Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

As someone who understands destiny, he knows perfectly well where the other twin will awaken from.

That place had long since become the territory where the Fools had taken root and were influenced, making it one of the seven kingdoms with the deepest influence of the Fools, second only to Winter.

He had already arranged for the Fools to wait for the other twin to arrive. When he awoke, he would be greeted with a script he had meticulously woven, completely different from his sister's.

He has already prepared the script for it, so when will the protagonist of this script actually enter the game?

As a free city-state, how will Mondstadt's fate change when faced with the harsh winter of authoritarianism and reason?

He's really looking forward to it.

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Pantalone's lips as she gazed at the full moon, which was bathed in the cold moonlight, and murmured softly to herself.

"I've prepared everything for you, so are you ready? Empty."

The faint, light laughter lingered around Pantalone before being blown away by the wind and snow and vanished without a trace.

Only Pantalone's silhouette could be seen walking through the quiet Winter Palace, disappearing into the darkness.

Meanwhile, in Mondstadt, a free city-state adjacent to Winter Solstice.

The legion of the Fools, who came here on Pantalone's orders, are now also carrying out Pantalone's will.

The name of winter is known far and wide in this free land, and the icy storms blow across the land, making the earth tremble with the thunder of military boots.

The moment one of the twins from those two meteorites from beyond the world awoke from the extreme cold.

What came into his view was a completely different world, one he had never seen before, a world where everything had changed in ways he was unaware of. It was a world and everything that was completely unfamiliar to him.

Just as he was feeling lost and helpless in the face of the world, the figure of one of the leaders of the fools from the frigid north appeared before him and extended an invitation.

Hello, traveler.

Chapter 174 The gift that invites you to join the Fools is emergency food (4k)

When a meteorite from a distant galaxy fell upon this land, everything in this world was so unfamiliar to him. The traveler, who had no spiritual anchor or goal in this world, fell into an unprecedented state of confusion.

A lost traveler wanders the earth, searching for a place to rest his soul, but this still cannot change his alienation from the world. The traveler, walking on this unfamiliar land, does not know where he is going.

Therefore, as a traveler who did not belong to this world, when he encountered the fools from that distant, frigid northern land, he did not think too much before agreeing to their invitation to join their conspiracy.

The traveler, drifting with the crowd and following the fools, went with them to the distant north, but even he himself could not explain his actions or what his thoughts were when he did them.

Even though he followed the will of the fools who extended the invitation to him, he still found no answers in his heart.

Only the leader of the fools who extended the invitation to him said so to him: all the confusion in his heart would be resolved in that snowy land in the far north.

The moment he sees the leader they have been searching for, all his confusion will be resolved.

With this answer in mind, he traveled with the fools to the snowy land in the north.

And following the directions of others, they saw the figure of the star whom the many fools regarded as their guide.

Inside the quiet and elegant room, he sat quietly in the guest seat, awaiting the arrival of the host.

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long. Soon after, the figure of the executive officer, shrouded in a silver glow as bright as the stars, appeared before him.

The moment he saw the other person, it was as if the other person had been waiting for him for a long time.

As if I had been waiting for his arrival, I said this to him the moment I saw him.

"A traveler from the distant starry sea, or perhaps the fourth descendant of this continent. Of course, you might prefer me to call you by your name directly, Sora."

"Nice to meet you. I am Pantalone, the ninth seat of the Fools' Executive, 'The Rich.' I know you have many questions in your heart, but don't worry, I will answer them for you one by one."

Looking at the smiling figure in front of him, he found no answers to the many questions that were already troubling him.

Instead, hearing the man in front of him identify himself as Pantalone only deepened his confusion.

"Are you deliberately looking for me?"

"Why do you know my name?"

Kong looked at the black-haired man in front of her and asked this question in confusion.

Everything in this world was unfamiliar to him; he knew nothing about the world as it was now.

If that's the case, then by the same logic, there shouldn't be anyone in the world who knows anything about him.

This only deepened his confusion. He gazed at Pantalone's figure, waiting for her to give him an answer, while she seemed to see through his confusion.

While he was filled with those confusions, she spoke up and answered his questions.

Pantalone, watching Sora's figure, smiled and explained to Sora.

"Just as you said, I did deliberately have people looking for things related to you, and the reason I know about these things is actually related to your blood relative, your sister, Ying."

"……fluorescent?!"

After receiving Pantalone's answer, Sora's expression, which had been indifferent, instantly changed upon hearing this name, revealing a look of utter disarray.

He could disregard everything in this world except his sister.

His only blood relative was also his emotional anchor and support; she was the family he valued most. He cared for his sister more than anything else in the world.

Pantalone, who knew about the twins, was well aware of the deep bond between them, and he also knew why they had fallen to this earth.