End of the day

Shield, spear, axe, sword, bow, crossbow, knife, he had it all.

"MARK, stop day-dreaming, it's your birthday today, you need to enjoy it, not treat it like another work day."

"Yes, yes."

"Then, have you decided to which restaurant you'll go to?"

"Do you remember that one restaurant that was kinda far away, but had amazing dishes from Azia?"

"Do you mean the one that we went to last year to celebrate your dad's birthday?"

"Yeah, I want to eat there, then I want to go to the forest."

"Well, it'll take at least 2 hours to get there, plus lines, so maybe 3, so sure, we should go, I remember there was small forest, we could take a walk there."

"Barefoot?"

"You know my style, son."

"What's with you and your barefoot mania?"

""You won't understand.""

"The moment I understand the both of you, I'll become a goddess."

"Of what?"

"Understanding"

"Ok"

"Dad, can you give me access to all of my funds, I want to try out real estate business."

"Not now, just from the prices I can that there might be a huge price drop in real estate withing the next decade."

"Ok"

"Now, let's go into a car."

<5 hour skip>

God, the food here is heavenly and it has every possible thing from Asia, be it from China and Japan or the Arabic countries.

"Mom/Maria, I'm definitely coming back here."

"It's getting kind of creepy how you always match the timing of both of your sentences."

I ordered Chinese noodles, ramen, soba and Turkish bread.

"Mark, how are you going to eat this."

"I'm training almost daily, if I can't eat this, I'm not Mark Lochem,"

"And Honey, what's with your order?"

He ordered the same as I plus 1 soup, 2s and a desert.

People were staring at us as we were eating, mom seemed like the odd one out as she was the only one who is eating a normal serving of a soup and the main meal.

Me and dad obviously got into an eating competition, don't blame us, today is my birthday.

And I won

"You only won because you had a lesser amount to eat."

"But dad, I'm a child, this portion, for me, is as big as yours for you."

While I was talking to my dad, I saw a few people's jaw drop the floor, same for a couple of waiters and waitresses.

It's not everyday you see such a small child eat enough food for 2 adults.

My dad ate enough for 6 though.

Then we called out to a waiter and all he got was another massive order.

I counted how much money we would have to pay and it was nearing 400 euros.

I've never eaten so expensively this my life.

Our order arrived and then we did an eating competition, I won, the we repeated, I won, the we repe-

Ok, that's enough, me and dad did 2 eating competitions, I won 1, dad the other.

And then we went back and to our secret hideout.

""Welcome to our usual spot, mom/Maria.""

"This place is so pretty, why did you take me here earlier."

"Says the person who asked us to go back 69 times."

"Why are you so specific?!"

"Should I say around 70 then, mom?"

"HELL NO!"

"Hold this conversation for once you get back, Maria, see this island?"

"Yes"

There was a small island, there was a tree on it a couple of bushes there.

"We're going to that island, that's our real hideout."

"Yeah, we built a secret underground base there a couple of months ago and it has everything you need to live there, it isn't big though."

"I would be surprised if it was big, you would need special equipment to dig something big."

"Let's not thing about the transportation costs."

"Ok"

"No let's start swimming."

"HOLD YOUR HORSES, how are going to carry our stuff then?"

"We carry it with our selves, give me your stuff, since you don't know how to swim while carrying your stuff, I'll carry it for you."

"Thanks, honey."

And we swam there

"You know what? I'm not even going to be surprised."

That's what mom said after witnessing the inside of our base.

It was 2 meters tall, 2 meters in width and 4 meters in length worth of space, which was also furnished, decorated and you could even find electricity here.

"You remember the time we went out under the reasoning of training while our bags seemed strangely full?"

"Yeah, you did this for 2 months or so."

"We were building this in those two months."

"HOW WERE YOU SO FAST."

"We were doing this ourselves."

"THIS DOESN'HELP, HOW DID YOU EVEN FURNISH THIS AND WHERE DID YOU GET ELECTRICITY IN HERE."

"We got our hidden water wheels and solar panels to thank for us for the electricity, though in emergencies there is also the treadmill in the corner to help."

"We made the furniture ourselves, though we had to carry the cloths manually, luckily we transferred all of our tools by then, so we didn't struggle making the cloth and filling parts of our furniture."

"You're getting more and more similar by the day, did you like building this, Mark?"

"Of course I loved this; my favorite part was making the furniture though."

"Mine was digging."

"Nobody asked you, you stay in the corner and do your thing."

*Sigh* "What did I do to deserve this treatment?"

""Nothing""

"Mark, don't join her into this."

"But it's fun."

"Oh I'll show you 'fun', just wait for the next day."

"If you threaten Mark once more, you're sleeping on the ground, outside."

"UNDERSTOOD."

"Now go clean this place up, I don't want to see even a spec of dust in here!"

"Why are you making me clean on by birthdays, mom?"

"Why not, it's fun."

We cleaned up, thankfully dad turned this into an agility and training session, so time went fast, but there is one thing missing.

One upping both of my parents at least once.

Though the day is about to end, guess I'll have to get this wish another time.

My birthdays are better than yours.