Delayed Transfer

The next day, Mark was woken up by the kids who jumped him from where they were sleeping which was beside him. He was glad they returned to being energetic but he wondered why they were always full of energy. It’s like they were asleep a second ago then suddenly they were wide awake and hugely excited to release their energy in whatever they do and now Liriel was also adopting that behavior.

“Mark, what are we doing today?!” Isaac asked but looking at the twins’ faces, they already remembered that it was the day they could check their costume’s progress.

“After your class with Ms. Rendira, we will go to the tailor to check your costume,” Mark answered the kids anyway and this made everyone truly excited even Liriel.

Mark took a shower then after he was done, he saw that the twins and Liriel also did. They were mimicking his behavior even his daily shower. They even requested bottles of cologne and deodorant from him when they saw him putting them on but he only gave them spray bottles of rubbing alcohol since he thought that those were safe enough. He did dilute the rubbing alcohol with water to decrease the alcohol content but the smell was still fresh and good so the kids were content.

It was funny seeing the twins spraying the alcohol under their arms just like when they saw Mark putting on his deodorant. After that, they joined the others for breakfast and their teacher Rendira joined them.

While the kids were being tutored, he told them that he would visit the elven sisters to put an enchantment on Liriel’s costume. When they heard about it, they clamored to see the little girl’s costume but then with a word from their teacher, Mark was amazed at the kids shutting up.

When Mark arrived at the elven sister's carriage, he was thankful that they were there.

“Mark, how can we help you?” Eilintraee said when she saw him.

“I made an R2D2 costume for Liriel and she would sit inside it but I think it would need a rune to control the temperature inside to make sure that she’s comfortable.”

Mark was amazed inside that the circus people were now used to the terms from the movies and they immediately understood when he referred to something from the films.

“I can do that, in return, let me copy more movies from you, is that okay?”

Mark agreed and gave the elven woman a hard drive that contained a lot of movies and the R2D2 robot. She then asked Mark to return after a couple of hours to take the robot back. After that, Mark roamed the circus since the kids would still be busy with their lessons.

The theater was still packed with people and the lines to purchase tickets were still astoundingly long. He then saw Hamil talking to some people who were wearing elegant clothes and when he walked near them, the circus leader of the one beside them walked toward him.

“Those people were the representatives of the council of Narcone. They were requesting for the movies to be shown somewhere in the palace so the high nobles could watch them without joining the commoners,” the circus leader who Mark didn’t know the name of laughed.

“What will Hamil do?” Mark asked.

“Of course, he would comply. There’s no downside and it would smoothen the circus’s relationship with the authorities. It will be held tomorrow so I imagine that Hamil would close the theater.”

“No, Hamil wouldn’t. He would borrow the equipment from me and bring those to the palace.” Mark said and the circus leader stared at him.

“Can you produce those anytime you want?” The leader of the circus beside theirs asked but Mark didn’t answer, just smiled.

He saw that the talk was still ongoing so Mark left and checked the other places. The Yoda Roller Coaster where still full of customers and the queue to purchase tickets was very long as well but Mark was thoroughly surprised to see that there were protestors holding signs and boards. When he read the signs, they stated that the circus was exploiting the dragon and enslaving it to do their bidding. That the dragon should be released in the wild and live its life in freedom.

Mark was flabbergasted to see woke people in this world as well and thought that that disease would not follow him here but then he noticed that the age of protestor were very young like college students and they were wearing good clothes, meaning they could be sons and daughters of very rich merchants or nobles attending some sort of university. If that were the case, he could understand since students needed to find a cause to spend their energy on, and rescuing an enslaved enchanted animal was a good one.

While Mark was studying the protestors, he saw Norunta and her two apprentices following her confronting the protestors. Mark walked nearer to listen to what the witch would say to the young people.

“Hey, you! You stupid students of the University of Narcone! That dragon is not a true dragon, it’s a summoned golem!” The witch shouted at them then she loudly cackled at them as if she were mocking them.

The students stared at the witch and the surrounding people who were beginning to laugh at them as well and Mark saw that most of the young people were beginning to blush.

A passionate very beautiful young woman with red colored hair and white skin suddenly shouted back and now Mark understood why several young men were protesting as well. The young woman was truly a breathtaking beauty and she was not alone, there were five girls beside her and they were almost as beautiful as she was.

“How do we know that you’re not lying!” The beautiful red-headed girl said.

“look at its eyes! It’s dumb! And do you think a true dragon would allow itself to be used like that,” The witch shouted back.

Mark then walked forward and interrupted the argument.

“Hey Norunta, don’t call my dragon dumb!” Mark said but he didn’t take his eyes off the beautiful red-headed girl.

The witch was surprised at being interrupted by Mark but then she suddenly saw him not taking his eyes off the young woman and suddenly understood. Norunta then cackled again then whispered to Mark good luck in plucking a thorny beautiful rose. Mark just smiled at the witch’s whisper.

“You’re the wizard who summoned the dragon?” The red-headed beauty asked.

Mark nodded, then he summoned his bush, tree, and ancient guardian tree golems and cast Forest Sanctuary so now the place was filled with beautiful flowers and trees and mythical creatures.

The young students were amazed at the unicorns, dryads, tiny fairies, and sprites that flittered among the flowers and Mark saw them touching their bodies and if they felt their health and body being restored to their peak. They also saw that the plant golems had the same stupid eyes as the dragon.

The young students then threw the signs and boards they were carrying aside and went near Mark.

“Are you an archmage?” One of the young women asked him.

“No, but I am a wizard of this circus. I would like to invite you girls to lunch but unfortunately, my home is a bit tiny and wouldn’t be able to accommodate all of you so I regret to invite the ladies only,” Mark said while wearing a forlorn face.

The young women ruthlessly asked their male counterparts to go back to the university and join the wizard.

Some of the young men protested and kept saying that it was dangerous to accompany an unknown wizard and the girls just stared them down.