“That was one of the most delicious foods I have ever eaten, and I have eaten a lot of delicious food,” Phillip said after their meal, and based on the others' reactions, they fully agreed with him.

“I’m so glad that I still have a lot of them. I think that I will always like it regardless of how often I eat it. The fact that the meat absorbs the taste of the different ingredients combined with it gives it a vibrant taste,” Anton said.

“Yes, but it retains its distinct fresh octopus taste but better than ordinary octopus and I’m thinking that it was because the tentacle is filled with magical properties,” Lucia commented.

“How many more do you have? Can I purchase some?” Walter asked Anton.

“Sorry, I want to keep it for my family. They haven’t even tasted it yet.”

After talking they transferred somewhere private where they could talk. Antonia led them to a café that served different beverages and they talked more while they were drinking coffee. Anton suddenly wondered if there was soda in this world so he asked the group.

Anton was truly surprised to note that it wasn’t invented yet. He wondered why that was since a quick search on the internet said that on Earth, it was invented in the late 1700s. He noted it down since it was a good moneymaking business and the internet would provide him the process on how to create it. He might even incorporate magic when he decided to create a machine that would carbonate water.

“What is soda?” Antonia asked.

“It was just some flavored water that an archmage in Zalnothel mentioned.”

When they asked more questions about it, Anton just shrugged and told everyone that he hadn’t tasted it yet.

One of his problems was Anton kept comparing this world to Earth’s past. He knew that this world was truly different from his old one. It was not the past and it was not a parallel world but truly a separate one and he had been reminding himself of that all the time but he could not help himself but still compare them sometimes.

Anton also couldn’t fault himself since Earth had a slew of entertainment content, both written and otherwise presenting a multitude of fantasy and science fiction worlds, and this world truly resembled one of those.

Since one of the major businesses that their family would probably enter in the new city was the cinema, it was only logical that they should also sell cinema drinks and snacks like popcorn and soda.

“What kind of business do all of you do since you mentioned earlier that you are all not just idling about?” Anton asked the group and the four rich young people laughed.

“Nothing special. All of us are doing the same thing, purchasing specialties of the Rendindura continent, and then selling them back to our home city. Because of what was happening in Rendindura, the goods that we bought this time would earn us a huge amount of coins. What about your family? What business do you usually do?” Phillip asked.

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“Just the same as you, buying and selling things but one of our business is something very unique and you will find that out later during dinner,” Anton said to them while smiling.

The four rich youths laughed when they heard what Anton had said.

“Now you truly tickled my interest. I couldn’t wait to find out what it is,” Walter said.

They returned to the Patron Tavern to listen to more performances and this time, all of the performers were giving their all. Anton thought proudly that he was one of the best but after listening to the elite bards and musicians that were performing in the tavern, he realized that when it came to voice, he was at most on par with some of the best but he was not the best and his guitar playing was just average. His only advantage was the uncountable amount of songs and lyrics that he could get from the internet.

“Normally, visitors are allowed here during the first time and if they want to visit the next time, they would need to purchase a membership but even if you’re not our friend, you being an archmage would probably scare the waiters to asking for your membership token,” Antonia said.

“I don’t want to use my status for something like that. I can purchase a membership token.”

“Don’t be silly. As I’ve said, my uncle owns this ship and that totally excludes me and my friends from needing to have a membership token to any of the entertainment facilities on this ship,” Antonia added.

For several more hours, Anton stayed in the tavern since he fell in love with the music of the different elite performers. The hint of desperation in each of the performances gave their songs and instrument playing a truly vibrant and interesting vibe and for a second, he was thankful that he wasn’t one of the performers who was desperate to be hired by a patron.

At around six in the evening, Anton needed to return to prepare for the movie presentation in the dining room later that evening although he actually didn’t need a long time to prepare. Since dinner was supposed to be at eight in the evening, it was still a good idea to prepare early. He asked one of the waiters in the tavern to guide him back to his suite after he said goodbye to the four rich young people. They reminded him that they would be in the dining room A before eight in the evening and that they better not be disappointed with the entertainment that he would present and of course, everything they were saying was said in good fun.

Anton was glad that he met the four rich young folks from New Drennor. They were confident enough in themselves to not be intimidated by him being an archmage but more than likely, his age mitigated his status as an archmage and because of that, they had been telling him information about New Drennor and the Gale Continent in general and since more than a year was a long time, they would be able to provide him more information.

He arrived back in the suite at around half past six in the evening and by the look on his father’s face, it almost seemed like he was late. Anton was guessing that Anders just did not want to get embarrassed by preparing late for the entertainment they would present later that evening.

All of them were aware that the truly important thing that would happen later that evening was for them to connect with the rich people who were staying in the suites since those connections would assist their families with their business once they reached New Drennor.

Anton almost laughed out loud when he saw that not only his father, but everyone, including the two new female bodyguards looked stressed when he still was not in the suite by six in the evening.

“What took you so long?!” Anders asked.

“I met some truly interesting people and besides, dinner is at eight. We still have plenty of time.”

“We need to prepare before eight!” Anton’s father said.

“The only thing we need to do was to prepare the screen and I’m sure that the stage would have one of those white curtains,” Anton said while rolling his eyes but his father kept scolding him for a good ten minutes before they all changed their clothes to prepare for dinner.