The Doll and The Prince - v2 Chapter 67 (Patreon)

Hiiro (35)
"A birthday is the day you were born. It's the memorable day when you came into this world and started living. Every year on that day, you add one more year to your age. Like one year old, two years old, and so on."
"I don't know the day I was born."
"Should we choose one for you, then? How about today? Today can be your birthday."
"Today? Are we having a dango party today?"
"A dango party?"
"Hirosue said she'd make it for my birthday."

That's going to be tough to prepare for on such short notice.

"Oh, then let's postpone it a bit. Even Hirosue can't manage it today. I'll also prepare a present for you."
"What's a present?"
"A gift."
"A gift? Why do you give gifts?"
"Because it's a happy occasion, right?"
"Why is it a happy occasion?"
"...?"

Aoba, help me out here.
Turning to Aoba in desperation, she stifled a laugh while looking away.

"Ask Aoba for the rest. Isn't it time for studying?"
"I'm not doing it today."
"Huh?"

Naruhito, who was facing this way while on my lap, hugged me tighter and turned his face away from Aoba.

"Don't you like studying?"
"I'm not doing it today."

It seems Aoba couldn't hold back any longer. She chuckled softly.

"I wonder what this is about, Your Highness?"

With a chuckle, Aoba asked.

"It seems like a case of 'study fever.'"
"What's 'study fever'?"
"Ah... Naruhito, go study with Aoba."

Naruhito shook his head vigorously from side to side.

"Naru, why don’t you go play with me. Is that okay?"

Upon hearing the suggestion to play, he showed a slight hesitation.

"Since His Highness and Lord Sai are working, shall we have some fun in a different room?"
"Fun?"
"How about we learn everyone's birthdays and write them down?"
"Why?"

Suddenly, a deafening roar reverberated. The mansion shook, followed by an explosion.
I stood up while holding Naruhito, and looked at Aoba and Sai. They both moved quickly. Out of the window.
A fighter plane has crashed into the mansion. It was a single-seater reconnaissance aircraft that couldn't even carry bombs. It was developed but never used because it easily crashed due to jamming signals.
The prolonged war was also due to the inability to attack from the air.
And now it's stuck in the mansion.
What the hell is this?
I quickly moved away from the mansion while scanning the surroundings.
Hitachimaru was with Otoha, Toshitane with Ikumatsu, and the two white-clad individuals were with them, Hirosue with Murakano and Yoshino, all safely left the mansion.

"Is everyone here! Can we get the cars out?"
"Yes, everyone's here. It's impossible."

Hitachimaru answered.

"Then let's move away as fart as possible."

There were small explosions coming from the fighter plane, so maybe the crew was throwing grenades or had suicide bombs attached to them. The mansion seemed like it would catch fire soon.
It's a relief that no one was directly under the fighter plane...

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