Birthday Party
Jayna guided Marilyn and other young ladies whom she met at the social gathering held by Elia years ago.
“I can’t believe I was invited to the Wizards’ Tower…… is this even possible?”
“Did the Tower Lord really allow us to go inside the Tower?”
The girls’ very expression showed that they were still wondering whether it all was a dream or not.
Even Jayna was surprised, so she humbly tilted her face and said,
“Actually, I didn’t know I would get permission either.”
“Oh my gosh, then it’s even more amazing.”
When the ladies first met Jayna, they were surprised to hear that she lived in the Tower, and that she was close enough with the Tower Lord to go to a concert with him.
However, since then, Jayna had avoided mentioning the Tower. Therefore the fact that she lived in the Tower was gradually forgotten.
However, today was an exception.
“Since other wizards are studying, please act discreetly until you arrive at the party’s venue.”
“Y-yes!”
The girls quietly huddled behind Jayna, like lambs following a shepherd.
However, they couldn’t help but whisper amongst themselves since the Tower’s interior was magnificent.
Since Jayna noticed this, she said,
“Would you like to look around the Tower?”
“A bit……. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to visit the Tower again…….”
Jayna thought about it for a while, and said it would be okay to go to a deserted place and look around it.
“Actually, there might be something a bit scary…….”
“It’s all right, it’s all right!”
“Thank you so much, Jayna!”
So, Jayna began the tour of the Tower for the young ladies.
The ladies followed behind her, glanced around and asked questions.
“Jayna, why is the scenery from the south window fall, but the scenery through the north window winter?”
“That’s because their magic frames, not windows. If you look closely, you can see that there’s only one scene.”
A low exclamation escaped out from everyone’s mouth, even though the scenery was no different from scenery seen elsewhere, actually, they were even more amazing since it was no different.
“Hey, Jayna…….”
How many steps did they take? Another question was asked.
“Why is the ceiling so high?”
“Well, that’s because many people use floating magic.”
“Then why are there stairs?”
“Well, you can’t actually walk on the stairs, nonetheless I think they look cool. The stairs actually flip upside down in the middle, so you have to use magic to continue hanging in the air.”
“Ohh.”
Then, like a guide, Jayna led the ladies to the museum.
“Be careful not to touch the patterns on the wall here. A trap would be triggered.”
“What? A trap?”
“You can die if you make a mistake. So, be careful."
The faces of the ladies turned white. Marilyn, who was boldest of the group, bravely stepped forward and asked,
“What’s the trap?”
“Magic arrows get shot from somewhere.”
Jayna enacted a person getting shot in the heart and dying.
“You will die immediately if you do something wrong.”
Marilyn got frightened by those words and immediately took a step back.
“There luckily hasn’t been any deaths in the Tower so far.”
“That’s right…….”
“Well, that’s because everyone at the Tower is a wizard.”
Jayna looked at her frightened friends and kindly said,
“Would you like me to activate the trap and show you?”
“T-there’s no need!”
“I don’t need to see that!”
However, when Jayna explained that the arrows could be stopped with wind magic, the ladies became curious.
Marilyn seemed to forget why she previously took a step back and began fiddling around with the trap.
“Is this really safe?”
“Of course it is.”
Since one person had come forward so boldly, the others wore an expression of curiosity.
While standing in the middle of the corridor, Jayna told Marilyn, who was standing at the exit, to touch the square present in the geometric pattern on the wall.
“T-this one?”
The moment Marilyn touched the square,
Woosh!
Woosh!
“Aahhhh!”
Arrows of magic rained down on Jayna from all sides.
Marilyn, who thought one or two arrows at best would attack, freaked out. However, Jayna calmly waved her hands.
An intense wind, which was created from the mere waving of her hands, hit the arrows.
Kaboom!
An ear-piercing sound, created by the wind, was heard.
Even the ladies who could not feel mana, could feel that the wind had hit something and caused a strong stir.
“…….”
“…….”
Jayna’s eyes didn’t twinkle, hinting that it wasn’t something exhilarating.
With blank faces, the girls nodded their heads.
“The Tower is amazing.”
“Yeah, Jayna, who leaves here, is amazing too.”
“If it were me……. I wouldn’t be able to survive…….”
This idea was further strengthened when the girls saw a stuffed-bear five times the size of a regular one.
“Kyaa! Jayna, save me!”
“……It’s already dead though.”
The girls felt that they shouldn’t have gone for a tour of the Tower.
They could have just quietly gone to the party.
The girls shed tears internally, tears of blood.
However, when they arrived at the party, all negative emotions quickly dissipated.
“I-I’ve never seen so much food before!”
“This is amazing! How many cakes are here?”
The ladies burst out into admiration before even tasting the food.
The spacious dining room was full of food.
At first glance, there seemed to be hundreds of dishes.
“The birthday parties at the Imperial Palace won’t be this big.”
Firstly, there were five different cakes.
With each cake having a different taste.
“What, there isn’t just one chocolate cake? Does each cake taste different?”
The ladies decided to count the different cakes at the party.
Firstly, there was a cute cake with a thick outer coating of chocolate and a small doll on top.
Then, there also was a forenoir cake with plenty of chocolate shavings and cherries, which were difficult to find in the current season, on top.
A soft-looking chocolate cake made by thickly melted dark chocolate.
A chocolate-vanilla cake, made by combining a chocolate génoise and a regular génoise.
“Wow…….”
“Jayna, do you eat like this everyday?”
If you included the crispy chocolate eclairs, a chocolate tart filled with chocolate, and a chocolate fondue so as to dip chocolate in your food, there were an enormous amount of just chocolate desserts.
“Jayna, is chocolate your favourite flavour?”
Jayna tilted her head, seemingly to not understand.
“Well, no. I do like it…… but it’s not my favourite flavour.
Yet, there was so much prepared……. what great sincerity.
Furthermore, there were also various salads and soups which stimulated appetite.
There were also strangely-fresh cuts of veal steak, grilled lobster, grilled bluefin tuna kiln, grilled turkey, roasted chicken, truffle lasagna, ravioli, escargot, and a lot more.
“How are these dishes so hot, as if they were all freshly made?”
“It’s because of the restaurant’s conservation magic. The magicians of the tower were able to quickly design it.”
The ladies, who were praising the Tower while counting the dishes, soon gave up, and decided to cut the cake since there were far too many dishes to count.
“……Which cake should I cut first?”
“……Where should the candles be put?”
This happened because of the sheer number of cakes.
Eventually, Jayna had to put all the candles on top of all the cakes using wind magic.
When Marilyn saw the floating candles, she said that she felt apologetic.
“I can’t believe I’m making the main character of the party put up and light the candles.”
Sadly, the multi-layered cakes were so high that no one could manually put candles on it.
“Jayna, I think being too capable is a crime.”
“Why don’t you just learn magic?”
When all the candles were lit, all the ladies’ eyes glowed at Jayna.
Watching them silently, Jayna closed her eyes and silently made a wish.
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It was natural to be sleepy after eating a lot of food. The ladies, who were dozing off like sick chickens, decided to play a game to wake up.
“Let’s play the game Jayna previously taught us.”
Jayna had once caught the ladies a game known as ‘Mafia’, a game which she learned in her previous life on Earth.
“Jayna occasionally teaches us about different games.”
There were several games Jayna taught her friends, for example, mafia games, thread games and air games.
There were obviously alterations, such as the ‘Mafia’ becoming a ‘Thief’ and a ‘Policeman’ becoming a ‘Knight’.
“Hmm, I’ll go first then.”
A friend had to be the host. Everyone covered their eyes and laid face-down, while they waited for the host to select thieves, doctors, knights and citizens.
[T/N: Fun fact, I played this game today :>]
Everyone looked at each other suspiciously. Jayna was situated in the center.
“I think Jayna is suspicious!”
Marilyn jumped to her feet and pointed at Jayna.
“Ah, come to think of it, I think so too!”
“Jayna, why do you look a bit nervous?”
Jayna protested against the sudden suspicions.
“I didn’t do anything though? Why do you think I’m the thief? Also, I’m wearing the same expression as always.”
However, Marilyn did not lose her confidence until the end.
“It’s difficult to explain it, but your atmosphere is different. I’ve seen you so many times you know!”
Even though she was suspected, Jayna didn’t worry too much.
All it was were Marilyn’s feelings, gut etc. and those claims were nothing but groundless.
However,
“An innocent citizen died last night.”
With those words from the host, it turned out Jayna had died, and bewildered voices spread.
“So Jayna wasn’t the thief?”
“Huh? Really?”
Jayna gazed at each of her friends one by one, so as to show her resentment. Everyone averted her gaze.
When it was Marilyn’s turn, she spoke without any regret in her tone.
“Since I only look at you, I can’t help but think of anything but you.”
Her friends beside her also said the same thing.
“Yes, we chose you because we love you so very much.”
“Everyone’s too excited because we’re in the Tower, and you all are too hasty when making a choice. That’s why we’re losing…”
That’s how Mafia ended with the citizen’s lost.
A lady who had been quiet throughout the game, scratched her head and said,
“I did nothing at all and still won…….”
She was the Mafia.
The lady who won took a dessert which was kept in the center as her prize.
“Well, there won’t be anyone who will always lose, right?”
However, that statement was painfully inaccurate.
Jayna had surprisingly lost all the rounds of Mafia.
“Last time, Jayna won all the rounds with a straight face, right?”
“Jayna was so calm the entire time, so we did what we wanted and ended up losing.”
“I thought we should start with actually catching Jayna this time, but….”
Everyone was holding delicious desserts such as Tiramisu, cakes, scones, brownies and more. Actually, everyone but Jayna had a dessert.
All her friends looked at each other and then put a bit of food in her mouth.
“Ahh! We can’t let our Jayna starve! Jayna, I love you!”
“Ahh~!”
[T/N: Feeding your date a bite of their food Ahh~]
Jayna ate all the spoons of food which had rushed from all over.
Furthermore, Jayna who had been protesting quite a bit until now, immediately gentled down.
The ladies who were watching Jayna, admired her face, which was full of whipped cream.
A lady sitting nearby hugged Jayna.
“My Jayna! I could never see my Jayna getting married!”
“Me too!”
The ladies remembered the first time they met Jayna, she had such an innocent appearance with her fair cheeks.
Her jawline had now slimed, and her nose was high. Though she now had a lady-like appearance, Jaynas’ cuteness still is the center of her friends’ attention.
“Aww, our cute Jayna. There, there.”
Marilyn also hugged Jayna and patted her, perhaps sorry for accusing her of being Mafia.
“…….I can’t believe it.”
“She’s our Jayna.”
“Jayna, we love you!”
Jayna felt embarrassed, but she stayed still because of her friends’ warmth while in their arms.
Everyone giggled at such an appearance, commenting how it was even cuter than usual.
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