Chapter 8: Venti

"Wait!"

Stella, who was about to leave, stopped and turned to face him. Venti approached her with a warm smile

"May I have the honour to escort this beautiful young lady."

"Thank you for your kind offer, Mr. Venti, but sadly, i have to refuse."

"What a shame."

Venti makes a gloomy face as if he looks like a child who didn't get what he wanted.

While Stella is walking, retreated and cold sweat started forming on his forehead. OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! but wait...I'm also a god? AHH, it didn't matter because I never expected that in my first week in this world, I met a living God. Just look at his status bar. It looks crazy and insanely high.' She thought and looked at the status bar of Venti.

[Name: Barbatos

Race: Wind elf/spirit

Level: 100 (God) (comprehend the law of freedom)

Identity: The Anemo Archon, Lord Barbatos, God of Freedom, The Anemo God, The Elf, Venti (current persona), Windborne Bard, Singer of Skyward Sonnets

Status: Healthy (no abnormality)

Element: Anemo

Skills:???

Talent: ???]

'See?! I bet I have zero percent chance in beating him and he's level 100 (God) who fully comprehend the power of freedom and I'm still here at level 4 (Fall stone) having a identity of a god but not fully shown the full power of the stars and miracles.'

'It will be better if I leave now and stay away from him as soon as possible. But why do I have to stay away from him, tho? The game said he is somewhat recalcitrant, carefree, and playful attitude as well as a liking to rhyming in his speech. He sees a particular worth in music to the point where he names his lyre, saying, "every being deserves a name to be called upon, and woven into a song." He is also bold, not fearing to insult or ignore those who are supposedly powerful. And looking at him in person, he looks nice.'

Stella, who's having a walking and getting far away at Venti she whispered,'Now I need a stable place to stay or else l want to die in this forest especially because there are many ferocious monster here. And I'm quite lucky I didn't get attacked by now, considering how long I've been inside this forest.'

Not far away from Stella. "Did you just say that you want to place to stay lady Stella!?" Shouted Venti.

"Yes, I do need a place to sta---... no wait." Stella's thinking deeply but suddenly realised. "HOW THE STRICT ASIAN PARENT'S NAME YOU JUST HEAR ME FROM THERE!?"

She turned her head back and saw Venti, whose 100 meters away from her, disappeared and reappeared in front of her. "Ehe... it seems that Lady Stalla has no place to stay, but I can offer you some places to stay."

"Really?"

"Yes, of course, buuut in one condition."

"What condition?"

"Well, it's really easy. You just have to answer the questions I ask you."

'Should I accept his condition?'

Stella was in a dilemma. On one hand, she didn't have a place to stay, and Venti was offering her a solution. Also, she didn't know him well and was hesitant about accepting his offer.

"Well, please take you're time Lady Stella. It's not like you and I in a hurry."

"No, it's OK. I have already decided to accept your condition."

"Well, that's easy to decide, no? Then the question that I'm willing to ask you about since the moment I saw you." Venti got closer and closer to me and whispered at my ear."Why a weak God like yourself wondering here?"

She felt her heart drop as she heard the words that revealed her secret. She had always been careful, but it seemed that her efforts were in vain.

She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She reminded herself that everyone makes mistakes and that this situation wasn't the end of the world. She realized that the best course of action was to face the situation head-on and try to rectify the situation as best as she could.

" I--"

When she's going to respond, she's abruptly cut off.

"Stop... Before you answer my question, let's find a place where you stay. Then, after that, we continue this conversation, OK? Plus, this is not a good place to say those things."

"OK." She bowed her head and started to follow Vetin like a little duckling following its mother.

***

After more than an hour of travelling, they have reached their goal and are heading down a river valley ramp when their entire field of vision is suddenly filled with a variant green light.

Tall and large patches of emerald trees are scattered on the banks of the river valley, on the flat land, and on the slopes. The emerald leaves fill every piece of land.

The clear river water reflects the green shade that shades the sky. With the occasional wind blowing in the forest, lush leaves fall from the tall tree canopy, and some fall into the creek and drift away with the current.

'It's so beautiful.'

　　Walking in this brilliant lush emerald trees is like being in a fairy tale world.

Stellal stepped on the dry green leaves, wandering through it, and sensed a certain voice in front of her, calling her.

Turned several turns, bypassing the cascading lush green trees, and finally, a sea of ​​bright purple flowers appeared in front of her.

　　 The slender petals contain pale golden stamens, which seem to have brilliance. The wind blew across this sea of ​​blue, purple, black, and white flowers with undulating ripples.

　　 In the middle of the sea of ​​flowers, a towering tree stands here, with a trunk of more than 50 meters in diameter, and the gap between its roots can even be driven through.

　　 The rough and broad bark of this big tree is

mossy brown, and there is amethyst resin during the period, which is like gems emitting a faint light in the dusk of the daylight.

"I think this place will do." Venti said with a proud look in his face.

"This is indeed a beautiful place to stay, but.... where do I stay if there is no house?" Stella looks around, but she sees no house.

"You build it yourself, of course."

"I beg your pardon?"

"I said you build it yourself."

"..."

Stella, look at Venti with a look that only women possess.

"HAHAHA..... look at your face, it looks funny." Venti laughs with tears of joy. "Well, jokes aside, of course I'll help you build a house. I can't let this beautiful lady build a house by herself, right?"

"Let's sit there for a moment. Venti pointed at the log not far away from them.

The moment they sat, Venti snaps his fingers, creating a barrier made of wind.

"Don't panic. it's only part of my power, and it helps to prevent an outsider from hearing what we we're talking about."

"I see, make sense."

"Back to our previous conversation, why a weak god like you wondering around here and why you were not in Celestia?" Venti asked her with a serious face and deep voice.

Stella, take a deep breath and look at Venti. "Let me introduce myself again. My name is Stella Evernight, daughter of the sun, moon, and the thousand briliance of the nights and the hope and the miracle of the people. I, the Goddess of stars and miracles, greet the God of Freedom Barbatros. It is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance." Stella lift her skirt and bow at Venti

"Although I hold the title of a God, I'm no near as one."

"I see... so that's explains it. Now you've fully introduced yourself to me, and it's only fair to introduce myself to you, Lady Stella."

Venti also bowed at Stella and said, "I I'm the God of Freedom, The Anemo Archon, the God of Mondstat, Barbatos, and for now i call myself Venti is at your service milady"

The of them look at each other and form an awkward moment, but it I'd not last long as Venti laughs, breaking the weird atmosphere. "Hahaha, I never expected that you're this entertaining, Lady Stella. Now we fully introduced ourselves, and I've removed my suspension about you that you're from Celestia. Does it make us friends now, do we?"

"Yes, yes, we are now friends."

"Hahaha, good, now shall we start building your house now?"

"If you don't mind, then shall we?"

"But before we start, I have one last question, Lady Stella."

"Please drop the formalities and talk comfortably, just call me Stella will do."

"Ah, yes, I've been dying inside with this formal talking." Venti smiled brightly as if a big burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

"So what's your question?"

"Regarding the exclamation you just had earlier, what does a strict asia's name mean?" Venti glazes at Stella with an innocent eyes.

Stella, whose face is beginning to sweat heavily and which is frozen with shock, is attempting to avoid looking directly at Venti's eyes.