"When my curiosity was too great and I couldn't stop, I had already crossed the fence into the forest and started exploring..." Balam recounted his adventures.
"I entered the forest to investigate a magic lizard, and when I looked up, I saw a giant claw grab me. When I came to my senses, I was already in the giant nest of a monster bird."
"I was so scared that I hid behind a rock for a night. Starving, I looked at the monster bird's eggs. When I approached, I was immediately attacked by the returning monster bird. That was the first time I felt the [beauty] of a creature."
Balam took off his mask.
"The wound on my mouth was from that mother bird at that time. Although my parents arrived in the nick of time and saved me, I was severely scolded. Only then did I realize that my parents weren't scolding me for being disobedient, but because I had neglected life," Balam sighed.
"A mother bird who fully protects her children is beautiful, because she embodies the preciousness of life. In the demon world, scenes of neglecting life often occur; that is the way of nature. But for you, Shesi, Iruma, you two are different. You—"
"No, Balam-sensei, he respects demons very much," Shesi interrupted.
"When Sabnock had the courage to draw his sword against the [leader] during the flying competition, I knew that some beliefs are more important than life. Most of us humans actually prioritize life, but life is precious, and belief is even more valuable," Shesi replied seriously.
Balam was stunned for a moment, then looked at Iruma. Seeing Iruma's empathetic expression, he scratched his head.
"Is that so...? I thought I was going to tell you to cherish life and not rush into danger."
"We know that too. After all, we still cherish our lives very much before achieving our goals," Shesi said with a smile.
"You can't relax after achieving your goals either; life is very precious," Balam looked at Shesi seriously.
"In short, remember to be careful when communicating with creatures. First, mutual understanding... Hmm... To help you live with us, I can learn about your human living habits... food, things you're good at..."
Shesi saw Balam's brightening eyes and knew that Balam was very interested in these things, so he just told him directly, including their two birthdays. Meanwhile, Opera, who was at home, received a call from Balam. After hearing the content, Opera went to Sullivan's office, walked in without knocking. Sullivan put down his documents and looked at Opera.
"What's wrong, Opera?"
"I just received a call from Balam. Lord Iruma's and Lord Shesi's birthdays... are October 4th... we already missed... missed it," Opera was clearly a bit down, as his ears were already drooping... Today was October 25th... The next morning, bright and early, Shesi and Iruma were blindfolded and then carried away. Just as Shesi thought he was going to be resold again, he realized that he and Iruma had arrived at a strange place... and everyone seemed to be wearing masks and performing some kind of... ritual?
Shesi and Iruma looked around; it seemed to be a large cathedral, with a bonfire burning in the center. Shesi and Iruma were seated in the central seats, surrounded by people in masks dancing around them.
Suddenly, a voice came, and the two looked to see their grandfather.
"Surprise, Shesi, Iruma ~"
"Grandpa" x 2
"Everyone, what is this? What's going on?" Shesi was the first to ask.
"Heh heh ~ Because it's my grandsons' big day, Grandpa put his all into preparing it, you know. This grand cathedral is quite nice, isn't it?"
"Prepare? Big day? What is it?" Just as Shesi and Iruma were still confused, a voice came from the right.
"Speaking of which ~ This is truly a ceremony befitting Lord Iruma and Lord Shesi," it was Asmodeus, who was speaking through a horned skull mask.
"That's right, that's right! Shesi-kun and Iruma-kun!" Clara also smiled as she looked at Shesi.
"I never expected that the [Demon Summoning Ritual] hadn't been completed yet. Ultimately, it's my fault for not knowing the two lords' birthdays. As a close friend of the two lords, this is a major failure in my career."
Shesi and Iruma were both bewildered. The [Demon Summoning Ritual]?
Although Shesi had extensively studied the history of the demon world, knowing the causes of various wars, the three major heroic factions of the demon world, that there were 26 demon kings before Delkira, and many other things, even more than some demons, Shesi did not know what the [Demon Summoning Ritual] was.
[Demon Summoning Ritual]: A ritual to bless the birth of a demon. Participants prepare offerings and dress elaborately, singing and dancing in the ceremony. (Human translator: Birthday party)
Lead also sighed and said,
"I had one too, when I was six years old, although it was held in a small, abandoned house nearby."
Ameri also took off her mask.
"But I've never seen such a grand ceremony before."
"After all, not many demons hold a ceremony every year in the demon world."
Balam walked over from the side at this moment.
"Because of their special origins, the two have different ritual etiquette, but it's very interesting, isn't it? By the way, I designed it ~"
At this moment, Ameri looked at the gift she gave Lord Iruma, then looked at the gift Ameri gave Lord Shesi.
"Damn it, if I had known, I would have brought that fruit-scented earth dragon's strawberry cake! Damn it, if Mother hadn't eaten it..." Asmodeus said unwillingly, looking at Ameri's gift, which was slightly larger than his own.
"Ah, Ameri's [offering] is so big ~" Elisabetta leaned over and said.
"Ah... Hmm... I just happened to have something suitable, so I... it was just a coincidence," Ameri said with a smile, but internally she was shouting,
"Heh heh ~ I'm the main wife! Of course!"
Then Ameri looked at Eiko-chan beside her.
"Hmm, Eiko-chan's gift looks like it was carefully prepared," Ameri said, noticing Eiko-chan's hands covered in healing patches.
"Ah... it's not as precious as Ameri's, it's just a towel I made when I had nothing to do..." Eiko-chan looked at Ameri's huge gift box with a bit of inferiority... "No," Ameri shook her head.
"In my opinion, your gift is the most precious gift here," Ameri said seriously.
"Eh? R-really?"
"Yes, I'm sure Iruma will be very happy," Ameri encouraged him.
Opera looked around.
"Eh? Where is Kalego-kun?"
Balam heard this and explained,
"He declined, saying he was very busy or something..."
Opera heard this.
"I see. Then," Opera walked in front of Iruma as if he had expected it, placed a familiar summoning sticker on Iruma's hand, and with a wave, Yepo appeared ~
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