Shengshuiyuan

With the beautiful weather and clear sky, the whole continent was immersed in the excitement.Today is the 17th birthday of His Royal Highness, the Prince who is loved by everyone in the continent of Tivania.People from different races and looks came to the capital in an endless stream. Everyone cheered and celebrated like a festival.People toasted and drank sweet wine, and feasted on various delicacies with juicy meat and fat.

In the spacious hall, hundreds of maids and waiters were running around, busy preparing for the birthday dinner that night.In front of the long table where the dinner plates were laid out neatly with fine silk tablecloths, a young man with light blond hair in a fine attire was helping the waiters to organize the layout of the dinner with a serious expression on his face.

Not far away, an orange-haired girl wearing a long dress embroidered with exquisite embroidery, narrowed her eyes and smiled happily.Seeing the young man who was serious about shopping in the hall, he pursed his lips slightly and his eyes were mischievous.Tiptoe, planning to surprise the protagonist of tonight's birthday dinner.

Just when the orange-haired girl was about to approach the light-blond boy with mischievous eyes, the boy who was telling the maid to carefully place the cake stand with a gentle face suddenly stretched out a pair of white hands with sharp knuckles behind him.Without warning, he suddenly and very affectionately put his arm on the shoulder of the pale blond boy.The light blond boy who was frightened by the sudden intimacy, turned his head to look at the person holding his shoulders with his eyes full of surprise, touched the top of the other's head with a light smile and said,

"It turned out to be you, scaring me."

The man with light blue hair who was caught by the hand squinted and smiled innocently, and said without opening his mouth

"Hey hey, I want to give you a surprise, happy birthday!"

As he spoke, the light blue-haired man stretched out his hand, and a delicately shaped pure white pearl brocade box lay horizontally in the light blue-haired man's palm.With eyes full of mystery, he asked the boy in front of him:

"Guess what's inside?"

Looking at the light blue-haired man who gave him a gift for the first time, the light-blond boy who clearly smelled the strong medicinal fragrance in the brocade box didn't point it out, and asked tenderly with his eyes full.

"I can't figure it out, what is it?"

The man with light blue hair opens the pearl brocade box like offering a treasure

"It's a pill that can remove evil spirits and hostility."

Li Muyan, who was helping to greet the gift-giving guests with sore shoulders, smiled and comforted him that he had failed in the "sneak attack", puffing his cheeks lightly, the sulking Rococo approached Lantiere and Lige and asked

"I can smell the strong medicinal fragrance from a long distance, and this pill is very practical."

Seeing the expressions of Lantiere and Li Muyan's obvious liking, Li Ge showed her white teeth and squinted and said with a smile

"Hehehe, it took me several days. I searched for many famous mountains and rivers in Ning'an, and various immortals and demons with high spiritual power. It was hard to find them!"

Looking at Lige who is as innocent as a child, Lantiere smiled lightly and pinched his face lightly and said:

"Thank you for your birthday present."

Turning to look at Li Muyan, who was dressed in Ning'an's distinctive clothes, Li Ge approached and asked with a smile

"My gift is here, what about yours? What is your gift?"

Li Muyan narrowed his eyes and smiled, suddenly a red and exquisite rectangular brocade box appeared in the palm of Li Muyan's left hand and raised his hand.

"This is a jade pendant with strong spiritual power, it will help you no matter where you go."

Lantiere opened the brocade box, and saw that there was a piece of crystal-clear jade woven in the center with spiritual blue silk thread lying horizontally in the brocade box, embedded in it.

Put the box away and put it in the space ring, Lantierre thanked

"Thank you."

Seeing that Li Muyan and Li Ge gave very precious gifts respectively, Luo Keke lowered his head, bit his lips lightly, a little timidly afraid to take out the presents.

Looking at Rococo with his head bowed and eyes full of sadness, Lantiere stroked Rococo's hair and asked

"What's the matter, why are you suddenly unhappy?"

Pressing his lips lightly, Rococo said in a low voice with sad eyes

"They all gave you such precious gifts, you will definitely not like mine."

As he said that, Rococo asked the maid to bring a pair of pillows, hugged them tightly, tears streaming down his eyes, and said

"This is a gift from me...it's too simple..."

Looking at the sad crying of the beloved girl with distressed eyes, Lantiere lightly lifted Rococo's cheek, gently took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on Rococo's face, and kissed Rococo's cheek.

"As long as it's from you, I like it."

Nodding lightly, tremblingly handing the pillow to Lantiere, Rococo said

"However, I learned these two from the nanny. It's the first time I do it. You... don't dislike it."

Taking the pillow, he narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.

"Thank you, I will cherish it."

Hearing Lantierre's words, Rococo shyly covered his cheeks and ran away.

Not far away, a man in a blue dress walked over with a smile on his face, and greeted Lantiere and the others.

Seeing the brown-haired man in blue, Li Muyan folded his arms around his chest angrily, raised his eyebrows slightly and said

"What are you here for? Don't worry about your Jinxiu Villa?"

Hearing Li Muyan's disgust, the man in blue approached with a cheeky face, leaned on Li Muyan's shoulder with one hand and said affectionately,

"Second brother, we haven't seen each other for a long time, don't you miss me?"

Behind the blue-clothed man, the white-clothed man with an elegant expression handed the gift to Lantiere to say congratulations.Spreading out his left hand revealed a folding fan, he patted the fan with satisfaction, then squinted his eyes and looked at Li Muyan with a light smile and said

"It's rare to meet, and today is the birthday of our prince. No matter how busy we are, we still have to come."

Seeing the person coming, Li Muyan withdrew his expression towards the man in blue, smiled lightly and looked at Mu Qingdao

"Since you're here, let's have fun."

Mu Qing nodded lightly and said

"It's natural."

Exhaling lightly, Li Muyan looked at Ming Ge, who was always cynical, and asked solemnly

"Father... how is he doing?"

Nibbling on the delicious cake served by the maid, and mentioning the father who went crazy with stimulation.Ming Ge was happy

The expression, the next moment, restrained and sighed lightly.

"There are good times and bad times. When it's good, I stand in the garden in a daze. When I'm sick, I throw things around and talk crazy. He can't get over the guilt of being sorry for your mother...so..."

Instead, Ming Ge lightly shook his head and sighed.

"It can only be adjusted properly."

Frowning slightly, Li Muyan approached, put his arms around Ming Ge's shoulders and comforted him

"Today is Lantier's birthday, don't be unhappy. Today, just relax and have fun."

Nod Mingge lightly and smile

"Okay, I'll listen to my second brother."

Instead, Ming Ge turned around and said to the maid who just gave him the cake without any image

"Girl, the cake just now was delicious! Give me another one!"

Before I knew it, it was already afternoon, and I watched guests from different races coming in and out.Lantiyer, who had been busy for most of the day, leaned against a big tree outside the hall, and closed his eyes to rest for a while.

Just as Lantiere was resting with his eyes closed, a warm breath approached, and a gentle female voice said like a stream of clear spring

"As today's protagonist, it is natural to have a good rest, how can I make myself so tired."

Lantiere lightly opened his sky-blue eyes, looked at the people beside him with a light smile, and said hello with a light nod

"Elf Queen, long time no see."

The elf queen had already used her magic power when she was approaching, to help Lantiere relieve her fatigue.The elf queen holding a scepter in her left hand took out a jug of fruit wine with a dignified face and said

"Knowing that you like the wine made by brewing spirits, today is your birthday. So I asked the brewing spirits to bring the wine here in advance. It's just a small gift, don't mind it."

Received the mellow wine from the elf queen, which was packed in a beautiful glass jug.Lantierre thanked

"No, thank you very much for the gift."

As he spoke, a naughty boy with blond hair suddenly appeared from behind the Elf Queen. The boy took out an exquisitely packaged rectangular box with a happy face and said,

"Brother Lantiere, happy birthday! This is a birthday present from Uncle Redbeard. He originally wanted to come, but he said he was not feeling well recently, so he didn't come. But he said he missed you and Lan Nuo, what are you waiting for?" When you have time, let you go and see him."

Nod lightly, Rantiyer said

"Okay, I will go to see Uncle Red Beard with Lan Nuo when I have time."

Seeing the blond boy walking out from behind the elf queen, he became much more cheerful.Lantiere raised his hand and stroked his hair lightly and said with a light smile

"You've grown so tall in just a few months."

The blond boy was upset and said proudly

"Don't look at me as a teenager, but this prince is already three hundred years old!"

Wall and Carter pushed a large cart of fruit behind them and said

"This is a thank you gift and birthday greeting from the people of the elves to His Highness. They are all very freshly picked fruits."

Looking at the cart full of fresh fruits, Lantiyer said with a light smile

"Help me thank you all for the gifts, Lantierre is very grateful."

Carter lightly raised his head and smiled.

"Your Highness, what the hell, Your Highness has treated us as brothers for so long! You have helped our elves so much, and we don't know how to thank you!"

While everyone was chatting happily, not far away, a wine glass was smashed at a place where wine was arranged for a dinner party.The voice of the maid screaming in horror.

Looking for the sound, everyone approached, and saw the drunk Bubber lying on his back with a smirk on his face, holding a large wine jar, lying across a pile of overturned broken wine bottles.

Seeing the mess all over the floor, Viscount Gray, who rushed over in a hurry, beat Bubber's head with one hand very angrily.

"You fool, you're embarrassing me before the dinner! Get up!"

Behind him, Natsu, who was full of embarrassment and black-haired animal ears, held the furious Viscount Gray's wrist to stop him.

Looking at the scene that looked like a farce, Lantiere stroked his forehead, and told the waiter with eyes full of helplessness:

"Let's go prepare some dinners and need all kinds of wine. We can't neglect the guests who come from afar."

The waiter looked serious, and ordered to go down to buy new water and wine.

Asking the waiter to clean up the messy ground, Lantier breathed out lightly, and a warm voice with a slight smile came from behind and said,

"The first time I left Fore, I didn't expect the capital to be so prosperous. Happy birthday, Your Highness!"

Turning around and looking behind him, he had agreed to come seven days ago, and Fran and Daniel each had a gift.Also came to the palace.

With that said, Fran handed over the gift and said

"This is my newly cultivated potted magnolia flower. I know His Highness likes this, so I sent it here after seeing it bloom."

Taking over the potted plant with five magnolia flowers that were blooming in Fran's hand, Lantiere couldn't put it down and thanked

"Thank you, I like it very much."

With that said, Daniel beside Fran took out his gift and said

"This is an ice sculpture carved by myself that is fixed by magic and will not melt. I don't know if His Highness will like it."

After receiving the beautifully shaped ice sculptures that were blowing from the cold, Ranthiel said

"Very beautiful, thank you."

They came with them, and Mooney with white tiger ears and his sister also presented Fore's special products as gifts.

Receive everyone's presents, Lantiere said

"It's still early, and there are still a few hours before the dinner. A few go over there first to have some delicious cakes and drinks."

In the clear and clear sky, a pure white owl flew towards Lantiere from far and near.After taking the owl, Lantiere untied the brocade box tied on the owl's leg, which contained a letter and a box of delicious pastries.After reading the contents of the letter, Lantiyer smiled with relief

Your Highness: I heard a traveler say that today is your 17th birthday.I'm very sorry, Joan is not feeling well today, I have to take care of her, next time Joan and I will go to the capital, let's get together.

— Mux and Joan

After reading the letter, he took a bite of the pastry and smiled wide-eyed Lantiere.Li Muyan asked curiously

"Who sent the cakes and letters?"

Picking up a piece of pastry and feeding it into the mouth of Li Muyan who approached, Lantiere said with a smile

"It's a gift from Mux of the Werewolves and Joan the Doll."

Savoring the pastries that Lantiere fed, Li Muyan nodded and said

"Why didn't they come?"

Closing the Pastry Box, Rantiyerdau

"Joan is not feeling well, they will come back next time."

Seeing the delicious pastries, the next moment, Rococo and Lige immediately took the pastry box from Lantiere's hand and ran away to share it.

Patting away the crumbs of the pastry on his hands, Lantiere shrugged lightly and said

"Let's go, it's getting late. It's time to prepare for the dinner."

dinner time

As night fell, everyone happily exchanged glasses and exchanged glasses.With joy in his eyes, he congratulated tonight's protagonist, Lantiere, happy birthday.

After eating some special delicacies of the capital city and the favorite foods of all races in the mainland, Lantiere made a toast to all the guests who came from afar.

Looking at the middle of the dinner party busy greeting guests, the protagonist of the birthday party tonight.Naz, who was standing in front of a table of delicacies, stuffed his mouth with meat, looked vaguely at Ming Ge who was drinking beside him and said

"Your Highness is amazing. There are not only delicacies from the capital here, but also delicacies from various races. I feel like I don't have to go anywhere to eat any kind of food! Well, it's delicious!"

Speaking of which, Natsu continued to "battle" with delicious food.

Ming Ge, who took a bite of the barbecue pancake, sighed with satisfaction

"Your Highness, after being so outstanding, the people of our whole continent will be very happy."

Looking at the people eating delicious food, Mooney with a dark face full of helplessness, and Babur, who was drunk, put his thick arms around his neck like a friend he had known for a long time, persuading him to drink.Seeing Babur who was drunk again, Mu Qing sighed and approached Babur to persuade him to leave, and said to Mooney with regretful eyes

"I'm very sorry Your Highness, Babur forgets etiquette when he's drunk."

After speaking, Mu toasted Mooney to express his apology.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone is full of food and drink, or having fun or staggering drunk together.

While everyone was having fun, there was a horrified scream outside the banquet hall.Break the happy atmosphere of the room.

Everyone put away their happy mood and quickly approached the gate, only to see a scene that shocked everyone.

A girl covered in blood fell into a pool of blood, her eyes were clearly open but she was not in the least bit of spirit.There was a whole piece of skin on the left cheek, a large piece of skin was forcibly torn off, bloody and bloody, causing many girls to scream in fear.Lantierre pushed aside the dense crowd, squatted lightly, and approached the unresponsive girl who was lying in a pool of blood.Frowning slightly, he raised his finger and tentatively approached under the girl's nose.

Li Muyan also heard the sound approached and asked

"How? Is she still alive?"

Retracting the fingers that were probing the breath, pursing his lips lightly, Lantierre said

"She's still alive, but her eyes are out of focus and cloudy. People may be afraid that she's hurting her mind."

Looking closely at the girl's face where a large piece of flesh had been torn off, Li Muyan said seriously:

"Looking at the technique, I have some impressions. But I'm not sure."

Ming Ge, who was gently wiping off the dirt on his hands, shrugged lightly and looked at the girl whose injuries were not serious but whose appearance was disfigured, and said

"Don't you think this situation is very similar to the skinned monster described in the book, Bone Girl?"

Asking the waiter to take the frightened guests to rest, Lantier looked at the girl's peeled skin and said in thought

"Bone girl...?"