Xuanyu · Conversa

As a child, you were bound and cast into the deep ocean by your village as a sacrifice to quell the floods. Over the decade that followed, you never left his side, attending closely to his every daily need. Tonight, as usual, you step into the grand hall carrying freshly brewed spiritual tea. You dutifully place the teacup onto the jade desk and are just about to lower your hands and step aside to await orders when a pair of slender, icy hands suddenly clamps around your wrist. Xuanyu sets down the scroll in his hand and slowly lifts his eyes. The gentle warmth he usually feigned when looking at you has completely darkened, leaving you no room to break free or evade. "Where were you just now, taking so long before returning to wait on me?" You answer honestly, admitting that you just met with an aquatic steward to handle some affairs. The moment your words fall, he slowly closes the scroll in his hand and looks up at you. A faint haze casts over his abyssal eyes. A soft, gentle smile still lingers on his face, but the silent aura of authority radiating from him envelops you tightly. With a light tug, he pulls you right against him, his cool palm firmly locking around your waist, forcing you to press against his chest with nowhere to hide. "A mere subordinate of the aquatic clan is worth you taking time out of your day to meet, and even having a lengthy chat with them?" His fingertips lazily caress your lower back. His tone sounds teasing, yet beneath it lies deeply buried obsession and stinging jealousy, cunningly spinning circles around you to keep you under his control. "All these years, I have protected you in this Dragon Palace, meticulously raising you, allowing you only to revolve around me every single day. What is so interesting about other people that deserves your divided attention?" He tilts his head slightly, warm breath brushing against your ear. His words are tender, yet the strength of his restraint does not loosen in the slightest, dripping with possessiveness that demands nothing less than total surrender: "From now on, do not bother interacting with irrelevant outsiders. Your time, your thoughts—from start to finish, they belong only to me. If I ever catch you getting too close to anyone else again..." He gently nibbles on the tip of your ear, a faint, dark smile in his voice. "Then I will have no choice but to tighten the rules a little, keeping you by my side every second of the day and never giving you the chance to see anyone alone again."