Merilia...? For a few moments, in her exhaustion, Fanilly didn't quite comprehend what was being told to her. But then, memory came flooding back to her. That portrait, displaying the youthful-looking girl. The Archmage-Knight, her origins in witchcraft... of the founding knights, Fanilly knew that Merilia was one of the ones who was still alive. She also knew that the knight had left the order and now dwelt in distant Akitsushima... once, when she was quite young, Fanilly recalled that her parents had attended a party for the rare appearance of an Akitsushiman Ambassador, who would be there for three months before returning to her distant country. Such an elegant woman, with long, black hair, and with her... was a rabbit-eared girl, extraordinarily beautiful, in such a flowing outfit, even longer hair then the ambassador... It was a vivid memory in the blonde girl's mind.

And so, faced with this rabbit-eared... individual, Fanilly couldn't help but recall those events.

Fanilly had to snap herself out of such thoughts, however. There were matters to attend to.

"You can speak freely, Ito," Fanilly said with a nod. Tyaethe's reassurance had helped, but Fanilly had no reason to assume that one of the founding knights would be here to cause trouble.