At St. Freya Academy's Yae Shrine.
With the pop of party cannons, confetti and streamers danced through the air.
"Cheers!!"
A cluster of glasses clinked together on the dining table, ringing out with a crisp sound.
"To celebrate Himeko's discharge from the hospital, Ji Lin's return, the successful defense against the previous invasion of the Academy, and other things... Anyway, cheers!"
Kiana raised her glass as she spoke.
"Yeah!!"
After clinking glasses, Himeko grabbed a can of beer and gulped it down. Once she had drained half the can, she let out a satisfied sigh. "Haaah... Compared to the days when I could only drink purified water in the hospital, this place is practically heaven!"
"I was bored to death in the hospital before!"
Himeko pressed the chilled beer can against her forehead. The icy sensation felt especially pleasant.
"Himeko, for the sake of your health, please restrain yourself a little."
Theresa said this while sipping bitter gourd soda through a straw, and Bronya beside her nodded as well.
Xu Yanwu had specially made the bitter gourd soda for Theresa.
The soaked bitter gourd was also refreshingly crisp, and there was even a cold bitter gourd dish on the table.
"Hmph, how boring... People really do get conservative once they get older..."
Himeko said as she drank her beer.
The moment Himeko said that, quite a few people at the table froze in place...
Theresa... was over fifty years old.
Yae Sakura... was over five hundred years old.
Ji Lin and Lianshan... were over five thousand years old.
Fu Hua, Danzhu, and Cang Xuan... were over fifty thousand years old.
Xu Yanwu... was one hundred thousand years old!!
"Ahem, Himeko, you shouldn't put it that way."
Xu Yanwu coughed twice. "That has nothing to do with age."
"I wasn't lying,