Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 674

Yellow Moon, Red Dragon, and Glasses

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This yellow-haired witch, who looked only twenty-two or twenty-three, was that lady who had assisted Miss Mana Falianna in the Thousand Tree Forest in performing the ritual to summon the Old God, the Radiance Doorway. She was also Miss Falianna's first student and the future First Librarian of the not-yet-established Saint Byron's.

Twenty-two years later, from the Thousand Tree Forest on the West Continent to Silent Valley on the Central Continent, Shade encountered this witch again. This was also the first time he had encountered the same person repeatedly in the past. Miss Olanord, who should not have possessed any memories of him, clearly still remembered Shade Hamilton.

"Teacher, who is this? Is he a man?"

The red-haired girl beside her asked cautiously. Only then did Shade notice that the tail behind her really was a tail, not a trick of his eyes. It was an extremely thick tail, its surface marked with deep-red patterns resembling the scales of a lizard. Such scales seemed unique to a powerful alien creature.

"Fiona, this is an old acquaintance of Teacher Feilianna and me, Mr. Shade Hamilton."

The half-elf witch came back to her senses, reaching out to grasp Shade's offered hand before introducing him to her student.

"Shade, this is Fiona Drago, my student. Don't be surprised by her physical traits. She is of mixed dragon blood and can even be considered part of the Red Dragon Royal Family."

She then introduced the girl to Shade. The red-haired girl nodded at him somewhat awkwardly.

"Hello, um... sir?"

She still had not figured out Shade's gender.

Finally, she introduced the bespectacled witch who had been watching them curiously. The latter examined Shade from head to toe with an inquisitive expression. Of the three, she looked the most scholarly.

"This is Peggy Samuel, an

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