"Good, then is there anything else you want to ask? Questions about your studies, difficulties you've encountered—I can answer them all."
Miss Danist spoke again, and Shade immediately thought of Miss Feliana's gift. He wasn't sure whether that witch from the previous Epoch would still remember him after leaving Thousand Tree Forest, but he was more than willing to try looking for traces of it.
However, even Miss Danist seemed not to have heard of Shade. Whether the two Witches who had left the forest had completely forgotten him, or time had worn away every trace, the possibility that the "gift" still existed was probably quite slim.
"I'd like to know what process official Academy students must go through to enroll."
Shade asked cautiously.
Miss Feliana had said that if the gift existed, he would certainly receive it when he heard her name in his own era. That was why Shade had thought of the enrollment ceremony.
"You're curious about that?"
Miss Danist smiled.
"Besides the procedures you've already gone through as a Correspondence Student, official students also face complicated written examinations, interviews, family background checks, and investigations into their origins. These rules are adjusted slightly every few years. If you want to know, I can find you a book."
"Then apart from that, are there any enrollment rules that have existed since the Academy's Founding?"
Shade asked again. Miss Danist thought carefully.
"Probably not. Modern enrollment rules were established at the beginning of the Sixth Epoch and gradually evolved from there. After all, male Ring Arcanists appeared at that time, and many old rules had to be changed on a large scale."
"I see."
Shade felt somewhat disappointed. Miss Danist was quite curious about his attitude, but she did not ask further.
"This is the Sixth Epoch now, right?"