It felt as if ages had passed as Akko stared at the Shiny Rod and tried to see if she really could have been chosen by it though it still refused to yield to her certain wishes unless she really needed it to.
Atsuko was interrupted from her minor musings as she caught the scent of familiar chocolate chip cookies and homegrown spices though she now caught the hint of a scent of lime, honey glaze, and daisies, the floral scent just peeking through was almost too beautiful to be true.
The way the witch carried herself was different as it was confident in a way so unlike the students at the academy; she seemed as if she was no longer unmated yet the scent was so unlike the mingling of two scents whenever an Alpha and Omega were mated.
Akko looked up in surprise and wondered if this really was the woman that had saved her back in Arcturus Forest by reminding her of one of Shiny Chariot's useful magical incantations that had almost felt like a sure voice inside of her head.
"Professor...?" Akko was sure this had to be one of her professors as she stared at the rather young looking woman and wondered if somehow she'd really found a mate or rather had managed to become qualified as a professor here despite how hard that probably was.
"Ursula, I teach Magic Astronomy." She smiled and that level of confidence stayed with her so easily, "I've been appointed as your mentor."
"My mentor?" Akko asked as she stared at the woman that carried the scent of what can almost be considered homely and the hint of a much more exotic scent that clung to her clothes like a mate's might and easily hinted at a home life that wasn't so lonesome at all.
"Feel free to ask me about anything you'd like." She spoke up, and yet one of Akko's first thoughts did spread over to whether this woman was mated or not though she didn't feel confident asking about whether she had a Beta husband back home that she'd left the side of to just appear here for work though the scent was almost feminine enough for Akko to dispute what she'd thought would be likely here.
"This is the broom that the school supplied for you." Professor Ursula spoke up though Akko gladly accepted the broom and savored the warm bristles and cute bow in her excitement, rubbing it along her face in eager acceptance of something that could actually help her become a real witch.
"That staff?" Ursula asked as Akko quickly turned around and faced her, still feeling the nerves from the still fairly recent explanation that she'd received about the original owner of the staff.
"It's Shiny Chariot's." Akko muttered as she stared at it, feeling tiny remnants of hope about eventually meeting her role model though a part of her wondered if that would mean that she'd be given some lasting advice about how to make it through the academy without being found out. "I promise that I'll give it back once I find her."
"You're the one it revealed itself to, which makes you its rightful owner." Ursula spoke up as she watched Akko carefully as if she might have seen something about Akko that no one else had. "Fate and magic will surely guide you."
Ursula smiled faintly as she walked away, already feeling as if their first actual conversation had finally ended, though she knew that there was more to Akko than met the eye.