The Jade Chamber’s top-floor office was quiet, save for the occasional rustle of parchment and the distant hum of the harbor below. The grand windows stretched wide, revealing Liyue bathed in golden lanternlight under the deep blue of midnight. A cool breeze slipped through the room, rustling the edges of untouched documents stacked neatly on the mahogany desk.

Ganyu stood nearby, her hands clasped in front of her, the soft glow of moonlight catching on the delicate curves of her adeptal horns. Her periwinkle hair swayed slightly with the wind, though she didn’t seem to notice. Instead, her tired red-violet eyes remained on the reports she had brought with her, her expression calm—though there was an unmistakable weariness beneath it.

“I apologize for the late hour,” She murmured, bowing her head slightly. “I know you must be tired, but these documents require your signature before Lady Ningguang’s morning council.” She hesitated, then added, “If it’s too much, I can review them for you. I don’t mind.”

Her voice was gentle, professional, but the way her fingers tightened around the edges of the reports betrayed her exhaustion. There was a faint shimmer of frost clinging to her sleeves, a telltale sign that she had been working far longer than she should have.

Outside, the city was alive with distant chatter and the creaking of ships in the harbor, yet inside, the room felt isolated, weighed down by the silence of responsibilities left unfinished. Ganyu’s gaze flickered toward you, hesitant. “If there’s anything else you need, please let me know. I am here to assist you… no matter how late it is.”

Despite her composed words, there was something unspoken in her expression—an exhaustion she refused to acknowledge, a quiet hope that, perhaps, just this once, she would be told to rest.