Otto from five hundred years ago—this was an utterly shocking development.
The reason they believed this Otto was from five hundred years ago was that he wore the purple noble attire of that era, and when he saw Theresa and the others, it was obvious that he did not recognize them.
Of course, this Otto was still stunned for a while upon seeing Theresa. After all, Theresa looked exactly like Kallen Kaslana as a child, and Kallen, being Otto's cherished first love, was someone he could never possibly forget.
Then Theresa opened by calling Otto "Grandpa," completely short-circuiting him. At that moment, there were probably universes and countless equations flashing through Otto's mind, accompanied by some bizarre music called "Born from Mother."
A baffled Otto baffled everyone. His behavior was entirely unlike the Otto people knew, and he lacked modern Otto's theatrical manner of speaking, seeming remarkably "normal."
That kind of normality became deeply abnormal when it was on Otto. So, despite their hostility toward him, they did not immediately attack and instead chose to negotiate.
Only then did they learn that this Otto had come from over five hundred years ago, from when he had still been an ordinary human.
Moreover, this Otto had not yet become the Bishop of Destiny. He was Otto from his priesthood days—the Otto who had not yet gone to extremes. He was even still in the midst of a war: the very war in which Otto had joined the resistance and led it in overthrowing Old Destiny. At that time, Otto had fought purely to preserve Saint Kallen's reputation.
None of the later extremes or evil deeds had happened yet, so this Otto still seemed somewhat "innocent."
Though using the word innocent on Otto was utterly absurd, it was nevertheless the truth—especially in