The Junior Sister's Past and Present Lives

"Are you still sleepy? Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Ye Qingxian's gentle voice gradually pulled my chaotic thoughts back to reality.

I snapped my round eyes wide open.

And in that instant, Ye Qingxian felt for the first time that the young girl before her was completely and utterly a cat—a Cat Princess who could turn human at any moment, possessing both a kitten's delicate charm and haughty pride.

"Ye Qingxian!"

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

"This place is a trial checkpoint within the Secret Realm, right? If I don't challenge it myself, how can I reach the source of the final summons?"

I slipped out of Ye Qingxian's embrace, and she patiently explained to me.

"I cast a divination. There won't be any problems."

"No matter who challenges the checkpoint, there won't be any problems."

I blinked, and the words in my stomach nearly got swallowed back down.

"Then..."

"Then that still won't do."

"You promised me yourself that whenever something happened, you'd call for me."

"You're the one who broke our agreement."

Ye Qingxian sighed helplessly but did not refute me. "Yes, yes, I broke our agreement. My fault." She gave no further explanation; she had only wanted her Junior Sister to sleep a little longer.

I did not hold it against her. Instead, my eyes rolled twice before locking onto a spot. I hopped forward a couple of times, like a lively little cat, and driven by curiosity, arrived before the stone stele.

What... was this thing?

"Past life, present life!"

I muttered the words carved onto the stone stele.

Ye Qingxian was still caught up in her excitement and failed to notice how the young girl had suddenly fallen somewhat silent when reading those words.

For the moment, Ye Qingxian was immersed