Chapter 39: Kevin, Kevin is on fire!

Chapter 39: Kevin, Kevin is on fire!

The living room has completely changed at this moment.

On the wall opposite the door, there is a sign that reads "Kevin Happy Birthday", and the surrounding area is decorated with strings of lights and colorful flags, creating a lively atmosphere.

The people surrounding the dining table were wearing exquisite dresses and holding firecrackers for celebration in their hands. They set them off together with blessings, sprinkling colorful rain on the protagonist of today.

"Mei, Ato... and everyone else?"

Kevin looked around at everyone in the room with some surprise. In addition to his familiar lover and comrades, he also saw Sakura, who was once his enemy but was now his friend, Mobius, who should not be interested in such things, and Ai Yue, who he unexpectedly felt friendly to despite having only met him a few times.

Friends gathered together just to celebrate his birthday.

Even though his body had become extremely cold due to the genes of the Honkai Beast, Kevin still felt a hint of warmth in his heart.

An inappropriate piece of music sounded at this moment. It was Kosma who was trying hard to play the harmonica. However, he was obviously not very skilled. Not only were his movements clumsy, but the pitch was also not on the score at all. Although one could barely hear that it was the classic Happy Birthday song, he stumbled so much that it made people laugh.

"Sorry." Seeing that everyone was about to burst out laughing, Kosma stopped playing and scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I should have practiced more times."

"It's okay, it's good enough." Dystopia patted his shoulder and said encouragingly, "I think you look pretty handsome when you play the harmonica."

So Kosma became even more embarrassed.

Fortunately, at this moment, a long and holy hymn suddenly rang out, making everyone unable to help but trace the source of the song.

"It's Aponia's blessing." Ai Yue shook his phone, which showed that he was talking to Aponia. "Actually, she wanted to use her ability to sing in your hearts directly. I thought that was a bit too much, so I persuaded her not to do it."

"Thank Miss Aponia and Mr. Ai Yue for me." Kevin nodded and finally said the first words after entering the door.

"Okay, stop standing there like an idiot. Come and sit down!" Elysia motioned Kevin to sit next to Mei, then looked at Dystopia, "Little Dystopia, bring the cake over!"

"Here I come!" Dystopia did not move from her seat, but the cake in the kitchen flew up out of thin air and landed steadily on the table.

Along with the cake came the gifts that everyone had carefully prepared.

Dystopia is a psychic fusion warrior whose ability is telekinesis control.

The color of the cake is divided into three layers, namely white at the top, blue in the middle, and black at the bottom. It was carefully designed to represent Kevin's three colors.

Ato stared at the candles on the cake and suddenly asked Ai Yue beside him in a low voice: "Ai Yue, do you think this candle is a little to the left?"

"It's just your psychological effect, Ato." Ai Yue was a little helpless, "Besides, if you change the candles that have already been inserted, the cake will become ugly."

Ato hesitated for a moment but finally gave up on adjusting the position of the candles.

When the candle was lit by the flame and emitted a warm light, the fox-eared girl who had been silent stood up and pressed the switch next to her.

The room returned to darkness once again, but this time it was different because the light of the candle was still flickering.

"Come and blow out the candles, Kevin," Mei said softly, "but before you do, don't forget to make a wish."

"No matter what the wish is, it will come true!" Elysia added, "Well, I will make it come true~"

"It's not your turn yet, Elysia." Mobius finally caught Elysia's loophole, "This sentence belongs to Mei."

"Eh, is that so?" Elysia said in surprise, "Is that what the script I gave you said?"

Ato couldn't help but laugh: "Elysia, you haven't read the script you wrote, have you?"

"I...I wrote it myself, I must have memorized it all!" Although the candlelight in the room was dim and her face could not be seen clearly, everyone could imagine Elysia's red face defending herself, "You must have read the script before the revision, this is the final version!"

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Kevin finally couldn't help but grin.

He thought back to his peaceful life in the past, when he was still a student and would smile carefree.

It's great to be able to experience this feeling today.

This thought flashed through Kevin's mind, so he silently made a wish, then lowered his head and blew out all the candles.

The next second, the lights came on again, and everyone applauded Kevin. Ato held a cake knife, cut off the biggest piece, and handed it to Kevin: "Come on Kevin, you are the protagonist today, you eat the biggest piece!"

Kevin took the cake with a smile, but just held it in his hands. The moment the cake touched him, it began to stiffen and solidify, and soon the moisture condensed into a layer of white frost on the surface.

It was difficult for him to enjoy food like a normal person, but at such a happy moment, there was no need to spoil everyone's fun.

The birthday party didn't take long, and it was almost over after the cake was distributed. After all, everyone had their own things to do, and it was rare to be able to get together so neatly.

The first person to leave was Ato. As a married man with children, his wife and daughter at home were still waiting for him to return.

Mobius followed closely behind, but the other party's willingness to come was beyond everyone's expectations.

The next to say goodbye were Dystopia and Kosma, as they had other training sessions in the evening.

Sakura left quietly, just saying goodbye to Elysia, and Ai Yue didn't even notice when she disappeared.

In the end, only Kevin, Mei, Elysia, and Ai Yue were left.

As the owner of the house, Elysia naturally couldn't leave. Kevin and Mei planned to help her clean up the room before leaving. It was only at this time that Ai Yue put down the clean cake plate and stood up.

But he didn't intend to leave. Instead, he took out a beautifully wrapped box from his pocket and pushed it towards Kevin: "This is your birthday present, Kevin."

"Thank you." Kevin also stood up and took the box. He looked at Ai Yue and vaguely realized what he meant. "Do you want me to open it now?"

If the other party waits until most people have left before taking out the gift, there must be some special meaning behind it.

After Ai Yue nodded, Kevin opened it and took out a tube of dark red liquid.

Even when in contact with Kevin's body temperature of minus thirty degrees Celsius, the liquid did not freeze and continued to flow in the container.

"I'm temporarily naming it 'Fire of Redemption'." After saying a very clichéd name, Ai Yue looked at Kevin with a smile, "As for its effect, you'll understand after you drink it—how about it, do you dare to drink it?"

"What on earth is this? Why is it so mysterious?" Elysia looked at the tube of liquid with some curiosity. "Is it some kind of super strong liquor, the kind that makes you sleep for a whole day after drinking it?"

Mei on the side had some guesses. She widened her eyes slightly, with mixed emotions written all over her face.

It was an expression of disbelief, yet a desire to believe.

Kevin did not hesitate too much. On the one hand, he was confident that conventional things did not pose a threat to him. On the other hand, he trusted Ai Yue.

He believed that Ai Yue, as the inventor of the Honkai Energy Adsorption Device, was a like-minded companion to him.

Kevin opened the lid easily and drank the red liquid in one gulp. The hot liquid was like a flame, flowing down his tongue and seeming to ignite his body.

But Kevin was not moved at all, because he was very familiar with this feeling—he had tried all kinds of strong liquor before, just to experience a moment of warmth.

However, this feeling is often fleeting, like the matches that the little girl used to miss a better life.

No, that's not right!

After a moment, Kevin stood up shakily and reached out to unbutton the collar of his dress: "Oh, so hot..."

Elysia looked at Ai Yue in astonishment.

How can a person whose body temperature is constantly at minus thirty degrees Celsius feel hot?

Unless, unless the other person's body temperature is rising!