Chapter 27: An angel’s birthday
~In the evening~
Ivan greeted Jessica with a flashlight while she was walking into the orchard.
"What's up with and always showing up glowy?!"
"Jessica! You haven't visited our orchard a while."
"Yea, it has been a long time. I've just been busy helping people move!"
Jessica ran up to Ivan and gave him a hug.
"Ivan, what is that?"
While hugging, Jessica noticed a shield not far behind Ivan, it was the Shield of Hope!
The shield leaned against a rock. Although it was not lit up in blue at the moment, it was sufficiently conspicuous just by itself.
"Of course, that's the reason your here, the surprise!"
"this is..."
Jessica walked to the Shield of Hope in amazement, she knelt down and took a look, then touched it with her hand.
"a shield?"
"Correct!"
"Wow… it's so big. I thought it would be the kind of... you know, a round little shield."
Jessica's eyes were bright, and she kept touching the whole body of the shield, feeling the hard surface.
It feels... so nice.
She also noticed a cute rabbit head pattern engraved on the front of the shield.
"Like it?"
"I like everything that is given to me!"
Suddenly, the giant shield was grabbed by Jessica with one hand and raised to the sky. During this wave, the giant shield lit up with light blue light, but the fluorescence faded after a second.
"Wow, will it always glow?"
"Yes, I gave it some energy. Try waving it a few more times."
Jessica waved again and the shield, as intended, would glow blue as she waved it hard.
"It's amazing, but why did you make it glow such a basic color." Jessica said happily.
Ivan let out a chuckle, "why do you say it's a common color? Is there any color better than a majestic blue?" Ivan asked with a smile.
"Hehe...but still, how did you get it?" Jessica asked curiously.
"I bought the material, and made it myself." Ivan said.
"That's amazing! Thank You!"
With a bang, Jessica dropped her shield and hugged van.
She gave Ivan another big hug!
"How long are you two going to talk outside? It's my birthday!" Angel stood at the door of the house and waved at them to come in.
He had waited so he can blow the candles and they can eat the cake together!
"Okay, we're coming. let's go Jessica!"
"Ok!"
The shield can easily be carried on her back. Under the guidance of Ivan, Jessica grabbed the thin iron chain attached to the side of the shield and slung it on her shoulder.
...
Just like the Western tradition, the four people turned off the lights, sang happy birthday, and the birthday boy made his wishes then blew the candles.
After all of this was over, they started eating!
The cake that Ivan bought turned out to be too little for all of them. Although it is a big piece, Angel's appetite is large, plus there are four people.
So they emptied it all and even the small desserts were eaten up.
Karen had let out a hiccup after ingesting all the food.
"This cake was good," Angel said. "I just wish that it lasted longer, ha-ha."
"That's true..."
"How about I drive out and buy another one?" Ivan asked with a smile.
"I think we can just go to the restaurant and have a whole 'nother small meal!" Angel snapped his fingers.
"Okay, since it's your birthday, we will listen to you today!" Ivan promised.
"Wait, it's not very safe outside right now," Karen said.
"What's wrong? You still thinking about the todays news?" Ivan asked with a smile.
"Yes, although we may not encounter much trouble, we are always risking that chance when we go into the streets." Karen said.
"Karen, don't forget about Ivan and me." Angel smiled, "Oh, and even Jessica!"
"I know that none of you are human, um, no, I meant, none of you are ordinary people!"
"Ya'll can do some great things...but these days there are frequent terrorist incidents, we should try our best to avoid them."
Karen knows that Ivan is great, but when compared to Angel and Jessica, what he knows is not very clear. All he has seen with his own eyes is that Ivan controls the apple people, can grow fruits, manipulates things with his mind, etc...
And what Angel knows is the second clearest, he has seen Ivan pull up the ground easily, and Ivan can easily inject things with energy.
As a person with spiritual ability, he knows that injecting energy is a difficult technique. He can also inject some things, but he is often too tired to fill an object with the energy, while Ivan is always afraid of exploding the object with too much energy.
Compared with Angel and Karen, Jessica believes in Ivan the most. She has seen Ivan stop the wind and rain and has even seen Ivan crush and easily defeat the monster "abomination" that she could not deal with at the time.
So Angel and Jessica are not worried about going to the street at all. Even if they encounter some turbulence in the streets, they would not be very afraid.
Karen is not the same case. He is an ordinary person, which is very plain. In addition, he has the lowest level of knowledge of Ivan among the three, so he doesn't dare to go to the streets now.
Moreover, his courage was so small that he was very poor in the gang at the beginning. Some people saw him as timid and thought he was being bullied, so they didn't think very much of him.
This is still the case even now. He is afraid of death and wants to avoid danger as much as possible.
"Don't worry, Karen." Ivan smiled openly. "Terrorists won't even be able to hit you with any bullets."
"That's just making me even more afraid! The thought of being targeted by a sniper rifle in the street..."
"Ha-ha, you are just having a delusion!" Angel also laughed and vowed, "If we are in danger when we go, I will eat Jessica's shield on the spot!"
"Huh?" Jessica was taken aback for a moment, and then reacted, "No! This is for me, don't use it as a bet!"
She thought that Angel really had some kind of superpower to eat her shield.
Several people laughed, but Karen still had a bitter face.
"You guys are very optimistic..."
In the end, Karen followed the three of them, and it was even more uncomfortable for him to try and relax in the evening.
...
They were in a yellow pickup truck. It was Angel's car. Ivan was sitting in the driver's seat steering the vehicle.
Holding the steering wheel, Ivan looked into the front mirror, then smiled faintly.
"Everyone is ready? The professional is about to drive."
"Yea okay, Ivan. Show us your wonderful car skills…"
Jessica was sitting in the back seat on the left.
Angel sat in the passenger seat, as he passed Ivan the car keys.
"The keys are here, take em."
"Naw, you can Keep them." Ivan waved his hand.
"Don't you need them?"
Ivan smiled, and at this moment, the car started.
Not even the sound of the engine happened! The wheels turned directly, and the car drove forward at high speeds!
Angel was taken aback...
Ivan took both hands off the steering wheel and patted Angel on the shoulder.
"Just trying help you save some fuel."
The three of them already knew exactly what was steering the car.
"Ivan has great car skills!" Jessica smiled.
"Of course, I'm a professional, ha-ha!"
Ivan laughed and stared at the scenery ahead, manipulating the steering and speed of the wheels with psychic energy.
Angel only had a wry smile: "You really are amazing, just relaxing and driving my car so steadily."
"Ivan, don't get distracted! Be careful!" Karen hurriedly ordered.
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