“You’re still saying it’s not a ghost?!
When this scene appeared right before her eyes, it was even more shocking than seeing an actual ghost!
Ye Zhibai thudded to the floor on her backside. She propped herself up on her two slender, gracefully shaped long legs and pedaled backward with all her might, trying to use the reaction force to put some distance between herself and that light orb!
But she had barely retreated less than a meter.
Her back was already up against the bookshelf behind her. There was nowhere left to go.
In her previous life, after being run over by that truck, Ye Zhibai had faced the light orb without a shred of fear and with utter boldness because she had been dead at the time.
But now she was alive!
A living person facing the unknown would always feel one overwhelming emotion.
—Bewilderment.
Powerless all over, she could only stare wide-eyed at the shadow within the light orb, which twisted and grew ever more solid and defined.
It spoke.
“You really are… it’s fine if you’re just standing there frozen, but don’t start yelling, okay? I barely have any strength left as it is… if you shout, I won’t be able to stop up your mouth.”
“……”
Then just don’t scare me!
No… the light orb was speaking again!
It was…! Uh…
Ye Zhibai’s chaotic thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
After all… the scene before her could only be described with one word: fantastical.
It left no room for further thought.
The light particles around the orb scattered sporadically.
Like fireworks, they danced to the ground without causing any disturbance before vanishing without a trace.
The main body of the light ring spun backward in a vortex, shrinking smaller and smaller.
And from within the light ring, first emerged a leg—
A short leg wrapped in shimmering light.
Then came the second leg.
With both legs leading the way, a petite body followed.
Brown, fluffy long hair scattered with starlight flowed silkily.
Finally, as if she had just stepped out of a shower, delicate arms and fingertips touched down lightly like dragonflies skimming water.
The entire figure had now fully emerged.
As Ye Zhibai watched in shock, trying to confirm the reality with her wide eyes, her already expressionless face stiffened even more.
The way this figure made her entrance was indeed grand and dreamlike, no doubt about it.
But the one who stepped out…
Had absolutely no intimidating presence!
And she was utterly adorable!
Yes… from within the light orb had emerged a little loli!
Bright eyes and pearly teeth, brown long hair, a cute face, and a tiny figure.
Her starry blue pupils brimmed with spiritual energy, and a faint breath revealed a single adorable little canine tooth.
By eye, she was about one meter fifty tall.
But none of that was the most important part.
The crucial thing was… this loli wasn’t wearing any clothes!
Well… it wasn’t entirely accurate to say she had nothing on. Aside from her head, faint light particles swirled around her body like a sheer veil, obscuring it.
But that vaguely visible allure was even more tantalizing!
Ye Zhibai hurriedly covered her eyes in a token gesture.
—The gaps between her fingers were particularly wide.
She had no choice; it was criminal not to look!
Ye Zhibai even freed up one delicate hand to point accusingly at this shameless little loli!
Her voice was calm, not sounding panicked at all.
“You… who are you…?”
“Eh? It’s only been a short time since we parted, and you’ve already forgotten me?” The little loli smiled faintly, hands clasped behind her back as she stepped forward, shaking her head playfully. “Why are you covering your eyes like that? Do they hurt?”
“You… you’re not wearing clothes.” Ye Zhibai got straight to the point.
“Clothes?” The little loli stopped, glanced down at her body, and then chuckled. “Oh, right, clothes—you humans use those bits of cloth to cover your shame? This is my first time taking physical form as a god, so I’m not too practiced at it yet. Bear with me! Hey, stop covering your eyes! I’m using divine power to cover myself, aren’t I? Divine power… uh, seems like it’s completely run out.”
Clink…!
No sooner had the loli finished speaking than
Ye Zhibai heard a crisp sound, like glass shattering.
It was the sound of the light particles swirling around the little loli cracking and scattering!
Then, Ye Zhibai was forced to take in another eyeful of beauty.
A tender, pristine, pure white body suddenly appeared before her, fully exposed.
So flat…
Ahem! No, no! Don’t look where you shouldn’t!
But then she thought… once you’ve seen it the first time, looking a few more times doesn’t make a difference, right?
So… her fingers weren’t exactly pressed together tightly.
Through the gaps, she could see the brown-haired loli shaking her arms to flick off the remaining light particles.
So you could just shake them off like that!
Now, her snow-white, tender skin was completely bared without reservation.
It lost some ethereal quality but gained a full measure of realism—aside from… the large ears on her head that twitched, and the fluffy tail swaying left and right behind her rear.
Ears… a tail?!
Ye Zhibai yanked her hands away from her face!
She was thrilled!!
“Fox girl!” Ye Zhibai blurted out the words, her face cold as she pointed straight at the fox maiden loli!
“Huh?!” Even the brown-haired loli jumped a little at the intensity. “What are you startling like that for? Never seen a god before?”
“I… sorry…”
She really was sorry. Just now, she’d gotten excited.
But… if she wasn’t mistaken, as the light particles on this loli scattered, she had suddenly sprouted fluffy big ears and a tail?
Just like—a fox’s ears and tail.
As a veteran researcher of 2D culture, how could Ye Zhibai ignore her one true passion!
—The cat she’d picked up had truly transformed, but not into a cat girl. Instead, she became a fox girl.
What a goldmine of gripes!
The fox maiden loli spread her arms wide, complaining in her pleasantly childish voice.
“Hiss… I knew my divine power was about to give out. I thought it’d hold for a bit longer, but it just revealed my true form right away? Hehe, what’s with the shock? This is my true form, you know. Pretty novel for me too—turns out my human appearance looks like this. In your human terms… guess you could say the fox tail can’t be hidden anymore!”
Why are you roasting yourself like that!
Truth be told, Ye Zhibai no longer felt much tension at this point.
For one thing, the loli’s speech was too goofy, and she was far too cute to be a ghost.
For another, Ye Zhibai wasn’t interested in this kid-sized body!
Ahem… alright, there was just a tiny bit of wavering, really just a smidge. While Ye Zhibai’s thoughts spun in circles,
The fox maiden loli’s tiptoes had already
Reached the edge of Ye Zhibai’s thigh as she sat on the ground.
Ye Zhibai felt quite uneasy inside.
From the earlier fright, her body had gone limp, making it hard to move.
Through her upward peripheral vision, she could sense that the fox maiden loli was looking her up and down.
Suddenly, Ye Zhibai’s line of sight shifted!
Because this mere fox maiden loli had pinched her chin with her childish fingers, forcing her head up!
Their eyes met—Ye Zhibai’s cold indifference staring into the emotionless starry blue eyes of the fox maiden loli.
Neither could look away.
This sense of humiliation made Ye Zhibai want to lash out with a heavy punch right then!
But she couldn’t strike or resist, and that was the most humiliating part of all.
The fox maiden loli stared intently at Ye Zhibai’s cold face.
She chuckled to herself.
“I see, I see… The Mother Goddess’s creation from the concept of perfection truly is stunningly beautiful. Absurdly so. She herself is the epitome of beauty, yet she ultimately created something even more beautiful than herself. How ironic…”
There was a teasing lilt to her voice.
Utterly unlike words from what appeared to be a mere child.
More like… the wisdom of one who had lived through endless ages.
“Ye Zhibai… hmm? No, it should be Ye Zhibai [with the feminine characters] now. You’re pretty honest, aren’t you? You were peeking at my body just now, huh? Hahaha, that’s hilarious. You have one yourself, and yours is even prettier and more mature. Why not look at your own!”
You’re talking nonsense! I’ve already stared at mine for ages!
“You…! Hm?!”
Ye Zhibai threw caution to the wind now.
Because just then, the fox maiden loli’s tone had perfectly reminded her of that damnable, scummy light orb!
Combined with this passive, inexplicable humiliation…
Her temper flared.
Her strength had returned.
Ye Zhibai shot to her feet, using her height advantage over the fox maiden loli to seize her shoulders firmly.
Her tone was icy, laced with anxiety now.
“Was it you… who turned me into a girl?”
“Yep~ That’s right, it was me! Feel free to thank me profusely! But…”
The fox maiden loli’s eyes suddenly turned cold.
She tilted her head, glancing at Ye Zhibai’s hands gripping her shoulders.
“Could you not squeeze so hard? I’m a god, after all. A little respect, please.”
Intimidation!
Ye Zhibai suddenly felt an ominous premonition!
She had the distinct sense that this one was dangerous!
However…
Nothing happened.
The fox maiden loli kept glaring as she glared.
Ye Zhibai’s hands stayed clamped on her shoulders.
“……” “……”
The atmosphere grew exceedingly awkward.
“Hm?” The fox maiden loli tried glaring again.
Still, nothing.
Then, she showed a look of sudden realization!
Ye Zhibai remembered it too—
Hadn’t this bizarre, perverted naked loli just said her powers were completely exhausted?
The Fox Maiden Loli sheepishly averted her gaze, which had been icy cold just a second earlier.
In its place, a soft, endearing smile suddenly bloomed on her face.
This adorable fox girl gave a wry chuckle, rubbing the back of her head, and then cautiously pointed at the hand Ye Zhibai had clamped on her shoulder—the gesture clearly begging her good sister to loosen up a bit.
But how could Ye Zhibai possibly let her go?
Far from releasing her grip, she tightened it even more!
“Ah…!! Ouch, ouch, ouch!! You… ha… good human! You… you let go yourself! Don’t make us do it by hand—it’s exhausting! And if you pinch a god like us to death, can you even afford to compensate?! Can you even afford to compensate?!”
“……”
Ye Zhibai instinctively sensed that the girl probably didn’t have the power to fight back.
If this loli really was a deity, it was a bit pathetic.
That glare from just moments ago had been so cool and ferocious.
And yet only a few seconds had passed.
Undeterred, the Fox Maiden Loli pleaded for mercy while frantically trying once more to stare down Ye Zhibai’s hand!
Her face flushed beet red, but still, nothing happened.
Before long, Ye Zhibai released her hold.
Not out of pity for the girl.
Nor for any other reason—it was simply… embarrassing to keep grasping the smooth, bare shoulder of a loli like this.
Newly freed, the Fox Maiden Loli plopped down onto the ground like a duck settling in, her fluffy brown tail splayed beneath her like a cushion.
Ye Zhibai glanced downward, then hastily looked away.
Heh… definitely a kid. The tail was all plush and fuzzy, but some parts weren’t fuzzy in the slightest.
Panting as if she’d just run a thousand meters in gym class, the Fox Maiden Loli’s cheeks stayed flushed, her breathing ragged.
A faint sheen of sweat glistened across her petite back.
Towering over her, Ye Zhibai studied the fox girl from above as she sat on the ground.
She was pondering.
What the hell was this… Why did creatures like this even exist in the world?!
Whatever.
She herself had turned into a girl—that was way more miraculous than some fox thing.
Still…
Ye Zhibai’s peripheral vision kept drifting, fixated quite intently on one particular thing.
Namely, the Fox Maiden Loli’s ears.
They could move… the ears were moving!
With each little breath she took, they twitched forward and back!
Ye Zhibai was a longtime 2D fanatic.
Even now, in her state of lingering panic and shock, her eyes locked straight onto those quivering fox ears!
Was this real… or fake?
Ye Zhibai swallowed hard.
Confirming it would help her seize control of the situation, right?
The Fox Maiden Loli was still sitting there on the ground, catching her breath and recovering.
“Whew… human… well, ninety-nine point nine nine nine percent of our power is sealed right now. Otherwise, if you’d touched us so rashly just now, it’d be nine deaths and one… meow?!!”
So why was a fox meowing?!
No time to care what she was saying.
Ye Zhibai had already reached out and pinched the fox girl’s ears between her fingers.
Pinched.
