The celebration that night was simple. They just mingled and ate the food that Mark replicated. The only other people from the circus there were Mark’s employees. Enleed was animatedly talking with Milena, Lisa, and Norleen. The three women were beautiful especially Milena who worked for Madam Luzviminda before but quit since she said that she was getting older and getting tired of serving customers that way.
Armina and Melissa were talking to Nedertu and Connor but soon they were joined by the two rich couples.
The children were with each other. The twins and Liriel were highly entertained by the stories that Albert had been telling them.
Mark, Sam, and Blake were talking to each other.
“Sam, why didn’t you tell me you’re gay?” Mark asked his best friend.
Sam paused for a long time then answered him.
“When we’re together, it just didn’t come up. We enjoy our time together as gamers and our sexuality was never in front of our mind. Unlike other otakus, you were never a perv but I’m guessing that we’re in the same situation. We were both very insecure especially when it came to trying to find a relationship with other people. You were so fat and I was stick thin with a face full of pimples. You never talked about women you liked even the 2d girls. I even suspected that you were gay but realized that you were just very shy or asexual.”
Mark thought about that and knew that his best friend was correct. He didn’t prioritize women since he knew that he didn’t have any chance with anyone because of his situation back then so he brought it far back in his mind that he didn’t even talk about it even with his friends.
“Did I do you wrong for not realizing sooner?”
Sam smiled.
“No. I actually love the fact that you’re the friend that I could go to wherein being gay wouldn’t be the center of the world. I knew even then that even if I told you, you would have accepted me for who I am. It’s just whenever I wanted to tell you, it just isn’t a priority. We always talked about something else that we thought was more important in our lives like how to kill the boss of the dungeon efficiently, how to make sure that we benefit from the little healing that we receive from our healers, or how to efficiently gather the currency that we need, things like that.”
Hearing that, Mark just shook his head and Blake laughed.
“Where and when did you meet Blake? Honestly, Blake is so handsome he looked like a movie star,” Mark said.
Blake smiled at him then Sam laughed.
“You’re right. He is so far out of my league but do you know that he’s the jealous type in our relationship? It’s as if he’s afraid that I will be stolen by someone. He talked big about letting someone else into our bed but he would be the one who’s going to make a scene if I entertained a smidgen of that kind of thing seriously,” Sam said while Blake glared at him.
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“A couple of months after you left, life goes on even after the controversy that you left behind all over the world. That was so big you know and a lot of religious nuts were saying that it was the Rapture. I met Blake when Armina, Enleed, and I attended a Comic-Con wearing the weapons and armor you gave us,” Sam continued.
“A lot of people were flocking to you three. Some were asking which anime your costumes were from and Armina just kept saying that you’re just generic adventurers. I think a lot of people were drawn to you back then because everyone genuinely felt that the three of you were part of the community but the three of you had this aura. Like you weren’t cosplaying but actual adventurers who somehow got teleported into our world. I fell in love with at first sight back then,” Blake said and Sam smiled at his fiancé.
Mark laughed but when he saw Blake’s face, he knew that the guy was serious. He was just glad that his best friends found his love.
“After a couple more months, Blake and I got together seriously,” Sam said simply.
“When he told me that they really experienced diving a dungeon, I thought he was crazy and when Armina and Enleed told me that they truly did, I thought that they were all crazy but then they showed me their abilities. I knew then that magic was real and my life came alive,” Blake said softly.
“I remember you cried a bit when you learned that we can’t dive the dungeon anymore since Mark was Isekaid to another world,” Sam said while smiling and Mark laughed.
“At least now you’re in a world where there are dungeons. The Melona dungeon beside the circus is two hundred floors so it’s quite advanced so I don’t recommend that. I recommend the novice dungeon in Narcone. It had twenty floors, perfect for beginners.”
“Blake doesn’t have any weapons or armor,” Sam suddenly said.
“I’ll give him one. Are you a magic user or melee or an archer like Armina?” Mark asked Blake.
“I’m a wizard. Why go into a magical world if you’re not going to use magic?” Blake said and Mark fully agreed with the man.
After dinner, Mark gathered everyone.
“Tomorrow morning, breakfast will be served here. The Warp Gate will also be relocated from my bedroom to beside the table here. After breakfast, please roam the circus so you can familiarize yourself with the place. Lunch will be served here so please get back here before noon. After lunch, if you all want, we can go to the Novice Dungeon in Narcone so you can choose your profession. Albert, don’t go roaming by yourself okay?”
“Can I go with the twins?”
“You will need to ask permission from your parents. It’s their decision.”
Mark then overheard Robert say to his son that they’ll talk about it inside their RV.
Since it was very late, everyone went inside the RVs that were assigned to them while Mark, the twins, and Liriel went to theirs.
The next day after breakfast, the two couples Donald and Elizabeth and Robert and Danielle together with Albert would be grouped to roam the circus. Milena gave them some sort of a card that could be used as a pass so they could purchase anything they wanted and enter any attractions they wanted to check without coins. Mark smiled at that since it meant that Albert was unsuccessful in persuading his parents to separate from them.
Armina, Melissa, and Enleed would be in another group and Milena also gave them a pass card. Mark, Sam, and Blake would be together but the main reason was, Mark wanted to bring them to the net gaming tent so they could talk with the elven sisters and check if they could find ways to improve the place.
Mark overheard that Armina, Melissa, and Enleed would try the Yoda Roller Coaster first, and when Albert heard that as well, he insisted that he wanted to ride the dragon too so instead of two groups, they will go to the Yoda Dragon Roller Coaster as one group.
Mark informed the group that there were two settings for the Dragon Roller Coaster. One was the fast one and one slow one for those who lacked the courage to experience a fast ride.