Sephier Bakiya

is the 3rd President of Seamless Cloths, and apprentice of the Magician
==Appearance==
Her appearance is polished and business-like, exuding an elegant demeanor.
==Personality==
She has immense respect and loyalty to Hughes and seems to be annoyed about him not visiting her often. Judging by her reaction during the conversation with Abbey, it is clear that she has a romantic affection for Hughes.
==History==
Several years ago, Sephi was just a girl who lost control of the Seamless Cloths Company to her uncle Alexei and other relatives after her grandmother, the second head of the company fell ill.
One day she visited a public affairs facility that took care of soldiers dispatched to distant lands where she met Hughes who was working there at the time. Hughes promised to help her reclaim the Seamless Cloths Company, and took her on as his disciple.
However, once inside the company Hughes immediately betrayed Sephi by informing Alexei about her and allying with him. Despite this Sephi continued to trust Hughes while learning alchemy, sewing techniques and etiquette from him. Following Hughes' advice Alexei succeeded in expanding into the leather industry. Since leather can't be alchemized, Sephi would no longer need it losing all chances of reclaiming the company from her uncle, leaving her feeling desperate and abandoned by Hughes.
Alexei's seemingly unbreakable dominance quickly crumbled when the leather business trend abruptly ended due to a rise in pickpockets targeting leather products and the exploitation of orphans which was taboo in the military state that valued children who could go to school and become better assets. As Seamless Cloths' influence waned the military state intervened and began to suppress the company leading to its complete downfall.
During this time the military state, unable to completely discard the Seamless Cloths Company, connected Sephi with one of the Six Generals ignoring Alexei's claim to succession and officially backing her as the rightful heir.
At this point Sephi realized that everything had been part of Hughes' plan. Hughes had manipulated Alexei into overextending the business and the timing of the leather pickpocketing surge coincided with Hughes' pickpocketing activities.
In other words Hughes incited the trend to then swiftly end it causing Alexei's downfall. This allowed the military state to naturally become Sephi's sponsor and guardian ensuring that no one could dispute her becoming the head of Seamless Cloths.
Hughes then appeared before Sephi telling her he had made her the head of Seamless Cloths as she had wished and that she could create her own version of the company. Realizing how naive her previous ideals were Sephi took Hughes' words to heart and rebuilt Seamless Cloths with her own hands and the talents she had chosen herself.