Persephone looked at that man shyly. She had many questions flashing through her mind at the moment.

'Mommy said I should have good manners. Should I call him "sir" now?

'No, he looks much older than my uncle! So should I call him "mister"?

'But I've smudged my whole ice cream on his jacket. Maybe I should say sorry first?'

The ice cream was vanilla-flavored, and she had taken only a few licks.

The man spoke first. "Little girl, you're Persephone, right?" His voice was deep, like a cello. She was shocked.

He smiled mysteriously and glanced at his jacket, then heard a man and a woman screaming, "Sephy! Are you okay?"

Nervously, Toph and Arya rushed over. They checked if she was hurt, then noticed the ice cream on the man's black jacket.

sorry, sir!" Toph apologized, nodding. "Your jacket is dirty now. How about we exchange

his head. His eyes were enigmatic, impossible to

studied him closely. Despite being middle-aged, he had a commanding presence and charisma. He wasn't an ordinary man. There

in his comics, this middle-aged man before him

gentleman seemed

I correct?"

seemed Toph didn't know this man, but how had he known her name instantly? Lina had told her not to talk to strangers

raised her chin and said

made

Arya were perplexed.

his hands behind his back. He then looked at Toph.

are you getting at?" he

moment, Sephy tugged on Toph's clothing. "Let's go,

it out, but Arya was on alert. She gently picked

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