Jas had 'punished' Emily until she was 'happy' last night, but in the middle of it he had heard a grunt and noticed his door was slightly open.
When he checked it out, a pile of liquid was staining the wood floors and walls in an arc.
Jas put on his clothes for the day and thought, 'This is kinda embarrassing.. I bet a maid ca delivering drinks and saw. The whole staff probably knows what I was doing by now.. I bet I look like a colossal pervert to everyone.'
As he stepped out of his room, Veronica and Emily had turned to him and bowed. Jas wondered what they doing until they both said sothing that left him confused.
"Happy birthday!"
His mind instantly understood when recalled his character sheet from the day before, his age had displayed a 15.
'I really didn't even notice honestly, birthdays have always just been another day.'
Jas hadn't celebrated a single birthday growing up back on earth, bouncing from one foster family to another never staying in one place long enough for the occasion to be brought up. When he turned 17 and enlisted into the army early, he had already stopped caring about stuff like that long ago.
Jas wasn't entirely speechless and a strange feeling welled up in his gut as he muttered a quiet thank you.
Footsteps echoed to the side as Jas saw Lady Justine, who had weird flush, walking towards him.
"Happy birthday, Sir Jas." She smiled.
"Umm.. uh.. thank you."
Before the silence turned awkward Justine eyes bulged as she said, "What hell!? You're level 8! And [Dauntless]! That's for killing sothing 20 levels higher than you! Explain this now."
Jas scratched his head while saying, "Actually it's for defeating soone 30 levels higher..." as he looked away and whistled.
Lady Justine's eye twitched as her mouth opened and closed.
"My office, now. You will explain what you have been up to the past couple days." Saying this, Justine walked over to the door and impatiently tapped her foot.
Jas looked at Veronica and Emily and shrugged.
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"That still doesn't explain how you gained 7 LEVELS. 7. You're a man, you're exp gain is limited."
"That's actually related to a perk I have, it-" Jas explanation halted when Justine put her hand up.
"While I don't understand how a perk could allow you to do that, I'll accept it as fact for now. Jas perks are personal, two people rarely have the sa one. Never tell soone about your perks unless you trust them with your life and I still wouldn't do it then."
"Oh.. okay."
"I now kind of understand what happened, so that makes this easier to say. Jas you are not allowed to leave the town walls, I was going to tell you to co back early today for so special news, but I cannot have you getting hurt under my supervision." She said with a sigh, Jas story had sohow frazzled her perfect blue braids.
With a sigh of his own Jas asked, "I understand Lady Justine and I don't want to put you in an awkward position. But what special news are you talking about?"
Leaning back in her chair she said, "It's about your family, if my hunch is correct then you'll be reunited soon. There's still a chance I'm wrong however, so don't be disappointed if I am."
'My family.. but I was isekai'd? How could I have a family here, she's definitely got mixed up with soone else.'
"Oh that's good. I promise to keep my expectations low then haha." Jas said with a forced chuckle.
Justine looked out the window and smiled, "We just heard about your birthday last night so everything's a little rushed, but they should be finished by now."
"What should be finished by now?" Jas asked confused.
"Go outside and head to the square, it's not much but everyone worked hard on it." Seeing Jas was still sitting she shooed him away, "Just go, it's a surprise."
'That went a bit better than I thought it would honestly, I figured she would've tied to the bed after hearing about the ogre. Now then, what's happening at the square? Is there a holiday today or sothing.'
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The couple streets leading over to the square were fairly empty, but they're was an excited buzz in the air. Being carried by Veronica, he noticed banners hanging up in the distance and stalls that had sprung up haphazardly overnight.
As he got closer, people noticed him excitedly and eventually a few commanding looking won stepped towards them. These ladies seed to be in charge of whatever was happening and stopped a short distance away from him.
A gruff voice ca from the middle one, she had short brown curly hair and a impressively muscular fra that belonged in a bodybuilding competition.
"Happy birthday, Sir Jas. We know it's not much but everyone did their best to throw you an okay birthday party. Everyone has been in high spirits since a man has co here and they wanted to do sothing for you."
"A birthday party... for ?" That strange feeling ford in his gut again.
"Yes Sir, if you wait over there for a mont we can begin." The woman said pointing to a singular chair on the edge of the street on the inside of the square.
Numbly and bewildered by this developnt Jas responded, "Uh alright."
Walking over, all around he heard greetings and cheers of happy birthday.
'It's just another day, why are they so happy for ?'
Sitting down, a minute passed as everyone cleared to either side of the street. Soon a clapping and stomping rhythm entered his ears.
Looking to his left where the sound had co from, he saw a rows of won marching and holding flags. When they got closer his face went black as he made out what was displayed on each.
Each flag seed like a personal creation and proudly displayed their artistic talent. Each flag had an image of Jas depicted in a suggestive pose.
'These goddamn perverts.'
Quite a few were similar, it showed him on a bed in tighty whiteys holding his arms out for so unseen lover. Others showed him making different expressions while biting his finger or blushing. So were of him being held in the arms of the woman who created their flag.
As the procession of 100 or so people walked by another group replaced them.
This group was composed of 6 won who wore nothing but underwear and had a wooden weapon in their hands. They turned to him and bowed before a 3v3 lee began.
After one side had finally won, the three victors appeared before Jas again. At once they started flexing in various poses before shouting happy birthday and leaving.
'Is this how people celebrate birthdays?'
Jas face was getting more strained with each passing act. Jugglers wielding fire batons preford as won cartwheeled up and down the street behind them.
'This weird as hell, but it makes happy knowing they're doing it for ..'
His praise ended there as about 50 won carried a carved stone statue of his almost naked body ca into view. He was depicted as frail and shy with a hand covering his privates with a very small washcloth.
'I take it back! I'm not happy about this at all..'
As they passed, Jas saw the next group appear. 25 won holding staffs stood in front of him and he wondered what their act would be.
Low voices sounded as brilliant lights took form.
'That's magic! This is aweso!'
The magic swirled in a rainbow of colors in the air until an image of Jas appeared.
'This is so freakin cool'
The magic image began to move and his face went black once again.
Won cheered as the image of Jas did a striptease. The image now only left Jas wearing a bulging jockstrap as he blew a kiss. The kiss had transford into a pink heart and blew towards the biggest crowd of won. They went nuts as the magic washed over them. He saw more than a few faint, foam pouring out their mouths.
'How has my desire to learn magic been destroyed so quickly..'
The mages then stood in a line as won ford ranks behind them. The flag bearers, jugglers, and even the won with the statue getting in line. All the won on street sides had joined in as well, the entire town getting ready for one last display.
'What are they planning now..'
He heard a command ring out from a familiar voice.
'Lady Justine?'
"FORWARD, MAAARCH!" as the townswon moved, a chant roared out.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAS"
'Wow that gave chills..'
"WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH"
'This is kind of wholeso.'
"WE WANT TO STRIP YOU DOWN AND SNIFF YOUR MANLY MUSK"
'What the fuck man.. is that Galea?'
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAS"
'How many verses are there..'
"YOUR'RE OUR ONE TRUE DESIRE"
'Ugh..'
"SO RIP OFF OUR PANTS AND SET OUR CROTCH ON FIRE"
The chant went on and on for several minutes before Justine commanded a halt and the group executed a right face.
Now turned towards them, the won bellowed out one last happy birthday.
A mont of silence passed before Veronica nudged him and Emily whispered,
"Say thank you or sothing so they can break formation."
Jas was overwheld by the perverse nature of these won but still felt that strange feeling in his gut which had moved into his chest.
Breathing deeply he yelled back, "THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M VERY HAPPY!"
And Jas ant it, that feeling in his chest made him want to do sothing for these people who were just happy to have him around.
Before the won broke rank he put up a hand to stall them, he then unbuttoned his shirt entirely leading to excited gasps. He then put a finger to his lip and stuck out his tongue like a child who got caught doing sothing naughty.
Cries of "Kyyahhh" and "Thank you goddess" rang out. He then blew a kiss like the magic show he witnessed earlier, then sat back down.
The silence after the blown kiss was harsh and no body moved.
'That's embarrassing.. I thought they would've liked that-' his thought cut off by a series of thuds.
More than half of the won had fainted while others bent at the knee's clenching their chests.
Jas whispered up at Veronica and Emily, "Should I have done that?"
Veronica turned her head away while blushing and Emily stated, "That was a little too powerful of a move for regular people.." she had to wipe blood away from her nose as she spoke.
Soon the festivities began in earnest as a town wide party took place.
Lady Justine had found him awhile later, "So, what did you think? It wasn't much but I hope it was a little entertaining at least."
Jas chuckled lightly as he said, "I'm actually blown away, I wish I could thank everyone individually for putting on such a display on my behalf."
Lady Justine smiled and said, "I think you already did, though that 'move' needs to be used with caution. I'm afraid you already have fans for life now."
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Around evening Jas crew went back to the manor with Lady Justine. It was about ti for her promised news to arrive.
They made their way into her office and waited, a few minutes later an envelope popped onto the desk, startling Jas.
"That's really neat, is that [Instant ssage]?"
"Yes Sir Jas, it's really handy for conversing with people far away if you don't have a relay stone. The only downside is that you can only send it to a place and not a specific person, so you have to set a up a chain of people to talk with soone who's in a place you haven't visited."
"That's really interesting, but we should probably just go ahead and get the bad news out of the way first." Jas wasn't the least bit concerned about what was written inside that letter.
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