"...Vera, huh."
A fragment of memory stirred faintly at the sound of the name.
It was a name he had heard somewhere before.
But it didn't come to him completely.
Valen dismissed it as insignificant.
At the age of forty-seven, how could he not have heard a name like that at some point?
Remembering everyone he had ever met was an impossibility to begin with.
Was it one of the names of the heretical sinners he had executed?
If it was, he certainly couldn't recall.
After killing, he often forgot.
Even within the Martial Alliance, the names of executed heretical sinners were prevented from spreading.
A societal death.
They were deliberately erased from the Martial World.
"Does the name sound familiar to you?"
"The sound of it is, but I can't recall where I've heard it."
"Ah, I see. I hope it was from a good connection."
