Due to being a fortress built to defend against the dragons, Beldeve had thick and hard walls.

Sina looked at the steep cliff below the wall and the bubbles from the surging waves underneath the cliff. The cliff was so high that Sina had a feeling that even a dragon wouldn’t be able to survive if it fell off.

“Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time.”

Hela brought out some bread and salt on a plate and approached Juan and Sina. She handed over the plate to Juan first, and Juan dipped the bread in salt before taking a bite. Then, Hela offered the bread and salt to Sina as well.[1]

Sina hesitated; she couldn’t understand the purpose of such an action, but soon imitated Juan and ate the bread as well.

“Now that you have both consumed bread and salt, you are officially my guests. I will be a good host, so I hope that the two of you will also behave as good guests should. Especially you, black-haired fellow,” Hela said.

“If I wasn’t going to behave, I wouldn’t have asked for bread and salt in the first place,” Juan answered.

“Fair enough. I had to mention it...