Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

She suddenly recalled the words of the Starry Sky Giant Beast, Jiang Xue'an.

'So what if your memories disappeared, Mistress? If you can fall in love with Master once, you can fall in love a second time, a third time.'

"Memory can't decide everything, some things just aren't up to your memory."

The Space Ancestor Empress found herself agreeing with that statement.

Sigh, she hadn't even become the Human Emperor's wife yet, and now here came a Fate Divine Spirit.

The Fate Divine Spirit had already recognized her as an older sister.

*Was she really supposed to compete with her own sworn little sister for a man?*

*Three Divine Spirits, fighting over a man?*

The Ancestral Empress twitched at the corner of her mouth.

No, she only wanted to become the Human Emperor's wife so she could be with her older sis, the Fate Divine Spirit, forever!

It wasn't because she craved the Human Emperor's body, nor because she coveted what he had.

*Maybe she, the Fate Divine Spirit, and the Time Empress should just all marry the Human Emperor together!*

The Ancestral Empress's beautiful eyes lit up, she gave herself a thumbs up, thinking it was actually a pretty good idea.

Now that she had a sworn little sister, she could actually be the older sister for once!

No matter what happened to the future Gu Qingcheng, this Fate Divine Spirit was newly born, created entirely under her own care and supervision.

She felt something like the way you raise a kid, all "pee and poop" and everything, when it came to the Fate Divine Spirit.

She felt a blazing hot gaze from below, staring directly at the Fate Divine Spirit's brand-new delicate figure.

The Space Ancestor Empress's face darkened as she said,

"Human Emperor, could you cool it with that filthy look? Where exactly are you staring? You've seen everything the Fate Divine Spirit has to offer."

"She used to be your Beast Girl, maybe she even will be again, but right now she doesn't know you. You really should respect the Fate Divine Spirit."

"Ah." Xiao Ye scratched his head a bit awkwardly, quickly pulling his eyes away.

"Sorry, got a little hypnotized there."

*Hypnotized?*

The Space Ancestor Empress gritted her teeth silently.

*What the hell was going through the Human Emperor's head anyway—could it really just be all about, well, mating?*

*She was a Divine Spirit, after all, with some subtle differences from humans.*

Their bodies were formed by Rule Origin coalescing.

The Fate Divine Spirit's body had fully taken shape, all icy muscle and jade-like bone, crystal clear, her hair shimmering.

The Fate Divine Spirit split off half her will, lodging it inside her new body.

She took control of it, a face beautiful enough to topple kingdoms beaming with joyous delight,

"It's fine, sis, I don't know why, but I don't mind him looking at me."

"Deep down, I even feel a little happy about it."

The Fate Divine Spirit opened her arms, spinning a few times in midair, three thousand strands of black hair dancing in the wind.

Xiao Ye glanced over at just the right time, catching the Fate Divine Spirit spinning, and couldn't help but swallow hard.

He pulled out a full set of Gu Qingcheng's fitted white robes and undergarments from his system space and tossed them up.

"Future Sister Qingcheng—oh wait, Fate Divine Spirit—these are your clothes, see if they fit."

The Space Ancestor Empress laughed, saying, "Fate Divine Spirit, you can use Rule Origin to conjure up clothes, or you can wear the ones the Human Emperor gave you."

"It's totally your call."

But to their surprise—

The Fate Divine Spirit accepted the floating fitted robes and underwear, and with a weird expression said,

"Just looking at these clothes makes me feel really happy inside. I don't even know why."

"I guess I'll wear them."

After a while, she was fully dressed.

The white fitted robe showed off her proud figure to perfection.

Compared to Gu Qingcheng's bold, unyielding aura, she carried a misty, otherworldly air.

*Maybe this was the Divine Spirit vibe the Destiny Rule Origin gave off.*

"Fits perfectly, and looks great too."

The Space Ancestor Empress patted the Fate Divine Spirit's little head, "Fate Divine Spirit, from now on, you're with me."

"I'll teach you how to cultivate, how to get used to the Destiny Rule Origin Essence, how to fight with your body and the Destiny Rule Origin Essence together."

"I'll also teach you how to use the Origin Essence to cast yourself onto Blue Star, how to bathe in the lives of those with Blue Star's Destiny Attribute."

"Thank you, sis!" The Fate Divine Spirit nuzzled her head against that jade-like hand, smiling joyfully.

"Mhm, mhm."

The Space Ancestor Empress said, "Do you want to say anything to the Human Emperor?"

"I…" The Fate Divine Spirit's expression turned dazed. "The Human Emperor? Maybe there's something inside me that wants to talk to him, but we don't know each other at all, so I really don't know what to say."

*Just thinking of that handsome face down there left her feeling inexplicably sad inside.*

*Her logic told her not to think about that face.*

*But her heart couldn't help drifting back to it, over and over.*

*Each time she remembered, her heart ached even more.*

*Such a contradiction: just thinking of that face hurt, yet she couldn't stop herself from remembering it.*

The Space Ancestor Empress smiled, took the Fate Divine Spirit by the hand, and led her down, landing smoothly in front of Xiao Ye.

"Future Sister Qingcheng, you finally came back!"

"Mistress, it's me, Jiang Xue'an!"

"Qingcheng, it's me, Ziran."

Seeing the future Gu Qingcheng standing there alive filled Cheng Bingxi, Jiang Xue'an, and Ziran with delight.

"Future Sister Qingcheng? Who's that? I'm the Fate Divine Spirit."

"Do I know you guys?"

The Fate Divine Spirit looked totally lost; she honestly didn't recognize the three of them.

"..."

Cheng Bingxi, Jiang Xue'an, and Ziran's smiles froze in place.

Xiao Ye had started to raise his hand, wanting to touch the Fate Divine Spirit's cheek, but stopped as soon as he heard that.

*Right, this wasn't the future Gu Qingcheng anymore.*

This was an entirely new life, the Fate Divine Spirit!

*He felt a little lost, a little regretful.*

*From now on, maybe he and the Fate Divine Spirit really would be complete strangers, nothing more than mere acquaintances.*

*Everyone would go their separate ways, live their own lives, focus on their own paths.*

Suddenly, the Fate Divine Spirit's face turned cold. She scowled, her brows knitting together, and said coldly,

"Your face really upsets me."

"Am I dead because of you? Did you kill me!?"

Xiao Ye was dumbfounded, shaking his head and saying, "I didn't kill you, you died to save me."

"Fate Divine Spirit, do you… hate me?"

*He'd never considered that he'd end up standing here, looking at that face—once so close and intimate—now forced to call it the Fate Divine Spirit's.*

The coldness in the Fate Divine Spirit's eyes softened a bit. "Hate? Maybe not."

"But when I look at you, I just feel awful inside, and I don't even know why, I kind of want to…"

...cry.

She didn't say the last two words aloud.

Xiao Ye let out a breath of relief; as long as she didn't hate him, that was enough.

*If he'd read the future Gu Qingcheng's soul correctly, it was because he used to dislike and push her away that she ended up waiting alone, guarding an empty bed for a hundred years.*

*But now that the Fate Divine Spirit didn't hate him, maybe they could still be friends.*

*If she hated him, maybe they wouldn't even have that chance.*

Ziran complained, "Looks like the Fate Divine Spirit only has any instincts left for Xiao Ye, she's completely forgotten about us."

"We were literally such close besties we could share one pair of panties!"

Jiang Xue'an said excitedly, "Mistress, do you still have feelings for Master?"

"That's a good thing!"

"Maybe Mistress will fall in love with Master all over again."

Cheng Bingxi looked rather conflicted.

Noticing everyone growing quiet, the Space Ancestor Empress took the initiative to say,

"Fate Divine Spirit, this is Cheng Bingxi, Jiang Xue'an, and Ziran."

"And this is the Human Emperor, uh, Xiao Ye."

"Your old memories have already completely vanished."

The Fate Divine Spirit's gaze grew distant for a moment, so they had vanished.

*But if her memories were gone, why did she still feel so sad and hurt inside?*

"Could someone take me to the places I used to go?"

"I'm really curious about what I went through before."

She asked, her voice slightly bitter.