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Footsteps echo in the hallway, Venti tightens his tie as he approaches a tall, brown door. He then proceeds knock on the door which open automatically for him, which reveals a young white and green haired girl in a black and red school uniform. "Oh! Big brother Barbatos, you're just in time for the meeting. Mother Celestia was just waiting for you!" The young girl in black says. Venti does not respond but give her a acknowledging glance as she leaves the room.
As Venti walks into the room the large door behinds closes. He then sees a chair infront of him faced behind, then a voice from the chair arose. "So Barbatos, how's your idol career?" A serious woman-like tone asked. He sighed and responded; "It's going fine, my popularity rose by 96% since my debut." The chair then turned and revealed a beautiful, long white haired woman. As her golden vermillion eyes met with turquoise, Venti proceeds to look away, refusing to make eye contact. "What's the matter? Is there something you're keeping away from me..?" She asked in a more serious tone, which sent shivers down his spine. "Nothing ma'am. Back to the matter at hand, you called me in for something?"
"Oh of course! I called you in for another mission. It has something to do with that idol career of yours..."
All of a sudden Venti's posture stood more straight than before, facing the woman infront of him. "Oh..? Suddenly interested are you? Well, let's make haste then shall we?"
The screen behind the woman shows Venti's following objectives:
*Infiltrate Khaenri'ah's secret organization and shut it down.
*Removing the existence of Khaenri'ah.
He simply stared at the words written on the screen in complete shock. "Sounds fun isn't it?"
'Fun?' He asked himself. 'How exactly is any of that fun? You're literally waging war against another nation. Is this woman insane!?'
"Well, are you taking it or not?" She asked him. "Uhm, just a question.." The young spy interrupted. "Ask away" "How does any of this have to do with my idol career..?"
The woman let out a hearty laugh. "Oh Barbatos! Surely you can't be that dense." He looked at her with confusion. "Let me explain, Khaenri'ah has a popular amount of underground idols. As of the moment, a idol fest is being held by yours truly, the Abyss Order. Surely you're familiar with that yes? If you're able to win popularity in the idol fest, you'll gain a certain advantage infiltrating the Abyss Order." Venti thought for a solid moment.
"Oh and a quick heads up, you're a soloist aren't you? This fest requires a group of idols not just one. So you might wanna start gathering idols."
"I beg your pardon, what?" He stared at her with pure irritation. "If that's the case, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to refuse." He says walking towards the doorway. "Barbatos, wait! Wait! You're the only one perfect for this job, please you have to take it! I promise I'm going to increase your salary for this one I swear!"
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"By how much..?" He looks back at her. "By an additional 500,000 more mora to your salary." For a good 30 seconds, silence filled the room. "I suppose that isn't bad.." "So, are you taking it?"
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"Yeah."