Everyone was cheerful during dinner. Mark was the one who handled their food since Milena was busy learning how to drive the small electric golf cart from Nedertu and by the time the sun set, both Nedertu and Milena were driving the golf carts on their own and were strolling around the whole circus.
A lot of people were gawking at both Nedertu and Milena driving the vehicles and a huge crowd of kids were following them. As usual, the catman was very stingy, not allowing anyone to ride with him while Milena allowed a couple of her friends to ride with her.
“Why are you not allowing anyone to ride with you?” Mark asked Nedertu.
“I’ve not mastered driving yet and if there’s an accident, those who were riding with me could get hurt,” Nedertu answered.
“Hurt! It’s a very small slow-moving cart! How can anyone get hurt in that tiny thing,” Milena said while laughing.
“After dinner, we’re going to continue driving so we’ll become more familiar,” Nedertu said.
“Can we come with you? We’re not sleepy yet!” Isaac shouted and his brother echoed him.
Liriel joined in on the fun by babbling loudly and Mark was glad to hear that the little girl was becoming responsive. Soon he or someone else would begin teaching her to speak but right now, the most important thing was for Liriel to get comfortable in their presence and the circus in general.
“Since I conjured three electric carts, after dinner we’ll all go drive the golf carts!” Mark announced and the twins cheered with Liriel also cheering following her big brothers.
So, after dinner, everyone could see Mark with Liriel on his lap and Aaron beside him, Nedertu with Isaac beside the catman, and Milena with a couple of her friends driving around the circus. Although it was nighttime, the circus was still very bright due to the lights coming from the different carts and carriages of the circus people and of course, the golf carts themselves had lights. There were still kids following them and with the twins prompting, Mark allowed some of them to ride in the back seat.
Weirdly, Nedertu was still adamant about not allowing anyone else aside from Isaac to join him on his cart.
Mark wondered why the children enjoyed riding the golf carts. His Space Floating Disc was much more comfortable and it was floating above the ground. He could understand why Nedertu and Milena enjoyed driving the small vehicles because they were in control. He was guessing that the kids were enjoying the drive because of the novelty.
They arrived where the dragon was lying down and could see Hamil commanding a lot of people to wash the dragon. Yoda still had its eyes open looking at everyone. Mark could see that the dragon was just blinking adorably but not really responsive to what Hamil and his people were doing.
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“Hamil! What are you doing? Yoda doesn’t need to be washed,” Mark still cringed whenever he said the dragon’s name but the twins won and everyone was calling the dragon Yoda.
He would have preferred to name the dragon something else like “Falkor” from the Neverending Story movie but even if he let the twins see the movie it was too late now since the name Yoda was recognized by everyone in the circus as the dragon’s name.
Mark sighed and thought that the name Yoda really didn’t fit the dragon but he sighed again.
“We’re leaving tomorrow so we want to make sure that Yoda is clean. Everyone was also only showing their appreciation to Yoda since we did earn a lot of coins from him,” Hamil said,
Now, Hamil was calling the dragon “Him”.
“You know that the dragon is not a “him” but an “it” and even if it got dirty or damaged, I can just dispel the summon and summon the dragon again, right?” Mark whispered to Hamil.
“Oh right. I forgot about that but hey, just let them do what they want.”
Mark just shrugged and they all went back to driving the cart while roaming around the circus. The whole circus was very busy since everyone was preparing for their departure the next day. Some people looked at Mark and his retinue wryly since everyone knew that the wizard and his family didn’t need to prepare since Mark would just make the RV disappear and conjure it on their next campsite.
Back at the RV, Mark asked Milena to help the twins take a shower and after the boys, Mark washed Liriel. He then saw that the twins were already lying down on the bottom bed of the bunk bed. Normally, Milena would be sleeping on the upper part of the bunk bed but then he promised her that he would conjure another RV for them to rest together with her soon-to-be assistants and Nedertu so he might as well start tonight.
Mark prepared the top bed for Liriel; he prepared a lot of stuffed toys to surround the little girl until Liriel was nestled inside the soft toys. After a few minutes, Liriel was already sleeping and he didn’t even need to read them a bedtime story. When he checked the boys, they were also asleep as well, which was understandable since their day was full of excitement and now they were all exhausted.
Mark joined Milena and Nedertu in the living room.
“Tomorrow, you will have to sell the cart Nedertu since I will begin teaching you how to drive a larger car. Milena and the children would follow along using my Space Floating Disc while I teach you how to drive. I’ll teach you using the SUV, the largest car, aside from the RV.” Mark told Nedertu.
“Can you also teach me how to ride the small vehicle with two wheels?” Nedertu asked.
“The motorcycle? Sure, but the big ones will be our priority since we want you to learn how to drive the RV as soon as possible. Why do you want to learn how to drive it anyway?”
“That vehicle looked like it would be very useful, especially in places where the roads were narrow and rough.”
“You’re right. That vehicle was made for that sort of road but first, we need to make sure that you can drive the RV without any issue.”
Mark served the two people coffee and they continued talking until late at night. When he offered to conjure an RV for the two, Nedertu and Milena declined saying that Nedertu would sleep somewhere else tonight while Milena would just sleep on the couch in the living room since it was comfortable enough.
“By the way, I already hired three people. Two were girls and the last one was a boy. They’re still staying with their families tonight and will start work on our next stop. I also started creating a list of the products that we sold and the appropriate prices for each one and I’ll show you the list once it’s done,” Milena said and Mark just nodded.
“Nedertu, you will need to talk to Toby regarding the Necklace of Fire Bolt. I just lent the item to the boy and he should have returned the item by now.”
Nedertu nodded and said that he would look for Toby later.