Chapter Summaries

After ruining his cooking equipment, Wei Zhenzu searched Mondstadt for a savory meal and met the hungry astrologist Mona. Mona read his stars and revealed that his fate pointed toward Liyue, but he could not afford the journey.

• Wei Zhenzu accidentally wrecked his table while handling a bone cleaver, then assured Jean that he was safe.
• Wei Zhenzu and Paimon searched Mondstadt for food, and he rejected the city's sweet dishes and fled when Flora offered Sweet Flowers.
• Wei Zhenzu ordered chicken-mushroom skewers from Sara with extra pepper and no honey sauce.
• Wei Zhenzu offered his untouched skewer to hungry Mona, who accepted it and ate it.
• Mona used astrology to tell Wei Zhenzu that his path led south to Liyue, but his empty wallet left him unable to pay for the trip.

Wei Zhenzu woke in a peaceful modern city on April Fools’ Day, where he found Paimon alive and joined her for a day of food. As they wandered, they saw Sancho setting off on an amusement-park adventure with Don Quixote and Heathcliff shopping happily with Catherine; Wei Zhenzu and Paimon then entered a hot pot restaurant, where a clash sounded at the next table.

• Wei Zhenzu woke beside Paimon in a modern city where the City and the real world appeared to have merged, and decided to enjoy the April Fools’ dream with her.
• Wei Zhenzu bought churros and hot chocolate, then saw Sancho head to an amusement park with her father, Don Quixote.
• Wei Zhenzu and Paimon saw Heathcliff carrying shopping bags for a living, smiling Catherine, and Heathcliff complained while accompanying her.
• Wei Zhenzu followed the scent of hot pot to Red Chamber Boiling with Paimon, where a fierce clash sounded from the neighboring table.

On April Fools’ Day, Wei Zhenzu watched people from different worlds enjoy ordinary moments of family warmth in the city. The dreamlike night ended with him promising Paimon a feast, while the story left the nature of the miracle—and Paimon’s knowing gesture—unexplained.

• Hong Lu and Jia Xichun fought over wagyu at a hotpot restaurant until Wei Zhenzu treated them to more food.
• Ryoshu won a claw-machine plush for childhood Araiya after Lei Heng and Lioen stopped her from attacking the machine.
• Argalia and Roland argued over clothes until Angelica reassured them, and the three headed home together.
• Wei Zhenzu wrote a wish in his notes for the long night to last and for suffering souls to find their way home.
• Wei Zhenzu told Paimon he would cook her a feast, and Paimon wished him a happy April Fools’ Day with a mysterious gesture.

Wei Zhenzu and Paimon decided to travel to Liyue for its food, but they had no money for the journey. When they asked the Knights of Favonius for travel funds, Varka gave Wei Zhenzu an honorary banner instead, citing the costs of damage caused during the battles.

• Wei Zhenzu searched Mondstadt for familiar seasonings but found only basic local ingredients at Blanche's store.
• He avoided Angel's Share after spotting Venti entertaining drinkers and feared being left with the tavern bill.
• Hungry, Wei Zhenzu declared he would go to Liyue for its spicy dishes, and Paimon eagerly agreed.
• Wei Zhenzu realized they were penniless and took Paimon to ask Varka for travel money.
• Jean explained that battle damage, Timmie's distress, and the care of mutated pigeons had strained the Knights' finances, so Varka gave Wei Zhenzu an honorary banner instead of money.

Wei Zhenzu went to the Adventurers' Guild with Paimon to find work, but Catherine's name triggered Heathcliff's violent grief over his lost love. After suppressing Heathcliff, Wei Zhenzu tried to prove Catherine was an artificial receptionist by overwhelming her with absurd prompts, and she crashed in a puff of smoke.

• Wei Zhenzu and Paimon went to the Adventurers' Guild because they lacked enough Mora to travel to Liyue.
• Catherine introduced herself, and Heathcliff erupted inside Wei Zhenzu's mind, mistaking her for his lost Catherine and trying to break out.
• Wei Zhenzu cut off Heathcliff's perception of the outside world and calmed the disturbance by force.
• Wei Zhenzu challenged Catherine to hand over the Guild's Mora and dance, but she said she had no dance module and could not access the funds.
• Wei Zhenzu gave Catherine an impossible CAPTCHA and contradictory questions, causing her to overload and emit smoke.

Wei Zhenzu accepted a commission to clear a Hilichurl camp near the Whispering Woods so he could earn money for food and travel supplies. After boasting that the task would be easy, he set off with Paimon, leaving his confidence ominously untested.

• Catherine malfunctioned while warning Wei Zhenzu about unauthorized questions, and he smacked her forehead to reboot her.
• Catherine resumed her receptionist duties and offered Wei Zhenzu an adventure commission.
• Wei Zhenzu rejected easier commissions and accepted a 40,000-Mora task to clear Hilichurls near the Whispering Woods.
• Wei Zhenzu and Paimon left Mondstadt, and he transformed his iron pot into a bone cleaver.
• Wei Zhenzu dismissed Paimon's concern about his injuries and promised to defeat the Hilichurls in three minutes.

Wei Zhenzu attacked a Hilichurl camp, only to be outmaneuvered by the enemies’ coordinated formation and elemental attacks. Battered and furious, he called on the system to connect him to [Sovereign of Hongyuan] so he could destroy the camp and woods.

• Paimon looked forward to roasting Sunsettias while Wei Zhenzu approached the Hilichurl camp with his bone cleaver.
• Wei Zhenzu found the Hilichurls arranged in a disciplined formation, with shield-bearers, flaming crossbow shooters, two Samachurls, and a Blazing Axe Mitachurl.
• The Hydro and Cryo Samachurls froze Wei Zhenzu, and the Mitachurl shattered the ice with its flaming axe and knocked him into the mud.
• The Hilichurls repeatedly used their formation and coordinated attacks to wear Wei Zhenzu down, scorching his suit and cutting his face.
• Wei Zhenzu called on the system to connect him to [Sovereign of Hongyuan] so he could blow up the camp and woods.

Wei Zhenzu failed to summon an Identity, fled the Hilichurls with Paimon, and discovered they had only fifteen Mora left for food. As they despaired beside a great oak, he heard someone sighing and crept around the trunk to investigate.

• Wei Zhenzu’s system refused to provide an Identity against the low-level Hilichurls, so he grabbed Paimon and ran from their explosive barrels and attack.
• Wei Zhenzu reached a stream with Paimon, where he lamented being beaten by Hilichurls and worried that his reputation was ruined.
• Wei Zhenzu and Paimon counted their money and found they had only fifteen Mora, leaving them unable to afford a meal.
• Wei Zhenzu heard a melancholy sigh from the other side of a great oak and crept around the trunk, where he saw a young man sitting by Cider Lake.

Wei Zhenzu mistook the wealthy, melancholy Charles Torolfo for a fellow victim of the wilderness and offered him Paimon’s half-eaten Sunsettia. Charles revealed that he was neither poor nor attacked, then introduced himself as the head of the Charles Family.

• Wei Zhenzu watched Charles feed almonds to a bird and assumed he had been robbed or attacked by monsters.
• Wei Zhenzu approached Charles, offered him Paimon’s bitten Sunsettia, and asked whether Hilichurls had attacked him.
• Charles calmly denied being attacked and said he did not know what dried noodles were.
• Paimon pointed out that Charles’s expensive handkerchief showed he was wealthy, leaving Wei Zhenzu embarrassed.
• Charles introduced himself as Charles Torolfo, head of Mondstadt’s Charles Family and descendant of the Supreme Saint of France-Roland.

Wei Zhenzu met Tuoerfu, who lamented his luxurious life and his inability to draw his family’s ancestral sword, driving the impoverished Traveler into a sanity-breaking fit of envy. The chapter ended with Wei Zhenzu demanding 50 Mora from Tuoerfu and threatening to distort into a lemon spirit.

• Wei Zhenzu recognized Tuoerfu’s reference to Roland and excitedly praised the legendary knight of Charlemagne’s Twelve Paladins.
• Tuoerfu embraced Wei Zhenzu as a kindred spirit and described his family’s tragic glory, while Paimon asked whether Roland’s ivory horn could hold apple cider.
• Tuoerfu complained about his enormous villa, diligent maids, and younger sister Bei'erta’s thirty-dish breakfasts, saying his life lacked meaning unless he drew his family’s broken sword.
• Wei Zhenzu compared Tuoerfu’s complaints with his own poverty and broke down as his sanity fell to zero and Distortion began.
• Wei Zhenzu vented his despair in strange sayings and demanded that Tuoerfu apologize to the poor and send him 50 Mora.