I was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but that World is at Peace (WN)-Chapter 2191: And Thus, the Birthday Celebration Begins ②
That day was one with a crystal-clear blue sky. From the moment I woke up and opened the curtains, I felt that today was going to be a beautiful day…… And yet, for some reason, I didn’t feel particularly refreshed.
Why was that? I had no concrete reason, but this inexplicable sense of unease seemed to well up from deep inside me.
[Good morning, Kaito-san! This Transcendental Beauty Alice-chan has arrived! Well~~ you must be delighted to be greeted first thing in the morning by Alice-chan’s transcendentally beautiful face!]
[……Why do I suddenly feel even more anxious? I mean, clearly, you’re here for a reason, aren’t you? And also…… the heck is with that pity on your face!?]
[I do feel bad for you. But, well…… you also bear some responsibility for not giving any warnings in advance, Kaito-san.]
[Eh? What……? What’s going on……?]
The very fact that Alice had shown up and started talking to me so early in the morning was unusual. Of course, since she was usually around me anyway, she’d sometimes strike up a conversation on a whim if I had free time or if she felt like it.
But for her to appear the moment I woke up, it was obvious that this wasn’t just idle chatter. She had something important to tell me right at the start of the day.
And the way she looked at me with this vague sense of pity only added to my unease. My gut feeling was growing stronger, warning me that something was very, very wrong.
Then, Alice took out something, what looked like an elegant letter, and held it out to me.
[And so, Kaito-san…… Happy birthday! Here, this is an invitation to your birthday party.]
[Eh? Oh…… Oh, right…… Today’s my birthday, isn’t it? An invitation? A party? Ah, I see, so you guys are throwing a party for me again, like last year. That’s nice and all, but…… errr…… where’s it going to be? A party hall somewhere? Or, like last year, maybe in the Sky Castle……?]
[…………………]
[Could you stop giving me that smile full of pity? It’s making my bad feeling about this even worse. You just said earlier that I was at fault for not giving any warnings in advance…… This means it’s not going to be on the same scale as last year…… doesn’t it?]
I had completely forgotten that today was my birthday, but of course, it made me happy that my friends wanted to celebrate it. That is, as long as the celebration was within reasonable bounds.
Even last year, they had built an entirely new Sky Castle above the Royal Capital just for the party, an event of mind-boggling scale. It had already given me a bit of a stomachache back then, but this time…… it felt worse. How should I say this…… It was like my instincts were screaming at me to brace myself.
[……Well, you see, last year, we only had a few hours to prepare, and it still turned out like that. But this time, the Gods, who can literally do anything if they put their minds to it, had more than enough time to prepare.]
[……I can’t stop sweating…… Alice…… Where is the venue?]
[……World Creators had joined forces just to celebrate Kaito-san’s birthday and made a brand-new world for the occasion. That’s your party venue.]
[……Oof.]
Hearing Alice’s words, I couldn’t help but look up at the sky. I see…… So they actually created a world…… just for a birthday party…… That’s the kind of idea only an idiot would come up with! Why the heck did they go and make an entire world just for a party!? Even last year, the Sky Castle was already way too big, wouldn’t a slightly larger-than-usual hall have been more than enough!?
And knowing them, there’s no way they just built a venue and called it a day…… Last year’s Sky Castle had all sorts of weird fountains and trees that had nothing to do with my birthday…… If Shiro-san or Makina-san got involved and went all out…… I don’t even want to imagine what they’ve done this time.
[Ahh~~ by the way, Kaito-san, all of your acquaintances, or rather, all the party attendees have already arrived at the venue. Well, don’t worry, since time flows differently over there, you can take your time getting ready. Just like last year, I’ll be guiding you to the venue……]
[U- Unn…… But still…… I really should have said something earlier, like "Next time, a normal-sized party is fine". I mean, even if I didn’t, when I was talking with Aoi-chan and Hina-chan, my birthday came up in conversation…… If I had realized it then……]
[Yeah, sorry, but that was impossible unless you thought of this last year. Early on in the planning phase, Shallow Vernal-sama-sama and Makina set things up so that you wouldn’t be reminded of anything about birthday parties. Plus, they put a restriction on the other attendees so that whenever they were around you, they’d forget about the party until they left.]
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[……They went way too hard on this surprise.]
Their level of preparation was honestly ridiculous…… They were completely serious about this. At this point, I was beyond terrified to find out what kind of place they had prepared.
For once, I could completely understand Lilia-san’s constant complaints about her stomachaches.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [You’d think you were the one causing stomachaches, but between the Six Kings Festival and the Founding Festival, there are also times when you’re on the receiving end huh, Kaito……]
