Chapter 139 Unexpected Effects!

The sun hung high up above the sky, showing its might, raising the temperature to 45 degrees celsius.

In this kind of heat, few would be able to resist it.

After a satisfying lunch, the guests rested for a bit before slowly, they started going to the water to cool themselves up.

The feeling of the cool water immediately got rid of the stinging heat that they were feeling in their skin.

They relaxed in the water below while feeling the heat from above.

At this time, Nathan is not in the mood to go swimming so he just sat there in the cottage while the others already headed there and played with the water.

Natalie also went to Runa to hang around since they also have a bit of friendship based on her words.

Alone in the cottage, Nathan watched the people swim and play around in the water with a faint smile on his face.

"You don't want to join them?"

At this time, Irish came and sat beside him.

It seems like there's a lot of things she needed to do as the host that's why she was only able to appear now.

Without turning his head, Nathan said, "No, I'm actually not in the mood to swim right now."

"Hmm…" Irish nodded with a look of understanding.

Silence enveloped the cottage as both of them fell quiet.

But even though there's no one speaking, the atmosphere was not awkward.

It's more peaceful than anything else, making them more comfortable.

After a while, Nathan turned his head to Irish and asked, "By the way, have you seen my gift?"

"Hmm?"

Suddenly hearing him ask, Irish raised an eyebrow.

She shook her head, "Not yet, I will be doing a gift opening session later in the afternoon to keep the guest entertained."

"Ohh~ So that's it."

Irish turned her gaze to Nathan and asked, "Why did you ask?"

"Nothing," replied Nathan, "I was just going to ask your opinion about it. But since you still haven't seen it, there's no reason to continue."

"Oh."

Time passed by while the two talked about some random stuff.

Soon the sky was painted orange by the slowly setting sun.

One by one, Irish's guests got out of the water and came back to the cottage and started eating after a tiring afternoon swim.

Since some people might feel bored if the party ended just like this, Irish have actually also prepared some games and prizes for everyone.

Because of that, everyone burst into excitement as loud and merry voices echoed along the sandy beach.

There's a lot of games such as, pinoy henyo, trip to Jerusalem, charades, etc.

The winners wore big smiles on their faces while the losers also carried smiles because they were able to have fun and also received consolation prizes.

At the end of it all, Irish stood at the front with a table full of gifts in front of her.

"Today has been a wonderful day for me. That's why, I thank you all again for coming." She said, "Since this is about to end, I will now proceed with the gift opening session."

It seems like the guests are also excited about this as they focused their attention on the gifts on the table at this time.

One by one, Irish opened gifts after gifts and showed it to the guests.

"This is from Mr. Shawn, a crystal necklace!"

"This one is from James, my friend since childhood, this is… a car key?"

"The next one is from…"

While opening each gift, Irish also thank the sender one by one.

Soon after, it was time for Nathan's gift to be unveiled.

Irish grabbed the box of gift that was given by Nathan in the morning and with a smile on her face said,

"This next gift is from an old classmate and a friend of mine, Nathan." She gazed at him with a sweet smile.

Seeing her like that, the crowd followed her gaze and Nathan inevitably became the center of attention.

Other guests that didn't know about it started talking with one another with a heart for gossip.

Not paying any heed to those people, Irish continued,

"Let us see what gift this dear guest of mine has brought me."

With a bit of excitement, Irish takes off the lid of the box, showing her the item inside it.

Irish were stunned.

Looking at the sculpture inside the box, she gasped in surprise.

Slowly taking it out, she held it in her hand carefully while staring intently at it.

The sculpture was then shown to the crowd.

"Wow~!"

"What is that…?"

"It's so beautiful!"

…

Each one had their own comment as they saw the item in Irish's hands.

Seeing it at this time, Nathan was also surprised by the appearance of his sculpture.

"How did it become like that!?" He exclaimed in a low voice that only he could hear.

At this time, the color of the sculpture has become that of yellow color, exuding a somewhat happy aura around it.

Its texture is also not like a wood right now but more of a glass.

Confused by these changes, Nathan frowned.

Originally, when Nathan placed it into the box before, it still looks like that of a normal wood.

So he really is clueless as to what happened.

To solve his confusion, Nathan used appraisal on the sculpture.

[Irish's Sculpture]

[Rating: Unique]

[Details: A sculpture of a female human made with the skill of a Master Sculpture using wood from a Miracle Tree, giving it a life of its own.]

[Properties: It can absorb a certain emotion and depending on the emotion that it absorbed, this sculpture can bring about physical changes and some unexpected effects.]

[Effects: Be Happy: Can make the people who look at it become happy, erasing the negative emotions in them.

Happy Meditation: When you meditate while feeling happy, there will be a 3 times increase in its efficiency.

Substitution: Can take a fatal damage for the person sculpted in this wood and…]