Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 05/Prologue

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Anna Sprengel
 * Aradia

New Characters

 * Alice Anotherbible
 * Mary
 * Bologna Succubus

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 7
 * Kamijou Residence

New Locations

 * Alice's group's base

Cultural References

 * Good, old Mary, given her name and description as an old and potent alchemist, is likely the Mary written of in the works of the writer, also known as  (Maria Hebraea in Latin) or Mary the Prophetess (Maria Prophetissima in Latin). She is said to be an early alchemist who apparently lived between the first and third centuries A.D. in , and although no writings of hers survive, is credited with various quotations in hermetic writings and attributed with various alchemical precepts, inventions and operations.
 * One of the alchemical precepts attributed to Mary/Maria is the ; roughly, "one becomes two, two becomes three, and out of the third comes the one as the fourth."

Unanswered Questions

 * Why is Alice in Touma's blanket?