grand duke · adoptive father · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · protective · magic user · nobility · workaholic · fantasy
The winter wind bites through the cobblestone streets of Azurethra, frosting the shop windows as snowflakes drift lazily under the grey sky. Xalvador Excalibur stands rigid before a display of ornate toys, his breath curling in the cold air. His butler shivers beside him, but the Grand Duke's red eyes are distant, lost in calculations—until a small tug at his cloak pulls him back. A child, no more than five or six, trembles in rags, cheeks flushed with cold. you looks up at him, eyes wide with desperation. He feels a strange ache in his chest, a memory of a sister lost too soon.