Sandrone was actually the grown-up version of Little Nie, and she'd joined the Fatui even earlier than he had, becoming a Harbinger.
Her current personality seemed to have reached a ridiculously extreme point.
She was probably completely insane.
It might be alright to fall in love with a crazy person, but letting a crazy person fall in love with you was a huge problem.
However, based on her strength, she didn't seem to be as powerful as Yae Miko.
She probably couldn't cause too much trouble.
Jing Chen feigned composure and coughed, trying to speak to her very calmly.
"Little Nie, could you... could you let go of Jing Chen-gege first, okay?"
Sandrone still clung tightly to Jing Chen, her expression furious.
"Who told you to call yourself 'Brother Jing Chen'?! You jerk Jing Chen!! Idiot Jing Chen!! Do you even deserve it?!
A brother should be someone who always stays by my side, right?!"
Seeing Sandrone even angrier than before, Jing Chen quickly changed the subject.
"Ugh... Has Navia still not taken good care of you?!"
Sandrone let out a cold snort.
"I don't need her, I only need you!! From beginning to end, I only need you!!"
Jing Chen was slightly taken aback. Another foolish girl, what exactly was Navia teaching her?
下次回枫丹,一定一定要好好质问她!!
Next time I'm in Fontaine, I have to grill her properly!!
Colombina, hearing Sandrone's words, wore an increasingly frosty expression.
She slowly opened her blood-red eyes, glaring at Jing Chen and Sandrone.
Then she laughed angrily.
"Oh my, who would have thought? The girl who picks on you every day apparently sees you as her most important friend!!
It's like... what is it? Fighting is for love, and scolding is for... what was it again?"
Jing Chen smiled awkwardly, looking towards the nearby farming machine.
"Aya... Sigh, you know me, most of my confessions were rejected before I met you."
"Like Hu Tao, Ayaka, and Sandrone... they were just things I did unintentionally. I just wanted to help them, or take care of them, that's all.
I never expected things to turn out that way. To be honest, if I could do it all over again...
I'd still be kind, but I'd deliberately keep my distance. I definitely wouldn't let Hu Tao, Sandrone, and the others fall for me."
Colombina smiled faintly. What Jing Chen said seemed to be the truth.
But how could so many coincidences happen to one person?!
Ayaka, Hu Tao, Kirara, the Long Dream... Sandrone... Maybe there were even more in Sumeru.
Seeing that Colombina had become a bit more gentle, Jing Chen lowered his head and gently said to Sandrone,
"Sigh, Sandrone, please let me go. Don't yell at me anymore. Let's calm down and talk, okay?"
Sandrone closed her eyes tightly.
"How should we talk?!"
"However you want to talk."
After much hesitation, Sandrone nodded slightly, and the moment she let go of his hand,
Colombina pulled Jing Chen over.
"I don't want to pry into your past. As for now, Sandrone, you should face reality."
Sandrone nodded in silence; she felt a little regret.
Regret for letting go of Jing Chen just now.
Regret.
She had recognized Jing Chen the moment he joined the Fatui, yet he hadn't recognized her.
(Girls change so much over time.)
If Sandrone could have competed with Colombina before Colombina became pregnant…
Perhaps there would have been a sliver of a chance. But now, it seemed, nothing would remain.
Sandrone stammered, "Colombina… Sister Colombina, if… if you'll just let me stay by Brother Jing Chen's side…
I'll agree to anything.
Even if I'm not a girlfriend, not a wife, not a lover, not family,
"Even without holding hands, or even having lunch together, I'd still want it."
Colombina had never heard Sandrone sound so close to pleading before.
She looked at Jing Chen again. Jing Chen was silently stroking Colombina's hair.
His eyes were full of tenderness and determination.
It was as if he had already told Colombina that everything was up to her, that Jing Chen respected Colombina's choice.
"Sandrone, if our roles were reversed, if you were 'Colombina' and I was 'Sandrone',
would you accept another girl by Jing Chen's side?!"
Sandrone didn't try to argue, she just shook her head slightly.
"Never. If I could have Jing Chen all to myself, I wouldn't even consider sharing."
"See? We're kindred spirits, in a way. I can pretend today never happened.
Just do your job as the [Marionette], fulfill your duties as a fellow Harbinger, and that'll be enough for both of us."
Sandrone clenched her teeth, her fists slowly unclenching.
That was right! She was still Jing Chen's and Colombina's colleague, able to watch them from afar.
Sometimes she could even talk to them, discuss missions.
A thousand times better than those girls in Liyue and Inazuma.
Sandrone looked at Jing Chen again, and he simply nodded slightly.
He didn't want Sandrone to lose control, considering her background was already tragic enough.
He should argue with her less and accommodate her more in the future.
"By the way, Sandrone, those Electro Cicin Mages asked us to find you. What's that about?!"
"Those Electro Cicin Mages aren't under my command. Judging by their armbands, they belong to that madman, Dottore."
Jing Chen frowned. What was Dottore up to?!
Was he trying to shift the blame, or did he want to see a bloodbath and make him look bad?!
He had eliminated two of Dottore's clones in Mondstadt and Fontaine.
In Sumeru, he'd let the old and new grudges be settled together.
Sandrone spoke cautiously.
"Jing Chen, I... I will always stand by you. Even if the Tsaritsa doesn't acknowledge you, I will.
I'll also do my best to restrain Dottore, even if it's just a fragment of him."
Jing Chen shook his head gently, still hoping Sandrone could live a good life.
"Sigh, Sandrone, you shouldn't get involved in the conflict between me and Dottore.
All I ask of you is to live a good life, that's enough."
Sandrone wanted to say more, but Colombina directly pulled Jing Chen away.
Only Sandrone was left alone in the secret realm.
She began to murmur to herself.
It's enough just to be alive, but without you, Jing Chen, I might have died in Fontaine long ago.
My future was never meant to be bright.
You brought me the light, but unknowingly, you let that light turn into the afterglow of sunset.
Colombina, how did she first meet, first know, first… Jing Chen?!
If only I were her!!
Unfortunately, there are no "ifs," and Sandrone's eyes filled with tears once more.
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