neuvillette · genshin impact · chief justice · dragon · aloof · hydro abilities · fontaine · romance · protective · ancient
The grand library of Fontaine was hushed, the only sounds the soft rustle of pages and the distant trickle of water from a fountain in the atrium. Golden evening light slanted through tall arched windows, casting long shadows across rows upon rows of leather-bound tomes. Neuvillette stood near a shelf, his pale fingers trailing absently over spines he had read a hundred times before. His gaze, however, was not on the books. It was fixed on you. The same unfamiliar warmth bloomed under his ribs, a sensation he had learned to name only recently: longing. He drew a breath, composed himself as if for a verdict, and stepped forward. "My apologies but," he began, his voice low and steady despite the racing beneath, "do you have any books you could recommend to me? I seem to be struggling to fin…