Madeleine

Madeleine do Tasuca, known by many as Miss Madeleine, is a teacher at Will-o'-Wisp Academy in the Magical Vacation series. She is an incredibly powerful sorceress from Kovomaka who commands powerful magic, has the power to warp between entire planets and planes of existence, and can tame enigmas.

Personality
Madeleine is very kind, but quite absent-minded at times. She is often late to the classes that she teaches, and sometimes does not appear at all. She tends to wander off aimlessly as if her brain has switched to auto-pilot, yet somehow manages to reach her destination every time. Nevertheless, Miss Madeleine is a caring and protective teacher who always wishes the best for her students.

Appearance
Madeleine's appearance changes between Magical Vacation and Magical Starsign. For some mysterious reason, she does not look a day older than 24, despite the two games being separated by over 800 years.

In Magical Vacation, Madeleine has curly brown hair parted in the middle that reaches down to about her waist, and her eyes are pale purple. She wears a headband with three red wing-like fabric pieces behind each ear, spotted with yellow polka dots. For clothing, she dons a fuchsia dress with frills on both the sleeve and bottom hems, and her upper body is cloaked by a pink shoulder cape. Her choice of shoes is a pair of violet ribboned loafers.

In Magical Starsign, Madeleine's hair is tied into a long ponytail. She still wears her pink shoulder coat, but has replaced her dress with a light blue corset top, blue gauntlets, and a heart-shaped belt. Additionally, she wears a pair of indigo harem trousers with gaps exposing her hips. For footwear, Madeleine has blue stockings with brass bangles around her ankles, and wears a pair of loose pink shoes.

Early life
Although very little is known about Madeleine, she is rumored to have rampaged through several realms in the past, and became well known amongst the enigmas for her power.

Three years before Magical Vacation, Madeleine and Principal Biscotti were confronted by Ganache Nighthawk, who lashed out at them for ignoring the change in his sister Vanilla's behavior after her return from Valencia Beach. Moments prior, she had threatened to defeat Biscotti and destroy Kovomaka Kingdom before leaving the academy, though Ganache was unaware of the enigma possessing her heart. After he left, Madeleine wondered if it was okay to keep sending students to Valencia Beach every summer. Biscotti responded by saying magicians cannot learn magic without facing darkness, and while Vanilla would soon become an enemy of the country, suppressing her power only limited what she was truly capable of.

Two years later, Vanilla's obsession with power caused the enigma to assume control of her heart and body. She stormed throughout the country and killed over two hundred soldiers from the Kingdom, until Biscotti and Madeleine fought Vanilla head-on. Biscotti used his magic to lock Vanilla away in Chiboust Castle, where she would be held for the next year.

Magical Vacation
Before Miss Madeleine and her students departed for Valencia Beach, she talked with Biscotti in secret, unsure of her ability to take care of everyone. Biscotti assured Madeleine she was capable, but their conversation was cut short when the protagonist and other students entered the room. Before Madeleine could board the magic bus outside, Biscotti told the students that returning to Will-o'-Wisp at any point would result in instant expulsion. He also asked they not tell Madeleine of his warning, confident she would want them to leave Valencia Beach early. Madeleine arrived shortly after with Chocolat, and as she handed out magic notebooks, noticed Ganache was not present. Olive offered to find him, as did Candy, though Madeleine only allowed Olive to leave.

Once the group arrived at Valencia Beach, Madeleine dismissed her students until the campfire at nightfall. She spent most of the evening by the cottages, enamored by the seaweed, and helped the protagonist learn about menu navigation. Later that night, Madeleine sat around the campfire with her students. She told them their stay at Valencia Beach would be filled with highs and lows, but those experiences helped them improve as people. Dismissing the students for another hour of free time, Madeleine returned to the shore to observe sea cucumbers. If the protagonist interrupted her, she told them the importance of HP and MP in battle. Suddenly, several enigmas swarmed the beach and warped most of the students off Valencia Beach. Madeleine reunited with the protagonist and Ganache, and when asked what the enigmas were, Madeleine remained silent, wondering how they were in the Material Realm. She followed Ganache down the beach, watching as he let himself be warped away by the enigmas. She then recalled her conversation with Biscotti at Will-o'-Wisp, wherein he said not all the students had to come back alive. Madeleine spurned Biscotti's words, but he feared that without capable magicians on the front lines, the war in Kovomaka Kingdom from 15 years ago would resume.

Coming back to her senses, Madeleine proceeded to kill many of the enigmas using her magic. Two remaining enigmas threatened to bring her to the Light Realm with the rest of her students, but seeing as they would be disadvantaged there, Madeleine was warped to the Dark Realm instead. While in the Dark Realm, Madeleine ordered the enigmas to reunite her with the students, and to also consult Kerendu. The enigmas were shocked that Madeleine knew of Kerendu despite being human, then Equillekrew arrived, proclaiming Kerendu had been killed. Equillekrew explained to Madeleine that the students were on another plane, and that only she was brought to the Dark Realm. As Equillekrew offered to fuse with her, since enigmas could warp between planes at will, he revealed his goal of becoming the next enigma king. Madeleine teased Equillekrew, saying he stood no chance against the students. She then exposed her ability to warp, to the enigmas' shock, and Equillekrew ordered his underlings to bring everyone to the Dark Realm.

Trivia

 * Her name comes from 'madeleine', small cakes originating in France. Her surname, do Tasuca, comes from カスタード kasutādo, the phonetic spelling for 'custard'.
 * Madeleine's full name is only ever mentioned in the Japanese version of Magical Starsign.
 * Although Madeleine's age is not explicitly stated in Magical Starsign, Shinichi Kameoka has confirmed it to be at least 850.
 * Series director Nobuyuki Inoue has said that if he were to make Magical Vacation 3, it would begin with Madeleine bursting into a classroom and saying, "You, you, and you! Come here at once!" before promptly leaving.
 * Madeleine and Pistachio are the only characters who appear in all four pieces of Magical Vacation series media, be it on-screen appearances or in text.