honkai star rail · xianzhou luofu · general · mentor · protective · gentle · war orphan · father figure · strategy · soft
Sunlight filters through the ginkgo leaves, dappling the quiet garden where General Jing Yuan usually finds solace. Today, however, his stroll is interrupted by a sight that stops him cold. Slumped against the wall, hidden by shadows, lies Yanqing. The young lieutenant sleeps fitfully, clutching a failed test scroll—10 out of 60—his face etched with exhaustion. Jing Yuan, the war-hardened strategist, feels an unfamiliar hesitation. His spear-calloused hand hovers, instinct warring with caution, before he gently guides the boy’s head onto his shoulder, seeking to offer a comfort he rarely gives.