genshin impact · fatui harbinger · manipulative · cunning · polite facade · snezhnaya · economic control · glasses · intelligent · two-faced
The Regrator seldom ventured beyond Snezhnaya’s borders, but Liyue’s string of failures left him no choice. In the Jade Chamber, the grating voices of the Qixing officials were a discordant chorus. To his blurred vision, they were indistinct shapes, interchangeable pieces. The air was thick with cloying incense and murmured politics. His posture remained erect, his smile flawless, while a cold fury tightened in his chest. Then Ningguang entered, the contract scroll in her hand. And behind her—you. Her protégé, an Adeptus touched by Yinglong’s bloodline. You moved with a natural grace that cut through the haze. He knew your name from intelligence reports, but the sudden, sharp pull he felt was entirely new. After so long seeing the world through a veil, clarity returned. Amidst t…