In Douluo Continent, my summoning of Naxi Da was exposed by the heavens.

The scene continues, switching back to Arecino and Sandorne, with Sandorne giving Arecino a wishing willow.

"Although I don't mind her clinging to me, I still prefer the original Columbia."

"So you want me to make a wish for you, to turn Columbia back to her original form."

"That's right!"

"Okay, I wish that Columbia could return to her original form."

Arecino broke the wishing willow, but Sandone found that nothing had changed.

"That's not right, why hasn't anything changed?"

The scene shifts, and the traveler on the moon says to the distorted Columbia, "The Wishing Willow didn't actually affect you, did it?"

"Yes, but by pretending to be twisted, you can openly stick to Sandoni all the time."

Seeing this, Sandoni himself was speechless.

"So it turns out you were the one who messed with me all along."

When Sandonne turned around, she was startled to see that Columbia had transformed into the bizarre, distorted shape in the sky.

"Sandonie, do I look really that scary?"

"Columbia!"

"Sandonie, don't shout so loudly, I can hear you."

"Are you trying to drive me crazy? Seriously though, you actually managed to turn into that."

"This is not a difficult thing. For gods, changing their form is an easy thing."

I've heard that the Geo Archon of Liyue takes on many avatars when he travels among humans.

"I've heard that story before... Don't try to change the subject, why are you deliberately trying to scare me?"

"Because it's a lot of fun, Arecino and Rosalyn think so too."

Sandoni then turned to look at Alicino and Rosalind, but the two of them avoided Sandoni's gaze, as if nothing had happened.

"Fine, I give up. Columbia, don't add me on your contacts suddenly anymore, you know? People can be really scary."

"Oh... but neither you nor I are human."

Columbia muttered something under her breath.

Meanwhile, many people on the Douluo Continent side also breathed a sigh of relief.

"As expected, you can't just make wishes randomly. But that so-called wishing willow isn't that powerful either; the gods aren't affected by it at all."

"Yes, that way, even if something strange does appear, as long as we sincerely pray to the Grass God, everything will be alright."

"Even so, I still don't want to encounter anything weird."

Like Ye Lingling, most people would never want to be entangled with strange things in their lives.

Back on the screen, [Welcome back, let's continue the story of the puppet and Alan.]

The scene pulls back to the cottage where Alain and Sandoni once lived in seclusion.

"Hehe, I can feel that this home is full of your memories of the past. It has a very homey and cozy feel."

"Hmph, this still looks like no one lives here. If we lit a fireplace and made a cup of coffee, that would be real enjoyment."

Did you know? There used to be a mechanical piano in this house, made by Alan.

"A piano? Wow, that's classy."

"I've hardly ever seen Alan play, and he never taught me to play. He probably couldn't play anymore by then."

But I learned it quickly on my own. Music and mathematics are interconnected; music theory is mathematics. As long as you grasp the rules, it's not difficult at all.

I love his collection of classical music; the chords and melodies in those scores are like mathematical puzzles—very interesting. I even compose my own music!

When she spoke of these things, Sandonne's eyes lit up, and she was completely different from her former self, but then she became sad again.

"But later, Alan's health deteriorated to the point that even music would aggravate his nerves. So I disposed of the piano."

"Um……"

Hearing this, both the traveler and Paimon felt it was a pity.

"Back then, I thought those things were like clotheslines, something every household had. But when I went out, I realized there weren't many decent pianos in almost every house..."

Enough of that. Come on, the inheritance should be in that room.

When I was packing, only a few of Alan's personal belongings remained untouched.

Entering the small room, which was neatly filled with many books, the travelers Paimon and Sandoni began to search for them.

"Hmm? There's a hidden compartment in the back of this box? It seems to have some mechanical and gear linkage mechanism... for theft prevention?"

Considering your habits, Alan... I guess it should be like this, and like this again!

"Hmph, I knew it! I really am a genius."

After opening the hidden compartment, there was a box inside, which Sandone took out.

"It's quite heavy to pick up; I wonder how much stuff is inside."

Upon opening the box, Sandoni found a letter and some miscellaneous items.

"None of these seem to be anything important. Hmm, found it, this should be it."

Sandoni held a cube in his hand.

"This... cube?"

"It's the core of a multi-dimensional arithmetic formula. Alan will use it to store information that only Pronia and I can understand."

Leave this and the letter to me to study. You can rummage through the odds and ends and let me know if you find anything useful.

Sandonie went to study the core of that multidimensional solid formula.

Paimon simply pulled out a picture.

"Hey, there's another picture here, and there are words on the back."

"This is how you looked when you were first born, playing with potted plants. You seemed to really love those flowers. I hope you can grow up as strong and healthy as they are."

The image of Sandone in a flowerbed, surrounded by flowers, evokes a warm and healing feeling.

When Sandonne saw the picture, he seemed somewhat dazed.

Wow! You looked so happy back then, you seem completely different now.

"What...what do you mean by that? Do I look that fierce normally?"

"A little bit... or rather, I always feel like you're unhappy with everyone."

"That's because there are too many things that annoy me. Don't make it sound like I'm being unreasonable."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The sect members then began rummaging through the pile of junk again.

"What is this? It looks like a piece of manuscript paper torn from somewhere."

"I solved another math puzzle today, and also broke through a mechanical structure problem that had troubled the Chinese Academy of Sciences for many years. I'm so smart."

Upon hearing Paimon read it aloud, Sandonne's expression immediately changed.

"Ah! Wait, could it be...?"

Unfortunately, by then it was too late for Sandone to stop Paimon.

"Ugh... Stop reading! Didn't I tear these up?"

Sandone rushed straight up to Paimon, his cheeks flushed red with embarrassment.