The last thing Su Nian'an remembers from the night she died of overwork was the PowerPoint she hadn't finished revising. When she opened her eyes again, there were three suns in the sky.
She had transmigrated into the body of Shen Xingluo, an eighteen-year-old good-for-nothing beastfolk. Her awakening test result: no core. The examiner stamped the word "useless" on her form. Great. In her last life, she was a corporate drone; in this one, she's a good-for-nothing. A new world, but she's still at the bottom.
But she discovers something strange: rampaging beastfolk calm down when they come into contact with her.
Before she can figure out why, an SSS-rank dragon-type beastfolk steps in front of her. He's 127 years old, cold-faced, and has an aura that could flatten a person into a sheet of paper. She looks up at him for a long moment, then manages: "Uncle, you're late."
He tosses her a coat and walks away without looking back. "Keep up."
Clutching her only valuable keepsake, she follows him. Only later does she learn that the stone began to grow warm three years ago, and his beast core started acting up on that very same day. He didn't come looking for her on a whim. He'd been waiting for three years.
From Class F to Super-SSS rank, from "useless" to "Star Maiden," she slaps down everyone who ever looked down on her, one step at a time. He calls her clumsy, but shows up half an hour early every day. She says, "I don't want to call you Uncle anymore." He catches her fingers in his hand. "Then call me by my name."
The night the Star Tide descends, the entire Federation sees her standing at the very front. But only he knows that the first time she fully transformed into a beast was because he fell before her.
"This time, I'll save you."
Early on: The SSS-rank beastfolk takes her in and spoils her rotten. Later: I'll protect the one who raised me. Double happy ending, age gap, from "Uncle" to "Ye Chen": every change in how she addresses him is another step toward her...
