Affection Beneath the River's Veil | Chilumi

She loved him with everything she had. He saved his love for someone else.

Lumine once believed marriage would be her greatest joy. Wedded to Diluc, the man she had secretly loved for years, she thought her life would bloom with warmth. But their union was nothing more than an arrangement to strengthen business ties. It was a union forged in contracts, not affection-a polished facade masking an empty home.

When the pain became unbearable, Lumine turned to the magical river, surrendering her memories in the hope of erasing her love-and the man who had never returned it. In the quiet of her new life, far from Mondstadt, she found herself in the arms of Childe, a dangerous man whose touch ignited a passion she had never known. What began as fiery disdain became an all-consuming secret, a forbidden flame that burned brighter with every stolen moment.

In a web of desire, betrayal, and haunting memory, Lumine's heart becomes the battlefield. And no matter which side wins, someone will be left in ruins.