Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

"It's unreasonable to say that wisdom is rational and art is an obstacle to the advancement of wisdom." Nashida made a rather sharp comment. She rarely showed such emotions, but at that moment she got the unanimous agreement of Nilu and Amber.

"You must know that wisdom is a means and life is the goal." Nashida said softly. She took the initiative to walk towards the stage. Seeing this, Amber also pulled Nilu and slowly followed.

"...Nashida, where did you hear this?" Nilu, who followed Nashida, rarely put away her smile and thought seriously about what Nashida said. Nashida turned her head when she heard it. She thought for a moment before speaking again.

"It's the teaching of the Goddess of Wisdom, the principle she values ​​most." Nashida crossed her arms and smiled gently.

"Hmm, I've never heard this from the scholars of the Ministry of Education before. Could this be the teaching of the little King of Auspicious Grass?" Nilu muttered to herself in a low voice, "Wisdom is a means, and life is the goal..."

Nilu's guess was not wrong. This was indeed the teaching of the Little Auspicious Grass King, but at the same time, it was also one of the principles most cherished by the Great Compassionate Tree King. It was a pity that this teaching seemed to have disappeared with the passing of the Great Compassionate Tree King, and only reappeared in the Little Auspicious Grass King until now.

"Nilu! Come over and change your clothes, it will start soon!" Mr. Zubair saw Nilu and waved to her quickly beside the stage.

"Ah... Looks like I can't show you around here." Nilu smiled apologetically, "I have to hurry and change my clothes and get ready."

Amber and Nashida smiled at each other after hearing this. They looked at Nilu with encouragement: "Don't worry, we are looking forward to your next performance."

"Yes! I will try my best!" Nilu nodded vigorously. She jumped to the backstage like a fluttering butterfly and began to prepare for the performance under the guidance of the teacher.

"It's a pity that I'm busy now and can't take you two for a good walk." Zubair shook hands with Amber, with a hint of regret in his words.

"That's nothing. Exploring on our own will be quite interesting." Amber waved her hand, indicating she wasn't concerned. "Rather than that, you should focus on the performance. Nashida has been looking forward to this Flower Goddess Festival for a long time."

Nashida's current body is still a little unfamiliar to everyone in the Zubair Theater, but Nashida is very likable, and with Amber here, it is also very pleasant to get along with her.

"Then I'll have to work harder! I can't let this little guest from Fontaine down!" Zubayr perked up. "Alright! I'll go check the props again. There won't be any problems this time!"

After he finished speaking, Zubair strode towards the backstage without giving Amber any chance to sigh. Seeing this, Amber shook her head helplessly, but Nashida was very relaxed about it.

The human touch that was rarely felt in Xumi City in the past is very strong here. As expected, Nashida prefers this place compared to other places.

Several familiar people ran to the backstage to start making preparations, and Amber took Nashida for a stroll here - strictly speaking, it would be more accurate to say that Nashida took Amber for a stroll here.

This feeling is quite strange. Amber doesn't know much about the Flower Goddess' Birthday Festival, but Nashida seems to know more about it. For a moment, the images of the two are reversed.

"These are the ingredients for the Seven Fresh Table." Nashida looked at a stall in front of her, most of which was filled with fruit, and introduced it to Amber. "In the past, people would place seven kinds of dishes on the table to celebrate the Flower God's birthday. Generally speaking, the most common ones are the Tree King Holy Body Mushroom, Moon Lotus, Rose, Sunset Fruit, Tribulation Lotus, Spice Fruit, and Dun Dun Peach, symbolizing the seven virtues of the god."

"Hmm... is there such a custom?" Amber listened with interest. He was happy to accept such new knowledge.

"Oh, kids nowadays know so much. Not many people in the current Xumi City know these things!" The stall owner was a kind uncle. After hearing Nashida's words, he gave her a thumbs up, and his eyes were full of love for children.

"I just read more books, so I know a lot." Nashida said modestly, nodding slightly to the stall owner, which made the caring look in the uncle's eyes even brighter.

"Oh, if my child could read more and play less like you, little girl, I would have a lot less worries." The uncle picked out the fullest peach from the pile and handed it to Nashida. "Good children deserve rewards. This peach is for you. I hope you two have fun at the Flower Goddess Festival!"

"Well...thank you, uncle." Nashida took the Dun Dun peach, still a little uncomfortable. It was obviously just a peach, not worth much Mora, but now it made Nashida feel very happy.

Amber was happy to see this sight. She rubbed Nashida's head, thanked the uncle, and said goodbye before going somewhere else.

During this time, the two tried some snacks, chatted with some strangers, and finally stopped at a fortune-telling stall.

"What kind of divination is this? I've never seen this before." Amber looked at the stall in front of her with many alchemical potions, test tubes and scales, and was a little confused. The sign clearly said divination, but it looked like a stall selling alchemical potions.

"Haha, sir, you might not know this, but this method of divination is called 'alchemical divination,' and it's performed using alchemical potions." The stall owner, a young scholar, enthusiastically introduced it to Amber. "Huh?! Wait, you're Senior Nephi!"

"I am... but today is the birthday of the flower goddess, so let's not waste time on that kind of thing, okay? Tell me more about alchemy and divination." Amber was a little helpless. Being too famous is not always a good thing. In fact, situations like this have happened many times before.

"Good! Good!" The scholar nodded quickly, as if he had met his idol. He instantly perked up to his full potential, his words rambling on and on. "So-called alchemical divination involves taking two random items given by the guest—anything will do—and mixing them into an alchemical potion, which is then interpreted."

"If we do it so casually, the potion will most likely fail, right?" Amber expressed her doubts, but the scholar nodded calmly, which made Amber even more confused.

"Because this divination method is based on the residue left after a failed interpretation." Nashida put her hands on her hips and explained to Amber with a smile, which made the scholar in front of her widen his eyes.

"This little sister is right. Alchemical divination is said to have been invented by the Little Lucky Grass King. In his opinion, all things are connected and everything can point to 'fate'. This is also a kind of ancient wisdom." When talking about his own field, the scholar became much more confident, and he seemed to be radiating light.

Upon hearing this, Amber subconsciously looked at Nacida, but all she got was Nacida's smug smile. Thinking about it carefully, this divination method that uses the residue of failed alchemy as the main body for interpretation... well... should we say it is very much in Nacida's style?

Quite cute.

"Senior Nephi, do you want to try it? I'll give it to you for free!" The scholar seemed very interested in Amber's fate. He tried to put forward his own ideas. Amber thought for a moment, glanced at Nashida, and nodded.

"Yes, but I want to predict the future of Nashida and I. Is this allowed?" Amber asked the scholar in a playful manner. The scholar nodded vigorously, "Of course! Then, you and the girl next to you, each give me one material. Any material will do."

Amber thought for a moment, and finally gave Nashida a round pebble that she had picked up by chance when she was strolling with her, and Nashida gave her the peach stem that she had left over from eating.

"Okay! Then I'll start!" After taking the materials, the scholar looked like he was ready to work hard. He quickly prepared the potion. Amber watched the colorless liquid turn blue and then purple, and finally turned into magenta under the scholar's shaking.

After that, the scholar poured the magenta potion into a beaker and heated it on an element lamp. In a short while, the potion began to boil.

"Yeah, yeah, it's in very good condition!" The scholar nodded upon seeing this, but an accident happened just as he finished speaking. The potion suddenly caught fire for some unknown reason, and the raging flames shot out of the beaker more than one meter high.

"...!"

Chapter 68: Entangled Fate

Amber thought it was a normal process at first and acted very calmly, but the scholar immediately fell to the ground when he saw this. There was a huge gurgling sound coming from the beaker, as if it was about to explode.

Seeing this, Amber wanted to pull Nashida back immediately, but Nashida approached the stall first, muttering to herself, "...I was negligent."

Nashida raised her hand and placed her palm facing the beaker, and the noise from the beaker stopped in an instant. For a moment, everyone around looked over here. The noise just now was indeed quite loud.

Fortunately, no one suspected that it was Nashida who stabilized the potion. When the scholar saw that there was no movement after several seconds, he mustered up the courage to stand up and take a look. He only saw ashes and residues remaining at the bottom of the beaker, which was the result of success.

"Huh...it's okay, it's okay. It was just some accidents. We succeeded in the end. Everyone, please go!" The scholar waved to the people around him, and smiled apologetically at Amber and Nashida. He began to observe the ashes in the beaker and interpret them.

Amber came to Nashida again. She looked at Nashida and then at the beaker, and immediately understood what was going on.

She is not a person of this world. Although she is half accepted by Teyvat, she always carries the breath of the starry sky, so her fate is not easily predictable.

But Nashida is a god, a true god. It is nonsense for mortals to observe her fate. The burden she bears is by no means something that can be borne lightly. In this way, it was a very dangerous situation just now. God knows what kind of damage will be caused after the beaker explodes.

Now the result was that Nashida made direct intervention, or in other words, the person who predicted the fate changed from the scholar to Nashida herself, thus solving the problem.

"Huh..." Amber sighed deeply. She had actually ignored this problem for a moment. The Flower Goddess Birthday Festival and the humane environment of the Grand Bazaar made her relax. Fortunately, Nashida was by her side.

"...What is this?!" The scholar at the stall exclaimed, his eyes widened, and he quickly took out a notebook from his pocket and began to search frantically.

Amber looked at Nashida in confusion, but saw the same confusion as her own in Nashida's eyes. It seemed that she didn't know what the current situation was.

"I've found... twin stars entwined, twin lotuses growing from the same root and stem. This is the first time I've seen anything like this..." The scholar's tone was filled with disbelief, and he momentarily forgot to use honorifics. "The two of you have a future that is inextricably linked, like water and milk blending into one."

"What I've seen in the past is similar to the shape of a lovebird. That means the two people have very compatible personalities, or they are good partners. It also means a match made in heaven. But a binary star like this..." The scholar pondered and fell silent for a while.

"Haha, it's just divination. I won't care too much about the result. Just tell me." Seeing this, Amber tried to comfort him with words, but her eyes were full of curiosity. To be honest, she was really interested in this.

Nashida fell silent at this time, with her head down, thinking about something.

"Well... I'd like to ask, senior sister, how old are you this year? Um... you don't have to answer, but please tell me how old is the girl next to you this year?" The scholar's expression became strange for a moment, and Amber was not stupid, so how could she not see the meaning, so her expression also became strange for a moment.

"This double star shape...could it be representing something related to love?" Amber tried to ask. She asked herself and felt that she didn't look like someone who would fall in love with others. How could this result happen?

"How can you even describe it as love?! Vulgar!" the scholar said, a little excitedly. "Twin stars are even higher than love! If anything, they're somewhat similar to the deepest kind of family affection. They signify that two people are inseparable, like twins of destiny, intertwined and fused together, as if they were one!"

"...Hmm." Amber nodded after pondering for a moment. She looked at Nashida, her eyes becoming complicated for a moment. Although she had been aware of this since she made up her mind to protect Xumi, she had never imagined that the situation would develop into this...

"Let's get back to the topic. I'm not afraid that you'll be surprised. I'm almost thirty years old now. As for Nashida, her coming-of-age ceremony will be in a few months. She belongs to a race that has a relatively petite body even after adulthood." Amber lied about Nashida's age. After all, the number of over 500 years old... is not easy to say out loud.

"Well, that's no problem. Looking at your appearance, you really don't look thirty years old. I thought you were about the same age as me - I'm twenty-two this year." The scholar relaxed a lot for a moment. Although the shape of two stars was far from love, this situation... combined with the age of this little girl, it was hard for him not to think too much.

Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, there's no problem.

"...I'm sorry to bother you, junior. I'll take Nashida somewhere else. Excuse me first." Amber took Nashida's hand and left the divination stall in a hurry. The words of the previous scholar echoed in her mind, and she didn't know what to feel for a moment.

But this situation only lasted for a short while, and Amber soon figured it out. After all, she had already regarded Nashida as a precious family member, so if their fate would turn out like this in the future, wouldn't it be a good thing?

"It seems that I will have to ask Nashida to bear more of the burden in the future. This is also the guidance of fate." Amber hugged Nashida and showed a bright smile. If Amber in the past was always like the sun, then at this moment she was the moon as soft as water, and the perfect light poured into Nashida's heart.

Nashida had remained silent before, and no one knew what she was thinking about, but now, influenced by Amber's emotions, she regained her gentle expression. In response to Amber's words, she nodded heavily.

"Okay, let's go to the Flower Knight next. This is one of the few parts of the Flower Goddess Festival that I know well." Amber carried Nashida around in her arms, put her back on the ground, and then slowly walked towards the new stall with Nashida.

Nashida's steps seemed a little frivolous and light for a moment. She raised her head and looked at Amber's back, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.

During the Flower Goddess' Birthday Festival, in addition to actors dressing up as the Flower Goddess and dancing for the Little Lucky Grass King, another very important part is that one person dresses up as the Flower Knight, invites the Little Lucky Grass King onto the float, and then escorts the float to the stage to witness the Flower Goddess' dance.

Due to the intervention of the Council of Churches, the scale has been reduced again and again and the float segment has had to be abandoned. As a result, the Flower Knights have to do tasks other than floats, such as purchasing Yalta candy - a kind of candy with multiple flavors, which are placed in similar boxes for people to choose randomly. Generally, most of them are normal flavors, and the remaining small part is strange flavors.

"Ms. Amber! You are here! Come and try the Yalda candies. This time we have peach flavor, apple flavor... lizard tail flavor and holy gold worm flavor." Vigal, who played the Flower Knight, greeted Amber warmly. He was also a regular resident of the Grand Bazaar and an acquaintance of the troupe.

"Two of the ten flavors are weird? Okay, I'll take on the challenge." Amber nodded. "How about Nashida give it a try too? Let's see who's luckier."

"Okay." Nashida nodded. She came to the counter and began to observe, and Amber also came over.

Amber could easily distinguish which ones were good and which ones were strange through perception, but it would be too boring to cheat in such a game. Therefore, Amber did not use any abilities and simply picked one at random based on luck.

"Hmm... sunset fruit flavor, quite classic." Amber savored the candy in her mouth while looking at Nashida, waiting for her answer.

"It tastes like raspberry, so sweet." Nashida put her hands on her hips, smiled brightly, and shared her happiness with Amber.

"Haha, it seems that both of you are favored by the little auspicious grass king. Here, there are some candies left. I'll give you more!" Vigal grabbed a handful of candies and stuffed some to Nashida and some to Amber. Seeing his enthusiasm, Amber couldn't refuse and accepted them.

Nashida thanked Vigal, and Vigal was quite fond of such a polite child as Nashida. He vowed, with his current identity as the Knight of Flowers, that a sensible child like Nashida would grow up safely under the blessing of the Little Auspicious Grass King, which amused Amber.

Vigal thought that Amber was just expressing her happiness, and he chatted with the two of them for a while. The chat was eventually interrupted by the announcement that the performance was about to begin.

Faced with such a notice, Vigal was more enthusiastic than the other two. He immediately dropped his stall and hurried to the front of the stage. Amber and Nashida smiled at each other and walked slowly hand in hand.

Nilu slowly walked out from behind the curtain. She was dressed in gorgeous clothes. Vitality, beauty and gentleness gathered in her, making her look like an elf. For a moment, she really looked like the legendary goddess of flowers.

Things are different now. In the past, Nilu would be a little nervous about this, but now, facing such a performance, Nilu can also show some aftertaste. Accompanied by the music of her companions behind the scenes, she began to dance on the stage. The Eye of the Water God emitted light, and as Nilu danced, some water light gathered, making Nilu look like a lotus emerging from the water, without a trace of filth, and extremely beautiful.

The audience in the audience subconsciously held their breath and focused on watching the performance in front of them. It was not until the dance ended and Nilu bowed to the audience that they suddenly realized what was happening and burst into applause.

Nilu was very devoted in her performance, she even enjoyed it. Perhaps only with such enthusiasm could such results be achieved.

"I was busy last year and didn't come, but I made up for it this year. Haha, this performance was truly unforgettable." Amber exclaimed, "Nello has grown into an excellent dancer and actor."

"Yes, it makes me happy for her." Nashida agreed with Amber. She put her palms on her chest, feeling her heartbeat which was a little faster than usual.

Chapter 69: Who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?

"Ah... Come to think of it, in the previous divination, Nashida knew the meaning of the shape of the double stars earlier than that scholar, right? After all, this is also the divination method you invented." Amber waved her fingers and briefly talked about the previous events.

"Yes." Nashida nodded. "...Actually, at that time, I was wondering if such a fate would be too much trouble for you, Amber."

Nashida sighed slightly. "After all, I'm still very immature. Will I cause Amber a lot of trouble?"

"Don't say such stupid things." Amber rubbed Nashida's head, thought for a moment, picked up Nashida, and walked slowly towards home with her.

"Didn't we sign a contract a long time ago? A contract signed in the Contract Kingdom cannot be easily violated." Amber smiled softly. "Besides, I am your sage, so why should this be a bother? Besides, didn't Nashida tell me a lot of things I didn't know today? Strictly speaking, our relationship is one of mutual assistance."

"Is... that so?" Nashida tapped her cheek with her fingers. Her eyes looked at the ground, but her attention was not on the ground. For a moment, she didn't know what she was thinking.

“That’s exactly it.”

Because she was holding Nacida with both hands, Amber couldn't free her hands to touch Nacida, so she simply rubbed Nacida's cheek. This interaction made Nacida a little confused for a moment, and she took a deep breath.

In her previous silence, Nashida recalled many past events. At first, she was taken by Amber to wander around Xumi City. She was like a gentle teacher, teaching her many things.

After that, they created a new body for themselves. The two spent two months traveling in the forest and even the desert. Nashida was able to walk safely on the land of Sumeru for the first time in a long time. At that time, she felt very satisfied.

Later, Nashida made a request to Amber for the first time, asking Amber to take her to Liyue. Although Liyue and Xumi are neighboring countries, such a sudden request to go there would probably cause a lot of trouble for Amber. Nashida was mentally prepared to be rejected at that time. She was about to explain to Amber the reason why she did this, but Amber agreed directly.

Without asking her the reason or complaining at all, Amber arranged everything in just an hour and took Nashida to Liyue like a gust of wind.

Nashida originally thought that it would be a study trip, but in fact, under Amber's arrangement, it was as pleasant as another journey. The two of them signed a contract between gods and sages in the Rock Kingdom. Even now when she thinks about it, Nashida still has a dreamlike feeling.

"Thank you, Amber." Nashida spoke slowly and softly, "You are the best sage in all of Teyvat. I am so happy... so happy to meet you."

"Of course! I am naturally the best!" Amber's words were filled with pride, and this undisguised boasting made Nashida smile even more happily.

Seeing this, Amber was about to say something else to continue to make Nashida happy, but Nashida put her finger on her lips to stop her from saying anything else.

"Once upon a time, there was a new god named Little Lucky Grass King." Nashida clung to Amber's body, her eyes and even her words filled with infinite tenderness. "Compared to the previous god of wisdom, the Great Kindness Tree King, Little Lucky Grass King lacked many abilities. The sages of the time desperately hoped that they would not find the new Little Lucky Grass King—that would mean that the Great Kindness Tree King was truly gone, and there was no hope."

"At that time, the people of Xumi held a flower god birthday festival to celebrate the return of the little Lucky Grass King. The little Lucky Grass King sat on a beautiful float and slowly walked towards his palace under the protection of the Flower Knights. Looking at the people of Xumi cheering for him and the children smiling at him, the little Lucky Grass King experienced for the first time what beauty was."

"The young sapling is determined to grow well and become a towering tree to shade the people of Xumi from the scorching sun." Nashida recounted her past. Her words were gentle, as was her expression. Seeing this, Amber chose not to interrupt her but to listen carefully.

"But the sages didn't have the patience to wait for the sapling to grow. They pulled it out of the ground, taking away all its nutrients and the hope of its growth."

"The young sapling could not leave the palace that imprisoned her. For an eternity, she could only choose to sleep, thus entering the world of dreams and building her own little world."

"The initial dreams were pale and powerless. The young sapling knew very little. She created dusky birds flying with folded wings and fish moving on the shore, but these soon became a thing of the past. She gained the power to enter the dreams of other children and learned a lot from them."

"Xiao Shuimiao also learned about many of the children's problems. She tried to find solutions with them, and gradually, she made friends one after another."

"She still remembered her original oath to protect the people of Xumi, so she did her best to protect the child's dream. This went on for a long, long time, so long that the young sapling felt that this would be its life forever."

Nashida took a deep breath. Seeing Amber finally calm down, she spoke again with a rosy face, "At that moment, a sun broke into the sapling's dream."

"She pulled the sapling out of the dream, providing it with nutrients and sunlight. After a long time, the sapling finally began to grow."