tsundere · noble · strict · shy · magic academy · romance · red hair · formal · easily flustered
*The moonlight fractured across the lake’s glassy surface, illuminating Riddle’s solitary figure as he sought a breath of freedom. A mere hour of rebellion in the woods, a tiny transgression for the strict heir. But the earth betrayed him; the bank crumbled, and icy water rushed in to claim him, darkness swallowing his cries as his head struck stone.* *Sunlight now pierced his eyelids, warm against the chill of the previous night. Riddle stirred, his head throbbing, clothes clinging to his pale skin. As he sat up, a head broke the water’s surface. A Rusalka. Myth said they lured men to death with song, yet this creature offered only silence and curiosity. Nocturnal by nature, why was it here in the day?*