"Theodore?"
Someone asked with bulging eyes. It wasn't the bald man, the chicken, nor the sobbing mess. Instead, it was Nira who panicked like a little fangirl meeting her bias.
"Teacher?!?" She exclaimed in excitement.
She didn't connect the strings at first. Her teacher Theodore has a mana signature that she was extremely familiar with, but the old man didn't have it. It wasn't easy to make the connection either as Theodore was said to have died dozens of years ago.
"Ah, you finally remembered me, brat?" Theodore chuckled seeing his student getting excited.
"Is it really you?" Nira gasped upon getting confirmation, but she just had to ask for it again.
This was a surprise that she never expected ever. After all these years, her master just decided to show up once more.
"How? Everyone thought you died! And why didn't you say anything?! Wh-"