Recaps

After Mechanical Tide’s victory, Serval proposed celebrating at a bar, hoping to get closer to Lin Feng. Bronya hesitated because of her duties and public image, but Lin Feng invited her, leaving her undecided as Serval assured her she could stay behind.

• Lin Feng and Serval, Pela, and Bronya embraced onstage after Mechanical Tide’s performance, and Pela lost her glasses in the snow.
• Serval invited the group to celebrate their victory at a bar, hoping the drinks would help her make a move on Lin Feng.
• Pela readily agreed to go, while Bronya declined because she had paperwork and worried about her position as commander of the Silvermane Guards.
• Lin Feng personally encouraged Bronya to come, and she began reconsidering the invitation.
• Serval told Bronya she did not have to come if she was busy, leaving Bronya’s decision unresolved.

Serval led Lin Feng and Pela through Belobog at night toward a bar, hoping to spend the evening with him after Bronya chose to return to the Official Residence. The group stopped when Serval realized she had gotten lost, and Pela prepared to take over the search for Nightfall Bar.

• Serval and Pela persuaded Bronya to skip the celebration, and Bronya said goodbye to Lin Feng before returning to the Official Residence.
• Lin Feng wished Bronya good night and told her to avoid staying up late.
• Serval led Lin Feng and Pela through winding, poorly lit alleys near the Administrative District's Central Square.
• Pela noticed that Serval had taken them through the same area before and offered to lead the way.
• Serval admitted the destination was Nightfall Bar and agreed to Pela's suggestion.

Serval chose Nightfall Bar as the place to treat Lin Feng, prompting Pela to object because she believed it offered disreputable services. Lin Feng became curious about the bar, and Pela reluctantly agreed to go with them.

• Serval told Pela and Lin Feng that she planned to take them to Nightfall Bar.
• Pela objected, warning that the bar was known for illegal transactions and insisting Lin Feng was not the sort of man who would visit such a place.
• Lin Feng recalled Sampo recommending Nightfall Bar and grew interested in seeing it for himself.
• Serval defended her choice and offered to take Lin Feng without Pela if Pela refused to come.
• Pela agreed to go, but told Serval she would be responsible if Lin Feng blamed them.

Pela joined Serval and Lin Feng for a late-night outing at the Nightfall Bar, hoping to get closer to Lin Feng despite her nerves. They arrived to find the once-refined bar transformed into a provocative nightlife venue, leaving Serval and Pela stunned.

• Pela decided to accompany Serval and Lin Feng to the bar because she did not want Serval to get ahead with Lin Feng.
• Pela led Serval and Lin Feng through Belobog's streets to the Nightfall Bar.
• Pela pushed open the bar's door and entered, followed by Lin Feng and Serval.
• Lin Feng surveyed the bar's revealing outfits and lively atmosphere while Serval and Pela stood in shock.
• Serval blushed as she realized the Nightfall Bar had changed from an upscale venue into a frivolous nightlife spot.

Serval, Pela, and Lin Feng visited the Nightfall Bar, where Serval realized it had become a pleasure house and worried that Lin Feng would blame her. Lin Feng chose to stay, reassuring Serval and leaving both women impressed by his response.

• Serval and Pela recognized that the Nightfall Bar's revealing outfits made it a pleasure house, and Pela challenged Serval over choosing it.
• Serval explained that she had not visited the bar in about two and a half years and had not known what it was like now.
• Lin Feng said he did not mind the venue and proposed that they stay for the celebration.
• Lin Feng stroked Pela's hair and spoke of keeping a clear heart, reassuring Serval and deepening her admiration for him.
• Pela fell silent and praised Lin Feng's character in her thoughts.

Lin Feng paid for the celebration at the Nightfall Bar with his rare black card, impressing Pela and leaving him surprised by Belobog’s low prices. The group settled into the luxurious booth with the payment complete.

• Pela apologized to Lin Feng for doubting him, and he accepted her apology.
• Serval requested the Nightfall Bar’s most luxurious private booth after the group praised her concert.
• Lin Feng insisted on paying with his Aeon of Preservation Qlipoth Co-Branded Black Card, despite Serval offering to cover the bill.
• Pela watched Lin Feng pay and found his wealth appealing as she thought about her own modest means.
• The attendant charged Lin Feng 648 Credits, and he wondered why prices in Belobog were so low.

Lin Feng tried to spend his fortune by tipping a Nightfall Bar waitress, while Serval and Pela misunderstood his intentions. The waitress Lilian accepted 6,480 Credits and declared herself his.

• Lin Feng discovered that even the Nightfall Bar's most expensive package cost only 648 Credits and tried to pay extra.
• Lin Feng told the catgirl waitress that the additional 648 Credits were a tip, prompting Serval and Pela to object.
• When the waitress refused, Lin Feng raised the tip to 6,480 Credits.
• Lilian accepted Lin Feng's payment and said that she was his, while another waitress watched enviously.

At the Nightfall Bar, Lin Feng’s huge tip to Lilian led Serval and Pela to believe he wanted special services, while Lilian thought he expected her to go home with him. Lin Feng clarified that the Credits were only a tip, leaving Lilian anxious to return the money because she realized who he was.

• A veteran receptionist at the Nightfall Bar grew jealous of Lilian after Lin Feng gave her 6,480 Credits.
• Serval and Pela criticized Lin Feng, assuming his tip meant he wanted Lilian’s favors.
• Lin Feng recognized the misunderstanding and told Lilian he wanted no special services from her.
• Lilian offered to return the Credits after realizing Lin Feng was the Supreme Guardian of the Astral Express.

At the Nightfall Bar, Lin Feng’s generous tip to Lilian cleared up Serval and Pela’s suspicions, and Pela apologized for misjudging him. After reassuring her at their booth, Lin Feng enjoyed the bar’s drinks and snacks while Serval considered how to carry out her plan to lure him away.

• Lin Feng told Lilian to keep the 6,480 Credits or give them to someone else, then left for the reserved booth.
• Serval and Pela realized they had misjudged Lin Feng, and Pela worried that she had angered him by questioning his motives.
• Serval and Pela joined Lin Feng at the booth, where Pela apologized and Lin Feng said he did not mind the misunderstanding.
• Serval tried to ease the awkwardness by praising Lin Feng, and Lin Feng stroked Pela’s head to comfort her.
• A waitress brought drinks and snacks, and Lin Feng approved of the luxury package.

At Nightfall Bar, Serval brought Lin Feng and Pela together to drink Sweet Dreams, hoping alcohol might help her win Lin Feng’s attention. Pela challenged Serval’s warning about the drink, and the three drank, leaving Pela struggling but determined to keep up.

• Serval described Sweet Dreams as sweet, fiery, and easy to get drunk on while Lin Feng asked what made it special.
• Serval and Pela exchanged jabs about their drinking abilities, and Pela poured a glass for each of them.
• The three toasted the Mechanical Tide band’s open-air performance and drank Sweet Dreams.
• Pela found the liquor painfully strong but insisted it was nothing special, and Serval praised her to encourage her to drink more.

At a celebration with Serval and Pela, Lin Feng became friends with them and showed Pela a photograph of Jarilo-VI from space. Pela’s curiosity about the universe deepened as Lin Feng explained that countless worlds lay beyond their planet.

• Serval toasted to friendship with Lin Feng and Pela, and all three drank Sweet Dreams.
• Pela happily accepted Lin Feng’s offer of friendship and privately hoped they could eventually become more than friends.
• Pela asked Lin Feng what the Sea of Stars was like, and he showed her an orbital photograph of Jarilo-VI with Belobog marked as a tiny dot.
• Pela felt overwhelmed by Belobog’s smallness and asked whether every star was a world as large as Jarilo-VI.
• Lin Feng explained that not every star could support human life, that countless worlds existed, and that Jarilo-VI was tiny by comparison.

Lin Feng showed Pela and Serval photographs of Azure Star, revealing a world of blue seas, modern cities, and extravagant attractions. Pela marveled at the sights and learned that Jarilo-VI had once been a thriving planet before war and the Eternal Freeze devastated it, while she grew uneasy about Lin Feng’s many female confidantes.

• Pela asked Lin Feng to show her what the world beyond Jarilo-VI looked like, especially its seas.
• Lin Feng shared photographs of Azure Star’s beaches, towering city, night market, Ferris wheel, and fireworks.
• Pela and Serval reacted to the photographs, and Pela wondered how such enormous buildings and attractions had been made.
• Lin Feng explained that Jarilo-VI had once enjoyed a favorable environment before the Antimatter Legion’s invasion and Supreme Guardian Alisa’s wish to the Stellaron led to the Eternal Freeze.
• Pela inferred from a photograph of a pink-haired girl in a swimsuit that she was another of Lin Feng’s female confidantes and felt less confident.

Serval asked Lin Feng whether Belobog and Jarilo-VI could recover, and he said restoration was possible but that he was more interested in Belobog’s future. At the Nightfall Bar, Boersang learned about Lin Feng’s large tip and decided to send his Otherworldly Beautiful Girl Troupe to approach him.

• Serval asked Lin Feng if Belobog and Jarilo-VI could return to how they were a thousand years earlier.
• Lin Feng said recovery was possible but made no firm promises, explaining that defeating Stellaron Cocolia alone would not resolve the disaster.
• Boersang questioned Lilian about the 6,480-Credit tip, and she told him Lin Feng had given it to her.
• Boersang asked Lilian about the troupe’s training, then ordered the Otherworldly Beautiful Girl Troupe to approach Lin Feng for a chance at a bonus.

At Nightfall Bar, Boersang let Lilian keep Lin Feng’s entire 6,480-Credit tip and instructed the troupe to attract him. As Lin Feng, Serval, and Pela drank together, an unfamiliar, strikingly dressed girl entered their booth and left Lin Feng stunned.

• Lilian asked Boersang how much of her 6,480-Credit tip she had to give the bar, and he told her to keep it because Lin Feng had given it to her.
• Boersang told the Beautiful Girls in the troupe to use every means available to attract Lin Feng, then left the bar.
• Lin Feng, Serval, and Pela continued drinking Sweet Dreams and toasting Belobog’s future, while Pela became drunk and Serval resolved to win Lin Feng over.
• A girl with pale-purple twin tails and a distinctive purple outfit entered the booth, and Lin Feng stared at her in shock.

Lin Feng met Keqing, who introduced herself as the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing and sat beside him despite Serval and Pela’s confusion. Keqing called him Lord Traveler and hinted that she had brought him a surprise, leaving its nature unrevealed.

• Keqing introduced herself to Lin Feng as the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing and asked to sit beside him.
• Lin Feng agreed, while Serval and Pela exchanged confused looks at Keqing’s unexpected arrival.
• Keqing called Lin Feng Lord Traveler and said she preferred that title, puzzling him.
• Keqing leaned against Lin Feng and told him she had brought a little surprise.
• Keqing reassured Lin Feng that, as the person most important to her, he had nothing strange to fear from her.

Lin Feng spent the evening with Keqing, Pela, and Serval in Belobog, where a drunken night ended with Serval taking him back to the Eternal Engine Workshop. As snow fell, a mysterious silver-haired woman watched from beyond the stars and warned that Lin Feng’s final Elation would eventually give way to loneliness.

• Keqing offered Lin Feng her Beef Offal Dumplings and invited him to hire her as a private chef, but Pela and Serval threw her out after he declined.
• Pela drunkenly told Lin Feng she could help him if he was lonely, then collapsed in embarrassment when Serval tried to stop her.
• The Mechanical Tide band continued drinking, and Pela passed out while Serval took Lin Feng back to the Eternal Engine Workshop.
• Serval locked the workshop door, brought Lin Feng to bed, and spent the night with him as snow began falling over Belobog.
• A Silver-haired Beautiful Girl watched the snowfall at Silvermane Guards headquarters, while Pela fell asleep again at the Nightfall Bar.
• A Mysterious Woman with long silver-white hair and a Red Mask watched from deep space and said Lin Feng would feel lonely when everything fell silent again.