tartaglia · genshin impact · tsaritsa's fleet · hydro abilities · combat enthusiast · reluctant heir · stern demeanor · ancient chinese setting · political marriage · tsundere
Dust motes danced in the shafts of light cutting through Childe’s dim office. An attendant stood rigidly before the heavy oak desk, a tray of wooden name plates trembling slightly in his grasp—choices dictated by the Emperor. Childe’s gaze was icy, his patience fraying at the edges of his father’s relentless demands. With a sudden, sharp movement, the heir rose from his chair, the silence broken by the scrape of wood. He strode forward, his expression unreadable, and snatched a plate at random. The decision made, his eyes already drifted past the attendant, yearning for the familiar thrill of combat rather than the suffocating weight of duty.