Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

Book 9: Chapter 37: Surprise Party

Happy birthday, Tina-sama!

Happy birthday!

Leaffa greeted Tina, and the rest of the Ernol family followed suit.

Our family wasnt the only people gathered here now.

Tina, happy birthday.

Its the first time I celebrated a persons birthday.

Same with me, Ifrit.

Undine, Ifrit and Nome also came.

Sylph summoned them.

By the way, Sylph is already counted as a member of the House of Ernol.

The Four Spirit Kings were here, so of course

Tina, happy birthday.

The Celestial Spirit King Mai and Meis dad also came.

Happy birthday, Tina-sama!

Yeah, happy birthday.

Count Yan and Holy Knight Shin also came from the Holy City of Sanctum. Count Yan was formerly a viscount, but he became the governor of Sanctum so his status was elevated to count.

Not sure why, but I got the feeling that itd be good to invite Shin to this party, so I requested Elmia to contact him and to reach out to Count Yan while shes at it.

These two rushed over here to attend Tinas celebration.

Tina~! Happy birthday~!

Happy birthday, Tina!

Older Sis Charles and Older Bros Cain and Leon also came.

I heard theres a surprise party so we came.

We have also come.

Glendales king and the Elf King also came.

Honestly speaking, I didnt invite these two.

King Glendale came because Cain was invited.

I requested Sarions cooperation to stall Tina at Alheim while we did the preparations. The Elf King discovered the surprise party because of that, and he forced his way through my teleportation magic after saying that Tina will surely be surprised if I also went to Halts mansion!

By the way, the Elf King was dumbstrucked when he saw Sylph feeling at home in my mansion.

Tina-sama, happy birthday.

Naturally, Sarion was also here.

Halt-sama, t-this is

Tina was speechless.

So, was the plan a success?

Not a single one of us showed that we remembered Tinas birthday.

We pretended that we completely forgot it.

Theres no way I would forget it, of course.

We celebrated Tinas birthdays so far, but she always seemed uninterested in it she would even say Oh, so its my birthday today, huh. Even if shes a Half-Elf, she still has the blood of the elves who could live for more than a thousand years. Thats probably one of the reasons why shes no longer excited about it as before.

At any rate, she seemed pretty happy being greeted, but I wished she would have more fun. Its her birthday, after all.

So, I planned a surprise party for her this year.

Itd be great if it would become a memorable day for her, at the very least.

Its your birthday today, Tina. Everyone gathered here to celebrate it.

N-No waySo you didnt forget

Forget?

Eh? Did she properly remember this year that its her birthday today?

Theres no way Id forget that. Its the day that my precious person was born so

Tina rushed towards my arms, cutting me off mid sentence.

It seemed that shes also tearing up.

...Tina?

I-I thought you will not celebrate my birthday for this year

Tears streamed down on Tinas cheeks.

Er

So did that mean you were just pretending to forget every year?

Sorry for always trying to put up a front. I would drown in the anticipation of Halt-sama greeting me, so I cant help it. My excitement soars as the date of my birth approaches, so I cant even do my jobs

Oh, so thats how it was.

Sorry, Tina. So you were looking forward to it, huh.

Maybe it wouldve been better if I didnt hold any surprise party for her.

I even assigned a nasty role to Sarion.

Sarion had taken care of Tina since she was born, so theres no way he would forget her birthday.

And yet, I persuaded him to act as if he totally forgot it.

If Tina remembered her own birthday, then she probably held a grudge against towards Sarion today.

I hugged Tina while gesturing an apology towards Sarion.

He just waved with a smile, as if saying that its fine.

We started the birthday party again after Tina calmed down.

She cried in front of everyone, so she looked embarrassed, but they all acted as if nothing happened, so Tina also got into the mood pretty quickly.

If there was one thing regrettable, then it would be the lack of Tinas handmade dishes. Shes the star, so theres no way she would cook the feast.

I feel a bit apologetic to my other wives, but Tinas cooking was still the best.

I see I already anticipated it, but it seems that I wont be able to eat Tina's dishes.

The Celestial Spirit King mumbled.

The last time he ate a meal of this world was during the wedding reception of Tina, Leaffa and I.

Tina was also the star at that time, so she didnt cook.

He probably looked forward to eating her dishes after hearing about them from Mai and Mei.

The Spirit Kings other than Sylph also seemed to be anticipating tasting her dishes.

All of them were obviously feeling dejected.

Everyones spirits were lifted when I told them I would invite them over again once Tina was assigned to kitchen duty.

Tina, this is your birthday present from me. In exchange for this no, thats not what I wanted to say but please do treat me to your handmade dishes when Halt summoned me again.

F-Father, thats!?

Mai and Mei were shocked when the Celestial Spirit King handed a palm-sized, glittering stone to Tina.

What might it be?

The twins seemed like they know what it was, so I would ask them later.

This might be embarrassing after the Celestial Spirit King has bestowed that thing, but

Undine gave her a small jar filled with fluid.

Ifrit gifted her a lamp lit by flames.

Nome presented her a bouquet of white flowers

I could sense an absurd amount of energy from all of them.

The most unbelievable one was the stone gifted by the Celestial Spirit King.

I felt a bit scared about asking what they were for and how to use them.

My intuition was telling me that those were items that should be quarantined in the Spirit Realm for safe-keeping.

Tina was a bit worried after receiving them, so I decided to keep them for her.

I did what my intuition was telling me and stored them in the Spirit Realm.

After that, everyone who came to my mansion handed their gifts to Tina one by one.

I was the last one.

Tina, mine is

Halt-sama, please give me you!

Eh?

I want you for my birthday present, Halt-sama!

...Were already married, so Im already yours, Tina.

Just for the entire day tomorrow, please. I was so lonely today, so I want to hog Halt-sama to myself for tomorrow!

Oh so thats what she meant.

I pocketed my present again after I realized that.

I was about to give the treasure called [Dragon Kings Eye], and it had my magic sealed within it.

It was destroyed during one of my first classes at the academy, so I repaired it.

I would just give it tomorrow when the mood is right.

Got it. Ill spend the whole day with you tomorrow, Tina.