The Ice Empress Also Wants Me to Call Her Mom

The Snow Empress's long silver eyelashes flickered slightly. Though she did not say a word, the message conveyed by her gaze could not have been clearer:

Bing'er, if you dare to spout nonsense in front of Chen'er and tarnish the glorious, magnificent image of a mother I have built in his heart, or if you frighten my precious son, don't even think about watching me perform the Dance of the Heavenly Snow Woman for the next hundred years!

"Gulp..."

The Ice Empress swallowed hard. Swept by the dual pressure of the Snow Empress's "maternal radiance" and "sovereign authority," the words on the tip of her tongue took a sharp one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

Her delicate, loli-like face flushed a deep red as she forcibly swallowed her retort, nearly giving herself internal injuries in the process.

"Fine... fine then!"

The Ice Empress stomped her feet in a huff, planted her small, fair hands on her slender waist, and tilted her exquisite chin up with a haughty air, feigning a look of extreme magnanimity:

"Since you, the 'mother,' have already said so, what else can I, the 'aunt,' say? Even if this little brat reaches the age of six and fails to awaken the Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul, becoming a piece of trash who cannot cultivate, this Empress will still raise him! At worst, I'll just take him wherever I go. Whoever dares to bully him, I'll blast them into smithereens with the Wrath of the Ice Emperor!"

Having said this, the Ice Empress seemed to feel a bit unwilling. Her emerald eyes darted around, scanning back and forth between Xue Bingchen and the Snow Empress, before a cunning arc suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

She leaned in toward Xue Bingchen, extended a slender finger, and gently poked his fair, tender cheek, dropping a bombshell:

"However... little Bingchen, there's always a chance! This Far North is home to more than just the top-tier bloodline of the Heavenly Snow Woman. Over these past three years, the medicinal baths I've prepared for you have been infused with quite a few treasures from our Ice Jade Empress Scorpion clan, and even a wisp of my own origin energy!"

The more the Ice Empress spoke, the brighter her eyes became, as if she had discovered a new world, and she excitedly announced:

"If, by the time you turn six, you don't awaken the Snow Empress's martial soul, but instead awaken my 'Ice Jade Empress Scorpion' martial soul... hehe, that would mean your destiny is tied even closer to mine! When that time comes, you are forbidden from calling me Aunt Ice Empress anymore. From then on, you must change your tune and call me 'Mother'! Do you hear me?!"

"..."

Hearing this shocking, "tiger-wolf" declaration from the Ice Empress, Xue Bingchen was left completely speechless.

His clear, ice-blue eyes were filled with giant question marks. His small mouth hung slightly open as he stared blankly at the green-haired, twin-tailed loli standing before him with hands on her hips and a look of anticipation, momentarily unsure of how to react.

Good grief, are the two top powerhouses of the Far North actually starting to compete to be my 'mother'?

Xue Bingchen thought to himself, feeling utterly overwhelmed.

He looked to his left at the "Mother Snow Empress," an imperial-sister type with seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, a cold and noble temperament, a peerless, breathtaking appearance, and a figure so graceful it could make one's nose bleed.

Then he looked to his right at the "Mother Ice Empress (Candidate)," a legal-loli type with nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation, a haughty and fiery personality, a cute and delicate appearance, and a figure that...

Well, for now, it was still as flat as a board.

If the human soul masters outside, who would fight to the death over a century-old soul ring, saw this scene, they would probably die on the spot from three liters of jealous blood!

Faced with the Ice Empress's sudden "son-snatching" declaration, the Snow Empress did not get angry or argue as the Ice Empress had expected.

On the contrary, a calm, even slightly playful, beautiful smile blossomed on the Snow Empress's flawless face.

She shook her head gently, completely unbothered by the Ice Empress's "provocation."

This was because the Snow Empress possessed absolute confidence.

This confidence stemmed not only from her terrifying strength as the number one being in the Far North, but also from the strange bond that had formed between her and Xue Bingchen over the past three years—a bond that went deep into the marrow and even transcended bloodlines.

The Snow Empress could feel with absolute clarity that as Xue Bingchen grew day by day, the wisp of ice and snow origin within him was constantly strengthening.

Both the rhythm of his breathing and the trajectory of his internal energy were subtly aligning with the characteristics of the Heavenly Snow Woman clan.

More importantly, in terms of heart and instinct, Xue Bingchen's reliance on her was something the Ice Empress simply could not compare to.

Whenever the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress both took human form and appeared before Xue Bingchen, the little guy would always, without hesitation, start moving his short legs and stumble into her embrace.

He loved to hug her long, straight, jade-like legs, loved to bury his fluffy little head into her soft, full chest, and even when sleeping, he would insist on clutching a strand of her long silver hair to feel at ease.

When facing the Ice Empress, although Xue Bingchen was close to her, it was more of an attitude one would have toward a playmate or a strict elder.

To describe it using the strange vocabulary from the human world that the Snow Empress had once glimpsed in the memory fragments of a human powerhouse—

"Sister-complex."

Clearly, in the subconscious of Xue Bingchen's human instincts, he preferred and felt closer to a peerless, mature, gentle, and inclusive "imperial sister" figure full of maternal radiance like the Snow Empress, rather than the Ice Empress, who, while cute, was always boisterous and hot-tempered.

"Bing'er, since you are so confident, let us wait and see."

The Snow Empress smiled slightly, a smile like the warmest ray of sunlight in winter, instantly melting the bitter cold of the Far North.

She did not argue with the Ice Empress, but instead gazed quietly at Xue Bingchen in her arms with eyes that seemed capable of encompassing the entire world.

Xue Bingchen felt the warmth of the Snow Empress's embrace and looked at the Ice Empress, who, despite her haughtiness, hid deep concern in the depths of her eyes.

His heart, which had been somewhat lost since the awakening of his past-life memories, settled completely at this moment.

No matter who I am, and no matter why I came to this world, one thing will never change.

Xue Bingchen said to himself in his heart:

They are the closest and most important people to me in this world. They gave me a second life and gave me a home.

Thinking of this, Xue Bingchen took a deep breath of the cold yet pure air of the Far North. On his delicate, doll-like face, a sense of seriousness and determination beyond that of a three-year-old emerged.

He reached out his two small, fair hands to gently cup the Snow Empress's flawless face, stared unblinkingly into her eyes with his ice-blue gaze, and spoke in a childish yet incredibly firm voice, enunciating every word clearly:

"Mother, don't worry! And Aunt Ice Empress, you listen well too!"