Their commission was suspicious.

"This is a custom-made Divine Key that I once gave to Alicia, made from scraps of Soul Steel. It can leave an impression of me. You should all have received something like this, right?" Chen Luo said.

"So you made that crystal flower. I thought Ellie made it herself." Eden nodded.

Eden and his group did indeed receive crystal flowers.

"I originally planned to use this thing once and then give it to Alicia, but a substitute came out, so I just gave it to her. I didn't expect her to return it to me." Chen Luo shook his head and chuckled.

“It seems Alicia left something inside?” Aponia said.

"It's probably longing and worry, after all, this is the key to the true self, its real purpose," Chen Luo said.

The Key to True Self is an artificial anchor point created by Chen Luo himself in his imagination.

The only unexpected thing is that this item was originally intended for many people, but now Alicia has taken all of it for herself.

"So next... Lolo, where do you plan to go to the Fire Moth?" Velvi asked.

"I plan to stay in Paradise for a while. If there's any work to do, just come find me there. If there are any problems with the Holy Mark Project or the Fire Seed Project and a replacement is needed, just come find me there too. Of course, you might not be able to find me in Paradise. I might spend more time exploring this land," Chen Luo said.

"Ah."

Everyone else had their own things to do. Some were busy grieving, others were busy remembering.

After everyone had left, Chen Luo looked at the crystal in his hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Fine, fine, is this how you play it? You're using the things I gave you as a gift to increase my favorability? Alicia, don't you want to come out and explain yourself?" Chen Luo looked at the seven-colored crystal flower.

As Chen Luo played with it, a cute little pink figure suddenly popped out from the center of the crystal flower.

"Huh? What is this...?" The tiny Alicia looked at the enormous Chen Luo with a blank expression.

"Wake up, this isn't a dream." Chen Luo poked little Alicia with his finger.

"Lolo, I knew you really did have some amazing and strange gadgets that can preserve other people's consciousness!" But after being confused for a short while, little Alicia jumped up and pointed at Chen Luo.

"Don't talk nonsense. I didn't prepare this. You made it yourself." Chen Luo shook his head in denial.

"How come I didn't know I made this prop? You're lying!"

"Why don't you think carefully about what you added to this seven-colored crystal flower?" Chen Luo asked rhetorically.

"I...I think I put that lustful coin you gave me into it. I was thinking that maybe one day you could use this crystal to restart the fairy Ellie doll I left behind, so that another version of me could be with you. After all, everyone else has [Alicea], so you can't be without it. But how..." Little Elicea looked at her body, confused.

"I told you that if someone's friendliness level is high enough, I can see their identity, right?"

"Mm." Little Alicia nodded.

"Did I tell you... if the friendship level reaches its maximum, the gift will undergo a change if someone gives me a gift?" Chen Luo asked.

"Absolutely not! How much more have you left to say? And when will the friendship level reach its maximum?" Little Alicia was so anxious she almost jumped up.

"Hmm, didn't you say that? With the last bit of goodwill I have from being your accomplice, has my goodwill towards you reached its limit?" Chen Luo asked rhetorically.

"I...I was just saying." Little Alicia scratched her head in confusion.

Is this okay?

"But then again, am I Alicia or another Alicia left behind by Alicia?" Little Alicia asked, puzzled.

“…If you are still alive, this item will summon a projection of your true self,” Chen Luo said.

[Worry and Companionship]: From now on, let them accompany you as Alicia. Even if I leave, these four crystal flowers will never wither, so... everyone, smile, okay?

Effect: When you are sad or confused, little Alicia will appear to comfort you. You can also summon her actively.

(PS: While Alicia is still alive, Little Alicia is Alicia herself. When Alicia disappears, the item will activate its effect to summon Alicia's Heroic Spirit into the item.)

"So am I really another Alicia left behind by Alicia?"

However, she didn't even realize that she was a fake Alicia. This gadget is amazing.

"Who knows?" Chen Luo smiled.

Not telling Alicia the full extent of the prop's effects could be considered Chen Luo's small punishment for her.

Chen Luo had already provided the heroes with a means of resurrection, so they wouldn't die in the first place. However, the appearance of this favorability item was indeed unexpected.

"Hey, why are you like this? Or do you really have some magical gadget that can preserve other people's consciousness, Lolo?" Little Alicia asked uncertainly.

"Who knows?"

"Damn it! My good Eden won't play riddles with me! Eden is good! Lolo is bad!"

"Tsk tsk, it's a pity this prop can't be transferred, you can't follow Eden."

"Well, following the naughty Lolo isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"Give in so quickly? That's not fun."

"...Lolo is so naughty! But I'll forgive you because the cake you prepared for the banquet was delicious. By the way, what kind of cake was it?"

"My...birthday cake," Chen Luo said after a moment's hesitation.

"Is today Lolo's 18th birthday? Why didn't you say so earlier? If you had, I would have engraved 'Happy Birthday' on this crystal." Little Alicia jumped up in surprise.

"No, it's tomorrow."

"Then... what other birthday presents do you want, Lolo?" Little Alicia tilted her head and asked.

……

"Lolo, what other birthday presents do you want besides dolls?" Alicia asked.

"Either is fine," Chen Luo said casually.

"cake?"

"I can make this myself, and I can make it taste even better."

"portrait?"

“I think Gresh might be a better painter than you. Speaking of which, Gresh still owes me a portrait. Why hasn’t he finished it yet?”

"It's finished, it's finished! Don't rush me anymore. I'll give it to you, little brother Chen Luo, as a birthday present tomorrow," Big Greyshut said from the side.

"Then I'll look forward to it."

"Cake won't do, portrait won't do... then what about the watch?"

"The timing effect of the user-friendly plugin is quite good, and my talent panel can also be used for timing," Chen Luo said.

Furthermore, Chen Luo frequently appears in different worlds, and the time in each world is different, so the talent panel is more useful than the watch.

"So, Lolo, what kind of gift do you want?"

"It's all right."

"..."

Chen Luo used just two words to get Alicia to punch him 18 times!

"Actually, there's no need to go to great lengths or rack your brains to think of a birthday present. It's just a birthday..." Chen Luo waved his hand and said.

"That won't do. Coming of age is a very important moment."

"Really, there's no need to take it so seriously. After all, everyone in the bar has a birthday. With hundreds of people in the bar, that's almost one person having a birthday every two days. If it's this troublesome every time, how can the bar stay in business?"

"How can that be the same? Little Luo Luo, you've helped everyone so much, so it's perfectly normal for everyone to give you a gift that carries their heartfelt wishes, isn't it?" Alicia rolled her eyes at Chen Luo.

With so many people in the bar, one person's birthday isn't really that important, not something that absolutely has to be celebrated. Chen Luo's idea of ​​asking everyone to give him dolls on his birthday in order to sell memory bread was already troublesome enough for everyone, but no one in the bar thought there was anything wrong with it.

Everyone owes Chen Luo so much money that they can't pay it all back, so what's wrong with celebrating Chen Luo's birthday?

And to put it bluntly, everyone else in the bar has their own circle of friends in their own world, and they just have a small get-together for birthdays.

Chen Luo is different; Chen Luo doesn't have many friends in the main world.

Friends also need time to socialize, otherwise the friendship will gradually fade...except for life-or-death friends.

Chen Luo has been busy with commissions since junior high school, so he doesn't have many friends.

Of course, it's not much, but it's enough.

But then again, if Chen Luo's birthday is celebrated by only Yun Xia, Yun Lian'er, Bai Zhi, Liu Yunxuan and a small group, how lonely would that be?

If you're going to play, play big!

"Playing big? What are you planning to do?" Chen Luo's heart skipped a beat when he heard Xiao Shi say this.

"Xiao Shi means to prepare a big birthday party for you, to give you a real surprise!" Alicia said, nudging Xiao Shi and standing in front of him.

"Ok?"

“How about celebrating your birthday at the Eternal Banquet? There are tons and tons of magical girls there,” Madoka suggested.

"If all else fails, we can come to Gensokyo. After all, it's well known that Gensokyo loves to throw parties for all sorts of reasons. A birthday party is a party too," Yukari Yakumo said.

“It’s fine on the Celestial Stone. Robin and the others gave that airship to the Star Train as a thank you for the Star Train and the previous Nameless Passengers’ contributions to Pinocchio,” Star said, raising his hand.

Although Pinoconi, under the influence of the Wish Star God, firmly rejected the Star Peace Corporation's idea of ​​interfering in Pinoconi this time, the Star Peace Corporation did not say a word against it.

However, the Huichangshi was still given to the Star Train.

Whether it was because of Mikhail's three great nameless guests or because of the Star Train's contribution to Pinocchio, Sunday felt they deserved to own this aerial submarine.

Of course, it is openly a gift from the robin, and Sunday is not yet appropriate to appear in public.

"Moreover, I think if Chen Luo, as the God of Wishes, celebrates his birthday in the Collapsed Iron World, it will not only shock people that the dignified God of Wishes is only 18, but also allow him to receive so many gifts that he won't know what to do with them," Xing said with a silly grin.

"Well, as a token of my gratitude to Mr. Chen Luo for curing my entropy disorder, I'll prepare a nice birthday present for tomorrow. Perhaps I'll need to borrow some money from Kafka or..." Liu Ying said.

Or we could simply take Chen Luo's advice and sell Silver Wolf.

Silver Wolf, as a Star Core Hunter, has a bounty of 51 billion credits. Selling Silver Wolf should yield a considerable amount of bounty money. Once the bounty money is in hand, the other three can go and storm the execution ground!

Although Chen Luo was busy in the morning, at noon, and in the afternoon, he would definitely be at the bar in the evening. Xing took advantage of this time to ask Chen Luo for help in treating her entropy disorder. It wasn't a difficult matter; a single drop of Redemption Dew would suffice.

However, when Liu Ying heard that the Dew of Redemption was the magical item that the gold dust had mentioned, capable of resurrecting a living being across countless years, she felt as if she owed Chen Luo a lot of money as a friend, and began to think about how to repay this debt.

“Speaking of receiving gifts… if A Luo were to celebrate his 18th birthday in the spiritual realm, he would receive so many gifts that his hands would be sore. And coincidentally, in the endless world, every famous figure holds a grand birthday celebration on a key occasion of their own birthday, and then experiences the feeling of receiving congratulations from all directions,” Bai Qiqi said.

Especially in the Abyss Plane, the stronger the person, the more people will come to celebrate their birthday.

The fox clan, to which Bai Qiqi belongs, is indeed a very large force in the Abyss Plane!

Although killing true gods and demigods is easier than killing pigs in front of Chen Luo, that's only when facing Chen Luo.

In the Abyss Plane, a family that possesses a demigod is already considered a major power.

Moreover, since they are all of the same special race, if a Silver Moon demigod dies, the most powerful legend in that race can immediately accept the divine status and divine kingdom and become the new Silver Moon demigod.

The only thing hindering the development of the fox clan is the number of believers.

As a result, the Silver Moon Fox Clan became one of the top 100 races in the Abyss Plane, and ranked in the top 60... well, 60th.

This generation of the Silver Moon Goddess is the third generation, and she has only held this divine position for 50 years, so she appears relatively weak.

Each new generation of Silver Moon Goddess is celebrated with a festivities, and the recipients receive so many gifts they can't carry them all.

“That’s true… I’ve heard that in the era before spiritual energy was sealed, the spiritual energy plane was like this too, but isn’t celebrating the 18th birthday a bit too much of a joke?” Su Yuan scratched her head.

That sounds really weird.

"So, I'll just have a small birthday celebration with my parents at home tomorrow at noon, and then a birthday party at a bar in the evening. You can't expect me to keep going around in different worlds celebrating my birthday and receiving gifts, can you?" Chen Luo shrugged.

Moreover, if Chen Luo were to accept gifts everywhere, wouldn't the other party owe Chen Luo less in friendship fees?

Chen Luo doesn't lack those gifts, but he's very short of money for his friends.

Although it's already a lot, you can never have too much money for friends!

"Hey, Uncle and Aunt, aren't you going to come to the bar to celebrate?"

"Emmm... I'm afraid I won't be able to let loose," Chen Luo sighed.

"Your uncle and aunt aren't the type to stand on ceremony, are they?"

"No, I'm afraid you won't be able to relax," Chen Luo said meaningfully.

The guys who were having a blast in the bar turned into well-behaved kids when Chen Luo's parents arrived. Chen Luo felt he couldn't stand it.

Moreover, Chen Luozhen didn't feel that her 18th birthday was anything special.

Birthdays aren't just about having fun if you're close to the person you're dating, right?

Chen Luo didn't want to put too much pressure on the other people in the bar, because everyone in the bar had their own things to do. If one person in the bar went to celebrate Chen Luo's birthday at noon, should the others go too?

Does the fact that others don't go prove that they don't appreciate Chen Luo's help all this time?