64 Gifts
For the lost brother, Anjieya is very clingy to him, she is like a little tail, she can follow Quan wherever she goes, and she can't leave for a moment, even if she has to be separated - go to the toilet to change clothes or something like that - she definitely has to stay outside, asking from time to time, "Brother, are you there?" "Is my brother alright?" , If Izumi answers her, she will continue to ask after a quiet moment, if she doesn't answer or if she answers late, well, Angela has already rushed in by herself.
Although her actions caused a little trouble for Izumi, Izumi still cooperated willingly.
Maybe there is really telepathy between the twins, after Izumi saw An Jieya, even if he didn't have any childhood memories, he still accepted this sister almost immediately, the closer he got, the deeper the feeling of being trusted and attached, he could even clearly capture the mood swings on An Jieya's body, what he liked and hated at a glance, as if the two had never been separated.
That night, Izumi shared the same bed with Antjea in the gloomy air of Electrolux - they were still young anyway, and it was nothing to sleep together.
The early morning sun pierced through the thick curtains and cast a faint figure in the room, the bedroom door was opened from the outside, and Miranda, who was in a long skirt, walked in with the maids from the outside.
She walked to the bed and saw two little angels on the bed, one left and one right, who were still sleeping, the smile in their eyes could not be dissolved, and the corners of their mouths were several degrees higher than usual.
Coming to the room several times a night to check if the children were sleeping well, Miranda's rest was not good, but she was still in good spirits, and God knows that if it weren't for the etiquette, she would have wanted to spend the night with her little ones, which would have brought her a sweet dream.
Her child, really back. Nothing made her happier than this realization.
The heavy curtains were opened, and the room suddenly became bright, and the two little angels on the bed were stimulated by the sunshine, and at the same time frowned a little, and then, reaching out to pull the quilt higher, hid in the dark and warm quilt, and continued to sleep.
The exact same gesture made Miranda smile deeper, she bent down, pulled down the quilt, and kissed the two children, "Baby, get up quickly." β
Izumi, who had been getting sleepless and sleepless as a result of listening to Miranda's story with his sister last night, had a rare sleep, but when Randa kissed him on the forehead and cheek, he still opened his eyes.
"Mom?" Seeing a vague shadow in the backlight, Izumi screamed, both to call people and to make sure that this was not his hallucination.
Miranda replied lovingly and touched his head: "Good morning, my child." β
"Morning, Mom." Izumi came to his senses and gave her a big smile, catching another familiar voice out of the corner of his eye, "Good morning, Electrolux." β
"Good morning, Your Highness." Electrolux, who came in at some point, stood behind Miranda.
Now in the Imperial Palace, and in public, so he began to call Izumi His Highness again.
Yesterday, I was called this by everyone for most of the day, and Izumi is already a little used to this name.
The little girl next to her moved, and Anjieya also woke up, and when she woke up, her first reaction was to look at her side, and after making sure that Izumi was still there, she patted her chest exaggeratedly, and then smiled at Izumi and Miranda: "Good morning, brother, good morning, Mom." β
"Good morning, dear, get up quickly."
Izumi got up from the bed and helped Anjieya by the way.
A well-trained maid stepped forward and prepared to serve the two little masters to dress and wash.
Electrolux wouldn't let them get his way, he took the maid's clothes and began to put them on for him.
Izumi wanted to say that he was coming, but there were a bunch of maids around him, and he swallowed the sentence silently, accepting Electrolux's kindness.
Compared to others, Electrolux is better.
"Happy birthday, Izumi." As he changed into his coat, Electrolux whispered in his ear.
Izumi smiled at him, "Thank you." β
Miranda glanced at Electrolux with a little dissatisfaction, she had wanted to dress the child herself, but unfortunately she was preempted.
Compared to Izumi, Angela's refusal was even worse, and whenever a maid approached her, she would hide behind Izumi in a gesture of refusal. Miranda, accustomed to such a scene, motioned for the maids to stand far away and change the clothes of her little daughter herself.
After getting dressed and freshened up, the group left the bedroom and walked towards the dining room.
The Emperor, the Marquis, and the two older princes were already waiting there.
"Good morning."
Everyone greeted each other with good morning and exchanged a good morning kiss cordially.
As soon as he made a mistake, Eric couldn't wait to say to Izumi and Anjieya: "Happy birthday, Izumi, Anjieya, my gift is ready, after breakfast, come with me to have a look?" β
Because of the birthday of a pair of young children, the noblest couple of Battlelands put down all the arrangements for today, and only accompanied their families to celebrate their birthdays. So today until the dinner, they have free time to spend with their families, and in the same way, the two older princes, who are still studying, also get a day of rest.
Hearing that there was a gift, the two similar little faces nodded at the same time: "Okay." β
Diego also turned his head to them and said, "My gift is also ready, since Eric is giving it now, then when you see him, go and see mine." β
The two children nodded again, and if there are gifts to receive, it is naturally better to have more.
Then the others began to say that they had prepared gifts, and although most of them only found out about Izumi yesterday, they still carefully prepared the best gifts they felt in the shortest possible time.
Izumi was happy about this.
"I've got a gift for Angela too." Izumi whispered to his sister sitting next to him.
The little princess's eyes lit up, and then she became frustrated: "Mine is not ready. She had been following her brother and refused to leave, and she didn't have time to prepare gifts.
"It's okay, it's the best gift to meet you." Izumi smiled and stroked her carefully brushed blonde hair - it wasn't easy, everyone else touched his head when he got smaller, and now he finally touched it.
The effect of touching the head to kill is good, and An Jieya happily said that she will definitely prepare the gift.
After breakfast, it's time to receive gifts.
Eric prepared two paintings for them, one was a solo portrait of Angela, and the other was a family portrait, both of which were painted by Eric himself.
In a single portrait, Anjieya sits on the sofa in a beautiful blue dress, holding a doll in her hand, smiling lively and cheerful.
In another family portrait of a family of six, Raymond and Miranda, a husband and wife, sit on chairs, each holding Izumi and Angela in their arms, and the two older princes stand behind them.
And in this painting, everyone is their current age, even Izumi is no exception. When he looked closely, he saw that the paint on his face in the canvas was fresher than the rest of the canvas, not yet completely dry, as if it had just been painted.
When Eric saw him looking at himself in the painting, he smiled and said, "I've always wanted to draw a family portrait, but I always don't know how to draw your face, and it's empty, but fortunately you're back, otherwise I would have to paint you with Anjieya's hair and eyes." β
Quan's heart was warm, and he smiled: "I like this gift very much, thank you second brother." β
An Jieya also laughed: "Thank you, second brother." β
Looking at his younger brother who was finally recovered, and his younger sister, who had become more smiling than before in just one day after his brother came back, Eric didn't say anything, just gave each of them a big hug.
Later, Diego also sent him a gift, a singing magic music box for Angela, and a small pocket watch for Izumi that could set an alarm.
Izumi knew from the appearance that both of these were antique things of some age, but the smooth and clean appearance indicated that someone often played with them.
"These are Diego's treasures." Eric looked at the two gifts with some taste and said: "The music box was given to him by his grandmother, and the pocket watch was the first reward he received, I couldn't touch it before, but I didn't expect him to give it to you directly." β
Izumi thought for a moment and handed over the pocket watch: "Then I'll touch it for you now." β
Angela repeated the same move: "Give you a touch." β
Erik: =-=
Izumi laughs, well, he's joking.
Then Raymond gave them a small horseman, and though Izumi did not lack mounts to walk, he was pleased with his men; Miranda gave Angela a beautiful flower-like hair ornament, and Izumi was given a top hat, all of which she made herself.
"This hat also has matching clothes, but it's a little small, I'll give it to you when my mother changes it." Every year, Miranda prepares a handmade dress for this little son, there are clothes and pants, but the small cloak outside, this year it is a small top hat, and the previous clothes and pants are not worn by Izumi now, so she is ready to change it in the future and give it to Izumi.
And what Balthazar gave to the brother and sister was a small golden bow and arrow for each of them, which really matched his interests.
As for Electrolux, when everyone was about to ignore him tacitly - everyone thought that he probably wouldn't give Angela a gift - he actually gave Angela a gemstone brooch, and even Angela herself knew that Electrolux didn't like her very much, so she didn't expect him to give her a gift - although the style looked like it was bought casually, it was still shocking.
Ignoring everyone's shocked expressions, he put another gift on Izumi's finger.
Izumi looked down and saw that there was an extra ring on his hand, the simple style was almost exactly the same as the ring on Electrolux's hand, even the pattern of the monster on it had it, but his ring was a few sizes smaller.
But what frightened Izumi too much was that the ring was put on his left ring finger by Electrolux.
"A protective ring, which can defend against attacks below the seventh order." Electrolux explained.
After a pause, he added, "I did it myself." β
What if you made it yourself, do you know what it means to have a ring on your left ring finger? How dare you bring it to me?
Izumi almost wanted to scold this unconventional Electrolux, and even more frustrated, he found that the ring could not be taken off.
Seeing him go to take the ring, Electrolux took his hand: "There's a magic limit on it, and no one can take it off but meβdon't you like it?" β
There is such a strange setting. Izumi wanted to say that he didn't like to let Electrolux take it, but looking at the anticipation in his eyes, Izumi could only twitch the corners of his mouth and thank you.
"No, I love it, thank you."