The name "Mana Falianna" was not unfamiliar to Shade. One could even say that no student at Saint Byrens Comprehensive College was unfamiliar with it. She was the founder of Saint Byrens Comprehensive College, one of the Three Great Arcane Academies, and the most powerful Witch said to have lived in the middle of the Fifth Epoch.
The relic Saint Byron's Dream that Shade had used when enrolling had come from this Witch. If not for the fact that she had lived too early, she would certainly have been qualified to become one of the Thirteen Witches Empresses at the end of the Fifth Epoch.
Perhaps he had simply encountered someone with the same name, but when Shade had visited the librarian, Miss Danist, he had seen Miss Falianna's portrait on a book cover. Though five thousand years had passed, that portrait bore an extremely strong resemblance to the Witch before him. That was why, when he had seen the Witch beside the bonfire earlier, he had found her so familiar.
Miss Mana Falianna had an excellent reputation. It was not merely the Academy's history deliberately praising its own founder; even the Church's records spoke highly of this Witch. That was why Iluna had shown such admiration for this lady during their conversation in the rain that morning.
Perhaps Father of Infinite Tree had truly departed, but there had to be a reason why He had allowed Shade to encounter Time Keys from different eras and face different events. At the crucial moment when the evil god descended upon Tobesk, Shade had happened to meet the Academy's founder in the past. He knew what he should do.
He rose from beside the bonfire and brushed the dirt from himself. Under the curious gazes of the three Witches, Shade held the