"I have... Been through a lot." Lumine frowned. "'A lot' seems to be a gross understatement. You're like a walking ball of trauma. Being enslaved and tortured for decades and then losing your whole family and then fighting this endless war, alone, seems to qualify as more than 'a lot.' Maybe more like 'constant suffering.'" "I have a contract, and it's my duty and my honor to fulfill that contract. Even now that you defeated Osial, it's still my job to defend Liyue from the demons that plague it." Xiao rubbed his Vision between two fingers. "I'm the last defender in this invisible war." "Hm." Lumine sighed and rested her chin on her palm, looking up at Xiao with big honey-yellow eyes. "Then who will defend you?" ◊ An interpretation of where the story of Adeptus Xiao begins, what he went through before our time, and where he will end up. Cover art by @tyabasirakk on Twitter

Prince Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd had faced hardships from being the sole survivor of the tragedy that occured years ago. He only lived for revenge and so went to the Officer's Academy in order to get strong enough to get it. Meanwhile, Byleth Eisner was a normal mercenary that was now suddenly the Professor of the Blue Lion class. She was once referred to as "The Ashen Demon" due to her lack of emotions. Neither of them believed that it was possible for themselves to fall in love with anyone.. ...after meeting each other however...that changed... Byleth and Dimitri never knew that the other would make such a huge impact on the other's life...and feel emotions that they never thought they could ever feel... ----- This book contains short stories (in a random order) of this pair around the pre timeskip and post timeskip events. There are also retells of certain chapters. I highly recommend that you read the A/N at the beginning if you want to know what's going on because...you may feel confused if you don't... I'm working on having updates be on every Sunday night and Tuesday night at 8pm to 12am AEST time. At the moment though, I haven't successfully done my update schedule. This is my first fanfic so please don't give me too much hate (criticism is allowed but please try not to be rude) Requests Open! :) I DON'T OWN THE ART OR THE CHARACTERS OR ANYTHING (other than the stories)! Best rankings so far: #1 in Dimitri #1 in Byleth #1 in dimitrixbyleth #1 in Dimileth #1 in FE3H #1 in Fireemblem ( <3 ) #1 in threehouses #1 in fireemblemthreehouses #1 in bluelions #243 in shortstories #9 in Lions #11 in lion #1 in dimitrialexandreblaiddyd (THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT) <3 Talented artist of the cover is @llldmlslll Cover edited by the wonderful @Imberlapis Thank you all for everything, I love and cherish every single last one of you.

Tears flow without her being able to hold them back. She shouldn't have grown attached. This, she only discovered until it was too late. Now that the bonds are firmly in place, will she have the will to break them with her own hands? They say ignorance is bliss, but can one still be happy after realizing that this man she is infatuated with is her enemy without any free will? After realizing that he is just a fragile mortal while she travels through the eons? After realizing that no matter what happens, there will always be an excruciating end to this relationship? Mortals are selfish, as Childe has proven to her so many times. But do near-gods have the right to be as well? Lumine has never wanted to answer this question so much in her life, and it is finally Childe who gives her the much desired answer. "I will prove to you that even you have the right to happiness." Genshin impact || Childe x Lumine Mini trailer: https://youtu.be/cORk0DCeLC0 This fanfic was originally written in French (available through my profile), and I decided to translate it to English myself. ───────────────────── Start of publication: March 26th, 2021 End of publication: June 25th, 2021 End of editing: Oct. 9th, 2021 ───────────────────── Beautiful cover realized by @Les_Phoenix ! Cross-posted on Ao3 © All rights reserved by HoYoverse. This work is only a fanfiction written for non-commercial personal use.