“Mark this is Neder, the guild leader of the adventurer’s guild in the village of Culano and this man here is Kilan, the village chief and also a powerful wizard.” Hamil introduced the two old men to him.
“This is Mark, the most powerful wizard in the circus. The dragon is his as well as the show that you’ve seen in the theater,” Hamil said to the two old men from the village.
Mark invited Neder, Kilan, and Hamil inside the RV while the village leader’s cronies remained outside even after Mark tried to invite them in.
The two old men were surprised at the size and opulence inside Mark’s recreational vehicle. They noticed that the temperature was different from the outside and Mark knew that the men were thinking that he used some sort of magic to decrease the temperature. The two leaders were looking around, examining his furniture but Mark didn’t offer any explanation.
He did offer some food and drinks of diverse types to his guests. Mark could see the appreciation the old men had for his cakes and sandwiches and the old wizard liked the iced tea that he served while the old warrior appreciated the beer that he drank.
“You’re a very powerful wizard, Mark. I heard that you sold some delicacies very cheaply that even the young ones from the village were able to purchase and appreciate your food,” The old wizard village chief said.
“Yes. The purpose of my selling those was to enjoy the expressions of the people while they ate something nice that didn’t cost them an arm and a leg. It’s all part of why the circus is enjoyable, you can find a surprise every time you visit one.”
Hamil grinned when he heard Marks talk about the circus.
“What can I do for you?” Mark asked the old men.
The two old leaders laugh.
“We’re not here to make a request. We just want to meet the person who’s able to summon a dragon golem and produce the show that took our village by storm. Especially the second movie called Star Wars. Everyone believed that it was real even though Hamil announced every time before starting the show that the play was not real and was accomplished using magic and illusion. According to Hamil, he would play the same two shows again later and a lot of adventurers said that they were going to watch it again even though it cost a lot of coins for them to see it.”
“I like sharing my country’s culture and I think that the movies would inspire a lot of people to awaken their artistic side. I’m hoping someday that people here would be able to create their movies, and everyone would be able to appreciate the imagination that people could produce.”
“That’s a goal I’m willing to back. It’s not destructive and even promoted growth,” Kilan, the old wizard chief said.
“Even though I’m a more practical man who focused on what’s important now, I’m too old to be close-minded and know that there’s a benefit to having artists as well. We can’t all be warriors and wizards and at the end of the day, it would be good for adventurers to focus on something other than battle all the time,” Neder said.
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“I just can’t believe you allow your dragon to be used as entertainment,” Kilan said while shaking his head.
“Primarily, I planned for the void dragon to become a powerful defense for the circus but then there’s nothing wrong with earning coins from the dragon as well,” Mark said.
Hamil's face was full of smiles and when Mark saw it, he just rolled his eyes.
Milena and the twins suddenly entered the RV and were taken aback by the guests.
Mark stood up and turned to his guests.
“We’re about to open our stall and we’re planning to sell a different type of delicacies. I invite you with us so you can have a taste for free and I guarantee that the delicacies will impress you.”
Mark saw that the two old men were intrigued so they and Hamil followed him, Milena, and the twins to where they set up their table. When they arrived at the location, a lot of people were already waiting and when they saw Milena who was one of the saleswomen yesterday, people began lining up.
Nedertu and the two girls who helped Milena yesterday also arrived from somewhere and told Mark they planned to help. Mark asked Hamil for help in setting up a tent behind the table so the people wouldn’t see him conjuring the products that he would sell.
Hamil called a group of people, and the tent was set up in no time. Mark, Milena, and her two girlfriends went inside the tent while the twins sat on the chair behind the table waiting for the products to arrive. The two old leaders of the village sat beside the kids while Nedertu placed himself at the front acting as bodyguard.
Milena and her two friends came out of the tent carrying several boxes of donuts. The variety was unimaginable, and the people’s nostrils flared out when they smelled the delicious, sweet smell of the treats.
“Oohh, donuts! They’re very delicious!” The twins clapped.
One of the girls was carrying a huge box of tissue as well and asked the two old men which ones they fancied.
“We don’t know these donuts, so you choose for us,” Neder said.
The circus people knew about donuts since Mark shared them before and almost everyone remembered them so the girl who was very experienced looked at the two old men for a few seconds then chose a choco butternut for Neder and Boston crème for Kilan. She also served them cans of soda.
When the two leaders of Culano village tasted the donuts, they made appreciative sounds and told everyone that it was very delicious. Milena told the two old men and their cronies that Mark informed them that they could eat as much as they could, and they could take home as much as they could as well.
Hamil and the people who set up the tent joined in on the fun and ate some donuts as well.
Milena then put up a huge signboard indicating the donuts price to which there was only one price tag for any of the donuts. Although the price was higher than the candies yesterday, it was still very much affordable even for the villager’s kids which caused the people to cheer.
Milena and the twins started selling the donuts while her two friends kept bringing out boxes of donuts from inside the tent where Mark was staying. When the two old men saw the huge amount of boxes of donuts coming out from the tent, they took out the boxes from the table so they could take the donuts with them.
“What are you doing!” Milena scolded the old men.
Kilan blushed. “You told us we can take as much as we can!”
“Don’t take them from the table if you’re planning to take a lot. Go directly to the tent,” Milena said.
Even Neder blushed when he heard Milena’s scolding. They and their cronies went to Mark’s tent and one of the girls brought out several boxes of donuts and gave them to the village leaders and their cronies. They happily took their loot away after their arms were filled to the brim with boxes of donuts.
The customers who were queuing looked at the two village leaders and snorted, which caused Neder and Kilan to walk faster away from Mark’s stall and Hamil to laugh loudly then the caravan leader went somewhere.
The two girls who were bringing the donuts from the tent to the table continued until the table was full and they were kept busy selling the donuts to the people.