pertwk 6: 6th birthday party
6: 6th birthday party
"Lingling, remember what we just said. Don't be unhappy. Just act like usual."
Auro glanced at the "Lamb's House," which was already faintly visible in the distance, stopped, and turned back to give Lingling another instruction.
"I...I'll be careful..."
Lingling lacked confidence.
Oro sighed inwardly, thought for a moment, and then patted Lingling on the shoulder:
"It's alright, Lingling. Gale has already gone to find Uncle Lef. Uncle Lef sails very fast, and he'll be here with a whole bunch of giant uncles to help us soon."
"It's not because of that... The nun is definitely not as strong as me. I... I'm afraid that when I see everyone, when I see the nun, I won't be able to hold back my tears..."
"Hey, Oro, am I being too weak...? The nun was about to betray us..."
Oro looked at Lingling, whose eyes were already brimming with tears, and wanted to pat her head, but he simply couldn't reach her.
"Lingling has done very well. After figuring out that the nun was a bad person, Lingling didn't burst into tears or throw a tantrum, which was already beyond my expectations. Lingling is very strong."
"Really?"
Lingling stared longingly at Oro.
"certainly."
Auro did not hesitate.
"Then, Oro, can you tell me what you were trying to do by sending Gails away?"
"Huh?"
Now Oro really hesitated. Was this still the same Charlotte Linlin who only knew how to eat and whose eyes were only on cakes and pastries?
Could it be that one of the sisters has been possessed by another soul?
"Lingling, how did you come up with this idea?"
Oro narrowed his eyes. If it really was a case of two people from the same hometown meeting, he would at least be careful not to stab them in the back, let alone stab them in the back.
"Ever since you calmed me down with that yellow thread in the village last time, Oro, I haven't cared so much about the strawberry cake anymore..."
"Although I really want to eat it, I can't resist most of the time... But I also know that eating too much will make me fat and I won't be pretty..."
Lingling poked her index finger with her index finger and whispered.
"Really? Using gold thread to create extra connections between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala can have such unexpected benefits?"
Oro was very puzzled.
As the saying goes, "every profession has its own secrets," and he wasn't a professional in the field of brain science in his previous life.
All his brain manipulation techniques were derived from experiments conducted repeatedly in the Elbaf underworld on intelligent giants, based on the giants' medical books.
The giants' medical development was very crude and audacious. At first, Oro was very worried that although the experiment on the giant beasts was successful, it might directly turn Lingling into an idiot.
After all, Lingling isn't a long loaf of bread. Based on what he did to the long loaf of bread before, even if the other party didn't die, he would definitely suffer a cerebral hemorrhage later.
But now it seems... Lingling has become smarter?
Is that correct?
That's not right!
On the night Lingling had her food craving disorder flared up and went berserk, he immediately took back the gold thread after calming her down.
Could it be that this area of the girl's brain has never been used before?
Was the last time he connected the wires to reactivate Lingling's brain?
"And Oro, you made no attempt to hide the fact that you had Gails find Uncle Leif."
Seeing that Oro didn't speak, Lingling nervously continued, "It would be safest for the three of us to go find Uncle Leif together... Gails should understand that too..."
"Gails certainly understood, which is why she didn't say anything and went to find Uncle Leif."
Oro snapped out of his daze and said in a relaxed tone, "It's good that I wasn't possessed."
"Lingling, want to do something crazy with me?"
……
Time passed quietly beneath a seemingly calm surface, and Lingling's birthday arrived.
At noon, the sun was shining brightly.
The birthday party was actually quite simple, with just some more fruit and cakes and pastries that Sister Carmel had bought last time.
The main ingredient in the dessert is a "Samla Tower," made from a cream-filled bread called "Samla," piled higher than Lingling herself.
"Let's have a tea party, Lingling!"
A blond boy wearing a red crown shouted.
"Tea party?" Lingling was puzzled by this unfamiliar term.
"A tea party is where everyone sits around a table, drinking black tea, enjoying desserts, and spending time elegantly!"
"Oh! That sounds wonderful! I want to have one! I want to have a tea party!"
Lingling was so excited she danced around, and the children chimed in with their own chatter:
"I'll make some black tea!"
"I'm going to eat my fill today!"
"How about we have a competition?"
"Sister! Brother Oro! Come on over!"
A masked boy noticed Sister Carmel and Oro, who were standing on the periphery.
"Okay, okay~"
Sister Carmel's response seemed more loving than usual.
"You guys eat first, your brother Auro and I have something to talk about~"
"Okay!" ×n
"Oh!! Thank you everyone!"
Lingling was drooling and crying, thanking everyone while constantly grabbing pieces of Samra from the "Samra Tower" and throwing them into her mouth:
"tasty!!!"
"Now that Lingling's brain is working again, she probably won't go completely insane like in the original story, right?"
Oro watched Lingling wolf down her food until she winked at him when no one was looking, and only then did he turn to Carmelo with relief.
"Let's go, Sister, let's not let the children hear what we're saying."
"You're such a little devil, Oro. You should enjoy your happy childhood instead of worrying about other people's troubles, don't you think?"
Carmelo turned and walked toward the house of the "Lamb's House," and the moment he turned around, the loving expression on his face vanished.
"Oh dear, this is terrifying~"
"Sister, you already have enough wrinkles on your face, and now that your face is drooping down, it looks even more pronounced."
Oro grinned and immediately launched into a sarcastic remark, but Carmelo acted as if he hadn't heard him and completely ignored him.
"Snapped!"
The laughter and chatter outside were shut out along with the door.
"Orikum Oro..."
Carmelo's voice inexplicably carried a metallic, hoarse, and suppressed quality.
"What a smart child! But unfortunately, the world is never short of smart people. Being smart alone is not enough!"
"Hehehe, your soul must be very interesting! Perhaps it can become my most precious collection!"
"The Evil Spirit Guard!"
Her withered hands suddenly reached forward and grabbed, causing invisible threads in the air to be pulled.
In an instant, the tables, chairs, candlesticks, and even the deer head specimen hanging on the wall were brought to life!
They twisted and expanded violently, transforming into a group of Homies burning with ghostly blue flames!
There was a tall, stag-headed knight, wielding a thick, spiked club;
There are worms with many eyes, and their mouthparts drip with a sticky substance that looks corrosive.
There were multiple hunting dogs, emitting low growls, their sharp claws tearing at the ground.
They had ferocious faces and charged at Oro from three directions, blocking all his space to dodge!