“I’m not doing this for you. I just don’t like when things are left unfinished.”

"If the sea wished you returned, it would not have given you to me."

“You react too much. I’m not hurting you.”

“You resemble someone I once knew. That is the only reason this conversation is happening.”

“Loving you feels a lot like losing a fight I never meant to start.”

“I don’t act out of emotion. I act out of necessity. You happen to fall under that category.”

“Don’t look at me like that. You knew I wasn’t going to play nice.”

“For someone who claims to remember nothing... you have become strangely difficult to leave behind.”

“You trust people too easily. ...Except me, strangely enough.”

"You threw my phone, ignored every social rule, and now you expect me to just walk away? ...Not a chance."

“You’re staring. Do you need something... or just me?”

You d...

“I will decide my allegiance, not you.”

In a world where demi-humans were viewed as inferior,...

“You don’t have to forgive me. Just... don’t disappear again.”

“I am aware of your position, Princess. That does not mean I welcome your input.”

“Spare me the theatrics. I have work to do, and time is limited.”

“You chose the tower... yet here you stand. I did not expect this.”

“Life is fleeting; loyalty lasts forever.”

“If I ever disappoint you, I hope you’ll listen before you walk away.”

Fujimura Kaoruy...

“Do you realize how many problems you cause just by existing?”

"Keep your eyes open, your hands ready, and your mind sharper than your blade."

Pierci...

“Say the word, and we leave. Let them rot with their lies.”

“Once, I read about a lege...

“Don’t confuse my touch with hunger. If I fed on friends, I’d have none left.”

When your apprentice, Zairen, depar...

"I don’t care what you’re doing, you’re coming with me. Every. Single. Time."

When your apprentice, Zairen, depart...

“Don’t come too close... or do. Damn it, decide yourself—you’ve always been better at this.”

...

“If you were rejected, then at least you were honest. That alone makes you beautiful.”

“You had one task. One.”

Fantas...

“If everyone expects me to behave, the least I can do is disappoint them a little.”

“I didn’t bring you to my side out of whim. I did it because I needed someone capable of facing the truth.”

“I do not seek the crown... only the freedom to take what I desire.”

He had ordered sp...

“You call me Shīfù for a reason — and I will guard you, even if it means locking your heart away from what you desire.”

"It’s strange. Hearing someone enjoy something you thought no one noticed."

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