Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

A black-haired man clad in pure white divine armor stood atop the mountain, his amber eyes radiating divinity.

The black arms and legs, along with the rustling of the robes made by the cold wind, exuded the majesty of the Lord of Yanluan, who ruled the mortal world. An aura of vicissitude and antiquity flowed from this Lord of Yanluan.

It was just like their first meeting, except that it was different from what Pantalone saw when he was in the mortal form of Zhongli. This was what he was seeing for the first time.

That was the most ancient of the seven gods of the mortal world, the Rock Demon God, revered as the ancestor of the ancient immortal path.

The Geo Archon, the god of wealth and contracts in Liyue, and one of the seven ruling powers of the world.

Morax.

Morax was not surprised that Pantalone had revealed his identity in one sentence.

From the perspective of this Geo Archon, he already knew his identity from the conversation he had with the other party during their visit to Liyue several years ago.

Morax closed his golden eyes slightly and remained silent for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, he looked at Pantalone's figure and said softly.

"The Fool of the Ice Queen".

As the Geo Archon, he remembers every Liyue citizen, and Pantalone, the Ice Queen, is no exception.

He knew of Pantarone's existence and his past, and he also understood the turmoil that was shaking the entire continent of Teyvat. The mastermind behind all of this was standing before him, speaking to him as an equal.

He did not call Pantalone by her former name, but instead chose to address her as the Fool, the Ice Queen.

This represents Pantarone's stance, and he also knows that Pantarone will not show any mercy to Liyue, from whom he was born.

Liyue, his former homeland, certainly holds a different meaning for Pantarone, but it is also the source of his past suffering.

He will not deny or evade his past, but he will not dwell on it either.

Therefore, his calling Pantarone the Fool, the Ice Queen, already represents Morax's own attitude as the Rock King.

Just as he was not standing here as Zhongli, but as the Rock God, as Morax.

Pantalone is not acting as Pantalone, but as the Fool, the Ice Queen.

Representing the will of ice and snow behind him, they stand here. Their relationship is not that of a god and his subjects, but simply a relationship of fulfilling a contract.

The will represented by Pantalone standing here was already explained in their conversation years ago.

The changes from the heavens and the transformations of the world all demonstrate that the Fool is acting according to his own will.

He was questioning whether he should honor the terms set forth by Pantalone when they met years ago, and the contents of the resulting 'contract'.

Several years ago, he did not answer what Pantalone said. In the years since, he has pondered for a long time, facing the will that the Ice Queen wanted to carry out.

He remained silent about it, but he knew that nothing could be controlled by his will.

As a god, he cannot make choices for humanity; guiding humanity is the only thing he can do as a god.

However, just as the final contract, which was about to conclude everything, was about to be drawn up, he did not immediately give his answer, even though he already knew the Ice Queen's will and ideals.

But he could not be certain what the Fool's will truly was.

While the Fool was indeed carrying out the Queen's will and ideals, that did not represent the Fool's own will or the answers and results he sought. This is why he did not receive the answer from the dialogue between the Fool and the Gods several years ago.

He has now prepared his final answer, but before it is completely finished and submitted, what he wants to know more is... whether the Fool can convince him.

As a god, he can offer his own answers, but he must also be responsible for his people.

As one of the longest-living gods in the mortal world, the ancient Rock Demon God has witnessed the rise and fall of countless beings.

He could see much and knew far more than anyone else, but he simply couldn't fully understand the humanity before him who had chosen to become fools and embark on that icy journey.

He saw meaning in the existence of 'humanity' and seemed to have given up everything.

But the man before him was more greedy than anyone else, wanting to have everything, so he chose not to give up or abandon anything.

The human named Pantalone is an incredibly contradictory being, yet he is the most human being Morax has ever seen, more so than any other human being.

Even though there was no answer at that end that no one knew, he still chose to walk that path.

It's all just to find answers that even the gods can't obtain, just to fight against the laws of God.

He knew about the evil deeds this man had committed, but he could also see what those humans, the beings known as Pantalone, were pursuing behind those evil deeds.

Even if he couldn't fully understand what was behind it, that didn't stop him from believing in the human being in front of him.

Just as there are some things that even God cannot answer, he hoped and wanted to get an answer—

The ancient rock demon stared at Pantalone's figure and asked in a deep voice.

"Pantalone, what is the answer you're seeking?"

It was not the will of the Ice Queen, but the will of the being questioning Pantarone.

Pantalone knew perfectly well what answer the god of the rocky mountains was seeking.

He was seeking an answer that would be acceptable to him, one that would be accepted by the ancient rock god.

If it were someone from a long time ago, he probably wouldn't even know what the answer he was seeking was.

But Pantalone already knew the answer to everything he was seeking and planned to find.

Even though he had long surpassed the gods of the mortal realm, when facing the ancient Geo Archon, Pantarone still did not choose to use that power to confront this ancient Geo god who had protected Liyue for 3,700 years.

Even when facing the God of Rock, Pantarone still held a certain amount of respect in his heart.