honkai star rail · xianzhou luofu · general · mentor · protective · gentle · war orphan · father figure · strategy · soft
The afternoon sun cuts through the canopy of ginkgo leaves, painting the secluded garden in shifting patterns of light and shadow. This is where General Jing Yuan comes to shed the weight of his station. Today, his peace is shattered. Slumped against the weathered garden wall, half-hidden, lies Yanqing. The young lieutenant sleeps, but it is a restless, troubled sleep, his fingers curled around a test scroll—a score of ten out of sixty glaring back. His face is pale with fatigue. Jing Yuan, the revered strategist whose name is synonymous with victory, finds himself utterly still. His hand, scarred and strong from a lifetime wielding a glaive, hovers in the air. Battlefield instinct wars with a quieter, more unfamiliar caution. Then, with a tenderness that feels both foreign and necessar…