I wake up.

The sun is shining warmly in my room today.

It's a beautiful day.

I wake up and immediately look around sleepily.

I get up and head over to Mr. Lan. Mr. Lan is propped up on his desk, asleep.

I wonder if he stayed up late yesterday putting together all sorts of information.

"Mr. Lan.

......

Mr. Lan!

I called out to him again and again, and he opened his eyes.

Then he looked at me and said, "Good morning," and after a while he froze and looked flabbergasted.

What's wrong?"

'...... No, today would be Lelunda's birthday. I woke up early this morning and was trying to get ready, but I must have fallen asleep. Happy birthday, Lernda."

Mr. Lern said that to me a little awkwardly.

Seeing that, I couldn't help but laugh.

Yes, today is my birthday.

I think that Ran-san was probably planning to wake up early and prepare for my birthday just as he did for the previous one. But I guess he was busy with other things and fell asleep.

I am happy that Mr. Lan wanted to celebrate with me.

I'm glad that he wanted to celebrate with me. Thank you."

When I said that, Mr. Lang gently patted my head.

Just the fact that he smiled at me like that made me feel relieved and very happy.

It has been six years since everyone started celebrating my birthday.

Before I was abandoned, I had never had a single birthday celebrated, and it was somewhat strange to think that by next year, the number of birthdays that were not celebrated would already be equal to the number that were.

It was a day when only Alice was being celebrated.

But now, it is a day when both Alice and I are celebrated.

I'm glad of that fact, because I'd rather both of us be celebrated than on a day when one of us is not celebrated.

In a letter I received from Alice before, she wrote that she too would be celebrated by those around her. Not in a big way, but she was happy that people would celebrate with her and give her gifts.

Alice is happier now than when she used to be treated specially and given a lot of things.

I also gave Alice a birthday present. I sent her a matching gift. Alice also sent me a present. But I haven't opened the present and the letter yet because I was told to open them on the same day.

The letter and the present were in Lan's possession, so she gave them to me.

The letter from Alice wished me a happy birthday and also said that she wanted to celebrate with me this time.

-Alice and I are twins, but we have never celebrated our birthdays together. That is probably a strange thing for people around us. I thought again that Alice and I had not lived as normal sisters.

Maybe next year I could invite Alice to this village and then we could spend some time together.

Or I could go back to Alice and celebrate with her.

Just imagining such a future makes me happy.

Alice's gift was a book. I had told her that new books were not available in this village, so she bought me one.

It was a book of popular stories in the capital of the Migga Kingdom and a book about cooking.

It made me happy to think that Alice had chosen these books for me.

It's still early in the morning, and I'm still being congratulated by all kinds of people, but I'm already feeling ...... warm and content.

'Lelunda, shall we get dressed?

This year, just like last year, they have prepared a dress for me.

I am happy to think that they prepared a new dress for my birthday, even though the one I had last year has grown too tall to fit anymore.

That alone made me feel as if I had already received a birthday present.

Ms. Lan was also changing.

Since Ms. Lan doesn't usually wear fashionable clothes, it was fun to see her in her own clothes.

Then, I went out of the house with Mr. Lan.

"Happy birthday, Lelunda.

"Happy birthday, Lelunda."

"Happy birthday."

Everyone was dressed up.

Everyone is smiling and wishing me a happy birthday.

--I am very happy about that fact.

I know it's partly because I'm a godchild, but my birthday has become a kind of event in the village.

I wonder if the celebration will become bigger when this place gets bigger.

It is fun to think about the future when I think that the number of people will increase little by little and they will celebrate with me.

--Girl's thirteenth birthday 1

(A young girl, a child of God, celebrates her thirteenth birthday. Like last year, she is dressed up and celebrated)

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