“Hey, hybrid*. Did you really believe that the human who is said to be your father, will protect you?”

T/l: (Hybrid- an offspring of two different species or varieties)

Taylor, Jayna’s cousin, who always bullied her, started a quarrel even on the day she left. But that was also the last quarrel they had.

Jayna did not stop her hands from packing her bag with a grave face, even with Taylor’s harsh words.

“He said he was your parent, but honestly, being a father is the same as the mother who gave birth to you. Oh, I forgot, you also don’t have a mother. Well if he’s a good parent he should provide you food to eat or even the destiny to step on.”

Taylor’s tongue was brutally twisted.

“But what you don’t know is, he’s famous for being ruthless and arrogant.”

“I know.”

“You know? But how can you be so calm in this situation where other dragons are trying to kill you?”

Taylor raised her voice and grabbed Jayna’s shoulder inescapably rough.

“Let me ask you again. Do you really think that human father of yours will protect you?”

“No.”

Taylor hurriedly released her. She was intimidated because Jayna’s eyes facing her were surprisingly calm and clear.

Relatives told Jayna that her father was unaware of her existence, and certainly, the two had never met before. But Jayna already knew her father.

It wasn’t just because he was famous for his outstanding magic skills.

Her biological father, The tower lord, Diamide Bellaphanian.

[Just as your birth didn’t inspire me, your death won’t mean anything to me]

He was the final boss of the world in this novel, with blood cold enough to turn away even though he knew his daughter would die.

***

Jayna was born with a peculiar memory of her previous life. She was a high school student named Min Bo-bae in Korea, but if you ask if that was a good thing, well… She shook her head.

‘Memories of the days of abuse’ can’t be better.’

The reason why Jayna died in her previous life was because of a concussion in her brain. And it wasn’t anyone else but her biological father who knocked her head down to the chair. He was verbally abusive and assaultive. The last memory she had was when she closed her eyes and thought Min Bo-bae’s life was finally over, but when she woke up, she found out she was in a new world.

She was unaware of how surprised she was when time passed, and her vision opened. There were scales in her body, and the living things around her were not humans either.

‘I was reincarnated as a race called the dragon race.’

The dragon tribe had the shape of a dragon and a parent branch of humans, so it was possible to change freely. She didn’t have the ability to shoot fire from her mouth, but she looked like a dragon that used to appear in Korean medieval games.

In addition to the change of race, there was one more important fact.

Apparently, her mother died shortly after she was born.

“If other dragons see her, they will surely try to kill her, so let’s hide her so they don’t know her existence.”

Jayna was able to learn a language in this world. And unlike other dragons, she was a bit unusual.

‘Everyone has black hair and black eyes, but why I am the only one with black hair and blue eyes… .’

She noticed it but tried to ignore it.

Just because she was born again, there was no way her miserable life could return smoothly.

It turned out that the difference between hair color and eye color was the evidence that she was not a pure-blooded dragon, but a hybrid. They were treated as a lowly object because of the mixture of the blood of lowly humans.

Jayna, who had no mother, was forced to take turns to her relatives, and she always had to go through all sorts of humiliation for being a hybrid.

“You’re a symbol of negation. Realize that and feel ashamed of your existence.”

However, Jayna didn’t care, because her mother died early in her previous life, so she was used to spilling it to one ear¹ because she had a lot of bites to eat².

T/l: ¹(Spilling it to one ear\= Ignoring something by not listening to it)

T/l: ²(Had a lot of bites to eat\= hearingexperiencing more than she could handle)

Come to think of it, it wasn’t that her memories of the previous life were not helpful at all.

If she had been an ordinary child, she would have been significantly hurt by the sharp words pouring out toward her.

‘Oh, and one more thing.’

Thanks to the memory of her previous life, Jayna was able to easily realize that she was actually in the world of a fantasy novel, “The Sword of Revenge.”

The names of places, characters, and events from the book matched the contents of the novel she knew. Anyway, all events in the novel are what happens in human society.

Jayna didn’t care that much to it because she thought it had nothing to do with her, living in the Dragon Village.

But…

“I can’t take care of you anymore.”

One day all of a sudden, relatives who had been in charge of Jayna suddenly notified her that they could not take over.

Relatives had thoroughly hidden her until now, saying that if the existence of Jayna, who was a hybrid with humans, was revealed to the outside, it would greatly destroy the honor of their clan.

But now that the tribe’s situation was not good, their patience seemed to have reached its limit.

“I can’t live with you forever. Don’t blame us. Carrying you was originally your mother’s job.” was what he said.

“Also your blood does not belong to your dead mother alone.”

Unlike humans, the dragon tribe had no concept of a married couple, so when a child was born, they were raised by the female alone.

However, when the circumstances did not go well, he pulled out the concept that the Dragon family does not even have, “Father”, and sent Jayna to him.

“I heard he’s a powerful sorcerer, and if that’s right, he’ll protect you from other dragons.”

‘Father and daughter?’

She never imagined she would be intertwined in this way with the final boss of the novel.

‘Hey, there aren’t a few humans who have a connection with the dragon tribe, so I thought it was too easy.’

“Be good to your father.”

At the words of the next relative, Jayna gave a sarcastic smile. Are they saying that because they do not know?

No one in this world can get along with Diamide Bellaphanian.

Jayna, who read the novel, knew him too well.

The time when evil spirits were infested throughout the world under the curse of the evil king.

Diamide, a young man with excellent skills but with an outstanding character, sealed his feelings in order not to be shaken before the decisive battle. And before the seal was completed, he met Jayna’s mother, Bezriche.

A subjugation squad where talented people from the continent gathered to deal with the evil spirit king.

The two met as members of the subjugation squad and fell in love like fate while travelling together. And after a while, they promised to get married.

If you asked if his hardened feelings had melt again, it wasn’t the case.

If he did, he wouldn’t have been the final boss of the novel.

Bezriche, who was cursed by the evil king during the conquest, realized that her life span was not long.

She said goodbye to Diamide, hiding the fact that she had Diamide’s child. She was afraid that her death would hurt him.

And Diamide, who was hurt by Bezriche’s words misunderstands that he was just a one-night companion to her.

After that, Diamide’s heart freezes completely, and he made a name for himself as an inhumane and extremely selfish sorcerer.

He became a cold hearted person, who will not do anything, if someone isnt beneficial to him.

A person who doesn’t blink even if his own child was dying before his eyes.

‘That’s my father.’

It was only after Jayna was ten years old and was told that she was being sent to her father, that she could recall how she was described in the book.

[Diamide had a past where his daughter, Jayna, was brutally murdered by her own Balaur family.

For him, who can’t feel the attachment to his family, the other person was just nuisance.]

‘It was a novel I read many times, but it was mentioned only for a moment and I didn’t realize it was my story.’

Diamide, who couldn’t be shaken even by his own daughter, was insensitive to evil deeds, and to whatever benefited him, he moved without hesitation.

The Archimage, who was revered for defeating the evil spirit king, had become evil himself.

And the main story of the novel was the content of revenge of the protagonist who lost his mother to Diamide.

‘Of course, it’s a story a few years later, and the main character’s mother is still far from dying.’

For Jayna, the timing of the novel’s development was not important. Before that, she’ll be dead already.

‘How can I survive without dying?’

Jayna kept thinking about it, but she couldn’t think of a suitable answer.

The blood of a dragon was said to be stronger than humans of her age, but it was useless to stand before an adult dragon. Moreover, Jayna had not been able to awaken the true power of the dragon family for a long time.

If her own strength couldn’t stop the dragon, she had to somehow seek outside help. But…

‘It’s impossible to be protected by my father as my relatives say.’

It was clear that Diamide would not protect her from the Dragons trying to do the ‘Honorary Murder’ just like in the original plot.

Rather, it would be fortunate enough if he did not dismiss her, saying that she was not his daughter.

Melting the ice was said to be by warm sunshine, not by the cold wind.

A friendly and charming attitude, and a gentle smile, are the so-called factors that make fathers become foolish for their daughters.

But Jayna had no such thing. No, it was more accurate that she couldn’t.

Because love was something only those who had received it could do.

Besides, the opponent wasn’t even an ordinary person. It was Diamide Bellaphanian, the villain of the novel who barely felt emotion. No matter how hard she struggled, he would not still feel any affection for her in the end.

So Jayna decided before she went to the tower:

Not to make any effort to win the favor of Diamide. And to accept death calmly.

Rather than being distressed and resentful, it would be better to appreciate and enjoy the reality of her life.

Fortunately, the Dragon clan’s “honor murder” was not so close.

‘The time I have left is seven years.’

In the , it was when she was seventeen that the dragon began the move to kill her.

For the dragon family, who lived for a thousand years and had a different concept of time from humans, seven years was only a night of sleep.

That seemed to be enough to enjoy the small luxury that she had never had in her entire life without much regret in life.

No one came into the drawing room for hours.

A long time had already passed by, but Jayna, who was still wondering how to spend the rest of her life, didn’t notice how long has it been since she came there.

‘Since it’s the tower, at least I won’t starve, right? There will be a lot of books available for reading too…’

She thought maybe it would be better for her to live freely while being neglected on the tower, rather than wandering among her relatives who only harassed her.

“I’m going to have to pay a big price for enjoying my time.”

Bang-

While Jayna was organizing her thoughts, breaking the silence in the drawing-room, a cool, dry voice came out.

“Is it this one, who called herself my daughter?”

Standing in front of me was a figure with big, sturdy but slender body wearing a loose hood, and someone who had a long black hair.

Jayna felt the strong and heavy presence of the man in front of her. The pressure was so heavy, that for a moment she thought she couldn’t breathe.

He had a boring look, but just making eye contact seemed to bring goosebumps all over her body.

The Tower Lord Diamide Bellaphanian.

It was the appearance of her father.

The young man who was following Diamide, said, reading a letter:

“The dead dragon, Bezriche, said that the lord of the tower was the father of this child. Of course, this was the claim of the Balaur*.”

*(Balaur- Dragon race)

“Bezriche.”

An unknown color turned into Diamide’s eyes. The corner of his mouth rose coolly.

It was then that Diamide, who had been backing away all the time, took steps forward.

“Yes, she definitely resembles her mother.”

He approached and looked down at Jayna as if he was inspecting her.

“Also, It looks like she isn’t part of neither the clan of Dark Night nor the clan of Changcheon*.”

T/l: *(Changcheon/창천\= Heaven)

As the distance got closer, the difference in size between the two became more pronounced, and the feeling of pressure from him became more intense.

“I understand why the dragons are trying to kill her, she is a symbol of negation. The fact that her eye color is not black is evidence that she have other blood mixed.”

Secrets unknown to humans came from the mouth of Diamide one after another.

First was that the dragon sect was divided into several clans. And the fact that mixed-blooded dragons have different eye colors was also unknown to the outside world.

Jayna was able to realize that the man in front of her, was really her mother’s lover. All of the things he mentioned, were something that you would never know unless you heard them directly from a dragon’s mouth.

Just like his opponent, Diamide’s gaze was sharply stuck in Jayna’s face.

‘….Why can’t I take my eyes off those eyes?’ (Jayna)

The eye contact last a bit longer.

‘I think our eyes are similar.’

It lasted for a long time. And for a moment, she was able to feel they were identical which she wouldn’t care about, if Jayna hadn’t heard of her father beforehand.

A blue color eye that was comparable to high-purity sapphire.

Was Diamide thinking the same?

A familiar word came from his mouth.

“Her eyes are Blue…”

But Jayna soon realized that it was her mistake

“But that doesn’t imply that she is my daughter.”

A sense of closeness that Jayna felt at that moment was immediately cut off by Diamide’s cold words. His voice had no regrets.

The boy standing behind, looked alternately at Jayna and Diamide with bewildered expression, as if he didn’t except such a reaction.

“I agree she’s her daughter because she gave birth to her herself, but she could also be a daughter she had with another human.”

He must have counted the stars in the night sky together like other lovers, and he must have laughed while whispering love.

But even though he knew Jayna was before him, and knowing that she could be his lover’s daughter to another man, his voice was surprisingly calm.

A sleek jawline, distinct nose bridge, long inner eyebrows and those blue eyes, jeweled with his perfect features.

His appearance was like a sculpture of an angel. It was very unrealistic…

But what was even more strange to Jayna was his feelings. She was unable to find any emotions in those eyes.

To the extent that she thought, for Diamide, other people seems to be more insignificant and unnecessary existence than an ant.

‘Well he was person who let his daughter die.’

He, who had the power to bring the emperor to his knees and destroy the empire if he wanted to, neglected his daughter and turned away. Even though he could have saved that slender life.

The boy, who was watching them from behind with his mouth closed, carefully opened his mouth.

“I heard that the dragon was the lover of the Tower Lord. Yet you are suspicious that she had a child with another man?” (Michael)

“Is there anything absolute in this world?” (Diamide)

Subsequently, a contemptuous glance fell upon Jayna.

At that moment, Jayna shuddered with a chill in her back.

“She could be her child with another human man.”(Diamide)

“Well, it was ten years ago when you had left to kill the Evil King… If she were the daughter of the Tower Lord, she would be about ten years old, but she looks younger than that. Maybe the Dragon Family was trying to deceive you by the age of one or two.”

Jayna lowered her eyes to see her dry wrist.

Due to her slow growth, she definitely looked younger than her peers.

“Even if she’s 10 years old, is there any guarantee that she’s my child?”

The boy nodded his head at Diamide’s cold words.

“Surely, except for the hair and eyes, there’s no other place resembling the Tower Lord.”

“Her (Bezriche) hair was black, too.”

“Ah, as you said it was also a characteristic of the dragons. Then it is even more difficult to believe. Recently, it was said that the Balaur’s situation was not good…” (Michael)

Diamide felt that the boy was happy about something, but in a second he returned to his original position and asked Diamide.

“Shall I instruct the Wizards of the Tower to study paternity test magic? It seems to be a trick of the Balaur, but it may be the daughter of the Tower Lord.” (Michael)

“You don’t have to.” (Diamide)

“Yes?” (Michael)

“Originally, dragons aren’t serious against humans.” (Diamide)

Diamide’s darkened eyes regained its original dullness. He came back and said with a careless face.

“So, there is no need to be serious here either.” (Diamide)

“I don’t know what expectations you have for me, but it’s ridiculous.” (Diamide)

It was his first words thrown directly at Jayna.

Diamide turned away from Jayna and left quietly.

It was the first time in her life, she met her father.

The meeting with Diamide Bellaphanian ended instantly.

****

“Wow. I already expected this to happen.”

As Diamide left the room, the boy behind him shrugged. Unlike when Diamide was present, it was a confident voice.

“It’s always my job to clean up. It’s really annoying.”

The boy, who changed his attitude as if flipping a sheet of paper, quickly sat in front of Jayna without hesitation.

“The lord of the tower went out without saying anything. What do I do with you now? Huh?”

As the boy tilted his face slightly, his golden hair that was similar to the color of the sun was like a spring flower in full bloom.

His eyes contrasted the bright colors of his hair and it was same color as hers.

“Tell me. Hey. Ashrid?”

Jayna opened her mouth for the first time when he called her.

“That name is not my real name. My relatives call me like that because my real name smells like a human being. I want to be called ‘Jayna,’ the name given to me by my mother.”

Perhaps her relatives misrepresented her name as ‘Ashrid’ rather than ‘Jayna’ to the tower wizards.

“Two names? Dirty picky, yeah. By the way, this is an order to me to take care of the left matter. Why would I call you that, kid?”

Michael laughed softly, bending his painted eyes.

“Looking at the letter, you said that your mother passed away early? Then I would have expected a lot more that you would come to see your father, but how does it feel like after seeing that the father you were longing to see welcomed you cold heartedly?”

After he finished speaking, Michael once again covered his mouth with a big laugh.

“But there’s nothing you can do. You are weak and useless.”

Michael’s eyes and corners of his mouth had a deep feeling of joy that he couldn’t hide.

“In the end, you couldn’t even say a word to the Tower Lord? But you did a good job. If you had pretended to open your mouth, you would have had your throat cut off in no time.”

The boy in front of his eyes seemed to be young, but already had a dizzying beauty.

His bright laughter was enough to soften anyone’s alertness, but Jayna raised hers instead.

It was because she already knew that his character was not great contradicting his beautiful appearance.

‘Michael Bellaphanian.’

In The Sword of Revenge, he was the disciple and nephew of the final boss, Diamide, who contributed the most to his evil deeds.

It was described in the novel that he was so obsessed with achieving great research results after losing his parents, that he became twisted.

‘He’s 18 this year. I guess he’s my older cousin now.’

Ten years after the protagonist’s mother died, he grew up to be a great villain, but it was much later. Now he wasn’t more or less than just a wizard belonging to the tower.

‘But even if he hasn’t done much evil yet, I knew he was not a good person.’

Jayna, who was listening to him, said in a soft voice to Michael.

“I know.”

Then, she drank in the cup of tea that was no longer steaming.

“……..?”

A single word,

Compared to Michael who continued to speak without break, it was a short reply.

It was because she had nothing else to say.

Although the novel did not describe the scene of Jayna’s first visit to the tower in detail, Jayna already knew what was going to happen and what Diamide was about to say.

The father who killed her in his previous life said the same thing.

-Your relatives left you to me because they had something to rip off! You cunning little b*stards!

-How do I know she gave birth to you among other men?

-Face and personality. They all look like your mother’s to the point they’re disgusting me. I already have enough of it.

In her previous life, and in this life, her mother gave her life, gave her a name, but what her father gave her were ridicule, scorn,

And death.

“…….”

Jayna’s eyes were expressionless. Even though she was only 10 years old, she didn’t sway at all.

‘Is she freezing because she is too scared?’

Michael looked at her and frowned as if he couldn’t understand, but Jayna didn’t care.

“Ah I almost missed an important information.”

After some time, Michael opened his mouth again.

“I don’t think you and your relatives lied. But you haven’t been officially recognized as the real daughter of Tower Lord right? You better be careful.”

He was right. It will be dangerous for a child to have no guardian at all. Especially if it was a part of dragon tribe.

Her relatives were too busy to tell her anything, but Jayna, who read The Sword of Revenge, had a lot of knowledge about this world.

“The first regeant was mixed with dragon blood. The holy sword that is lying in the temple was made of dragon bones.” (Michael)

Michael looked down as if weighing Jayna’s expression.

“Dragon is a valuable ingredient. However, the Dragon clan is strong, so they usually aim at young dragons who haven’t awakened yet. That’s why Dragon clan protects the young dragon until it awakens, but you don’t have a protector right now?”

Jayna nodded her head in the same indifferent face as before.

“I can’t help it, I have to bear with it. Thank you for your concern.”

“Well, don’t worry no one is going to cause trouble without the permission of the Tower Lord.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

“But still, there are some crazy guys in this tower.”

He thought this would be a surprise, but Jayna was still calm.

Embarrassed by Jayna’s reaction, Michael raised his voice without realizing it.

“You don’t look ten years old, do you? Very precocious. I expected to have a cute little sister, now there’s nothing I can do for you.”

“I’m glad I don’t have to bother you.”

Her youthful voice, skinny body, but not missing cheeks, and her big round eyes. All her features portray a cute weak chick.

‘But the attitude is completely different from what she looks like.’

Michael was sarcastic that she wasn’t cute unlike what he had expected, but there wasn’t any agitation on Jayna’s face this time.

‘I don’t even know if she’s being sarcastic because she’s young.’

Since there are no children in the tower, it could have been that he set the level too high.

‘But if it’s really weak and pure and he just failed to notice it, she would be hurt as it is…’

He was told that she was threatened by other wizards because she was denied by her father.

It was not strange even if she burst into tears right away.

Jayna’s calm reaction, as if she was already familiar with this kind of treatment, was something Michael never thought of.

No, it was like it was normal to see a dead body anywhere.

‘It feels like this side of her is quite interesting….”

Michael narrowed his eyes.

It was a situation he didn’t like, but he couldn’t think of anything to say anymore.

“Yes, then. Now I will guide you through the tower.”

In the end, Michael had no choice but to back down with an ungainly heart.

‘What the hell is this kid?’

A child brought by the dragons saying that she was the daughter of Tower Lord.

He had a lot of expectations in mind while coming to the tower, but she was a child who was far from any of his guesses.

‘…..Yes, it doesn’t matter what her personality is. Because the important thing isn’t the personality. This kid is a dragon race.’

Just like what he told the little kid earlier, he couldn’t experiment without Diamide’s approval on the tower.

But even so, the research itself was not banned. Watching from the side, he could still find information about the Balaur whose ecology was barely revealed.

He didn’t even ask Diamide what to do with this kid. It won’t be a big problem if he take charge of ‘taking care’ of it.

‘Rather, isn’t that good for this young dragon?’

It was a kid who couldn’t bring one relative to protect her when she came to a faraway tower.

The dragons abandoned her, and the evidence of injustice was clear.

Diamide said that she was a symbol of negation. Probably, this child must have been living in vain and was in a situation where she had no choice.

There wasn’t a scratch on the body, and it seemed to be okay to be an object for observation.

‘Let’s just let her stay quietly in the tower on a line so that she doesn’t stand out to the Tower lord.’

Just like that. Michael simply decided on Jayna’s disposition.

***

Jayna was lost in her thoughts as she walked along with Michael.

‘Based on the novel, it looks like I died while I was in the tower.’

Now she was worried about what would happen to her, but Michael, who was not that friendly to her, was leading the way around the Tower as if he was being generous.

But the process was not very pleasant.

‘Is this how cousins are?’

In the Balaur village, Taylor would be anxious because she couldn’t beat her, and now Michael talked to her openly in the tower.

She was wondering why everyone was so anxious and fussy. Anyway, later on, they’ll eventually get tired of her for being expressionless.

For now, he seems to be interested in the facts that she was the daughter of Tower Lord and that she is a dragon, but Michael in the novel was not a character who was interested in ‘living beings’ for a long time.

‘If I hadn’t had the memories of my previous life, I would have been swayed to the extent of saying that I had a good family….’

In fact, it wasn’t just a problem with her cousin.

There’s no one who would like her anyway. She and the mixed-blooded ones were not wanted by anyone.

At this point, She was not blessed. And she’s tired of that, too.

To make matters worse, he (Michael) came from this Tower.

A place where wizards were crazy about magic. They do every and any means or methods for research.

Wizards were originally those who possessed power. And from a young age Michael became obsessed about magic, and chose to hung around the tower after losing his parents to learn and improve his self.

The only problem of being in the tower was, it was impossible to learn humanity from the tower wizards.

In the novel, Diamide, the master of the tower and the wizards under him, were not recognized as the axis of evil for nothing.

It was a place that wouldn’t be called a strange place even if it explodes because the wizards had the personality and the power to do so.

Nevertheless, Jayna was not anxious at all.

Thanks to reading the original novel, she knew who was dangerous and what to watch out for.

And above all, she had no intention of doing anything.

She didn’t want to be recognized by her father and struggle to live. So there was no danger unless she moved first.

‘It is difficult for ordinary wizards to cause trouble because of the rules of the tower.’

Many are not aware of this, but most of the wizards weren’t those who would touch a child first.

It was not because they have a strong sense of protection for children, but because they were lunatics who couldn’t feel the excitement from the weak.

Even Michael, who was known for his twisted mind at the tower, was not reacting much, so she won’t be a target unless she revealed herself as part of the dragon race.

‘My goal is just experiencing small luxury.’

When Jayna finished organizing in her mind, the two arrived at the restaurant.

Michael gazed at Jayna arrogantly.

“This is the restaurant.”

It was dinner time, so food was in full swing. A fragrant smell stabbed her nose.

‘Is it the way they take their food and eat it?’

Even though it was time for them to be hungry, the restaurant was still empty. At the spacious table, only a few wizards were munching on food in their seats.

‘As I read in the novel. Wizards are not interested in food.’

Even though the food was delicious, they were eating it dryly.

There was someone who was having meals while reading research books. Another one did not even care about what he was eating while having a sleepy face.

None of the wizards here were feeling the taste of the food.

‘I guess this is a noble class.’

They said that even if day and night changed, the wizard doesn’t come to the restaurant to eat at all saying it interferes with their research. They often rather eat meals with their reagents.

Jayna, who was observing the wizards, turned her head and glanced at the food.

“What kind of kid is on the tower?” (Wizard1)

“Is that Michael-nim with that kid? What is it?” (Wizard2)

At the sudden appearance of Jayna, there was a murmur of astonishment from the wizards in the restaurant.

It was said in a small voice, but Jayna flowing with dragon blood and Michael, who had a strong magical power, were able to catch even the little whispering sound.

Unlike Jayna, who didn’t care whether they talk or not, Michael looked at the crowd of wizards with distaste.

“You’re dirtily interested in someone else’s affair.”

Halt

As soon as he spat out those words, the wizards unconsciously hold their breathe.

Michael, who had been staring at the wizards for a long time, turned to Jayna only after he had been relieved.

Just in time to see Jayna picking up her food.

“Hey! Why would you hold the bread with your hand? Don’t you see that?”

“Ah.”

Michael shouted disgustingly as he looked at Jayna, who was taking the bread with her small hand.

“There’s a plate and tongs next to it. Look at all the bread crumbs on your clothes. It’s dirty.”

Michael, who thought she was done with the restaurant, sat in front of her, contrary to Jayna’s expectations.

Maybe he did that to show favor to her.