Mark taught Nedertu to drive the SUV the whole day and only stopped when it was around five in the afternoon. The circus caravan was still near them since the caravan’s movement was slow, even though the SUV was driving very slowly, it was enough not to pull far away from the circus caravan.
He switched seats with Nedertu and rushed the SUV nearer the caravan and around six in the evening, they all stopped to camp for the night.
Mark helped Milena and the children down the dragon who was already lying down beside the caravan then as promised, he took the stored RV from his inventory and replicated a new one for Milena and Nedertu. The two RVs were parked side by side and the circus people noticed the vehicles.
Milena then told Mark that he would be getting their assistants now since the second RV was available and would introduce them during dinner so Mark had to be the one who would prepare dinner for everyone.
Mark prepared a veritable feast inside the RV to celebrate their new employees. He prepared a couple of whole roast ducks, beef briskets, roast pork, fried chicken, bowls of rice, garlic bread, Caesar salad for their vegetables, and “Nilagang Baka” a traditional beef dish from his mother’s homeland which was beef boiled in beef stock and different seasonings. It had a lot of vegetables and Saba bananas. He conjured the dish for their soup since he thought that there was a need for soup.
They heard a knock on the door and Nedertu opened it. Instead of Milena and the newly hired employees, it was Hamil and Zenethor.
“Good evening Hamil, Zenethor. Why are you here? Come in and join us for dinner,” Mark told the circus leaders.
“Wow, that’s a lot of food. Are you celebrating something?” Zenethor asked.
“We just hired three new employees so Milena would have help in taking care of the kids and during the times our stall is open.”
“Is that the reason why you summon two of your magic small homes?” Hamil asked.
“Yes since my RV only has two bedrooms. Nedertu, Milena, and the three new assistants would sleep on the second RV while I and the kids would stay on the first RV.”
Mark saw that both Hamil and Zenethor were looking at him weirdly and when he asked why they were looking at him like that, they pointed at the RV’s spacious living room.
“People only sleep at night which meant that they could utilize your living room to sleep and since you have gadgets that could control the temperature inside your mobile home, anyone would be comfortable sleeping there,” Hamil said.
Mark then knew that he had the entitled thinking of the wealthy and he was a bit ashamed.
“The living room doesn’t have privacy and besides it’s easy for me to conjure a second RV,” Mark made a flimsy excuse, and all the adults just smiled.
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Soon Milena arrived followed by two ladies and a man. The two ladies were introduced to Mark as Lisa and Norleen and the man was a retired Madam Luzviminda’s boy named Connor. Lisa and Norleen were some of those who grew up in the circus but hadn’t found what profession they wanted to be.
Mark welcomed everyone and when the new employees saw the feast that was laid down on the table, their eyes went wide. Everyone started eating and kept praising the food that Mark conjured.
Mark heard Connor ask Milena quietly if they eat like this all the time and Milena laughed.
“Mark hired me to be the family’s cook so we usually eat what I cook. He just conjured a feast for us to celebrate you three joining us,” Milena answered back.
“I’m envious of your employees Mark. They have a magic home that they could stay in every night. The bathroom alone is enough for a noble to say that your cart was worthy of the nobility,” Zenethor said while his mouth was full of roast duck.
One of the girls then asked Milena what Zenethor meant and Milena told the new employees that all of them would stay in the second RV. The three new employees gaped when they heard that they would have their RV.
“Who would stay in the master bedroom,” Mark asked Milena.
“I would be staying in the master bedroom; the two girls would be staying on the bunk beds and Nedertu and Connor would be staying in the living room. Nedertu lost to me in a game,” Milena said while laughing.
Nedertu didn’t react to what Milena had said, which meant that it was true.
“Can I buy something like this RV from you, Mark,” Hamil asked after dinner.
Mark then thought of what Hamil asked.
“There would be a lot of problems owning something like this. First, you will need to learn how to drive and there are places where you would not be able to drive through. It’s not a problem for me since I could always store the vehicle in my dimension. Next, parts of the vehicle do break down and need constant maintenance, and no one here in this place has learned enough to know how to fix something like my vehicle. For me it’s not a problem since if something troublesome on the vehicle happened, I’ll just destroy it and conjure a new one. That’s why my RV always looked new. The last one is fuel. I’m the only one who can conjure fuel for my vehicle. That meant I would not be able to sell something like my RV or any other vehicle for that matter.”
“I knew that but your RV is really pretty. The bedroom alone would have been paradise for me and my missus,” Hamil sighed and Mark just smiled.
They continued eating and Mark was really impressed at the circus people’s ability to devour large quantities of food since soon, he needed to replicate more even though he told everyone to save some space in their stomachs for dessert. He was surprised that all of them liked the “Nilagang Baka” dish.
When everyone was done eating, Mark conjured a whole chocolate cake and when Milena mentioned that it was not enough, he gaped at her and conjured a whole mocha cake.
While eating cakes, Mark remembered that he didn’t know if they celebrate birthdays here and he didn’t even know the twins’ birth date.
“Do you celebrate birthdays here?” Mark asked while everyone was causing devastation to the cakes.
“We do celebrate birthdays,” Hamil was the one who answered.
“I see. Since we didn’t know Liriel’s birthday, from now on her birthday is the same as mine, August 13 which is five months from now. What about you boys, when’s your birthday?”
The boys answered that their birthday was December 11. Mark then told everyone that he would put up a chest filled with gifts and anyone who was celebrating their birthday could take a gift from the birthday chest.
“That’s probably a bad idea Mark since it would take a lot of time,” Hamil said.
Mark just shrugged and told the circus leader that he would just assign that project to Milena and she could delegate it to one of her assistants then what he would just need to do was fill a chest with gifts. He even asked Hamil if he would like to do it and if he could just give the chest filled with gifts to him and Hamil readily accepted saying that it would boost his prestige.