Chapter Summaries

Varesa and Bai You traveled through the snow to a remote station and boarded a train bound for Snezhnaya City. As the train carried them through the evening scenery, Bai You leaned against Varesa and remembered their time together.

• Varesa and Bai You walked hand in hand through the snow to the station.
• Varesa bought two tickets while Bai You waited on the platform.
• Varesa pulled Bai You aboard the steam train before it left for Snezhnaya City.
• Varesa guided Bai You to a window seat and described the scenery they might see on the journey.
• Varesa steadied Bai You and let her rest on her shoulder as the train traveled through the snow.
• Bai You closed her eyes and recalled the happy moments she had shared with Varesa.

Bai You and Varesa watched the aurora together from the train as Varesa shared a memory about wanting to bring someone she loved to see it. Bai You fell asleep against Varesa, who woke her when they arrived.

• Varesa woke Bai You from her drowsiness and pointed out the aurora over the frozen lake.
• Bai You watched the aurora change from green and blue to rose red and violet while leaning against Varesa.
• Varesa held Bai You and told her that her mother had called the aurora a torch lighting the way home.
• Varesa said she had once wanted to bring someone she wanted to go home with to see the aurora, but could not go home anymore.
• Bai You held Varesa's hand as the aurora faded, then leaned on her shoulder and fell asleep.
• Varesa gently woke Bai You when the train arrived.

Bai You arrived in Snezhnaya City with Varesa and was awestruck by its grandeur as they headed to the Korolevsky Theater. At the theater entrance, Odette was waiting and asked Varesa why she had returned so late.

• Bai You woke up leaning against Varesa and followed her out of the carriage into Snezhnaya City.
• Varesa showed Bai You Snezhnaya Palace and led her toward the Korolevsky Theater, where she lived and worked as the lead singer.
• Varesa and Bai You approached the theater, and Varesa hoped to get inside before anyone recognized her.
• Odette stood waiting by the theater entrance, and Varesa stopped in surprise when she saw her.
• Odette greeted Varesa and asked why she had come back so late.

Varesa brought Bai You to meet Odette at the Korolevsky Theater and explained how Bai You had come to be with her. Odette agreed to arrange temporary accommodation for Bai You in a cleared storage room beside Varesa’s dressing room.

• Odette met Varesa at the theater entrance and recognized Bai You as a water demon from her ears and aura.
• Odette led Varesa and Bai You to her dressing room, where Varesa briefly explained what had happened and asked for Bai You to stay at the theater.
• Odette questioned whether Bai You was truly a water demon, and Varesa confirmed that Bai You could transform into a mermaid.
• Odette rejected Varesa’s plan to share her single bed with Bai You and offered to prepare the cleared storage room with a folding bed instead.

Bai You settled in with Varesa and Odette at the theater, where Odette offered her a place to stay and explained the arrangements. Odette led Bai You to the storage room, leaving her to see the room for the first time.

• Varesa told Bai You that Odette was the troupe’s prima ballerina and the best ballet dancer in Snezhnaya.
• Odette asked Bai You whether she remembered anything besides her name, and Bai You said she did not.
• Odette gave Bai You the storage-room key, explained the theater’s facilities and rules, and said Varesa would take her shopping for clothes tomorrow.
• Varesa offered to show Bai You the room, but Odette insisted on taking her instead.
• Odette led Bai You to the storage room and switched on the light, revealing the small room.

Bai You settled into a room at the Korolevsky Theater, where Odette and Varesa welcomed and cared for her. While bathing, Bai You examined her new body and realized how young and petite she was.

• Odette prepared a clean folding bed for Bai You and welcomed her to the Korolevsky Theater.
• Varesa brought Bai You snacks, pajamas, and a pillow, then offered to show her around and be there if she needed help.
• Varesa urged Bai You to bathe before they shared snacks, and Bai You went to the bathroom next door.
• Bai You studied her body under the hot water and realized she had become a petite, young girl.

Bai You settled in for the night after sharing snacks and a warm goodbye with Varesa. Missing her new friend, Varesa came up with a plan to sleep beside Bai You despite Odette’s rule.

• Bai You changed into Varesa’s pajamas, joined her for snacks, and listened to stories about the troupe.
• Varesa said good night to Bai You, who blushingly called her “sis.”
• Bai You went to bed with Varesa’s soft pillow and her lingering scent around her.
• Varesa wrote in her diary about how happy she was to meet Bai You and called her someone she would never lose again.
• Unable to sleep, Varesa realized Odette had forbidden Bai You from coming to her room but had not forbidden Varesa from going to Bai You.

Varesa used the Bond Necklace to sense that Bai You was awake and teleported toward her with bedding in tow. Meanwhile, Bai You unlocked a lottery system feature and won two mythic items, leaving her with a powerful new body and a Thread of Fate.

• Varesa sensed through the Bond Necklace that Bai You was awake and missing her.
• Varesa packed up her mattress and comforter, then used the necklace's teleportation function to go to Bai You.
• Bai You complained to her system about its limited features, prompting it to unlock a lottery function.
• Bai You used her free ten-pull and received Mora, Sweet Madame, Cat Transformation Candy, the Tsaritsa's Invitation, Seven-Element Talent: Primordial Body, and Thread of Fate.

Bai You inspected her lottery rewards, including a powerful seven-element talent and a rare item that could make an upcoming event certain, then spent a lonely night wishing Varesa were beside her. Varesa suddenly teleported into the storage room carrying a mattress and bedding, leaving Bai You stunned.

• Bai You examined her rewards and learned that the Cat Transformation Candy could turn her into a faster-moving cat and that the Tsaritsa’s invitation granted her one audience at Snezhnaya Palace.
• Bai You discovered that her mythic Seven-Element Talent let her control all seven elements at power comparable to a middle-ranking Fatui Harbinger, and she learned that the Thread of Fate could make a future event certain under restrictions.
• Bai You put her rewards away, wondered whether the Thread of Fate could make Varesa fall in love with her, and blushed as the system teased her.
• Bai You lay alone in the cold storage room, imagining Varesa comforting her and wishing they could sleep together.
• Varesa teleported into the storage room carrying a mattress and bedding and told the stunned Bai You that she had come to bring her some bedding.

Varesa used the necklace Bai You had given her to teleport into the storage room, bringing her own quilt and mattress because she worried Bai You would be cold. After squeezing the bedding into the small room, the two lay close together, and Varesa warmed Bai You’s hand as they settled in for the night.

• Bai You asked how Varesa had arrived, and Varesa explained that the necklace had teleported her to the storage room.
• Varesa offered Bai You her warmer quilt and insisted on staying because she had brought the quilt and mattress from her own bed.
• Bai You agreed to let Varesa sleep beside her, and they struggled together to fit the mattress into the storage room.
• Varesa touched Bai You’s forehead after they bumped heads, then the two arranged the bedding and lay down side by side.
• Varesa took Bai You’s cold hand and warmed it between her palms, while Bai You thanked her for the quilt before they went to sleep.

Bai You and Varesa shared a nervous, affectionate moment in bed, admitted they were both happy to have met, and fell asleep holding each other. Varesa promised she would still be there when Bai You woke.

• Varesa teased Bai You about what she had wanted to say, and Bai You grew embarrassed.
• Varesa guessed that Bai You felt nervous and scared but also happy, and said she felt the same way.
• Varesa took Bai You's hand, and Bai You squeezed hers tightly.
• Varesa placed Bai You's hand against her chest, then embraced her from behind and told her to sleep.
• Bai You relaxed in Varesa's arms, wished her good night, and closed her eyes.

Odette noticed Varesa was missing from her usual morning routine and discovered that she had spent the night in the storage room with Bai You. After Varesa and Bai You woke and exchanged a flustered look, Odette opened the door and caught them together.

• Odette found no warm milk in the practice room and could not find Varesa in the garden or her bedroom.
• Odette discovered that Varesa’s bedding had been moved to the storage room, where Varesa was asleep holding Bai You.
• Odette quietly left the sleeping pair and prepared breakfast, setting out a third bowl for Bai You.
• Bai You woke in Varesa’s embrace but froze when Varesa tightened her hold and went back to sleep.
• Varesa woke and looked into Bai You’s eyes, but Odette returned and opened the door to find them facing each other.

Odette found Varesa and Bai You sharing a bed in the storage room, then called them down for breakfast. Varesa and Bai You joined Odette in the kitchen, where Varesa looked after Bai You as they ate.

• Odette found Varesa and Bai You together in the storage room and apologized for interrupting them before heading downstairs.
• Varesa helped Bai You get dressed and draped her coat over Bai You when they left the room.
• Odette made room for Bai You at the breakfast table and served porridge with Varesa.
• Varesa peeled a soft-boiled egg for Bai You, who thanked her and began eating it.

Odette felt uneasy as Varesa grew close to Bai You and took her shopping, then struggled to rehearse without Varesa’s singing. She realized she liked having Varesa around, while Varesa and Bai You remained out shopping.

• Odette watched Varesa care for Bai You during breakfast and found herself with little appetite.
• Varesa invited Odette to rehearse, then decided to take Bai You shopping for clothes; Odette declined to join them.
• After Varesa and Bai You left, Odette poured away Bai You’s unfinished milk and went to practice dancing.
• Odette stopped rehearsing when Varesa’s voice failed to join the accompaniment and reread Varesa’s notes.
• Odette looked toward the shopping street and realized that having Varesa around made life livelier.

Odette revisited memories of Varesa’s rest schedule, decorated a snowman, and built another before returning to dance practice. She finished a difficult routine and decided that taking more breaks had improved her performance.

• Odette placed her jeweled hair ornament on the snowman she had built with Varesa.
• Odette remembered how Varesa had surprised her during a monster-clearing trip and persuaded her to build a snowman and rest.
• Odette built another snowman along the remote path, realizing that the activities she once found boring were enjoyable.
• Odette returned to the dance studio, completed her routine, and concluded that scheduling more rest had helped her practice go better.

Varesa took Bai You shopping along Snezhnaya City's snack street, where they shared food and danced together before heading to a clothing store. Bai You tried on a dress, but the chapter ended when Varesa heard her struggling with its zipper.

• Varesa wrapped her scarf around Bai You and led her through the shopping street, holding her hand as they bought hot cocoa and snacks.
• Varesa wiped food from Bai You's mouth and fed her a piece of fish, while Bai You blushed but stayed close to her.
• Varesa invited Bai You to dance to a street performer's waltz and guided her through the steps as passersby watched.
• Varesa took Bai You to a clothing store and chose a light blue dress for her to try on.
• Varesa heard Bai You struggling with the dress's zipper and knocked on the fitting-room door.

Varesa took Bai You shopping, helped her choose clothes, and brought her back to the theater. They found Odette dozing in the dance studio and shared macarons with her.

• Varesa helped Bai You zip up a light blue dress, praised how pretty she looked, and picked out several more clothes for her.
• Varesa insisted on paying for Bai You's clothes as a gift, then accidentally blurted out that Bai You was already hers.
• Varesa and Bai You walked back toward the theater, and Bai You worried that Odette might be bored practicing alone.
• Varesa and Bai You found Odette asleep in the dance studio and brought her the snacks they had bought.
• Odette claimed she did not eat sweets, but then opened the macarons and tried a pink one.

After dinner, Odette arranged a larger bed for Varesa and Bai You to share, then returned to her room to wait for them. Varesa and Bai You arrived with snacks, ready to watch a show together.

• Odette treated Varesa and Bai You to dinner at the theater restaurant after they finished shopping.
• Varesa praised Odette’s dancing, making Odette blush.
• Odette told Varesa and Bai You she had replaced Varesa’s bed with a double bed so they could sleep together more comfortably.
• Varesa and Bai You went to shower, while Odette returned to her room to wash up and wait for them.
• Varesa and Bai You arrived at Odette’s room with snacks and suggested watching a show together.

Varesa, Bai You, and Odette spent a cozy evening watching a movie, then Varesa and Bai You went to bed together in the new double bed. As Bai You settled into Varesa’s embrace, she suddenly remembered that she had not checked in yet.

• Varesa, Bai You, and Odette watched a romantic comedy together on the sofa, and Odette enjoyed the feeling of being at home with them.
• Varesa and Bai You said good night to Odette and walked hand in hand to Varesa’s room.
• Varesa and Bai You discovered that Odette had replaced the single bed with a double bed, and Varesa teased Bai You about her blushing ears.
• Varesa hugged Bai You and told her how glad she was to have her, and Bai You hugged her back.
• Varesa and Bai You got into bed and cuddled together until Bai You remembered she had not checked in.

Bai You learned that the Traveler would soon arrive in Mondstadt and realized La Signora's future death could leave Odette devastated. She decided she had to act and considered using a rare invitation to meet the Tsaritsa and seek a place among the Fatui Harbingers, but she had not yet told Varesa or Odette.

• Bai You checked in with the system and received a spatial storage bag that could hold 1,000 cubic meters of items.
• The system told Bai You that Lumine would begin her journey in Mondstadt in three days and warned that La Signora's fate could deepen Odette's regret over their unresolved feud.
• Bai You considered applying to become the twelfth Fatui Harbinger, and the system said her rare invitation could secure her a meeting with the Tsaritsa.
• Varesa held Bai You close the next morning and noticed she seemed troubled, but Bai You did not explain why.
• At breakfast, Bai You watched Odette and resolved to prevent her from suffering over La Signora's fate, while Varesa continued to question her unusual behavior.