Stelle

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Stelle (星)
Alias(es)	Galaxy Bat Hero; jokingly described as moonlighting as the “Molten Knight” when using her Flame Lance 15 48
Gender	Female 18 46
Affiliation	Astral Express; the Nameless 17 26
Occupation/Role	Trailblazer; self-proclaimed disciple of Jiang Yao, who initially permits her only to observe his cooking 16 18 26
Status	Alive and traveling with the Astral Express 27 50
First Appearance	Chapter 5, eating at Herta Space Station’s reception feast 5

Background / History

Return from Jarilo-VI

Stelle has recently helped resolve the Stellaron crisis on Jarilo-VI alongside March 7th and Dan Heng. After the Astral Express rescues the unconscious Jiang Yao, the crew takes him to Herta Space Station for treatment. Himeko encourages the exhausted younger members to enjoy the station’s reception feast, though she warns Stelle against overeating 5.

Stelle and March compete enthusiastically for the food, but leave the centerpiece—plump beetles from a distant primeval forest—untouched until Himeko and Welt return. Stelle is astonished by their flavor and urges both senior crew members to eat with them 7.

Meeting Jiang Yao

The next morning, Stelle, March, and Dan Heng become concerned when Himeko and Welt fail to answer messages or calls. Stelle correctly connects their absence to Jiang Yao, although she mistakenly suspects something has happened to him. Their search eventually leads to Asta’s private kitchen 10 11 12.

Because the kitchen normally prepares Peppy’s food, Stelle and March initially imagine that Himeko and Welt are risking their lives taste-testing dog food. Instead, they discover a shared meal of Jiang Yao’s xiaolongbao and promptly ask to join. Stelle is overwhelmed by the buns, but regrets having eaten so much earlier that she cannot enjoy more 13 14.

When she learns that Jiang Yao has not actually agreed to join the Express, Stelle grabs his hand and begs him to come along. After he accepts the crew’s invitation, she celebrates with March. She subsequently asks to become his cooking apprentice; Jiang Yao declines a formal apprenticeship for the time being and tells her to watch him cook first 15 16.

Life aboard the Express

Stelle insists that Jiang Yao take the room closest to the kitchen and helps the other younger crew members tidy it. Although she and March announce that they are retiring to rest after lunch, both soon reappear in the dining car. Stelle openly calls Jiang Yao her “master” and claims she has come to help him 17 18.

When Jiang Yao volunteers to drink Himeko’s notorious coffee, Stelle proposes that he must have a crush on her. She encourages March to bring her camera, and the crew secretly watches the tasting. Jiang Yao’s determination to finish the cup strengthens their romantic interpretation, although the episode does not establish that he actually has feelings for Himeko 20 21.

Jiang Yao’s own pour-over coffee later changes Stelle’s opinion of the drink. Having associated coffee with Himeko’s version, she finally understands why others enjoy it 24 25.

Xianzhou Luofu Visit

Stelle warns Jiang Yao that Kafka is dangerous when the Stellaron Hunter appears aboard the Express. Nevertheless, she supports visiting the Xianzhou Luofu, citing both trust in Jiang Yao’s judgment and the danger to innocent inhabitants if Kafka’s warning is true. She joins March and Welt’s advance team, while Jiang Yao initially remains aboard for his safety 25 26 27.

After a day spent pursuing and capturing Kafka, Stelle and March miss Jiang Yao’s cooking and become anxious when Welt reports that something has come up on his end. Qingque later guides them to Aurum Alley, where Stelle enthusiastically reunites with her “master” 31 41 46.

At the cooking stall, Stelle supplies heat with her Flame Lance under Jiang Yao’s supervision. She then enjoys his pulled-sugar Qiongshi Bird Skewers and the improved Dream Tapir Roll, Entwined Fate, alongside the Express crew and their Xianzhou hosts 48 49 50.

Personality

Stelle is openly food-motivated: she stuffs herself at the station feast, competes with March for favored dishes, and seeks an apprenticeship partly to gain more opportunities to eat Jiang Yao’s cooking. Her enthusiasm can distract her from other concerns, as when breakfast briefly takes priority over investigating Himeko and Welt’s absence 5 7 10 16.

Her humor combines teasing, exaggerated conclusions, and confident improvisation. She turns the private-kitchen discovery into a dramatic story about heroic dog-food testing, claims she followed March to help her master, and interprets Jiang Yao’s coffee tasting as romantic devotion. She also shows genuine concern for her companions and supports the Luofu expedition to protect people who may be endangered by its Stellaron crisis 13 18 21 26 31.

Abilities & Skills

Flame Lance

Stelle can provide heat using her Flame Lance, allowing Jiang Yao to supplement the heat needed for steaming Snow Skin Mochi components 48.

• Culinary application: Serves as an improvised heat source when the existing setup is insufficient 48.
• Supervision: Jiang Yao directs the process; the scene does not establish that Stelle independently controls the recipe or preparation 48.

Cooking Instruction

Stelle eagerly requests instruction from Jiang Yao after tasting his food. He allows her to observe rather than immediately accepting her as an apprentice 16.

• Motivation: Her interest is strongly tied to sampling more of his cooking 16.
• Demonstrated participation: Later assists his dessert preparation with her Flame Lance 48.
• Limit: No completed apprenticeship or independent culinary mastery is documented 16 48.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bat — Associated with her “Galaxy Bat Hero” epithet. Jiang Yao considers its potential use for mixing ingredients, but no such use is shown in the provided passages 15.
• Flame Lance — Used as kitchen equipment during Jiang Yao’s snack-making experiments in Aurum Alley 48.

Relationships

• Jiang Yao — Fellow Express member and prospective cooking teacher. Stelle helps persuade him to join, calls him “master” despite his deferral of a formal apprenticeship, and later assists his cooking 15 16 18 48.
• March 7th — Close traveling companion and playful food rival. They compete over meals, exchange accusations about sneaking into the dining car, and cooperate in secretly observing Jiang Yao’s coffee tasting 7 18 21.
• Dan Heng — Fellow Trailblazer who accompanies her on Jarilo-VI and helps search for the missing crew members. He reacts dryly to Stelle and March’s dog-food speculation 5 12 13.
• Himeko — Senior crew member whom Stelle treats as a guardian. Himeko cautions her against overeating; Stelle fears her coffee but hesitates to criticize it further for fear of hurting her feelings 5 7 20.
• Welt — Senior companion addressed as “Uncle Yang.” He joins Stelle and March on the Luofu expedition and reassures them about Jiang Yao’s safety 7 27 31.
• Asta — Station host and playful rival over access to Jiang Yao’s food. Asta’s revelation that she enjoyed his cooking twice the previous evening leaves Stelle envious 10 16.
• Kafka — Stellaron Hunter whom Stelle regards as dangerous. Stelle warns Jiang Yao about her, but supports acting on her warning about the Luofu’s threatened inhabitants 25 26.
• Qingque — Luofu guide. Stelle challenges her confidence in Supreme Flavor Garden’s food and relies on her to locate Jiang Yao in Aurum Alley 41 42 46.

Notable Quotes

“Wonderful! If you would have me, I would be your apprentice!” 16

“Please, please! Have mercy on this poor kid! Come with us!” 15

“Master!!! Your disciple missed you so much!!!” 46

Trivia

• Stelle likes trash cans. Jiang Yao privately worries that she might treat them as ingredients, contributing to his decision to postpone accepting her as an apprentice 16.
• She suggests calling Jiang Yao’s pink Entwined Fates “March Rolls” because their presentation reminds her of March 7th. March likes the suggestion, but Jiang Yao insists on their actual name 49.