Their commission was suspicious.

It seemed to conflict with Chen Luo's shop opening time, but Chen Luo was using a monthly timer to adjust the time, making the time in Chen Luo's main world one and a half hours different from the time in the previous civilization.

……

"So when you say 'almost done,' you mean I have to decorate the room after I finish cooking? You're really doing me a disservice as the chef, aren't you?" Chen Luo gave Alicia a somewhat resentful look.

Chen Luo was standing on the ladder with balloons hanging from it, while Hua was holding the ladder from below.

"Sigh, what can I do? You're the only reliable one. Hen is too extravagant; we definitely can't give him this kind of work. Desdovia is practicing the harmonica with Kosmo in the next room, and Aponia and Mei are girls, not good at physical labor. Sakura is wearing a formal dress today, so we can't let her be too careless..."

"Considering that there's only the task of hanging up the balloons left, I'll forgive you this once..."

Chen Luo actually suspected that Alicia wanted him to have some involvement in the decoration of the birthday venue, which was why she entrusted him with the final task of hanging up the balloons.

But none of that matters.

"And here's the script. I was going to give it to you this afternoon, but I saw you were cooking... So remember to memorize it after you finish drawing the balloons. Don't worry, you don't have many lines, but they're very important. I'm going to find Kevin now." After handing a script to Chen Luo, who had just finished hanging up the balloons, Alicia left excitedly.

After glancing at the thin few pages of the script, Chen Luo put it aside.

Hua, who was next to Chen Luo, picked up his script and began to carefully read it. It was clear that Hua was very concerned about this matter.

"Aren't you going to take a closer look?" Mei, who was fiddling with an exquisite doll, asked after seeing Chen Luo's actions.

Dr. Mei, who could sometimes appear a bit assertive, has now shed her doctoral aura and is just an ordinary young girl.

"No need, Alicia will just steal the lines anyway. I doubt Alicia herself has even read the script. So what do you think of the doll I sculpted?"

"It's beautiful, but shouldn't you have put Kevin's doll in the gift box?"

"No, the doll in Kevin's gift box is yours. I originally wanted to give Kevin my own doll, but I thought he might want yours more, so I gave you the Kevin doll that was originally meant for him."

"What an adorable doll! It doesn't seem to suit Kevin very well."

"Alright, Hen, with Kevin's looks, he could totally be a gigolo. But you..."

"What's wrong with me?"

"Your daughter is so cute."

"Hmm...it sounds like you're praising me, but I feel like there's something more to it..." Hen said, stroking his chin.

"Don't worry about the details. I'll have Gretsch come to me later, and I'll sculpt a doll for her right in front of her."

"Oh, really? Then it's settled."

Hen always doted on his daughter.

Chen Luo picked up the script that he had thrown aside.

Although the talent hinted that "Alice will steal your words, so you won't need this at all," Chen Luo was still very curious about what Alice would write in it.

"Thank you for putting that experiment aside to attend Kevin's birthday party." Meanwhile, May also approached Möbius.

“It was agreed upon long ago, so naturally I won’t go back on my word,” Möbius said calmly.

“Ah, speaking of this matter…” Hearing Mebius bring up the old story again, Mebius couldn’t help but look at Chen Luo, who was flipping through the script next to him.

"Was the proposed method for improving fusion surgery that you submitted today really Luo's idea?" Mei asked.

“Mei, you know me. My research direction is completely different from that improved method of fusion surgery, and I have no interest in improving the survival rate of fusion surgery.”

"Oh, I thought you wrote this for Luo so that he could become a doctor at a young age."

Mei hadn't expected that the person Mebius wanted to place in the Fire Moth would be such a good match for the fusion surgery she had proposed.

“His research potential in some areas of biology far surpasses mine,” Möbius stated frankly.

"But he has no interest in research in other fields. If he gets a doctorate, he'll probably stay put for a while."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. You should think about what you're going to do with Kevin after Lolo brings his body temperature down to near normal. Lolo is taking two days off for this, so the suppression will be much stronger than usual."

"..." Upon hearing Mebius's almost teasing words, Mebius immediately chose to shut up.

They've become more aggressive.

Was it because it touched on something she considered important?

However, Mebius's words did indeed make Mebius fall into deep thought.

Yes, what should we do?

……

"Alice, I don't think this is necessary." At 7:58, Kevin was being pushed along the corridor by Alice.

"No refusing, no speaking, keep moving forward!" Although Kevin said he was refusing, Alicia clearly didn't intend to let Kevin take the initiative.

"And didn't you guys say that I wouldn't be invited to this super cool party this weekend?"

"Ah, you still remember what Lolo told you? He was just joking, of course. After all, someone like you, the grand finale, should naturally be invited last." Alicia's mind went blank for not expecting Kevin to remember those words, and she suddenly forgot her lines.

"Just this once. New threats could emerge at any moment, and we have absolutely no idea in what form the next Herrscher will be born..."

Although Kevin was saying things that were hard to understand, his actions betrayed him.

"Okay, I'll definitely do it next time. But who knows what will happen next time? Alright, we're here!" Alicia pushed Kevin to a door that was ajar and the lights were off inside.

No one could resist Alicia's willfulness, so Kevin could only obediently do as Alicia said, gently pushing open the door that wasn't completely closed and going inside.

Happy birthday, Kevin!

The sudden bright light and the sound of firecrackers made Kevin take a half step back in surprise.

"Happy birthday." A belated, gentle voice sounded beside Kevin.

And this sound immediately attracted Kevin's attention.

"Mei? You're here too? And isn't my birthday the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, of course, today is your birthday. As for the time... I slightly adjusted the time on your calendar and communicator. Plus, you don't have any missions these past two days..."

Birthday surprises don't usually need to be this elaborate, but Kevin recently learned that May was using Chen Luo's joining the Fire Moth as a condition for Mebius to attend Kevin's birthday party, so May had no choice but to resort to this tactic.

"Kevin didn't not have any missions; he just pushed them all onto me. It made me have to go out on a mission this afternoon." Alicia put her hands on her hips, her face saying, "Praise me!"

"Yes, yes, thank you for your help, Alicia."

Just as Kevin was reveling in the fact that Mei would adjust her communicator time over such a trivial matter, a hand landed on Kevin.

Kevin's cold body was also beginning to warm up at a remarkable rate.

"Luo?"

“Don’t look at me, look at Kosmo. He practiced the harmonica for ages to celebrate your birthday. It’s not easy to make it to your birthday, so it’s only right for a friend to give you a near-normal body temperature. But I need to ask for leave tomorrow; today’s suppression will probably drain me dry.” Chen Luo took the opportunity to ask for leave.

"Of course, in return, I'll raise Kevin's body temperature back above 30 degrees Celsius. Although it'll only be for three minutes, that'll be enough to do some things. For the remaining half hour, his body temperature won't be close to normal, but he won't get hurt from the cold if he gets close." Chen Luo winked mischievously at Kevin.

Kevin glanced at Mei, whose eyes were also somewhat unfocused, and then awkwardly tried to distract himself.

Kevin hasn't completely turned into an ice cube yet.

The first thing Kevin saw was the girl with animal ears. Today, Sakura was wearing a formal dress, which was quite different from her usual assassin attire.

After noticing Kevin's gaze, Sakura returned a faint smile, as if she were a girl who had never experienced worry.

Meanwhile, standing next to Sakura, Desdovia was using telekinesis to stick to the cake that Chen Luo had kindly given her as a gift.

Huh? You're asking what the whole birthday cake is for? It's for smashing, of course.

Hua was cleaning up the confetti cannons that had already exploded.

Kevin's gaze then fell on the boy who was playing the harmonica.

Once he noticed Kevin staring at him, the tune started to go off track.

Even after countless practice sessions, Kosmo's excessive nervousness caused him to make a mistake unintentionally.

Fortunately, a long and holy hymn from Aponia followed, drowning out Kosmo's harmonica playing, which had been on the verge of despair, and filled the room.

Hen then started sticking birthday candles on the three-tiered cake.

Although Paddo has not yet met these people, she has participated in Kevin's birthday in a magical way.

"Well then, I'm turning off the lights." As the birthday candles lit up one by one, Alicia's cheerful voice rang out, and the lights went out.

"It's time to blow out the candles, Kevin, don't forget to make a wish."

"Whatever your wish is, it will definitely come true. I will make it come true."

Alicia said.

"Ellie, those are my lines." Feeling Kevin's body temperature, which was almost normal, Mei intertwined her fingers with Kevin's in the darkness and said with a hint of helplessness.

Lolo is right, Alicia really does steal the spotlight.

"Huh? Really? Is that what it says in the script I gave you?"

"Haha, Alicia, you haven't even read the script you wrote yourself, have you?"

"I've definitely memorized everything I wrote myself. What you're seeing is definitely the version before the revisions, not the final version!"

"I'm so smart. I didn't memorize any of the script Alicia gave me. I knew Alicia would make a mistake," Chen Luo said smugly.

"Oh, I know, it must be because you didn't say your lines properly, so I accidentally stole them." Alicia immediately shifted the blame onto Chen Luo.

"Heh, I didn't memorize it, but I did glance at it. I remember my lines were at the end. And Ellie, you admit you forgot your lines, right?"

"Can you call forgetting your lines when it comes to writing or screenwriting?"

That means the final interpretation right belongs to Alicia!

Laughter and cheerful voices rang out in the darkness, filling the room with a joyful atmosphere.

Kevin felt Chen Luo's cold hand withdraw from his shoulder and felt the warmth of Mei's body coming from his right hand.

Smiling, she bent down and blew out all the candles under everyone's gaze.

Wishful thinking shouldn't exist in the apocalypse. But if we really have to talk about what we want to achieve, then...

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"???"

As expected of Kevin, he easily accomplished what others couldn't!

Chapter 1097 Hello, my name is Cupid

"If you can't please everyone, then please no one!"

"So that's why you made such a magical cake?" Alicia asked while eating the cake.

"of course."

"In a sense, you've managed to make everyone unhappy, but you've also managed to please everyone. But how did you know what our tastes are like?" Hen asked curiously.

"Why worry about so much? Remember to give Gretchen the cake with number 12 when you go back today. That's her favorite flavor. The cake with number 13 is Blanca's."

"It's amazing that you can find all the flavors that everyone likes..." Sakura's ears twitched slightly as she ate her special cherry blossom-colored cake with a pleasant mood.

"By the way, Sakura, number eight is for Rei. I made it for her according to the flavors of the food she mentioned last time."

"Thank you for your help." Sakura nodded.

Chen Luo made a three-tiered cake, which was then divided into more than a dozen portions, each corresponding to a person's favorite cake flavor. Even the most picky person would praise it highly, such as Möbius.

That's why, despite the large meal that had already been prepared, no one had any desire to eat.

Everyone's stomachs were almost full from the cake.

So much so that not a single piece of the entire cake was used to cover a face.

As for how this cake was made, we can only say it was made through the Oath of Judah.

The source of information about the cake flavors that everyone likes is naturally the Book of Akasha.

Depending on the specific problem, I will choose the same Book of Akasha to inquire about!

Although the investigative ability could do the same thing, the Book of Akasha only needed 0.01 seconds to ask these everyday questions, so Chen Luo was completely too lazy to use his talent.

However, since a birthday party without chaos wouldn't be a real birthday party, and an overly chaotic birthday party would annoy everyone, at Chen Luo's suggestion, everyone took the tasting cake they had cut at the beginning, smeared a little cream on their fingers, and smeared it on Kevin's face.

Hen even suggested that Mei eat the cream on Kevin's face, but Alicia next to her covered her mouth with cake.