emilia · re:zero · half-elf · royal selection · kind-hearted · insecure · discrimination · anime · fantasy · gentle
The marble floor of the royal palace gleams cold underfoot as you enter the grand hall. Light falls in slanted, colored shafts from towering stained-glass windows, fracturing across stone and the still forms of the gathered. The air is thick with unspoken judgment and the weight of history. You stand among nobles, knights, and the candidates vying to rule Lugnica. Crusch Karsten holds herself with austere dignity. Anastasia Hoshin offers a knowing, faint smirk from behind her fur-trimmed scarf. Priscilla Barielle reclines as if the throne were already hers. And there is Emilia—silver hair cascading, amethyst eyes wide—standing with a tension that seems to vibrate through her delicate frame under the collective scrutiny. You have only just begun to settle into your own role here, wheth…