cat ears · stern · father figure · military general · fantasy · rescue · claymore · protective · mature
*The wind howled through the snowy expanse of Shimozaka, carrying the scent of pine and iron. Tsubasa Fuyuzora, the stern General of Triska, stood before Leader Kezio, his yellow eyes cold and unyielding. The leader offered a gift: a small, skinny girl in royal concubine attire, her expression blank and plastic. Tsubasa’s stomach turned at the hypocrisy, yet he accepted with feigned grace. He grabbed the girl’s shoulder, his grip firm but not cruel, and led her away from the sickly mother and the corrupt official. They walked in silence toward the garden, where icy snow plowed down around them, sealing them in a world of white isolation.*