Laboon felt nothing much about the moving platform on his head. To humans, it was indeed cumbersome, but to an Island Whale, carrying it was no different from wearing a straw hat.
The laughter and cheers from above even made Laboon feel happy. He could sense the heartfelt joy of the people on his back.
"Laili, happy fourteenth birthday. You're becoming more and more like an adult."
"I think I've been one for ages. How about changing the island's standard for adulthood, Dad? None of the adults on the island can beat me now, and even Brother Bear isn't as tall as I am."
Girls usually entered their growth spurts earlier. You could see it from the lines in elementary school playgrounds—at that age, plenty of girls were a head taller than the boys in their class.
Lyliana had completed her explosive growth in height during that period. Although it had slowed down now, she had still reached 8.1 meters, becoming the tallest person on the entire island. Even Bear was a fair bit shorter than her.
Fortunately, Oran had anticipated this long ago. Otherwise, the renovation of the royal city would never have kept up with Lyliana's growth.
"No, you're special. No one else can compare to you. Come blow out the candles, then we can eat the cake."
This cake was also five meters in diameter, and after several layers were stacked together, it stood three meters tall. Besides massive amounts of cake and cream in various flavors, it had ice cream filling and chocolate decorations. It was a genuine calorie bomb.
The chefs who made it had been borrowed from Cake Island. Only Charlotte Linlin's chefs had extensive experience making cakes this enormous. Charlotte Linlin herself had also sent Lyliana a birthday gift.
Similar gifts had already