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Card Story: How He Spends His Birthday (White, Snow, Oz, Arthur, Cain, Riquet, Mithra, Owen, Bradley, Akira)
Card Episode: A Birthday with Their Beloved Disciples (White, Akira)
Recommended to read Snow’s BD card story first!
How He Spends His Birthday: White and the Central Wizards
[Location: Manor’s courtyard, day]
Arthur: Lord Snow, Lord White.
Riquet: We wish you a happy birthday!
Cain: Happy birthday!
Oz: ….
Snow, White: Thank you, everyone!
Snow: No matter how old you get, birthday celebrations are always a happy occasion.
White: Indeed. We become keenly impatient every year.
White: Arthur, you said the Central wizards prepared a special arrangement for us, did you not?
Arthur: Yes. We were thinking of hosting your favorite pastime, hide-and-seek, as the party game.
Snow, White: Hide-and-seek!
Snow: Just terrific. It is our favorite game and we’re the best at it.
White: Then, Oz, you shall be ‘it’. *
Snow: The decision is final! He looks awfully scary, so he fits the role perfectly.
Oz: ….Very well.
Snow, White: Oh—
Snow: Ozzie…!?
White: It is not like you to comply with us this easily. Perhaps your tummy hurts!?
Oz: Silence. Just hide.
Snow, White: Kya—!
Snow: How scary~ He’ll eat us!
White: All of you, hide quick!
Arthur, Riquet: Y-Yes!
Cain: Okay, let’s do this!
(Everyone runs)
Snow: Hohoho, ending already?
White: It seems like we have snatched an overwhelming victory.
Riquet: You are really good at this…! I didn’t have any idea where you could’ve hid.
Cain: Yeah, I was dumbfounded when I saw Lord White shrink himself and hide in my pocket. How did you even come up with that trick?
White: We’re seasoned players, and thus we have plenty of ways to hide ourselves.
Riquet: Please teach me how! I want to play with Mitile and surprise him!
Cain: Me too. I think it’ll be good training for me.
Snow: Of course, of course. I shall teach you a special technique next time.
Snow: Consider it as a thank you for this most wonderful party.
White: We were able to have a pleasant time because of you. You have our thanks.
Arthur: It’s our pleasure.
Arthur: Actually, this was Master Oz’s idea.
Snow, White: It was Oz’s!?
Arthur: Yes. Cain, Riquet and I talked to him about what would be a good party for you. Then Master Oz himself went to ask the Master Sage about the things you both like.
Arthur: And the answer was hide-and-seek.
Snow: Oz doing something for our sake, huh.
White: He even went out of his way to seek advice from the Sage.
Oz: ….If I don't, you’ll keep bothering me about celebrations and such.
White: Dear Oz. We shall play hide-and-seek again on your birthday someday.
Arthur: Oh, I can’t wait for that day to come. Let’s do our best then, Master Oz!
Cain: Until then, I should practice some ways to hide better.
Riquet: Me too!
Oz: ...Sigh.
Snow, White: Aw, now you’re getting shy~!
White: Hohoho, I look forward to that day.
How He Spends His Birthday: White and the Northern Wizards
[Location: Snow and White’s room]
Snow: Attention, everyone~
White: Raise your hands if you know what day it is today~
Mithra: I don’t know.
Owen: Me neither.
Bradley: Absolutely no idea.
Snow: It is futile to play dumb.
White: Why, we are fairly sure we endlessly announced our birthday to the three of you these past three days.
White: Today, we shall have you convey your gratitude to us as a celebration of our birthday.
White: Worry not, for we have prepared a reward for whoever entertains us the most.
Owen: White, is that….
Mithra: There’s no mistake, those are mana stones he’s holding.
White: No stealing, understand? If you show even a sliver of that intention, we’ll begin punishments immediately.
Mithra, Owen, Bradley: ...Tsk.
Snow: Let us get into it with high spirits! Who wants to go first?
Bradley: ...Geez, fine. This should be enough of a present for grandpas like you.
Snow: Oh, a shoulder massage.
White: Hm, not bad. Somehow I felt you put in too much power, but this certainly gets a passing score from me.
Bradley: It better be. This ain’t nothin’ t’ you.
Owen: I’ll go next. This is from me.
White: You’re very well-prepared, Owen. I did not expect a present from you.
Snow: ...Hm? It is rather dark in color. What is this?
Owen: Can’t you see? It’s churros. It turned black after I put a sweet, transparent fish in it. It turned out to look pretty tasty, so I’ll give it to you.
White: I see that you made us our favorite! I can certainly feel the sincerity and the chewiness.
Mithra: ….
Snow: Mithra, dear. All you’ve done is sit there in silence. What happened?
Mithra: Sigh, this is your birthday present, can’t you see?
Mithra: I’m going out of my way to hold back the urge to kill Oz. You should thank me.
White: Oh, Mithra, dear, you’re such a good boy for holding back!
Bradley: Is he really…?
White: Hm, all presents have their own charm, it is quite the challenge to pick one to be the winner.
Snow: ...White, aren’t you forgetting one more person?
White: Hm?
Snow: Lastly, it is my turn.
Snow: My dearest White. I present this beautiful brooch, together with my heartfelt congratulations to you.
White: Snow…!
White: I, too, planned to give you a brooch after this.
Mithra, Owen, Bradley: ...Hm?
Snow: My word, so we planned to give the same present to each other…!?
White: We are truly one at heart…!
White: So that’s how it is; Snow is the winner!
Mithra, Owen, Bradley: Huh!?
Bradley: Are you fuckin’ kidding me!?
Mithra: So you two were simply playing around this whole time?
Owen: I don’t believe this. Give me back the time I wasted.
Snow: Hohoho. Let us have this one, will you?
White: We are the stars of today’s show, aren’t we?
Mithra, Owen, Bradley: ….
Mithra, Owen, Bradley: Sigh….
Snow: Happy birthday, dearest White!
White: Thank you, dearest Snow!
Snow, White: Kya kya!
How He Spends His Birthday: White and the Sage
[Location: Akira’s room, evening]
(Knocking sound)
The night after Snow and White’s birthday party, I heard a knock on my door.
White in his adult form: Sage, are you still awake?
Akira: White? Why are you in your adult form?
White: Hohoho, consider this a special service on my birthday.
White: I wanted to ask you out for a night stroll. I came to invite you myself, for Snow has already fallen asleep.
White: So will you come and accompany this elderly man?
Akira: If you want me to, then gladly.
White: In that case, I shall get ready for our late-night sky date.
A multitude of stars sparkled in the silent night. We rode on White’s broom slowly among those lights.
White: The party tonight was delightful. The cocktail you made for me and Snow was truly pleasing in taste.
White: The pattern on the glass, and the color of the cocktail itself—why, it reminded me of a snowy landscape on a sunlit day. It was beautiful.
White: Thank you, Sage. Snow seemed just as delighted.
Akira: I’m happy that you liked it. It’s worth all the effort to prepare a birthday present for both of you.
White: Birthday, huh…. Again today, he aged by a year.
I’m not sure if it was the cold night wind, or White’s expression that I cannot see as he keeps looking forward.
But I could hear it in his voice—the feeling of being left behind.
Akira: (That could be the case for White, because he no longer ages….)
Akira: (But….)
Akira: I’m glad I’m here to celebrate your birthday, White.
Akira: Maybe not to celebrate your age, but to be grateful for the fact that you were born into this world.
Akira: I’m certain that everyone in the manor feels the same.
White looked over his shoulder and looked at me fondly.
White: Thank you, Sage. You are a very kind child.
Snow: Hey, you two, that’s cheating!
White: !?
Akira: S-Snow!?
Snow: White, you stole away without me. How could you?
Snow: It is our birthday! It’s a shame to sleep and let it end just like that. Let’s enjoy our time together until the sun rises!
Snow: ...Indeed. We should fly around in the sky, free from the binds of the painting.
Akira: (...Huh? Now that he mentioned it, shouldn’t they be inside the painting…?)
White: Hold on tight now, Sage. Here’s a somersault!
Akira: Woah! M-My eyes are spinning…! Ahaha!
[Location: Akira’s room, morning]
Akira: …. It’s morning…?
Snow, White: Zzz….
When I woke up, I was back in my room, with the twins snuggling up together on my bed, sleeping.
Akira: (Was that a dream…? They were supposed to be stuck in a painting because of their afflictions, but they weren’t….)
Snow, White: Mumble, mumble….
Akira: (...Who cares if it’s a dream.)
I felt as if I just spent a special moment that was a little lonely, but exciting at the same time. Basking in the lingering memory, I buried myself under the blanket once again.
Card Episode: A Birthday with Their Beloved Disciples
[Location: Lounge, day]
Akira: White, you seem like you have lots of birthday memories.
White: When you get as old as I, there will be so many of those memories that you will never have enough fingers to count them all.
White: Although, the memories you forget are just as many.
Akira: I guess that’s how it is when you’ve had so many birthday parties….
White: Nevertheless, if it was a rather fun and peculiar day, I still remember it even after years.
White: For example, the time our disciples celebrated for us.
Akira: By disciples, you mean Oz and Figaro, right? Did they arrange a birthday party for you?
White: It was a long, long time ago. Oz was shorter than his staff, and Figaro… he didn’t look much different from how he does now.
White: After asking them many, many times, they agreed to make us our favorite churros.
White: They told us they would make it together, but that time it was mostly Figaro who did the work. Oz was only standing upright by his side.
Akira: I see, so Oz was that kind of child.
White: I’m certain he wasn’t aware of the idea of celebrating birthdays at that time. I’m still unsure if he’s aware now….
White: He looked clueless of what to do, simply going along with Figaro’s prompts, and garnished the plate with rouge berries.
Akira: Ahaha, how adorable! I understand why their collaboration meal would make an unforgettable memory.
White: Whenever we bring this up, the two of them can only make a bitter face. To us, it’s certainly an unforgettable birthday.
Special Home Screen Line
White: The Sage’s wizards living together in the manor…. We spent our birthday surrounded by the people we hold dear. All of this wouldn’t be possible if not for you, Sage. Thank you.
* The original word is 鬼/demon, hence the talk about Oz being a scary demon that eats people. ↑
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