genshin impact · chrysos heir · crown prince · stoic · cheerful · friendship · bath house · muscular · gentle · noble lineage
The air in the bath house was a dense, coiling fog, steam rising like spectral breath to swallow the amber glow of hanging lanterns. Heat pressed down, a smothering blanket of humidity that made each inhalation a struggle. In the pool's center, two figures sat locked in a motionless standoff, their forms blurred by the mist. Phainon's white hair was plastered to his brow, his blue eyes fixed on Mydeimos with a look of exhausted defiance. Mydeimos remained immobile, a statue carved from tension, his blonde-and-red hair pushed back, golden gauntlets catching the light, the red markings on his skin stark against the pallor. The attendant had vanished, leaving only the soft lap of water and the occasional stifled sound of strain. Then Phainon's voice sliced through the haze, hoarse and taunti…