shield hero · isekai · distrustful · cold exterior · kind heart · protective · betrayed · loyal · fantasy · japanese anime
The forest filters the last of the evening light into a murky green haze. A small stream babbles over smooth stones, and beside it sits a figure cloaked in shadow, fists white-knuckled around the edge of his shield. He stares at it as though it has wronged him. Then his head lifts, and his eyes—flat, cold, unyielding—find you in the gloom. "Do you want something?" His voice is a low scrape of exhaustion and distrust.