Lumine sat beside her, saying something in a low voice.
The two Paimons floated in the air, their faces full of worry.
Arlecchino stood off to the side, her expression calm, but her gaze never left Columbina.
Mo Wang walked over and said in surprise, "Hey, what's going on? Why's this girl suddenly looking so gloomy?"
Lumine looked up, and when she saw Mo Wang, her eyes brightened slightly. "Um, Brother, you're back?"
Mo Wang reached out and stroked Lumine's hair, then pointed at Columbina, who was sitting there in a daze. "So, what happened when you guys went to get the Moon Marrow? Why are you so unhappy?"
Columbina finally lifted her head.
She shook her head, her voice soft. "No, it's nothing."
After a pause, she added quietly, "It's just that when I took this Moon Marrow, I heard the voice from when the Rainbow Moon God died back then, and it scared me a little."
Mo Wang frowned slightly. "Mm... what exactly did you hear?"
Columbina's small mouth opened. She hesitated for a while before finally speaking softly. "I heard that Moon God say—"
"So lonely, so cold, and... afraid."
She lowered her eyes and looked at the crimson Moon Marrow in her hand, a barely perceptible tremor in her voice. "I was thinking, when I disappear, will it be like that too?"
The moment she finished speaking, her cheeks were pinched.
Mo Wang's fingers gently squeezed her soft cheeks, applying a little force and pulling her face into a comical shape.
"You silly girl," Mo Wang said with a touch of helplessness in his voice. "The moment I stop paying attention, you start getting all sentimental, huh?"
He let go and looked at Columbina as she held her pinched-red cheeks with an aggrieved expression. He could