Ruby Red Blood (Genshin X F!Reader)

An Old Lady

No, it didn't seem like (Y/N) knew what falling for means, but Ying'er didn't have time to tell her as Aether was already in front of the two girls with three bottles of juices in his hands.

"Oh Aether, you were a wonderful assistant." Ying'er said as the boy handed her the bottles. "A testament to the lengths you will go to for romance... it's so rare to see nowadays."

"It's for Rex Lapis though..." Aether sweat dropped.

"Anyway, shall I give you a brief overview of each scent? It might just help you match the right scent to the right occasion..."

"Paimon wants to hear this!" the child giggled like a child during their birthday.

"This first one is sweet as candy, straight out of a fairy tale... younger women will love it." Ying'er started and mentally noted how (Y/N) looked when she smelled that one. "The second one is for those with more refined tastes... the first choice for daughters of high society." again, she looked at (Y/N)'s face. "Finally, the third one has a soft but lingering scent, like a mist that captures the last light of dusk. Mature women adore this one." this seemed to be the one (Y/N) liked the most.

"The first one is Gold House maiden, the second is Valley Weaver, and the last one is Fate's Yearning." she concluded.

"Ding ding! Right on the money, flower. You like Fate's Yearning the most?"

"Oh, right. In the flower shop, (Y/N) talked about that one being her favorite." Paimon then said.

"It has a nice smell." she just said.

"Well, don't get them mixed up now, you'll ruin the mood..."

"I... I think I got it..." Aether did seem troubled though, best that (Y/N) kept an eye still.

"Good. Be sure to come visit if you ever need help with anything, okay? I'll leave you with some parting words: one who tries to sail three boats simultaneously should be careful not to go overboard."

"..." that was Aether's answer.

"Heh. Come and hang out with me at Scent Of Spring sometime, okay? Bye Aether, bye flower~." she then pushed them outside the place and shut the door.

"So, I guess we have perfume now. Oh and, what does falling for mean?" (Y/N) turned to Aether, who gave her a confusing look.

"Wait what? Falling for? You don't know what that means?" he said puzzled.

"No... is it something I should know?"

"Not really, it's just something you can say... can we take this later tho? We still have to go to Mr. Zhongli." he said with a small smile.

"Oh yeah, that's right. Let's go right away. He said he'd be at a statue of the seven, so I think I know where the closest one is."

"Where is that?" the floating child asked.

"It's outside Liyue Harbor, between Liyue and Guili Plants."

"Oh, I think I know where that one is."

"So does Paimon!"

"Then let's head there." and so the red dressed girl dragged away her friends.

All statues of the seven are great and pretty, and so is the one of the Geo Archon right outside Liyue. The statue is placed on a mountain platform, high up but not at the top. There were flowers growing around the statue, small white ones and some yellow and light blue here and there. Soft light grass were under the feet of those who walked to the statue to make offerings, and a magnificent view just beside them.

The statue itself looked like a man with a tall frame, baggy clothes and a hood blocking his face. He was sitting down and held a cube in front of him in his hand. Some kind of ancient letters were written on the rock chair he sat on, but they were old and worn out.

And then, Zhongli waiting in front of it, staring up at it with a soft face.

"We've brought the perfumes, Mr. Zhongli!" Paimon said with a high voice, waking the man from his thoughts.

"Paimon, lower your voice. We are in front of a statue of the newly deceased god." (Y/N) said as Paimon covered her mouth. "Zhongli, are we interrupting your thinking?" the said man then turned to look at his old friend.

"Oh, no need to worry Ruby. I was just watching this excellent craftsmanship. Isn't it pretty? I wonder if not everyone would like to have such a pretty thing sculptured, and be even happier if they were the one the sculpture was looking like."

"I'm sure that this kind of craftsmanship is appreciated all over Teyvat, but not everyone would be happy having oneself as a statue." (Y/N) said.

"Oh yes, you'd not like it, would you?"

"Not that much,no. And only people who've done magnificent deeds are sculptured, right? So I could impossibly be a sculpture model."

"You say so, yes." Zhongli smiled a little. "You have brought the perfumes?"

"Here they are." Aether handed them to the tall man, all the bottles in different colored packages.

"Thank you. Let us offer them up."

"Here is the Golden House Maiden." Paimon said and offered the perfume fitted for young girls. "This is the first kind of perfume. Ms. Ying'er said that it's sweet and it's liked by younger ladies."

"Here is the Valley Weaver." Aether offered the perfume for high society daughters. "This is the second kind It's got an elegant smell, and the daughters of high society love it."

"And here is the Fate's Yearning. It has a gentle but lingering fragrance, like mist catching the last light of dusk. It is liked by mature women." (Y/N) said and offered the statue the last perfume. As she did so, the statue lit up and light was playing around it for a second. It looked so pretty with the blinding white light around the smooth rock.

"Oh... what was that?" Paimon asked.

"I guess the final answer is number three." Aether said.

"That's the one older ladies like, right? Does that mean that Rex Lapis is actually an older woman?" Paimon questioned.

"Paimon, you do realize that one, Fate's Yearning, is also my favorite? Am I an older lady to you? That doesn't sound very nice does it?" (Y/N) said with a smile, yet managing to look completely insane.

"Wah! Paimon's sorry!"

"No snacks for you this week."

"Noooooooo!"

Hello there, you who have managed to reach the end of this chapter. Congrats, this is already chapter 42, you must have spent some time getting here!

Thank you very much for reading my story~!

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