NOVPUBAs Liu Mei walked forward, the ground trembled slightly.
From the walls and earth around her, rock golems began to emerge—massive, jagged beings with glowing eyes and stone-cracking footsteps.
She paused, hands on her hips.
"Let's see… one, two, three, four… five of you, huh? Alright then."
The golems charged forward, but unfortunately for them, they were painfully slow.
With a casual flick of her wrist, the floor beneath them began to freeze, a thin layer of frost spreading outward like silk weaving across the stone.
Then, Liu Mei leapt into the air, gracefully levitating just above the chaos, arms folded as she watched the clunky rock giants slip, slide, and flail like drunken dancers.
"And now… the performance begins."
The golems, unable to stop themselves, spun, tripped, and crashed into each other in a majestic display of unintentional choreography.
One collided headfirst with another—BOOM!—knocking a few stones loose, but both remained intact.
Another skidded in a circle and toppled face-first into the ground.
This continued for a few minutes until Liu Mei yawned, clearly unimpressed.
"Okay, I'm bored."
She snapped her fingers, and with a shimmering flash, White Fur appeared—her elegant, majestic fox spirit, now sporting eight long, flowing tails that shimmered like moonlight over fresh snow.
The fox landed gracefully, fur glistening, every movement oozing ethereal dignity.
Then—
"Liu Mei," the fox said in a calm, velvety voice.
Liu Mei blinked in shock.
"...You can talk!?"
White Fur gave a small, elegant cough.
"Ahem. Yes, Master. I've recently been able to."
She bowed her head slightly. "How may I assist you?"
Still recovering from surprise, Liu Mei pointed lazily down at the scrambling golems.
"Ah, right. Those guys. They're being an eyesore. Think you could, I don't know… turn them into something cute?"
The fox narrowed her eyes at the rock golems below.
Her tails twitched.
"Cute…" she said slowly.
"Very well. I shall do my best."
Liu Mei spun around in joy and then froze.
"Oh wait… where's Shan Yifeng and Aoki?!"
Lo and behold!
Just around the corner, the two of them stood stiffly…
Frozen solid like twin popsicles!
"Ah! At least they're not shattered yet!" she gasped.
Without a second thought, she zipped down from her perch and dashed toward them.
Meanwhile, up above, White Fur calmly finished her incantation.
The room's temperature plummeted as snowflakes began to drift gently from the ceiling.
But these weren't ordinary snowflakes, each one glowed faintly, like enchanted magnets. As they landed on the rock golems, the golems began to slow… then stop… and then—
Poof.
Stone turned to snow.
In less than a minute, the ferocious stone golems had been transformed into five waddling, round-bellied snowmen, complete with twig arms and pebble smiles.
"Ah! That's adorable!" Liu Mei clapped gleefully.
Right at that moment—THUMP!
The two frozen figures she had just carried up collapsed to the ground like blocks of ice.
"Oops."
Thankfully, White Fur flicked her tails just in time, cushioning their fall. With another flick, warm waves of spirit energy surged through them, melting the ice.
What emerged was a shivering bear and an equally shivering young man, both dripping, drenched, and glaring daggers at Liu Mei.
Liu Mei gave them an innocent smile.
"What? I saved you… eventually."
Shan Yifeng coughed, teeth chattering.
"You call that saving? You nearly killed us! Twice!"
Little Aoki let out a pathetic sneeze.
"Hmm, Master… how come you have two soul beasts?"
White Fur tilted her head, ears twitching in confusion.
Curled up comfortably in her warm tails were both the giant bear, Aoki, and Shan Yifeng, who looked equally content.
"Oh my~ someone's jealous."
Liu Mei giggled as she sat casually atop White Fur's head, legs swinging.
"Don't worry, White Fur. You're my first and my favorite."
White Fur narrowed her eyes.
"I'm not jealous, Master. I'm confused."
"Oh, please." Liu Mei waved her hand dismissively.
"I learned from my Master that jealousy is a fatal flaw in life. So I'm just helping you grow. No need to feel threatened."
White Fur let out a long, tired sigh.
"Alright, Master. I won't be jealous. But please tell me—how did you form a contract with that bear?"
Liu Mei thought for a moment, then shrugged.
"I dunno. I found him in the forest and thought he was cute. I wanted him. So… I contracted him."
She said it like she'd picked up a trinket at the market.
That's… impossible. Soul contracts demand rituals, consent, a bond of spirit and once bonded, the soul couldn't form a second bond with another soul..
"That's… not how soul contracts are supposed to work," White Fur said, though she already knew logic rarely applied to her Master.
Then her eyes glowed faintly.
"Master, may I check your body?"
"Sure."
Liu Mei nodded nonchalantly, not even sparing a glance at the five forgotten snowman-golems still wobbling in the background.
The fox narrowed her gaze further as she began her scan.
Something was definitely off—but with Liu Mei, that wasn't exactly surprising.
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Liu Mei leaned forward eagerly, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.
White Fur remained silent for a moment, simply staring at her Master with unreadable eyes. Then finally, she exhaled softly and spoke.
"Hah… I guess we really were fated for one another."
Liu Mei beamed.
"Haha, I knew it! Master believed so too! Remember how easily he gave you to me?"
White Fur narrowed her eyes, but her voice remained calm.
"I'm quite sure your Master only gave me to you because you had already claimed me as yours the moment you saw me..."
"That's still the same thing, you know, it's really fate." Liu mei said giggling.
White Fur sighed, her gaze lingering on Liu Mei's gleaming eyes. So bright, so chaotic… and yet… utterly magnetic.
"Yes… perhaps it really was fate," she whispered, as her tails curled tighter around the trio.
Or maybe... fate gave up trying to guide you and simply chose to follow.
