"Ah." Venti's behavior made Diluc let out a deep sigh. Having a god like this really left him at a loss for words. Jean sighed as well, then glanced at Barbara beside her. Fortunately, Barbara still did not know Venti's identity. Otherwise, her faith might very well have been shattered.
"I never expected Barbara to like spicy food. You really couldn't tell. Mondstadt's idol... What a shame Alice's idol project seemed to have gone bankrupt. Maybe I could help her make it happen in the future. And it wouldn't have to be just a girl group—a boy group would work too. Venti could totally debut. Then he'd never have to worry about not having money for drinks."
Watching Barbara chat and laugh with Jean, Shen Fei could not help recalling his conversation with Lisa. He was very curious about that Ms. Alice. She had left countless traces across Teyvat and changed many things. For instance, idols—Mondstadt originally had neither that term nor that profession, but both appeared after Alice arrived.
Barbara had become Mondstadt's idol under Alice's persuasion. As expected of someone who liked staying in Mondstadt—she had learned Barbatos's knack for sweet-talking people.
Alice had once had a grand idol plan: to form an international girl group. It would have included Mondstadt's Barbara, Liyue's Yun Jin and Xinyan, Inazuma's Kamisato Ayaka, Sumeru's Nel, and women from other nations. Unfortunately, Kamisato Ayaka rejected her, causing the girl-group project to collapse.
Her plan had inspired Shen Fei. Strictly speaking, Alice's girl-group plan had not failed solely because Kamisato Ayaka refused; Teyvat's technological limitations had also played a part. Technological development here was rather distorted, and it was extremely difficult for people from different nations to communicate and travel between them.
But now that Shen Fei was here, with his Virtual Universe