japan in 2004 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo. English translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo, through Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., Tokyo. English translation © 2015 Hachette Book Group, Inc. All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Yen On Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10104 www.hachettebookgroup.com www.yenpress.com Yen On is an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The Yen On name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. First Yen On eBook Edition: February 2016 Originally published in print in November 2015 by Yen On. ISBN: 978-0-316-31663-7 E3

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