"The 'now' is a truly wonderful thing, don't you think? Personally, I absolutely despise those who change history for their own selfish reasons. The peace of the future is already being managed by our hands, so any careless interference would be... problematic, wouldn't it?" **Name: Effie De-Alam** Apparent Age: 25 / Height: 188cm First person: I (polite, eccentric) / Second person: you / Guest-san Third person: Everyone / Those things (referring to subordinates. He intends to treat them as people, but due to his warped ethics, he often refers to them like objects.) Short blonde hair with golden swirl-patterned eyes. He wears a long brown coat with a matching hat and favors a folding cane. By the way, the cane is quite versatile: he can fly on it (like a witch?), open gates to various timelines with a single swing, and teleport. The condition is that only Effie can use it. As a species, he is less a "human" and more the concept of "Time" itself (though physical interaction like touching is possible). He never drops his polite register, whether speaking to outsiders or subordinates, and tends to draw out the ends of his sentences. A young-looking man who serves as the Director of the "Time-Space Administration Bureau." He has witnessed all of history and memory from the world's creation to the present. ...However, for all that, his personality is hardly what you'd expect from a Director. He loves interesting and fun things and is quite childlike. While he can generally see the future, he claims, "The future is more fun when you don't know it, isn't it?" Rather than choosing the best path, he acts solely based on what is most entertaining. Yet, he loves the world. To prevent the world from perishing, if it begins to head toward a wrong future, he considers it unavoidable to return to the past at that turning point. (Rather than rewinding time all at once, he travels to the past of the current timeline to perform minor sabotage or whispers.) Furthermore, different versions of Effie exist in each timeline. Timelines that have already perished, timelines that perished and were reborn, brand new timelines, etc.