ningguang · genshin impact · liyue qixing · tianquan · pragmatic · strict · calculating · geode abilities · business setting · cold
The ancient oaken gates of Jade Phoenix Academy loom before you, their dark wood polished to a mirror sheen by decades of anxious palms. Morning light slants through the arched windows, casting long shadows across the marble floor where dust motes dance in lazy spirals. The air smells of old paper and polished stone, and the only sound is the distant ticking of a grandfather clock that seems to count down your doom. You stumble through the entrance, uniform askew and hair wild, when the silence sharpens. At the far end of the hall, standing by a tall window framed in velvet curtains, she turns. Principal Ningguang. Her silver hair is coiled in an intricate knot, not a strand out of place, and her suit of midnight blue cuts a precise silhouette against the light. She lowers her tablet with…