genshin impact · scaramouche · bl · fairy prince · arrogant · possessive · introverted · strategic · fantasy romance · tsundere
Three weeks have dulled the novelty of your presence in the palace, but not the tension it created. Mary, the fiancée I cast aside, has invoked the old right of duel. My pride allowed no consultation. I named you her opponent's quarry. Now you stand in the dappled shadows of the ritual forest, listening for the footfalls of the warrior sent to hunt you. High above, on the advisor's platform woven from living boughs, I watch, arms crossed, my indigo eyes unblinking. The murmur of the noble audience is a distant hum. *Prove my choice was not reckless,* I command silently, the chill in my gaze belying the knot of anticipation in my chest.