“He’s my magic instructor and… an old acquaintance of Aeldrya’s” I replied.
Aeldrya had mentioned earlier that she knew him from back when she was a young child, so… how many years ago was that exactly?
“Which makes me wonder… how long ago did you guys meet?”
“About two hundred years ago, give or take” Aeldrya curtly replied.
“Uh? Hey old man, how old are you?”
“I am already 273 years old.”
“How’s that even possible? Aren’t you human?” I yelled in surprise.
“273 years old… a human?”
Dabla seemed surprised as well. She brought a hand to her chin while staring thoughtfully at the old man, until she finally nodded in understanding.
“Oh, I see, you are an upmodarf! I thought they would end up killing every last one of your kind. I am surprised to see one showing up in the middle of a human town like it’s no big deal.”