Lynn had forgotten when his birthday was. After all this fuss, come to think of it, he should be twenty-two now, right?
He had arrived last year, and now it was this time of year again. This year was nearly over too.
Doing the math, Lynn looked at Dania and a question mark seemed to pop up over his head.
He hadn't seen Dania in a long time. She had changed so much!
Dania now looked to be eleven or twelve. Considering how girls developed, she would stop growing in a few years, so the current Dania looked like she might be a little taller than Lilim.
Her hair was no longer the short boyish cut from before, but a feminine short hairstyle.
Damn it, he'd gotten another year older.
Lynn hadn't celebrated a birthday in a long time. He hated socializing, and birthdays meant socializing, so he simply never celebrated them. He had no sense of holidays or ritual.
He truly hadn't expected to celebrate his birthday.
He glanced at Lilim and Dania.
This was what the two of them had come up with?
"How is it, Lynn?" Lilim said with her arms folded. "Do you like it?"
"Master, happy birthday. I don't know whether you like it, but you still shouldn't overwork yourself. You should rest properly."
Lynn stood there, not knowing what to say.
Dania had looked clever from the moment he bought her. And because of her unusual experiences, she had none of that haughty air about her. She easily stepped forward and said, "Master, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
"No. But come to think of it, you've grown so much?" Lynn placed a hand on Dania's head. He had gotten used to patting her head. "Time really flies."
Honestly, this was how Lynn felt about