'Happy birthday, Lady Tina!
""Congratulations!"

　Rifa's voice was followed by everyone in the Elnor family congratulating Tina.

　Our family isn't the only one gathered here.

'Congratulations, Tina,'
It's the first time I've ever celebrated a human's birthday.
I'm with you, Efreet.

　Undine, Efreet, and the gnomes came too.
　Sylph called them.

　By the way, Sylph has already been counted as a member of the Elnor family.

　Since the four great spirit kings are all here, of course──.

Congratulations, Tina.

　Mai and May's father, the Star Spirit King, is also here.


''Tina-sama, congratulations!
Oh, congratulations, thank you.

　From the holy city of Sanctum, the holy knight, Mr. Singh, and Count Jan came to see me.
　Jan was originally a viscount, but it seems he became a count because he became the governor of Sanctum.

　I don't know what it is, but I felt it would be better to invite Shin-san to this party, so I got an invitation through Elmia. Count Jan was a companion to that.


　Then, these people also came to celebrate Tina's celebration.

''Tina!　Congratulations!
"Congratulations, Tina.

　This is my sister Charles and my brothers Cain and Leon.


We heard it was a surprise party.
We're here.

　King Glendale and the Elf King also came.
　Honestly, I didn't invite these people.

　King Glendale followed when I invited Cain to join us.

　I had Sarion help me with the role of keeping Tina in Alheim, until the party was ready. From there, the Elf King found out about the surprise party and said, 'Tina would be surprised if I was in Halt's mansion! And then he forcefully interrupted my transition.

　Incidentally, the Elf King was so surprised to see Sylph, who was relaxing in my mansion, that he couldn't even speak.


''Congratulations, Tina-sama!''

　Of course, Sarion is here.


Master Hurt, my dear.

　Tina is surprised.
　Do you think it's a success?

　I tried not to make any pretense of realizing that it was her birthday today.
　I pretended that I had completely forgotten about her birthday.

　Of course, there was no way I was going to forget Tina's birthday.

　I've celebrated Tina's birthday in the past, but she always seemed uninterested in her own birthday, saying, 'Oh, it's my birthday today, isn't it? Even though she says she's half, Tina has the blood of an elf who has lived for over a thousand years. That's why she seems to lose interest in birthdays and such.

　Whatever it is, it's fine because she seemed happy to be celebrated, but since it's her birthday, I want her to enjoy it more.

　That's why I decided to make it a surprise party this year.
　I wanted to make it a day to remember Tina as much as possible.

It's her birthday," he said. We're all here to celebrate Tina.

Oh, my God I haven't forgotten about it.

　Did you forget?
　Huh?　Did you realize it was your birthday this year, properly?

How could I forget? I remember the day a person I care about was born.

　In the middle of the words, Tina hugged me.
　I think she was a little teary-eyed.

'....Tina?

Wow, I thought we weren't going to be celebrating my birthday this year.

　Tina is crying.

　Well..........
　Maybe it's like she pretended not to care about her birthday every year?

'I'm sorry for always being so strong. I've always looked forward to having Hurt-sama congratulate me every year. When my birthday comes around, I'm too excited to get my work done...

　Oh, yeah.
　So that's why.

I'm sorry, OK? I'm sorry. Tina was really looking forward to it.

　It shouldn't have been a surprise party.

　I especially let Sarion play the role of a jerk.
　How could Sarion, who had been taking care of Tina since she was born, forget her birthday?

　And yet, today, I had Sarion not to tell Tina about her birthday.
　If Tina remembered her birthday, surely she wouldn't have good feelings for Sarion today.

　I pause to apologize to Sarion, who was just in front of me as I hug Tina.

　He smiles and raises his hand as he says, 'It's okay,' without making a sound.


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　After a bit, Tina stopped crying and we started the birthday celebrations again.

　Tina was embarrassed because she cried in front of everyone, but everyone treated her like they normally would, so she quickly started to enjoy the party.

　If there was one disappointment, it was that when Tina was the star of the party, she didn't have a home-cooked meal.

　I'm sorry for the other wives, but Tina's food is still the best.　

I knew it was coming, but we won't be able to eat Tina's food this time, either.

　The Star Spirit King was muttering that.
　The last time he had a meal in this world was during me, Tina and Rifa's wedding reception.

　Tina was one of the main actors that time as well, so she didn't cook.
　Maybe she was looking forward to hearing about Tina's cooking from Mai and May.

　The other spirit kings besides Sylph seemed to be looking forward to Tina's home-cooked food as well.
　They were all blatantly depressed.

　They were all cheered up when I promised to summon them again next time Tina was on cooking duty.

"Tina, this is my birthday present to you. Tina, this is my birthday present to you, in exchange for, I don't know, a meal the next time Halt summons me, I want you to bring me back.

''Oh, father, that's...?''

　The Star Spirit King was handing some kind of shiny palm-sized stone to Tina, and Mai and Mei were surprised when they saw it.

　What is it?　
　Mai and the others seem to know what they are, so I'll ask them later.

''I'm afraid to say that after Star Spirit King gave you all(s) of(s)...''

　Undine is a vial filled with liquid.
　Efreet is a lamp with a fire.
　The gnome presented Tina with a bouquet of white flowers.

　I felt a tremendous amount of energy from all of them.
　The most dangerous one, though, was the glowing stone the Star Spirit King gave me.

　I wonder what it is, I'm a little afraid to ask for details and uses.

　My gut tells me that it's an item that should be isolated and kept in the spirit world or something.

　Tina, who received it, was in trouble, so I decided to keep it for her.
　I follow my intuition and keep it in the spirit world.


　Afterwards, everyone gathered in my mansion gives Tina the gift.

　Finally, it's my turn.

"Tina, I will...
Mr. Hurt, please!

　Eh.

"I want Mr. Hurt as a birthday present!

Well you're married and I'm already Tina's.

'Just one day tomorrow. I've missed you so much today, so please be me(⋅)my(⋅)ker(⋅)hart-sama tomorrow!

　Ah, I see.

　Understanding, I put the gift I had prepared back in my pocket.

　What I was going to give Tina was the jewel called 'Eye of the Dragon King' that sealed my magic.
　It was a repair of Tina's memento that I had broken in my first class right after I entered the magic academy.

　I'll give this to you tomorrow when I'm in a good mood.


'All right. I'll spend the whole day with Tina tomorrow.