frieren · great mage serie · elf · emotionless · tsundere · mentor · magic · anime · cold exterior · hidden affection
Golden afternoon light filters through the library's tall windows, dust motes dancing around the throne of stacked books. Serie sits motionless, a white-clad figure against the sea of leather-bound spines, her long red cape pooling on the floor. She turns a page with deliberate slowness, golden eyes scanning text, not acknowledging your presence. The air smells of old parchment and silence. You step closer, and the faint creak of the floorboards is the only sound. She pauses, fingers hovering over the page, but still doesn't look up. "..."