The following week, Akali's birthday was celebrated.

　In the Elnor household, when it's someone's birthday, the dinner turns into a big party.
　It's because all the members of my family who are celebrating their birthdays come to the mansion.

　This time, I invited all the people who have helped Akari since he came to this world.

"Happy birthday, Akari!
Congratulations, Akari. Thanks for having me here today.

'Eliza, Eric. Thank you!

　The first to come was Eliza, who works for a production-based guild in the human race country of Apristos, and her husband, Eric, who is a guard at a checkpoint in the royal capital.

'Happy birthday, Akari-chan,'
""Congratulations!"

'Wow!　You all came too. Thanks!

　When he was in Apristos, Akari was apparently living on the second floor of the guild house.
　The five girls who were living with her at the time also came to the party.


　It was a birthday party held at my mansion, but at first I was just welcoming people who came on their own.

　But as my family grew, the number of visitors to my house increased.
　On average, we have about ten visitors.

　There are more than twenty people in the Elnor household to begin with.
　If you include the visitors there, the number exceeds thirty.

　Since that many people were coming, they started to throw a big party, but when they did so, the people who didn't come without permission were sometimes shocked when they found out about the party later.

　So when someone in my family has a birthday, I try to invite as many people as I can think of.

　By the way, the first birthday I had after I named my family Elnor was Rifa.

　On that birthday, Rifa's father──Sylos-Alheim, the King of the Elves, barged in on his own accord, and a party was held to celebrate it on my family's birthday.

　Well, most of the people who come are there for Tina's homemade food.......

　With the addition of my wife, Tina cooked less often.
　But if it's not her birthday, Tina will always cook for someone else's birthday.

　And Tina's homemade food is very popular with the gods.
　And that's why...

So this is the moon, a female hero from another world. Let's see...
Grandpa. Akari,
Oh, I see. I'm sorry, Umijin. Then again happy birthday, Akari.
'Hmmm, I'm glad I was able to come along this month.
Only Jijin couldn't make it for Yoko's birthday last month.

　The god of creation, the sea god, the earth god Demeter, and the sky god Zeus came to my mansion for Tina's home-cooked meals, as if it were natural.

　Since there are twenty family members, there is someone's birthday several times a month.
　The highest gods of this world were quite often present at those birthday parties.

　Incidentally, the Elf King, King Glendale, my brothers, the Star Spirit King and the Spirit King also often come to the parties, but the ones with the highest attendance rate are the gods.


　This world........is it okay?


　***

　Akari's birthday party was a lot of fun.

　I think Akari liked the gifts we gave her.

　The food Tina cooked for us was also very tasty.
　The girls who lived in the guild house with Akari were so impressed with the food that they said they would definitely attend next year's party as well.

　Now the party was over and everyone had left individually.
　It felt a little sad when people disappeared from the noisy mansion.


''Brother Hal (nii). Today, thank you.
Yeah. Once again, happy birthday to you. Akari.

　I was sitting alone in a chair in the cafeteria, which had become a little lonely after people had disappeared, when Akari spoke to me.

'I know I got a lot of gifts, but... but still, I mean, will you come?'
The Gifter?　I'm sure he'll come. Because Akari is a good boy.

　To tell the truth, gifters only come to children who are underage in this world - that is, up to the age of 14.

　Moreover, the child must be a child who believes that 'if he or she is a good boy, the Gifter will bring him or her a gift'.

　That's the way it's set up.

　There's no such thing as a gifter.
　The parents sneak a present under the pillow after the child goes to bed, apart from the birthday present.

　In my case, that was Tina.
　In fact, until I was ten years old, I was convinced that there was a Santa (gifter) in this world.

　Because this is an alternate world.

　It is not surprising that the otherworldly version of Santa Claus is real.
　I thought there was a Gifter in the real world.


　But when I entered the magic academy and heard the conversations around me, I found out that gifters don't exist.

　I guess Tina found out about it, or maybe that's why the gifters stopped coming that year.
　I wasn't sad because I had gotten so many gifts every year, but I felt like I had lost something.


　Akari turned sixteen today, so the gifter never came.
　There were no gifters to begin with, though.

　But she believes in the existence of gifters (Santa Claus).
　I don't want to ruin Akari's dream.


Well, I'm going to sleep now. Good night, Hal.
Good night, Akali.

　Akali headed to the bedroom.


　Well. For the sake of my lovely sister, for the first time in a long time, brother, I'm going to get serious!