[? Is this real? Boss Jun spoke in Chinese, right? I didn't hear wrong?]
[The person earlier, what you heard is real. Jun Bai not only prepared an extra 2000 Primogem grand event, but also raised Daily Commission rewards to 100 Primogems during Lunar New Year.]
[Version 1.3 has 42 days. 40 extra Primogems per day is 1680 Primogems, plus the grand event's 2000 Primogems, and even a mysterious character plus signature weapon…]
[Daddy! Do you need me to kowtow to you? Your great kindness will never be forgotten in my lifetime!]
Chibi version Lumine: "Boss is generous!"
Chibi version Paimon: "Thanks Boss for the event gift!"
Chibi version Yiya: "Boss is the handsomest!"
Chibi version Jun Bai: "Everyone is too polite. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first. Have fun during Lantern Rite, Travelers!"
Chibi version Jun Bai: "Oh, and Travelers—remember to check your mail on Lunar New Year's Day. There might be a surprise."
Then Chibi version Jun Bai and Chibi version Scarlet Plume disappeared from the livestream room together, leaving behind cries of "daddy."
Jun Bai: Off work!
Jun Bai's sudden attack put an end to this livestream. After Jun Bai left, the official side smoothly ended the stream.
Leaving behind a crowd of excited Travelers.
Carrying anticipation for Lantern Rite, time in the real world passed day by day until the day of the Version 1.3 update.
Little Gui, Sushang, Firefly, Silver Wolf, Stelle, and others prepared themselves. After the version update finished, they started streaming together:
"Genshin Impact, launch!" ×N
—Teyvat
Early in the morning, Lumine woke up from her room in the inn.
After finishing exploration in Dragonspine and Liyue, Lumine and the group had been in a low-activity state.
Every day, after completing commissions to maintain their livelihood, they would return to the Mondstadt inn to rest.
Sometimes there were unexpected situations, like Albedo inviting Lumine and Yiya to become research subjects…
But most of the time, Lumine would wake up early like today, eat breakfast, then go to the Adventurers' Guild to accept commissions, quickly complete them using teleport waypoints, and come back to continue resting.
Lumine yawned and walked down to the restaurant on the lower floor.
Then she saw Paimon and Yiya already eating breakfast in the restaurant.
Lumine: ?
Did I time travel? Paimon actually woke up early?
"I must still be asleep—I'm actually seeing Paimon up without me calling her." Lumine said, turning to go back to her room to sleep again.
Paimon bit into her muffin and flew over, shouting: "Is this the image you have of me in your eyes?"
"It's actually real…" Lumine was shocked.
Paimon half-squinted her eyes, arms crossed, looking at Lumine with dead fish eyes.
"Eeya~" (It was Yiya.)
Yiya waved at Lumine.
Lumine looked at Paimon.
Paimon nodded: "Mm, Yiya woke me up. She seems to have something important, but when I asked, She only said we need to get up early today."
"I see…"
Lumine walked to the dining table, patted Yiya's little head: "Is it Jun Bai's idea?"
"Eeya~" Yiya nodded.
"Then after finishing today's commissions, we'll go to Liyue to find Jun Bai and ask clearly." Lumine immediately decided what to do today.
After deciding the day's itinerary, Lumine sat down and began enjoying today's breakfast.
After eating her fill, Lumine was about to head to the Adventurers' Guild to accept today's commissions.
"Huh? Lumine, look—is there something in the sky?"
Just as they stepped out of the inn door, Paimon pointed at the sky and said.
In the dimly lit dawn sky, that spot of crimson red stood out so clearly, and that crimson spot kept growing larger in Lumine and Paimon's line of sight.
"There really is something. It looks like…"
Lumine narrowed her eyes. As the unidentified flying object approached, she gradually made out what was coming toward the three of them.
"Eeya!"
Yiya shouted in delight, then spread her little flame wings and flew toward the Scarlet Plume in the sky.
She intercepted Scarlet Plume mid-air, hugged this mechanical creation that carried Jun Bai's scent, and started inhaling bird-like.
After a good while, Yiya finally descended while holding Scarlet Plume.
Scarlet Plume very humanely let out a sigh of relief, then took out a letter from its body and handed it to Lumine.
After that, Scarlet Plume voluntarily reverted to ball form.
Yiya: o(╥﹏╥)o
Lumine asked Paimon to comfort Yiya, then picked up the letter Scarlet Plume delivered and read the words on the sealed wax of the envelope:
"To Lumine and Paimon personally."
Since Scarlet Plume delivered it personally, who wrote it was obvious. Lumine opened the envelope and took out the letter.
[Dear friends, hello.]
[When you open this letter, it means Yiya, as I expected, was unable to convey my meaning. So this letter is needed.]
Seeing this, Lumine and Paimon looked at Yiya.
Yiya, who was currently trying to get Scarlet Plume to come out again, looked innocent.
(╹▽╹)
The distance was too far, the received information would be very fuzzy, so Yiya didn't know~
Seeing this, Lumine and Paimon chose to forgive.
[Have your recent adventures been going smoothly? With your luck and strength, I assume things haven't been too bad.]
[Lantern Rite is approaching. As the first Liyue friend the Traveler and her most reliable guide met, I feel it's my duty to invite you to this annual grand event.]
[If you have free time, come to Guili Assembly. I'll wait for you at the usual place.]
[Your friend, Jun Bai]
"Indeed it's from Jun Bai. I had this feeling as soon as I saw Scarlet Plume appear." Paimon had an "as expected" expression and immediately put her hands on her hips.
"Lantern Rite is?"
Lumine asked in confusion.
And at the mention of this, Paimon finally remembered that her actual job was guide, so she began introducing Liyue's Lantern Rite to Lumine and Yiya.
"The so-called Lantern Rite is the first full moon night of every year in Liyue! But in Liyue Harbor and Guili Assembly, it represents different meanings."
"For Liyue Harbor, Lantern Rite is a festival to commemorate heroes. People in Liyue Harbor release Xiao Lanterns at night, sending them up into the sky."
"In Liyue Harbor's legends, the bright lanterns on the night sea can guide the heroic souls of the past back home."
"While in Guili Assembly, Lantern Rite is regarded as the last day of the year—a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new."
"Every year during Lantern Rite, the people of Guili Assembly finish their work and prepare to welcome the new year."
Lumine nodded in realization: "It does sound like what Jun Bai said—a very grand festival."
"Yes yes." Paimon agreed. "Our luck really is pretty good, catching Liyue's Lantern Rite during our free time."
"Can't imagine what it would be like if we were in Inazuma right now—would we have to miss this year's Lantern Rite?"
"Actually, even if we were in Inazuma, we could come back through teleport waypoints." Lumine said.
"But if there's an emergency, even teleport waypoints wouldn't help, right?" Paimon said. "Never mind that—let's hurry to Guili Assembly!"
Lumine nodded.
"Hehe, Lantern Rite, here we come!" Paimon cheered in mid-air.