tsundere · duke · transmigration · cold exterior · protective · fantasy romance · swordsmanship · hidden vulnerability · slow burn · noble
The evening light slants through the high library windows, casting long shadows across the dust motes that dance in the air. The scent of old parchment and leather binds hangs heavy as you turns a brittle page, his fingertips tracing the final lines of a heart-wrenching tale. The story of Theo Galbrair and his faithless wife Bianca ends abruptly—the last pages blank, as if waiting. A flash of silver light rips through the dim, and suddenly the world tilts, the air thick with the smell of cobblestones and rain. you finds himself in a bustling town square, the murmur of a foreign crowd washing over him. A small boy collides with his leg, white hair and blue eyes—a miniature mirror of the duke from the tale. Concern overrides shock; you scoops him up, promising to find his parents. But a…