Anton was grateful that Walter did stop teasing him about sexual stuff since it did make him uncomfortable. If the teasing came from a beautiful woman, he would be all right with it but since it came from Walter himself, his goosebumps were appearing. He wondered why since when he was on Earth, some of his colleagues were gay and he wasn’t averse to joining their teasing and their humor.

Of course, he was not against gay people and if that teasing weren’t directed at him, it would have been funny but Anton thought that his body’s apparent age was affecting him. He knew that he should look into that. His mental age was now more than twenty-four years old and he had several years of work experience but for some reason, he was sometimes behaving like a seventeen-year-old immature kid.

One thing he learned about that exchange was that everyone treated him like a younger kid since he was several years younger than them.

It was funny to see how the group tried to keep their talk and humor clean, and Anton could tell that it was an effort for them. Anton did not stop it though since he knew from experience that stopping something like that would almost always result in a much more awkward situation.

At least Antonia and Lucia kept involving him in their discussion, and he was learning a lot since they were talking about what was happening in the city of New Drennor. Anton was grateful for the girls since it was obvious that their discussion was to help him gain more information.

“By the way you have to go to the dining room A tonight since Anton here would be providing the entertainment and according to him it would last three hours and he said that it would be an epic one,” Lucia said.

Phillip and Walter looked at Anton interestingly.

“Can you tell us a bit what the entertainment is all about?” Phillip asked.

“No. You just have to go tonight to find out,” Anton smiled teasingly.

The four rich young men and women from New Drennor looked highly interested and Anton knew that rich idle people usually sought the best things that could entertain them.

After listening to a few more performances, the four rich folks from New Drennor invited Anton to eat lunch at a secluded restaurant that was only known to the most elite passengers.

“Are the chefs there in the restaurant that you mentioned willing to cook an ingredient for us? I managed to cut off a tentacle from the Kraken that attacked the ship last night and according to our sailor guide, it’s a delicacy and I wanted to taste it,” Anton said after he remembered the tentacle meat in his Private Stash.

Everyone in the group gasped and Walter suddenly turned to him.

“What do you mean you manage to cut off a tentacle!”

“Oh, we forgot to tell you. Anton is the youngest archmage in the city of Zalnothel that’s why he was awarded the title of Baron,” Lucia said while shaking her head.

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“When did you start learning magic, in your mother’s womb?!” Phillip asked looking shocked at the information.

Anton just smiled and didn’t disclose any more information about his magic to the group and since they were experienced rich young men and women, they didn’t pursue that questioning.

“We need to go somewhere else then since the restaurant that I was planning to let you experience doesn’t accept ingredients to cook from customers. Let’s go somewhere else. I know the chef of a restaurant nearby and I’m sure he would cook the Kraken’s meat for us,” Lucia said.

After walking for a few minutes, they entered a restaurant and Lucia headed directly to the back once they were seated by the waiter. After a couple of minutes, she invited Anton to where the kitchen was located, and when he arrived there, he gave the chef a slab of Kraken meat that came from the tentacle. It looked to be around two kilos and he thought that that should be enough for the five of them. They then spent the next hour in discussion.

“Did the ship mages allow you to cut off the Kraken’s tentacle without any issues?” Antonia asked.

“They allowed me to keep the meat but they did tell me off and informed me that I’m not allowed to intrude on future battles if not asked. I’m guessing that the only reason why I didn’t get punished was because of my age.”

“And the fact that you’re already a very powerful mage at a very young age meant that your potential is humongous. I’m guessing that sooner or later, all the mages would probably try to form a relationship with you before the ship travel ends,” Antonia told him.

“Not only the mages. Some of the rich merchants from New Drennor who had connections with the mages would try to do that as well and if the entertainment that you are telling us about that you or your family would do later is truly an epic one, that would hugely contribute as well especially if it something that can be marketed,” Phillip added.

Anton just shrugged. He did not intend to hide his power anyway since he knew that his family would still need to manage a business once they reached the city and the knowledge that their family was guarded by an archmage would probably help a lot in making sure that his family was safe.

“You mentioned that your family member who owned the Amelia had several ships. Why did you choose the one going to Rendindura to travel or escape the demands of your family as you’ve said?” Anton asked the group.

“It’s because it’s the farthest. More than a year of time away from the family could change a lot and to be honest with you, we not simply idling about. We’re also handling business and once we return to New Drennon, we will bring our family a lot of coins. More, as a matter of fact, due to the knowledge that we will not be able to return to your continent, maybe in our lifetime, due to the Undead Coalition,” Phillip said.

That comment by Phillip interested Anton and would have asked about the details but the chef arrived together with some waiters, bringing the tentacle meat that the chef cooked. The chef came because he wanted to introduce the different types of ways he cooked the Kraken meat and they all listened to the chef waxed eloquently about the ingredients and processes he used to cook the Kraken’s tentacle meat.

“Chef Monunde, can I bring my family at a later date, possibly tomorrow afternoon to have you cook the Kraken’s meat for us again? Of course, we’ll pay you appropriately,” Anton asked the chef.

“You don’t need to pay me. Just give me a portion of the tentacle meat and that would be enough,” Chef Monunde replied then he went back to his kitchen.

After the chef left, they all started eating the food that Chef Monunde prepared containing the Kraken’s meat, and one thing Anton could say, he had never tasted anything so delicious in his two lives. The meat was so tender and it absorbed the taste of the other ingredients and spices that were included in the dish but still retained its distinct flavor and that meant that Kraken meat would truly taste different with every dish. The tentacle was so tender that once Anton put it into his mouth, it almost melted.

Unsurprisingly, no one spoke while everyone ate and just focused on eating.