The flower room was still so peaceful and cozy. Ray lay haphazardly on his worn-out bed, snoring away. Winry, on the other hand, was holding a book and glancing nervously in his direction, as if there was something important on her mind.

"What's wrong, Winry? Do you have something on your mind?" Lilith walked out from the portal leading to the Silver Sand Coast, wearing a thick bathrobe. She now enjoyed taking a dip in the warm sea water at noon, as Saint Capital had already entered winter, but the southern kingdom was still basking in the pleasant sunshine.

Lilith noticed Winry's hesitant expression and followed her gaze to Ray, who was drooling all over his pillow. Without any mercy, she used a slipper to smack Ray awake.

"Huh? What's going on? What happened?" Ray woke up suddenly, looking bewilderedly at Lilith and Winry, not knowing what had happened.

"If you have something to say, tell him." Lilith gestured with her mouth and went to the other side of the room to change her clothes. However, as soon as Lilith left, Winry became even more nervous, barely able to lift her head. After a while, she finally asked with a blushing face.

"Um... Mr. Ray, are you celebrating a festival today?"

"Hic- Festival, what festival?" Ray let out a hiccup as if he had been suddenly awakened, not catching his breath. He only then remembered that he was in the flower room, but it was indeed the only place that could let him sleep so peacefully!

"Well, it's Singles' Day. You're celebrating today, aren't you?" Winry asked cautiously while Ray finally came to his senses.

"Oh, right! But it's already Singles' Day, so soon. I had planned to celebrate with Clomis last time, but now he's gone to some dogshit place to do some dogfart special training, so I'm the only one left to celebrate, which is quite fitting."

Hearing Ray's words, Winry finally let out a sigh of relief and muttered quietly.

"Well, as long as he's celebrating, it's fine."

"Huh? What?" Ray looked at Winry with confusion.

"Oh, no, nothing. Ray, do you want to go to the academy tonight to watch the Singles' Day party? It's a lot of fun!"

Winry quickly changed the topic, getting to the main point.

"Huh? That's called the Singles' Day party, and I see all those young masters and ladies getting excited as if they've eaten something forbidden. The academy security team isn't even patrolling tonight, afraid of catching too many embarrassing situations."

Ray shook his head while pouting his lips. However, seeing Winry's slightly discouraged look, he still offered consolation in a low voice.

"You can invite Lilith instead! Lilith is also celebrating today, and it's two festivals for her!"

"Two? What other festival is it today?" Winry was baffled.

"It's the Flat Day!"

"Huh?" Winry didn't catch on right away, so Ray thoughtfully drew a number 1 in the air with his magic and pointed at it.

"Look, it's so flat! Front, back, left, and right are all so even, and four ones together look like Lilith's front, back, left, and right side profiles."

Then he drew an 8 and said, "Look, this is so curvy and well-proportioned, with a tiny waist in between, and round at the top and bottom, just like Sister Samantha and Tereza, full of beauty."

However, Winry's face had already turned red, and she clenched her teeth for a long time until she managed to shake out the words.

"Ray, Ray, you're a pervert!" Then she ran out of the flower room. At the same time, Lilith had just changed into her church clothes, walked out with her damp hair, and asked.

"Did Winry finally discover your true perverted nature? But what did you say that made her so angry?"

"I just shared my view on numbers with her. I think numbers are beautiful."

"Oh? I didn't expect you to be knowledgeable about math. Anyway, today is Singles' Day. Aren't you going to hook up with your best friend to celebrate?"

Ray spat out the water he had just drunk, and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Pfft - Cough - Lilith, what are you thinking? Why would I hook up with a best friend and celebrate on Singles' Day?"

"Huh? Isn't that right? Singles' Day is about you stinky men, so you should celebrate together, right? You guys are never short on sticks, but stirring four of them together, the thought of it makes me sick!"

Lilith had probably spent too long in the frontline army, where she was accustomed to the passionate atmosphere there, and even after returning to the flower house, she couldn't change that habit.

"Ugh... Fine, Lilith, you win. I'll go talk to Roderick." Ray rolled off the boat, looking defeated, and prepared to go out.

"Why are you looking for him? He's not celebrating any holiday; he might be preparing to spend some romantic time with Tabeisa under the moonlight!"

"That's even more reason for me to talk to him. Old Brat just assigned a new mission, and we're leaving in a few days. I have to discuss our plans with him, right? I'll have a long talk with him tonight to avoid any mistakes later!"

Ray muttered as he walked out.

"Tsk, tsk, Ray, I'm starting to think you're a narrow-minded pervert. Whatever, go ahead, happy Singles Day!"

"Yeah, happy Flat Screen Day, Lilith!"