[Genshin Impact] What's Cooking at the Traveler's House Today?

"This is humanity's resolve!"

During the final battle against the Heavenly Principles, Traveler Lumine shouted an unbearably cringey line that no one knew who had written. As her best friend Paimon and their companions, including her brother, cried out in alarm, the Heavenly Principles was so embarrassed that it smacked them into another world.

The moment they arrived, they found things even more chaotic than when Venti had sung the Wind God's Ode after the Seven Archons got drunk, prompting every god but Zhongli to react to one another until the old gentleman had to put up a shield on the spot. Ability users wielded endless words, sorcerers controlled strange techniques, and children with peculiar world blessings and phantom thieves all put Lumine's nerves to the test.

No ID, no money, and no idea where she was. What was this, a real-life version of the light novel How I Became a Complete Layabout After Reincarnating as a Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Consultant? (Written with love by Rex Lapis, co-authored by Mr. Jade, illustrated by Mr. Chalk, recommended under his real name by the Raiden Shogun, and edited in person by the beautiful and wise Guuji Yae.)

Lumine: Looks like I can only imitate Zhongli. (heavy-hearted.jpg)

Step one of the imitation: find someone to support you.

On her first day in this chaotic city, Lumine saved a squinty-eyed master detective. The Traveler, who was very fond of detectives and had been trained by one not to let people easily pry information out of her, managed to get herself attached to him and secured the use of an apartment one floor below his reliable guardian's.

Step two: create a fake identity.

"My name? I'm Lumine Gunnhildr, from a faraway land across the sea."

The girl introduced herself to the strange white-haired sorcerer, while Paimon's jaw dropped beside her.

[Hey! Why are you using Acting Grand Master Jean's last name, Traveler?!]

[Because Jean was the first person to agree to let me use her surname, and she even added me to her family tree overnight!]

Jean, whose name shall remain undisclosed: Plan worked.jpg

The Mondstadt crew, who were there too: Damn, we were too late!

Step three: open a restaurant.

Her friends from another world watched the busy Traveler hang up a sign reading [Of the Immortals], and asked why she'd chosen that name.

Lumine stopped working, gazed into the distance, and answered gently.

"Back home, [Of the Immortals] symbolizes travelers far from home. It represents the tenderness of home."

And Teyvat had long since become her true home.

Step four: hire staff.

On the night of every full moon, the passage between the two worlds would open temporarily. Though the Traveler couldn't return, her companions from the other world could cross over and spend some time with her.

"So why can everyone only stay here for half a month, while Zhongli, Ei, and the tone-deaf bard can stay forever?"

"Maybe that's the privilege of being a god?"

[Of the Immortals] is a famous viral restaurant based in Yokohama that delivers throughout Tokyo. Rumor has it that if you buy a special dish there, you can experience someone else's life. The owner, who calls herself the Traveler, serves a special dish every day and tells you it's today's featured menu.

The girlish feelings held in the hearts of countless people for the Yashiro Commission's White Heron Princess: Snow on Red Hearth,

The other side of the winter-loving, battle-hungry Eleventh of the Fatui Harbingers, Tartaglia: Extreme Angling,

The open-heartedness of a girl who moves between life and death and calmly faces parting and loss: Spectral March,

The spirited past of the hero who watched over Mondstadt's darkness before dawn: Once Upon a Time in Mondstadt,

A contract once held in the hands of one who witnessed countless deaths and rebirths: Slow-Braised Bamboo Shoot Soup with Ham,

The hobby of the Guuji who has seen countless people off and sustained Inazuma and its god through a long life: Fukuuchi Udon,

And the heartfelt sincerity of a carefree wanderer who celebrates freedom and sings of the beauty of all things in the world: A Buoyant Breeze, among others.

"I'm Lumine, owner of [Of the Immortals]. This is my assistant, Paimon. We hope you'll enjoy your visit today, dear customer."

Theme: The simple flavors of life: food, clothing, shelter, and the everyday