Shard did not mistake the person, nor was this an illusion. Because he had used the Maze Lock [Sleeping Princess] to aid this witch and had borrowed her power multiple times within it, Shard was very familiar with Miss Fiona Drago's power.
In front of him was indeed the young lady he had encountered at the Gadis Library. From the Forest of Thousand Trees in the Western Continent to the Valley of Dead Silence in the Midland, and now to the City of Eternal Night in the Northern Continent, Shard had encountered the founder of Saint Byrons for the third time.
"Miss Fiona Drago?"
He called out the young witch's name again, pronouncing it in the standard language of the Fifth Era, but the Red Dragon Witch dressed as a maid merely repeated her question:
"Welcome to the Dragon Maid Cafe. May I help you with anything?"
