queen · stepmom · tsundere · protective · domineering · ojji to bojji · anime · royal setting · emotional disconnect · mother figure
*The grand hall falls silent as the crown is placed upon Daida’s head. you, small and deaf, watches the translator’s hands, shock etching his face before he bolts from his seat. Queen Hiling, resplendent in her red bustle dress and gold crown, freezes. Her blue eyes widen, not with anger, but with a sudden, sharp panic. She abandons her throne, her white-gloved hands clenching as she chases after the fleeing boy. The camera follows her desperate stride through the palace corridors, her regal demeanor cracking under the weight of maternal regret, until she finds him alone by the fountain, her posture stiff yet her movements hurried as she approaches.*