After obtaining the method to meet the Raiden Shogun from Shiba Kaoru's mouth, the protagonist group in the story officially settled in Shiba Residence.
Meanwhile, the players in reality ended this stage of the plot. The next stage of the plot would take place two days later in game time.
This is already Genshin's traditional special ability.
Huohuo adjusted the time to two days later, then followed the quest guidance to the Adventurers' Guild in Inazuma City.
Katherine: "Towards the stars and the abyss, welcome to the Adventurers' Guild."
Paimon: "Katherine, we're here to claim today's commission rewards."
Katherine: "Alright, then please submit the relevant proof of commission completion. Like before, after registering the completion for everyone, I will issue the rewards."
Then next, everyone needed to submit materials.
Apart from the drop materials that must be submitted, there were no other restrictions.
[It turns out the Adventurers' Guild uses this method to determine whether we've completed the daily commissions.]
[Good thing the game doesn't adopt this verification method, otherwise every day with those few materials we'd still have to submit one.]
[Not necessarily not adopted, remember to check every day if your drop materials have decreased.]
"No need to check, Huohuo has the habit of looking at the materials every day, none are missing."
Huohuo said, submitting a "Broken Mask".
Katherine: "Thank you for completing today's commission, this is your reward."
Paimon: "Today's commission complete! Traveler, Yiya, do you have anything else?"
Yiya: "Mido." (No)
Aether: "No, Paimon do you?"
Paimon: "Hehe, I already inquired with the Heizi long ago, besides Shimura House, Inazuma has another very good restaurant."
Paimon: "Since you all have nothing else, can you accompany me to that restaurant?"
"Paimon really likes eating～" Huohuo complained, then chose to agree.
Aether: "Sure."
Yiya: "Yiya～" (Yiya has no problem.)
Paimon: "Great, then I'll lead the way, you all follow!"
[Those who know will think Paimon is going to eat, those who don't might think Paimon plans to cook herself.]
[Paimon: Today's main course is me!]
[This Paimon is extremely delicious, quickly send to Second Brother.]
[Speaking of which, where is Second Brother? Is he staying at Shiba House and didn't follow over, or is it the swordsman's inherited getting-lost trait.]
"Second Brother isn't three-sword style, and the plot didn't say Second Brother gets lost." Huohuo refuted.
"Besides, aren't there Shiba House's Heizi?"
[Huohuo you better not speak, now I'm a bit suspicious that Second Brother really got lost.]
[Huohuo after the Inazuma plot is terrifyingly strong.]
"..." Huohuo fell silent, then continued through the plot.
Following Paimon forward all the way, then halfway met an acquaintance.
——Teyvat
Thoma walked towards them, smiling at Lumine and the group: "Everyone, long time no see."
"Thoma?"
Paimon felt quite surprised at Thoma's appearance, but didn't intend to pay him any mind: "You step aside, we still need to go eat."
"Mind bringing me along? I can pay the bill."
Thoma's one sentence precisely hit Paimon's weak spot.
Paimon immediately turned back, saying: "Sure!"
Thus the original trio became a trio plus one setup. After arriving at the restaurant, Paimon after removing some dishes that Yiya doesn't like, directly ordered the entire menu.
Lumine, looking at Thoma's stiff expression, imitated Amamiya Kotoya's smile: "Thoma, you said you'd pay."
Yiya looked at Thoma with expectant eyes.
Only, within this expectant gaze, there was also teasing.
[Haha, finally don't need us to pay for Paimon.]
[Let you set us up.]
[If not for Jun Bai arranging Shiba House to receive us in advance, right now we would be standing unified with the Yashiro Commission because of Thoma's setup.]
[But I feel what Thoma did hasn't reached the point of being utterly unforgivable, and Thoma has also helped us before.]
[Not reached, but deliberately setting us up was his fault from the start. Thoma helping us doesn't mean he can scheme against us.]
In the end, Thoma still settled the bill for this meal.
It was evident that Thoma had already realized this was payback for his scheming against everyone on Ritou.
So Thoma chose to accept it.
Smart people won't develop emotions over such small matters, moreover today Thoma came with a task to meet Lumine.
Because Paimon had ordered the entire menu directly, serving the dishes would still take some time.
During this time, Lumine handed Yiya over to Paimon, then spoke frankly to Thoma:
"If you have something to say, say it directly. This kind of coincidental encounter on the street is too much of a coincidence, so coincidental that I don't even believe it."
"Worthy of the famous Traveler, not only is your strength supreme, your wisdom is also extraordinary."
[Ehh! Don't casually say the obvious truth!]
[Say more, I love hearing it.]
Lumine hearing this, had the same reaction as the chatters in reality, but didn't show it outwardly.
"Even if you say that, the matter of you scheming against us on Ritou won't just pass."
Thoma hurriedly waved his hands: "Misunderstanding, Traveler, this wasn't my original intention."
"Not your original intention? Then give me a reason."
Lumine sat in her seat with hands on her hips, waiting for Thoma to talk nonsense (crossed out) defend himself.
"You all already know, I serve the Yashiro Commission, one of the Three Commissions, as the Kamisato Clan's housekeeper."
"Also the close attendant of the Kamisato Clan's [White Heron Princess]."
[Who are you the close attendant of?]
[Presumptuous! Actually being so close to my Ayaka wife, you already have a path to your death!]
[Then when Ayaka and I go out and can't find the dog, I'll slip you one.]
Then Thoma, building on that, introduced the White Heron Princess — Kamisato Ayaka to Lumine.
"So you were arranged by Miss Kamisato?"
Lumine asked calmly while drinking tea.
Thoma did not answer directly.
Lumine continued on her own: "I wonder what important matter Miss Kamisato has seeking out me, a nobody with no reputation in Inazuma?"
"Traveler, regarding this point, don't joke with me." Thoma smiled and spread his hands.
"Even if Inazuma has the Sakoku Decree, Liyue's merchant ships still periodically arrive in Inazuma."
"Ordinary people can only see the grain on the merchant ships, but the family head and the young lady can see value beyond the grain on the merchant ships, namely intelligence."
"When Liyue's merchant ship last came, our Kamisato Clan's family head together with the Tenryou Commission's Kujou General met with Big Sister Beidou."
"The Kujou General took over the grain on the merchant ship, while the family head obtained intelligence from Big Sister Beidou's mouth regarding outside Inazuma."
"Among them, includes your various deeds in Mondstadt and Liyue."
Thoma said with a serious expression: "After the young lady learned of this from the family head, she became very interested in you all."
"The young lady looks forward to your arrival, looks forward to you possessing the ability to change the situation like in the rumors."