The hero's gender is yet to be determined after rebirth.

The magical fireworks were dazzling.

“Look, the baby is smiling!” Ethers exclaimed.

"Mmm, the baby rarely smiles, but when she does, she looks so beautiful." Jason was in charge of using wind magic to blow the smell of fireworks away along the window.

“But I think her smile while watching the fireworks wasn’t as happy as her smile when she saw your green hat.” Aisser thought for a moment, “Why don’t you put it on again?”

“No.” Jason shook his head vigorously.

“Baby, look, Mommy’s gift!” Aisser took out a small box.

It doesn't look very big, and the packaging is quite exquisite. What could it be? Lorenwei wondered to herself.

Ethers began unwrapping gifts in front of the baby.

Jason, being experienced, turned to retrieve his gift. He knew this would take a considerable amount of time, enough for him to leave and return.

A woman's elaborate packaging always makes a man feel like she's sealing a gift. Even with herself, this is true. Layers of cosmetics are a form of packaging. Lorenwei watched Aisser unpack, beginning to wonder what the gift was.

The mysterious remote control that the older girl dropped on the tram?

Aisser is untying the ribbons binding the gift...

The key to the mysterious closet of the neighbor's little sister?

Aisser is unwrapping the colored paper packaging...

Childhood sweethearts' neatly folded, untouched panties?

Aisser is unpacking a gift box...

Surely it's not some old, aging mage's jump egg?

As Lorenwei's guesses grew increasingly absurd, Aisser finally opened the gift...

"Baby, look, isn't this hair clip pretty?" Aisser took out a cute light gold hair clip with a ribbon shaped like a bow on it.

“…” Lorenwei wanted to cry. She remembered that when the couple was naming her, Aisser had strongly preferred to treat her as a girl.

"Next up is Dad's present! Although it's not as nicely wrapped as Mom's." Jason had been carrying things from the woodshed for ages, and it was finally his turn to present his gift.

"What is it?" Aisser asked with a gentle smile, her eyes calm as she watched Jason's boastful display.

“This is a stroller!” Jason moved the wooden stroller to the front of the bed: “The baby can sit in it and play later.”

"Could it be the vehicle that Mu Zhe mentioned back then, the one that's convenient for taking care of children?"

"Yeah, yeah, it's a pity there are no unicorns to pull it, hahaha."

“You still remember? I just didn’t know back then,” Aisser said with a laugh.

He actually managed to build it. Lorenwei looked at the still rough but already quite decent baby carriage and felt a mix of emotions.

"This stroller must be hard to sit in, right?" Aisser asked, touching the stroller.

“No, it was very easy to make.” Jason looked smug.

Ethers didn't point it out, but just smiled at him.

“Daddy carved something here, baby.” Jason squatted in front of the car, pointed to a small wooden board in the basket, and said to Lorenwei, “It’s written here with the name of Daddy’s deceased friend. This car was able to come into existence because of him.”

Lorenwei saw that on the inside of the wooden plank of the bicycle basket were engraved the words: "[In eternal remembrance of my dear friend Mu Zhe]".

“…” Lorenwei stared at it, unable to look away for a long time.

Aisser quickly noticed a small detail on Jason's fingers: "You have a lot of scratches and small red bumps on your fingers."

Jason scoffed, "Haha, I'm used to using a magic wand, and I'm not very good with hammers or anything like that. It's a pity I don't have the support magic for your weapon."

Aisser scolded, "Idiot, you are a great sage. Even if you're not a professional, you can still cast low-level healing spells, even a healing scroll would do."

"No, I stayed here on purpose because only my wife can cure me," Jason said with a coquettish expression.

Disgusting! Lorenwei and Aisser both despised him.

But Iser still pulled his finger over and cast the highest level of healing magic on it.

Hmph, you're all showing off your love on other people's birthdays. Lorenwei will continue to despise you.

"Vivi, how about you call me 'Mommy' to say thank you?" Aisser teased the baby.

Lorenwei satisfied her.

Jason clung expectantly to the stroller: "Baby, will you call me 'Daddy'?"

"..."

"Come on, say it after Daddy, Daddy—Daddy—"

Lorenwei ignored him for a long time.

But Jason kept calling out slowly from the side, which annoyed Lorenwei.

Jason: "Dad, Dad..."

Jason: "Dad, Dad..."

Jason: "Dad, Dad..."

“Yes~~~~” Lorenwei responded clearly this time.

Undeterred, Jason continued, "Daddy, Daddy..."

Lorenwei wanted to respond again and continue to take advantage, but her little hand suddenly touched a mark—the words "[Forever Remembering My Dear Friend Mu Zhe]" carved inside the wooden frame of the bicycle basket that she had just seen...

Look again at the lingering healing magic on Jason's fingers...

……

“…ba…ba…” The pronunciation was unclear.

"Haha! Aisser, did you hear that?! The baby is calling me!"

"I heard you, I heard you. You're a great sage, you don't need to be jumping around on the ground with joy, do you?"

"Haha, baby, shout it again!"

"...(Just this once, don't bother me again.)"

"Say it again, baby, come here, Daddy—Daddy—"

Jensen will never give up.

"..."

"Daddy—Daddy—"

“…Hey~~~” came the clear, childlike voice.

"No, you should call him... Daddy—Daddy—"

"Hey~~~"

Chapter 010 is also the anniversary of Mu Zhe's death (Thanks to @缥缈狐 for the extra chapter)

……

The couple celebrated for a while longer, until it was almost noon.

"Baby, don't mind. Mommy and Daddy are going to change the decorations in the room." Aisser carefully pushed the stroller aside and turned to begin using magic to help renovate the room.

“Last year, the anniversary of his death coincided with the birth of my baby, and we didn’t have a proper memorial service for him,” Jason said in a somber voice.

The light pink decorations were replaced with a predominantly white color scheme.

Lorenwei was surprised. Who were they talking about? Could it be...?

Aisser comforted the baby, "Be good and don't fuss later, okay? Mommy and Daddy are going to pay respects to our deceased friend, your Uncle Mu Zhe."

Oh my god, they're mourning me... Lorenwei watched as Esther and Jason stood side by side with their hands clasped together, beginning to pray.

The atmosphere is a bit depressing.

By the way, they held their wedding after I died. They had a baby a year later, exactly one year after my death in my previous life.

What about the year I was left empty during my rebirth? Did I go to God? Lorenwei couldn't remember that year.

The couple's memorial service for their friend started solemnly, but the atmosphere quickly changed.

According to the ritual customs of the human race in this world, although there is no burning of incense or other such rituals, people will reminisce about the deeds of their friends and relatives when they were alive.

Jansen: "Mu Zhe is such a kind person. He took three fatal blows from the gargoyles to save the child who had been kidnapped by them. If it weren't for your timely treatment, Aisser, he might have died then and there."

Aisser: "Yes, he really is a kind person. When we were resting at the hot springs, he was worried that the hot spring water was too hot and would burn people, so he secretly went down to the women's bath to test the water temperature."

Jason: "Are you alright?"

“As an elven archer, Sylph has a keen sense of sound. How could we let him live? No, we succeeded!” Aisses said. “Sylph and I spared his life.”

"..." Jansen continued to reminisce about his old friend's deeds, "Mu Zhe was a patient person. He often practiced swordsmanship until the middle of the night, and if he didn't understand something the first time, he would practice it many times."

Aisser: "Yes, he was very patient. He stayed in the women's changing room from afternoon until midnight, until I finished practicing Night Raid Arrow with Sylph and we were ready to change and take a bath."

Jensen: "...It's not easy for him to survive until the final battle at the Demon King's Castle."

Reorganizing his thoughts, Jason continued to reminisce about his teammates, slowly saying, "Mu Zhe is a man of principle. The succubi sent by the Demon King couldn't bewitch him at all."

Aisser: "Yes, he is a man of principle. He respects life and will not kill unless necessary. After defeating the succubi, he released them, but kept the magic rubbings of the erotic dances they performed to seduce him and the clothes they wore while dancing."

“…After all, Mu Zhe has already been summoned by the Lord.” Jansen sighed, paused for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and asked Aisser, “Do I think the Celestial Realm will be thrown into chaos after the Lord summons Mu Zhe?”

"Hmm? Neither of us knows what's going on in the Celestial Realm. Maybe we can ask my maternal grandfather Elena and maternal grandmother Sylvie." Aisser steered the conversation further off-topic.

Jason rolled his eyes, a rare occurrence for him: "Your maternal grandfather is Elena, I'm just not used to it."

"What do you mean?"

"No, nothing."

But Lorenwei's heart stirred.

In her past life, she perished alongside the Demon King, and a year passed between that moment and her rebirth. Could it be that her soul was in the celestial realm? But Lorenwei couldn't recall this memory at all.

Perhaps it's simply a gap in the cycle of soul reincarnation.

Three months later, the Jensen family welcomed guests.