Chapter 958: The Birthday Girl (1/2)

Chapter 958: The Birthday Girl

When Rowena reached out and grasped Raphael's hand, a warh his cheeks as he nodded slowly

"Alright, I won't let you go as well," Raphael promised her

"T-that's to be expected unless you want to get separated," Rowena said and then shi+fted her focus on the perforhtened "How about atched those first? They're pretty acrobatic aren't they?"

"Yes, it's quite interesting how they're doing all of that" Raphael chuckled as they arrived in the crowd of onlookers

It was a s their bodies in ways that mesmerized other people, their flexibility and even their ability to walk on a bed of nails were iht the looks of other people

Rowena briefly smiled as she watched Raphael from the corner of her eyes, he seemed satisfied with the show or perhaps a like that

"At one point, Julian saw a si like this," Rowena explained and couldn't help but grin "I told hi his bones—but he was still stubborn"

"Do so like this?"

"We were performers, well, in an act—similar to that man and his assistant over there"

Raphael watched her gesture to another perforical act, he was accompanied by a lovely assistant as they threw confetti and sparks across the crowd, a sht show that entertained kids and adults alike

"Hmmm… that's not real," Raphael murmured "Almost believable"

"Of course it isn't," Rowena elbowed him in the side and whispered "But don't ruin it for the others If believing in a lie canthere's nothing wrong with it, right?"

Raphael stared down at her face and nodded slowly "I suppose, but I guess it's also up to thehed and averted her gaze It didn't see about the festival anymore, and this was a conversation she wasn't quite prepared for

She pointed at a food stall in the distance "Are you feeling a little hungry, Raphael? Want to buy some candied apple sticks?"

"Candied apple?"

She smiled and threw hi like that at your place?"

"Well, even the most simple and plain of apples will be quite incredibly sweet and juicy" Raphael paused fro too much about the orchard in Cretea

Compared to the food here in the earth realarden was filled w

ith a brietables, and herbs that were always perfectly ripe for harvest

"Oh so it never crossed your ar," Rowena said "I think that's all the more reason to try it now I loved it when I first tried theo buy them—as many as you like" Raphael chuckled He saw that there was a happy light in her eyes and sought to pursue that