The crowd erupted in cheers. Nora was tossed into the air and caught again, while Monica even put on a six-handed passing performance. Theus had thought the cake would receive the same treatment, but people in this world still cherished food. They carefully cut the cake into portions, making sure everyone got a share.
Theus's eye twitched as he looked at the cake in front of him, complete with a fish head stuck into it.
Monica had definitely put that there. The Banshees were good at everything else, but their taste was a little bizarre. Stargazy pie was one thing, but sticking fish heads into a cake too?
"Today is Nora's birthday. Such a meaningful fish head should go to Nora." Seemingly without thinking, he pushed the cake in front of Nora.
Nora was still feeling dizzy. Partly because of the surprise of people suddenly throwing her a birthday celebration, and partly because she had just been tossed around.
She dazedly bit into the fish-head cake and said somewhat unclearly, "You... mm, did you all come to celebrate my birthday? Why is Lord Theus here too?"
"Oh, I came to pay respects to the martyrs on the front lines, and incidentally take a look at the birthday presents they gave you."
"B-Birthday presents!"
Nora's eyes immediately widened. There was still cream on the tip of her nose, and she froze with half a fish head caught between her teeth.
"Of course. Birthdays come with birthday presents. I remember that you have that tradition over there too, right?"
"Yes, yes." Smiling sweetly, Helena somehow produced a bouquet of flowers. "This is for you. They're called five-petaled lotuses. They bloom all year round. I hope you'll blossom like these flowers in the future."
As she spoke, she planted the flowers in a