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I Favor the Villainess (Web Novel) - Extra 1: Birthday
Extra 1: Birthday
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※ This story is set after the epilogue.
※ It’s Oohashi Rei’s birthday commemoration.
The season is early summer.
There are four seasons in the Bauer Kingdom, it’s finally the time the rainy season ended.
Today is the academy holiday, so I’m enjoying the time off with only my family.
Claire-sama and I watched over Mei and Alea studying at home.
Because they had been in the orphanage they should have at the very least learned to read and write, but perhaps because they couldn’t grow accustomed to there their grades didn’t seem too good.
Even so, if they’re taught once again they understand quickly, now that the vocabulary they’ve learned has increased, their education is at the level appropriate for their age.
“Claire-okaasama, how do you read this?”
While on top of Relaire, Mei asked.
Recently, Mei’s favorite place seems to be on top of Relaire.
“This reads as birthday”
“Birthday?”
“I do know, Mei. That is the commemoration day of a person’s birth”
Alea triumphally answered to Mei who tilted her head at Claire-sama’s answer.
“Alea is indeed correct. When are your birthdays?”
“I’ve forgotten. Do you remember, Alea?”
“Of course I do, Mei. It is on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month”
This world’s calendar is similar to Earth’s solar calendar, but it’s slightly simplified.
Each year has twelve months, each month thirty days.
“Is that so. When that day comes, let us have both of you celebrate”
“Yaay”
“I am looking forward to it”
Seeing Mei and Alea innocently rejoice, Claire-sama narrowed her eyes.
And, suddenly turned here.
“Which reminds me, I do not know when Rei’s birthday is either”
Then said so.
“It’s natural. I also don’t know it myself”
“What do you mean?”
“Have you forgotten? I am a spirits’ lost child”
“Ah…”
Indeed.
In this world, I was wandering about Euclid’s streets as a very young child when I was picked up by my current parents.
In other words, I don’t know my exact birthday.
“Then, did you not celebrate your birthday?”
“Commoners don’t have the economic leeway for that. At best we celebrate the New Year and the Harvest Festival”
Commoner families are often poor with many children.
If birthdays of family members were celebrated, it’d only wear them out.
Birthday celebration is an event of nobles.
“I see… Then, when was Rei’s birthday in the previous life?”
“In the previous life?”
“Yeah. I remember hearing Rei’s family in your previous life was relatively well-off?”
A little while before the revolution occurred, I explained to Claire-sama that I had reincarnated.
It seems Claire-sama remembered it well.
“Let’s see. The calendar there is slightly different from this world’s, but approximately it’d be on nineteenth day of the seventh month”
“Isn’t it soon!”
Say that kind of things earlier, Claire-sama scolded me.
“Rei-okaasama’s birthday is soon?”
“Will we celebrate?”
Mei and Alea got into it too.
Somehow, it seems their interest in celebrating my birthday welled up.
“Well, my birthday doesn’t matter, so let’s lavishly celebrate Mei, Alea, and Claire-sama’s――”
“What are you saying! There is no way it does not matter!”
I was criticized with all her might.
“It is a birthday of an important family member. We must properly celebrate it”
“Right”
“That is right”
I’m weak against the three of them cooperating.
But, even though in my previous life I was of age when I wanted to forget about my birthday, even if it’s called my birthday now it doesn’t quite click with me.
“There are only three days until the birthday. Mei, Alea, let us prepare!”
“Yees”
“Yes, let us”
“Ummm… Claire-sama, what should I do?”
“Rei, do the usual. It is enough if you do ordinary chores”
It seems the birthday preparations will be done by the three of them.
“Now then, it will become busy”
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The next three days passed in no time.
Colored paper was folded and cut, the inside of the room decorated, and festive atmosphere abruptly arose inside the house.
Claire-sama seemed to think about even more things, but because I wasn’t involved in the preparations I had no idea what.
While feeling just a little alienated, I was a little thrilled to find that out.
And, finally the night of the very day fell.
“I wish you a happy birthday, Rei”
“Happy birthday”
“Happy birthday to you”
We celebrated during dinner.
Starting with Claire-sama, Mei and Alea also wished me happy birthday.
“Thank you, Claire-sama. Mei, Alea too”
In return I gave each a wholehearted hug.
“Now now, please sit down, today we have a little feast… I might say that, but I feel guilty for having Rei cook it”
“Fufu, I don’t mind. Thank you very much for covering the ingredient cost”
“If I had not provided that much, it would be unclear whose birthday it is”
Until the very last moment Claire-sama was saying that she wanted to make it herself, but while it’s hard to believe with how she excels in other fields, her cooking ability is disastrous.
That’s why she only covered the cost of ingredient and I made it, still it was fun to freely show off my skills after using economic menu ever since the revolution.
The menu is roast beef, potato salad, onion soup au gratin, baguette, and crème brûlée.
“Then, shall we eat”
“Ah, Rei. Could you wait a moment? Mei, Alea. That”
“Yees”
“Certainly”
Saying so, the two went to the children room for a moment, and when they came back.
“Yes, Rei-okaasama”
“This is our birthday present”
Saying that, both handed me a carefully wrapped package.
“Can I open it?”
“Yup”
“Of course”
I wonder where they bought the wrapping paper.
From the clumsiness of the wrapping I understood it was personally wrapped up by them.
While thinking that I’ll also treasure this wrapping paper, I carefully unwrapped the bundle.
“This is… a portrait?”
Inside was a crayon drawing of me on a drawing paper.
My smiling face filled the entire picture.
I wonder if that’s how I look to them.
“We did our best?”
“How is it, is it similar?”
“Yup, it’s a spitting image. Thank you, Mei, Alea”
Brought to tears a little, I again hugged them.
They happily narrowed their eyes and returned the embrace.
Really, I’m proud of my daughters.
“There is also something from me?”
Saying so, with her cheeks red Claire-sama handed me a package.
That expression is already a present.
“This is… a handkerchief?”
“I apologize for its inferior quality”
What Claire-sama said was much too humble.
The handkerchief is embroidered with fine flowers, it’s absolutely not something an ordinary person would own.
This is an item of nobles.
It’s such a beautiful handkerchief that I hesitate to use it.
Claire-sama must’ve embroidered it herself.
On a closer look.
―― Dear Rei. From Claire
Those few words were embroidered.
I’m amazed this is the quality of three-day’s work.
There’s no item I treasure more than this.
“Thank you, Claire-sama”
“Fufu, I am happy that you are pleased with it”
I never would have thought I’d receive a present considering the time that was left to prepare, so I was considerably taken by surprise.
Honestly, if not for Mei and Alea here, I think I’d cry.
“Now, let us eat dinner. It is Rei’s cooking. It is guaranteed to be delicious”
“Yup. Delicious”
“Ah, Mei. How sly of you to get a head start”
“Fufu”
And so, a merry celebration dinner began.
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“The day of your birthday is over”
“That’s right, isn’t it”
Mei and Alea are already off in their dreams.
After they had fallen asleep, Claire-sama and I were peacefully drinking tea, just the two of us.
“How was it, have you enjoyed it a little?”
“It’s the first time I had such a happy birthday, even including my previous life”
In my previous life I had a good relationship with my family as well, so birthdays were fun.
But, it’s a different happiness to celebrate birthday with the family I’ve chosen and I’ve been chosen by.
“Fufu, I am glad”
“Thank you, Claire-sama”
I put all my feelings into these words.
To spend a birthday with my beloved – I reflected upon just how blessed I am.
“If you weren’t here, my life would surely be more boring. Thank you for being born, Rei”
“Claire-sama…”
The meaning of the words Claire-sama spoke.
I understand it all too well.
Claire-sama had lived as a noble without any inconveniences.
She said that she prefers the life with me over such a life.
There’s no way I wouldn’t be happy.
“By the way… There is one more present I want to give, however…”
“?”
“… Guess it”
Claire-sama was fidgety.
This is… Is that alright.
“Today I’m a little too happy and emotionally unstable, so I may become a scary wolf, is it still fine?”
“I shall allow it only for today. But, I will become a hunter as well, you know?”
“Let’s try it out”
“It is just what I am wishing for”
Leading Claire-sama by her hand, I headed for the bedroom.
I’ll only note the other present from Claire-sama was the best.
