Recaps

Sandrone invited Columbina and Bai You to a tea party for Rosalyne before her mission to Mondstadt, where the Harbingers welcomed Bai You and saw Rosalyne off. Tartaglia told Capitano about Bai You’s overwhelming strength, and the two joined the gathering, which ended with Sandrone inviting everyone to sit and have tea.

• Sandrone invited Columbina and Bai You to her tea party for Rosalyne, who was leaving for Mondstadt the next day.
• Bai You greeted Rosalyne and Arlecchino at Sandrone’s lounge, and they acknowledged her.
• Tartaglia told Capitano that Bai You had defeated him with one punch and that her power seemed like ancient Light Realm Power.
• Tartaglia and Capitano went to the lounge to see Rosalyne off and discuss official business.
• Rosalyne and Tartaglia traded barbs, and Sandrone told them not to fight during her tea party.
• Sandrone welcomed Tartaglia and Capitano to join the gathering as both a farewell for Rosalyne and a welcome for Bai You.

Rosalyne left Sandrone’s tea party to prepare for her journey to Mondstadt, while Bai You and Columbina headed to the theater. Varesa and Odette worried when Bai You was missing, then were shocked to see her return with Columbina, the third Fatui Harbinger.

• Rosalyne said she would leave for Mondstadt early the next morning, and the Captain escorted her out with Arlecchino and Tartaglia.
• Sandrone awkwardly told Bai You and Columbina it was late, and they left her lounge.
• Bai You hurried toward the theater to see Varesa, while Columbina followed her through Snezhnaya.
• Varesa and Odette searched their rooms for Bai You, found them empty, and rushed to the theater entrance.
• Varesa and Odette saw Bai You approaching with Columbina and froze in shock at the sight of the third Fatui Harbinger.

Varesa and Odette found Bai You returning to the Korolevsky Troupe with Columbina, who had come to eat and stay at the theater. After Varesa welcomed Bai You back with a tight embrace, Columbina reflected on the close bond between them and agreed to follow Odette inside.

• Varesa and Odette spotted Bai You walking back with Columbina and wondered what had happened.
• Bai You told Varesa that she had met Columbina at Snezhnaya Palace, shared food with her, and invited her to the theater to eat and stay.
• Odette welcomed Columbina to the Korolevsky Troupe, and Columbina praised Varesa and Odette's performances.
• Varesa hugged Bai You and told her how worried she had been, while Bai You apologized and promised to stay at the theater next time.
• Columbina sensed the trust and affection between Varesa and Bai You, admitted she was envious of their relationship, and followed Odette toward the reception room.

Bai You, Varesa, Odette, and Columbina shared tea at the theater, where Columbina praised Varesa’s singing and Odette’s dancing. Columbina asked to stay at the theater, and Odette eagerly went to prepare a room for her.

• Odette led Columbina to the theater’s reception room and served tea and hot cocoa to the group.
• Columbina told Varesa she had watched her perform and praised her voice, then complimented Odette’s dancing.
• Varesa took Bai You to the kitchen to make dinner, leaving Columbina and Odette together.
• Columbina asked Odette if she could stay at the theater, and Odette hurried upstairs to prepare a room for her.

Bai You and Varesa prepared dinner while Bai You kept her new Harbinger status secret, and Varesa asked her to hold her while they slept that night. At dinner, Columbina enjoyed Varesa’s cooking and watched Varesa affectionately feed Bai You pudding, while Odette ate her favorite salad.

• Bai You told Varesa she would explain her day later, and Varesa asked her to tell her where she was going in the future.
• Varesa asked Bai You to hold her while they slept that night, and Bai You readily agreed.
• Odette returned after preparing a room for Columbina, and the four gathered for dinner.
• Columbina praised Varesa’s cooking, while Odette enjoyed the extra salad Varesa had made for her.
• Varesa fed Bai You several spoonfuls of pudding, and Columbina and Odette watched their affectionate exchange.

After dinner, Columbina offered to teach Varesa and Odette singing and stagecraft, then spent a cozy evening watching a musical with them and Bai You. Columbina recognized her envy of their everyday closeness as her power weakened further, while Bai You fell asleep and Varesa carried her to bed.

• Columbina asked to stay at the theater for about a week, and Varesa and Odette welcomed her.
• Columbina offered to give Varesa and Odette personal vocal and stage guidance, and both eagerly thanked her.
• Varesa, Odette, Columbina, and Bai You watched a musical together, and Bai You held Varesa's hand beneath their blanket.
• Columbina felt envious of Varesa and Bai You's closeness and said her power had weakened as the world's rejection of her grew stronger.
• Bai You fell asleep against Varesa, who carried her upstairs while Odette showed Columbina to her room.

Varesa carried the exhausted Bai You to the bathroom and bathed her, then washed and massaged her hair. Bai You grew comfortable with Varesa’s care, and Varesa promised to wash her hair every day.

• Bai You was too sleepy to bathe on her own, so Varesa carried her into the bathroom and prepared a foamy bath.
• Varesa helped Bai You into the tub, and Bai You woke up enough to realize they were bathing together.
• Bai You resigned herself to Varesa’s help and relaxed as Varesa massaged her scalp.
• Varesa promised to wash Bai You’s hair every day, then rinsed out the shampoo and applied conditioner.

Varesa cared for the exhausted Bai You after her bath, then joined her in bed. Bai You held Varesa as promised, reassuring her before they fell asleep together.

• Varesa dried Bai You, helped her into a nightgown, and tucked her into bed before taking a shower.
• Bai You stayed awake waiting for Varesa, despite the system telling her to sleep.
• Varesa returned and found Bai You still awake, waiting to sleep together as they had agreed.
• Bai You pulled Varesa close and held her, promising she would always be there and soothing her with a gentle pat on the back.
• Bai You fell asleep in Varesa's arms, and Varesa kissed her forehead before holding her as they slept.

Odette questioned Columbina about Bai You’s connection to the Harbinger, and Columbina revealed that Bai You had become the Twelfth Fatui Harbinger after defeating Tartaglia with one punch. Odette struggled to reconcile the news with Bai You’s harmless appearance and asked why Columbina had come to the theater with her.

• Odette asked Columbina how Bai You had met her and what Bai You had done during the day.
• Columbina told Odette that Bai You had gone alone to Snezhnaya Palace and met the Tsaritsa.
• Columbina explained that the Tsaritsa offered Bai You a chance to become a Harbinger if she defeated Tartaglia.
• Columbina said Bai You sent Tartaglia flying with one punch before he could activate Foul Legacy.
• Columbina revealed that Bai You had officially become the Twelfth Fatui Harbinger, codenamed “Water Nymph.”
• Odette expressed disbelief and asked Columbina why she had come to the theater with Bai You.

Odette welcomed Columbina to the theater and agreed to keep Bai You’s new Harbinger status from Varesa until Bai You chose to tell her. Alone in her room, Columbina reflected that her power was fading and feared she might vanish before she could return to the moon.

• Columbina told Odette that Bai You had won her over with homemade bread and fruit, and Odette offered to bake more for her.
• Odette showed Columbina her prepared guest room and asked her to keep Bai You’s Harbinger status from Varesa for now; Columbina agreed.
• After Columbina went to bed, Odette thought about Bai You’s hidden strength and imagined how Varesa would react when she learned the truth.
• Columbina said the Tsaritsa’s task was nearly complete and that the Doctor’s experiments were growing more demanding.
• Columbina felt her power disappearing as if the world were correcting an impossible existence, and wondered whether she could return to the moon before she vanished.

Bai You woke up clinging to Varesa after they slept together and shared a tender, teasing conversation in bed. They agreed to take turns holding each other while they slept and stayed cuddled together.

• Bai You awoke with her arms and legs wrapped around Varesa and blushed when she realized Varesa had been watching her.
• Varesa teased Bai You about holding her all night, then pulled her close when Bai You tried to hide.
• Bai You completed her daily check-in and received a Moon Fragment.
• Bai You and Varesa exchanged affectionate words and agreed to take turns holding each other while they slept.
• Bai You and Varesa stayed snuggled together in bed instead of getting up.

Bai You learned that the Moon Fragment could temporarily restore Columbina's strength and ease Teyvat's rejection, but that Columbina had to discover and accept her true name herself. Varesa helped Bai You get ready for breakfast, while Bai You kept thinking about the fragment.

• Varesa and Bai You got out of bed after hearing Odette baking downstairs.
• Bai You asked the system about the Moon Fragment and learned it held Lunar Authority that could restore some of Columbina's strength and lessen Teyvat's rejection.
• The system warned Bai You that Columbina had to discover and accept her true name herself, or she might lose her only anchor in Teyvat and fade away.
• Varesa found Bai You lost in thought, urged her to wash up, and helped comb her hair into pigtails.

Bai You shared a playful breakfast with Varesa, Odette, and Columbina, then waited until she was alone with Columbina to give her something. The chapter ended as Bai You prepared to reveal what she had brought.

• Varesa helped Bai You get ready, and they hurried downstairs when the smell of fresh bread made Bai You hungry.
• Odette explained that she had baked bread because Columbina liked it, and Columbina praised it warmly.
• Varesa fed Bai You an egg tart, and Bai You shyly offered one to Varesa in return.
• Odette sent Varesa to help wash the dishes, leaving Bai You alone with Columbina.
• Bai You moved closer to Columbina and said she had something for her.

Bai You gave Columbina the moon-marked fragment, which Columbina recognized, and asked her to keep their exchange secret. While Varesa took Bai You to decorate Tide Song Cavern, Dottore noticed an unexpected pause in the decline of Columbina’s power and began investigating Bai You.

• Bai You gave Columbina the fragment, and Columbina recognized its presence as the distant crescent moon in the sky.
• Bai You said she could not yet reveal where the fragment came from and asked Columbina to keep it secret from Varesa and Odette.
• Odette asked Columbina to guide the rehearsal for the next day’s public performance, while Varesa volunteered to decorate Tide Song Cavern with Bai You.
• Varesa bundled Bai You up, and the two left the theater to buy decorating materials.
• Dottore saw that Columbina’s steadily declining power had briefly recovered and identified the new Twelfth Seat, Bai You, as a person to investigate.

Dottore identified Bai You as a mysterious new Harbinger whose power might reverse Existence Correction, and watched her location with fascination. Meanwhile, Varesa took Bai You shopping, and the chapter left them choosing a cat-patterned quilt together.

• Dottore reviewed Bai You's file, including her unexplained power and the punch that sent Tartaglia through a palace wall.
• Dottore tracked Bai You's location and resolved to study her as a possible key to reversing Existence Correction.
• Varesa took Bai You to a shopping mall, where Bai You explored the snack section and Varesa filled their cart with treats.
• Varesa and Bai You shared frozen pear at a sampling counter, teasing and feeding each other.
• Varesa brought Bai You to the home goods section, where Bai You found a soft quilt printed with cats and Varesa compared her to the sleeping kittens.

Bai You and Varesa bought decorations and supplies for their cave, while Bai You remembered a candy that could turn her into a cat and privately planned to try it there. When their purchases overwhelmed the cart, Bai You revealed that her spatial ability could store items, and the two headed to the train station with everything put away.

• Bai You remembered her Cat Transformation Candy and imagined turning into a kitten at the cave, then chose a kitten quilt to share with Varesa.
• Bai You and Varesa bought lamps, lights, cushions, a rug, other supplies, and two lilies for the cave.
• Varesa fed Bai You sugar-roasted chestnuts while they rested during their shopping trip.
• Bai You used her spatial ability to make the overflowing cartful of purchases disappear, then demonstrated the ability with a bag of candy.
• Varesa hugged Bai You and took her hand, and they set off for the train station.

On the train to Tide Song Cavern, Bai You received a system warning that Dottore was approaching and learned she had less than a 1% chance of beating him in direct combat. The system gave her an emergency skill capable of striking any locked-on target, but using it would leave her comatose for forty-eight hours; the chapter ended with Bai You holding close to Varesa as the unseen danger drew nearer.

• Varesa and Bai You boarded a train, and Bai You grew sleepy as she watched the snowy landscape pass.
• The system suddenly warned Bai You that Dottore, the second Fatui Harbinger, was approaching and that her chance of winning was under 1%.
• The system activated its emergency protocol and granted Bai You Primordial: Annihilation Strike, which guaranteed a hit but caused a forty-eight-hour coma after use.
• Bai You questioned the system about the danger and her odds, and it told her that she was not skilled enough to use her powers fully.
• Bai You settled against Varesa and braced herself as the train continued toward Tide Song Cavern and the danger ahead.

Columbina sensed that Bai You and Varesa were in danger and hurried to seek help as they arrived at a snowy grotto. The Doctor confronted them and asked Bai You to come to his laboratory for experiments.

• Columbina detected a powerful threat approaching Bai You and Varesa, then left with Odette and asked her to inform Capitano.
• Bai You and Varesa got off the train and walked through the snowy woods toward the grotto.
• Bai You learned that the Doctor was waiting near the grotto entrance and told Varesa to stay behind her.
• The Doctor emerged from the grotto, introduced himself to Bai You and Varesa, and offered to take Bai You to his laboratory for experiments.

Bai You unleashed Primordial: Annihilation Strike against Dottore, destroying him and tearing open the False Sky, but took his fatal attack while protecting Varesa. The chapter ended with Varesa holding Bai You’s apparently lifeless body as the system joked that she would sleep for two days.

• Bai You fought Dottore with water attacks, but he countered her and pinned her with lightning.
• Bai You used Primordial: Annihilation Strike, breaking Dottore’s defenses and forcing him to attack Varesa in desperation.
• Bai You teleported in front of Varesa with the Bond Necklace and took Dottore’s black spear, then confessed that she liked Varesa before losing consciousness.
• Bai You’s strike annihilated Dottore and tore through the cave roof, cracking the False Sky and drawing the attention of Columbina, the Tsaritsa of Ice, and others.
• Varesa cradled Bai You’s unresponsive body and cried out as the system remarked that Bai You would sleep for two days.

After Bai You took a fatal blow to protect Varesa, Varesa grieved over her apparently lifeless body while the system told Bai You she was only unconscious. Columbina could not revive Bai You, so Varesa decided to take her home, while Capitano set out to respond to the crisis.

• Bai You's consciousness faded as the system told her that it would keep her alive after she exhausted her power and suffered the blow.
• Odette warned Capitano that Columbina needed help, and he headed toward the dark red rift in the sky.
• Columbina reached Varesa and used Lunar Authority to examine and treat Bai You, but found no sign of life and apologized.
• Varesa clutched Bai You and, after breaking down in grief, said she would take her home.
• The system told the unconscious Bai You it would try to wake her early so she could wipe Varesa's tears.

Capitano arrived after Dottore’s ambush and confirmed Bai You’s body showed no sign of life, while Varesa and Columbina took her away. Searching the battlefield with his soul-sensing ability, Capitano found a shattered remnant of Dottore’s soul but no trace of Bai You’s, leaving him convinced something was wrong with her apparent death.

• Capitano arrived at the mountain hollow and learned from Columbina that Dottore had ambushed Bai You to take her for experiments, and that Bai You and Dottore had fought.
• Capitano examined Bai You and found no sign of life, then bowed to apologize for arriving too late.
• Columbina supported Varesa as she carried Bai You away, while Capitano stayed behind to investigate.
• Capitano sensed a badly shattered remnant of Dottore’s soul but could not detect Bai You’s soul anywhere.
• Capitano wondered whether Bai You’s final attack had broken the False Sky and questioned why her soul had vanished without a trace.

Varesa and Columbina returned to the theater carrying Bai You, who had died after Dottore targeted her. Varesa refused to accept the loss and cared for Bai You while Columbina led Odette away; the chapter ended with snow falling over Snezhnaya.

• Odette waited anxiously at the theater until Columbina and Varesa arrived carrying Bai You.
• Odette realized Bai You was cold and no longer breathing, and Columbina explained that Dottore had targeted her and that their attempts to save her had failed.
• Varesa changed Bai You into clean pajamas, warmed her hands, and spoke as though she were only asleep.
• Columbina stopped Odette from interrupting Varesa, tried Lunar Authority on Bai You once more without effect, and led Odette away.

Columbina and Odette learned from Capitano that Bai You’s soul had vanished without any trace of death, leaving open the possibility that she could return. Capitano took charge of investigating her missing soul and Dottore, while the women stayed to protect Bai You’s body.

• Odette asked Columbina whether anything could be done for Bai You, and Columbina admitted she had checked again because she hoped for a lucky result.
• A theater employee told Columbina and Odette that Capitano had arrived alone, and they invited him inside to talk.
• Capitano explained that he had detected a remnant of Dottore’s soul in the cavern but found no trace of Bai You’s soul, either in her body or nearby.
• Capitano said Bai You’s soul might be hidden or somewhere beyond his ability to detect, so they could not consider her dead while there was no sign it had dissipated.
• Columbina asked Capitano and Odette not to tell Varesa until they had concrete evidence, and Capitano promised to investigate while they protected Bai You’s body.
• Capitano left into the snowy night, and Columbina and Odette resolved to keep watch over Bai You in case her soul returned.

Varesa sat beside Bai You, believing she was dead, until her final tear became a blue pearl and Bai You began to wake. Bai You opened her eyes as Varesa kissed her, but she could only make a muffled sound.

• Varesa held Bai You's hand and recalled their time together, pleading with her to wake up.
• Varesa's grief overcame her, and she cried until her last tear became a blue pearl that landed between Bai You's brows.
• Varesa kissed Bai You and whispered that she liked her too.
• The system opened a way for Bai You to wake early, and a crack formed in the sealed core of her consciousness.
• Bai You heard Varesa crying, opened her eyes, and realized Varesa was kissing her.

Bai You woke from her day-long unconsciousness, and Varesa, Columbina, and Odette rejoiced at her return. The chapter ended with Bai You falling asleep again in Varesa’s arms, while Varesa promised to stay beside her.

• Bai You opened her eyes and told Varesa she could barely breathe.
• Varesa confirmed Bai You was alive and embraced her, crying with relief.
• Varesa called Columbina and Odette upstairs to tell them Bai You had awakened.
• Odette and Columbina saw that Bai You was awake, and Columbina sensed life in her with Lunar Authority.
• Odette went to make porridge while Varesa held Bai You, who soon grew sleepy again.
• Bai You said she would wake when Varesa called, and Varesa promised to sleep beside her.