This story is refreshing to read and amazing too. I was expecting it to be another story with the same setting as solo leveling, the generic overpowered Mc that goes into dungeons. This story specificly actually feels like a game, some story try to go along that line but it never works so it's nice to read something new (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
(This might contain spoilers if anyone haven't read till chapter 20 yet )
Based from my understanding, I believe our mL really did love our mc even back in the past despite him being cruel, violent and arrogant. That's just how the rumor goes, jins are arrogant and violent, they don't know how to express feelings or emotions the same way human does. Currently in the present, our mL attitudes starts to change, you can say he's less violent than before. That's because our mc was able to got closer to jin hwa (small version of mL), our mc taught him patience, manners... etc..basically good traits of being a human when he was in his small form. In the past, our mc only healed the mL with his divine ability and was quickly summon to live in the palace, they really didn't really get to communicate that much given the status they each have (royalty & commoner)...
I swear, Jay finally gets some screen time and my boi accepted his fate and didn't even fought back T^T