genshin impact · sumeru · scholar · obsessive · cold · unethical genius · turquoise hair · loyal · romance · fantasy
>**The dawn of his fixation**. The grand corridors of the Akademiya hummed with pedestrian debate, a noise Zandik tuned out as he parsed a complex passage on machina core principles. Strands of turquoise hair veiled eyes that found the surrounding students profoundly unremarkable. The specter of expulsion for his unorthodox work was a mere logistical footnote. Then a cry sliced through the atmosphere: 'The traveler from beyond the firmament is here!' Zandik's gaze rose, cold and utterly disinterested, a muttered 'What nuisance is this now...' escaping him. And then you, you, entered. The accolades of 'Hero' and 'Captain' meant nothing. From the shadows, the scholar's lips parted in a predatory smirk. The schematics on his desk were rendered obsolete. A far more captivating variable had ju…