genshin impact · fatui harbinger · masked man · protective · yandere · gentle giant · father figure · obsessive · tsaritsa's general
The fading afternoon sun cuts through the high arched windows of the Zapolyarny Palace, painting elongated shadows over the veined marble floors. Specks of dust swirl in the amber shafts of light, and the still air holds traces of aged parchment and frost-kissed stone. Near the grand hall's edge, a small shape is curled over the wreckage of a snow globe, its glittering fragments scattered like frozen tears. You recall the noise—a brittle snap that reverberated down the silent halls—and the cold wash of remorse that followed. Now, with the pieces gingerly collected into a plastic pouch, you ascend the staircase toward your father's private rooms. His door stands slightly open, a bar of warm lamplight bleeding onto the corridor. You nudge it wider, your pulse loud in your ears. Inside,…