The next day Mark woke early. He decided to not dive into his dungeon today since Nedertu said that they would arrive at the Village of Culano around ten in the morning and the village was the first village where the dragon roller coaster would debut. According to Nedertu, Culano village was a particularly large village due to the dungeon that appeared beside it five years ago. Adventurers came from all over the land diving into the dungeon since the treasures that could be found deep in its floors were abundant.
The Culano Dungeon had thirty-seven floors and a deep dungeon meant that the treasure would be particularly valuable. That meant that there would be a lot of traffic in the village and since being an adventurer was a particularly stressful job, the circus would be welcome, and they usually stay in the village for a week before they move on.
Nedertu informed Mark that Hamil would set up the theater as well and would show two movies. The Princess Bride and Star Wars: A New Hope.
“Why did Hamil choose the first movie in the Star Wars Trilogy?” Mark asked.
“According to Hamil, it’s a form of advertisement. He would inform his audience about the movie being the first in a trilogy and would show the complete series in the city of Narcone which was the next city that we would visit.”
Mark was a little impressed about Hamil’s grasp on how to entice his customers and remembered that the circus had been in existence for several generations already and he shouldn’t look down on how they were aware of how to advertise and entertain people.
Milena also informed Mark that since the circus would arrive early at the next village, Rendira would not be coming in to tutor the kids since she would need to prepare their cart. The twins cheered which prompted a glare from him.
The circus started their travel early after breakfast and Mark informed everyone that he would stay that day and would not disappear to his realm.
The void dragon was flying above the circus and Hamil was the one riding it this time. They arrived at the village of Culano on schedule but there was a vast number of fierce adventurers awaiting them at its entrance.
Mark could see the many varieties of expressions on the faces of the adventurers. Some were excited at a looming battle, some had faces that said that they were prepared to battle to the death, but the majority had expressions of fear.
Hamil commanded the void dragon to land beside the circus and Hamil climbed down from the dragon and went to the village’s entrance alone.
Mark could see the circus caravan leader explaining the presence of the dragon to those he assumed to be the leaders of the village and the adventurers. He could see the amazement creeping on everyone’s faces.
When Hamil returned to the circus, he brought with him a couple of people. The two old men looked like a mighty warrior and a powerful mage to Mark, and they followed Hamil to where the dragon was waiting.
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The two leaders of the Culano village inspected the dragon. They saw the seat that was strapped on the void dragon, and they saw the dragon looking at them blinking its huge eyes but when they saw that it didn’t react to their touch when Hamil told the dragon that the people were not to be harmed they were simply amazed.
Mark could hear from where he was the praise that the two old men from the village praised the dragon and the circus for having such a mighty creature then they officially welcomed the circus to the village of Culano.
At Hamil’s command, the circus began to move to enter the village and the void dragon started walking beside them which prompted a giggle from the twins since they kept repeating that the dragon’s walk was silly.
They set up the circus at a clearing inside the village that was prepared for large gatherings and Nedertu informed Mark that that was the location where the circus usually stayed whenever they stopped at the village.
There were a lot of villagers, the majority of whom were children, who were watching the circus set up, but they were polite enough to not bother the circus people while everyone was busy setting up their carts and the various attractions.
Mark summoned his RV beside their cart which prompted gasps from the villagers and the adventurers amongst them.
“You will receive a lot of party invites from a lot of adventurer groups, Mark. They saw your ability to store a large item and having a large storage dimension is a particularly valuable skill to adventurers.”
Mark could understand. Having someone in your party who could store a lot of necessities would allow them to adventure for a long time without worrying about food and water and it would also mean that they would have someone who could store a lot of treasures, even large ones, to their dimension and that meant they would earn a lot more.
The twins then asked Mark if they could play with their friends, but Mark told them that he needed help with something. The twins were curious enough that they didn’t complain and waited for him.
Mark remembered that when he first time he saw the circus, he joined in the fun by selling donuts in a stall so this time he would set up a stall as well, but he would sell candies. He had a lot of chocolate bars and candies that he stored in his inventory, and he would replicate some to sell to join in the fun. He would ask the twins to help with selling the candies, so they also joined in on the fun of being circus merchants while learning basic Math at the same time which was just an added justification for his whimsy.
Since Mark actually didn’t have a stall made, he set up a table with a huge beach umbrella instead. He laid a white cloth on the table and then spread out diverse types of candies from assorted brands from his home world. The twins had not even seen the majority of the candies so even they were surprised at the variety. Milena was also watching then Mark asked her for help in setting up the prices for the candies.
There were chocolate-coated strawberries, caramel popcorn, gummies, hard candy, candy canes, licorice, lollypops, sours, cotton candies wrapped in vacuum-sealed packaging, chocolate bars, fizzes, bonbons, jellybeans, marshmallows, and more.
Mark allowed the twins to eat three types of candies only and they said that they would take their time in choosing what to eat. Milena didn’t know how to price the candies since she didn’t know what they were, and he told her to set up three prices based on the sizes of the candies but it should be very cheap so the children could afford them since the purpose of their store was to enjoy being circus merchants instead of earning coins.
Since that was the case, Milena and the twins put the small candies in the middle of the table, the medium ones on the right, and the large ones on the left of the table and they set up huge price tags indicating the prices of the candies.
The villagers and adventurers who were watching were surprised at the price of the candies, but they hadn’t intruded yet since there was a Store Close sign beside their table. Mark would open the store once the circus was open.