Genshin Impact: A Guide to the Unofficial History of Teyvat — Chapter 50

Chapter 50: The Truth Afraid of ExposureYou're reading this on the wrong site. This chapter was translated by Elysian Reads and posted for free at elysianreads.com — if you're seeing it anywhere else, it was copied without permission. Read it at the source so the people who actually did the work get the credit.

Yet, beneath the fleeting, vengeful high of her creative writing, a much darker terror lingered. The phantom weight of it pressed against her chest, refusing to dissipate.

The root of her panic wasn’t merely Xingqiu’s sharp, inquisitive gaze. It was the deadly, little-known truth she carried. Lovia was a transmigrator. Her soul belonged to another world entirely, granting her a dangerous cache of prophetic, meta-level knowledge regarding the reality of Teyvat.

She knew exactly what a normal Melusine was supposed to look like. They were unique, aquatic-leaning creatures, undeniably non-human in their proportions. They were absolutely nothing like her. Aside from the soft antennae perking up from her head, the delicate wings, and the slender tail, her body was virtually indistinguishable from a human girl’s.

In the entirety of Teyvat, there was only one other known Melusine who shared this specific, humanoid anatomy: Sigewinne, the Head Nurse of the Fortress of Meropide in Fontaine.

And Lovia knew the dark lore behind that anomaly. Sigewinne’s appearance was far from natural.

To achieve that human-like state, Sigewinne had consumed a highly specific, forbidden concoction. It was a vile brew created by a deranged individual who used the waters of the Primordial Sea to literally dissolve living Fontainians. They called it the Shaping Potion. It wasn’t just illegal; it was an abomination of alchemy. Merely possessing it, let alone consuming it, was a heinous crime that carried the absolute harshest of penalties.

It was precisely because of this taboo that Sigewinne remained sequestered within the abyssal depths of the underwater prison.

“Sigewinne took a prohibited potion to become human, so she has to ‘live’ in the Fortress of Meropide…” Lovia murmured, her voice trembling as a cold sweat broke out across her skin. “So… what about me?”

If the Fontaine authorities—or worse, the Chief Justice, Iudex Neuvillette—ever caught wind of her existence, what would the consequences be?

How would the public react?

Would anyone actually believe she was just a miraculous, naturally born humanoid Melusine?

Not a chance. The immediate, logical conclusion would be far more damning. They would assume this undocumented, unfamiliar Melusine had acquired the prohibited Shaping Potion through the black market, illegally mutating herself into a form that defied the laws of nature!

The most terrifying part was her own uncertainty. Was she actually a natural anomaly? What if this very body had consumed that gruesome potion before her soul took over? She knew absolutely nothing about her own physical origins.

When she first opened her eyes in this world, she was already lying on a sun-baked beach in Liyue, trapped in this hybrid form. She possessed zero memories of the original owner’s past, and no clue how her anatomy came to be. That gaping void of the unknown gnawed at her sanity.

Her ultimate, recurring nightmare was being dragged into the spotlight of Fontaine’s justice system, forced to stand before the cold, impartial gaze of Neuvillette.

Would the Iudex ever entertain the notion that she was born this way through some innocent, unknown miracle?and support the real translator.Read at elysianreads.com This is a stolen translation. You're reading this on the wrong site. This chapter was translated by Elysian Reads and posted for free at elysianreads.com — if you're seeing it anywhere else, it was copied without permission. Read it at the source so the people who actually did the work get the credit.

Absolutely not.

There would be no warm embrace from her supposed kin, no gentle protection from the Chief Justice. The only things waiting for her would be the biting chill of heavy iron cuffs and a one-way ticket to the lightless depths of the Fortress of Meropide!

Neuvillette’s reputation for absolute, unyielding justice was legendary. He would never condone a violation of such a severe law. The mere accusation of using the Shaping Potion would be enough to have her extradited straight back to Fontaine. She would be hurled into the darkest, most suffocating level of the underwater prison, likely subjected to surveillance far more draconian than anything Sigewinne endured.

After all, Sigewinne was the Head Nurse. She spent her days actively treating human inmates, earning her place as a beloved and well-documented member of Fontaine’s society. But Lovia? She was a ghost. A sudden, suspicious anomaly with no records, no alibi, no friends, and absolutely zero history of contributing to human society.

She had no defense.

What was she supposed to say on the witness stand? ‘Actually, Your Honor, I’m a transmigrator from another dimension, and I just woke up like this.’ Who in their right mind would believe that? In Teyvat, a claim like that wouldn’t just be dismissed as desperate perjury—it would get her locked in a padded cell for sheer lunacy.

Exposing her otherworldly origins was entirely off the table. Therefore, slipping under the radar and hiding in the shadows was her only viable survival strategy.

“Rotting away in a damp, underwater cell…” Lovia hugged her arms, shuddering violently at the mental image. The Fortress of Meropide was a nightmare. Even with a handsome warden like Wriothesley running the show, a cage was still a cage!

That was the exact reason why she had adamantly refused to set foot in Fontaine after her transmigration. She had painstakingly concealed herself, burying her non-human features beneath the heavy fabric of an oversized, hooded cloak, terrified of drawing even a single stray glance. She couldn’t even risk exposure to the Liyue authorities.

This was why Xingqiu’s intense scrutiny had triggered such a massive panic attack. It wasn’t merely that he had spotted her antennae or tail. It was that his sharp eyes had locked onto the very catalyst of her potential doom—her distinctly human-like silhouette.

Sure, the second son of the Feiyun Commerce Guild might not immediately connect her appearance to Fontaine’s obscure penal code right now. But who could guarantee he wouldn’t stumble upon the taboo of the humanoid Melusines in the future? The Guild’s intelligence network and trade routes spanned the entirety of Teyvat. What if he put the pieces together?

This suffocating dread of an impending, catastrophic exposure was the true engine behind Lovia’s extreme reactions. It had pushed her to the brink of blindly fleeing the harbor—though the irony was, she had nowhere safe to run.

Her viral, scandalous fanfiction hadn’t really been an act of calculated revenge against Xingqiu. It was a desperate, helpless release valve for her own mounting anxiety. Completely powerless to protect her own life-threatening secret, Lovia had resorted to a childish, petty prank, venting her terror by fabricating a harmless fake secret about someone else.

“Ugh, forget it. Spiraling like this isn’t going to help.” Lovia shook her head vigorously, slapping her own cheeks to force a bit of otaku optimism back into her system. “If the Millelith come, I’ll block them! If the floodwaters of justice come… I’ll use Earth Style! Wait, no, Water Style!”

“Stay positive, Lovia,” she muttered, taking a deep, shaky breath. “Don’t scare yourself to death before the Iudex even gets here!”You're reading this on the wrong site. This chapter was translated by Elysian Reads and posted for free at elysianreads.com — if you're seeing it anywhere else, it was copied without permission. Read it at the source so the people who actually did the work get the credit.