Delayed Transfer

The couples in the group, Donald and Elizabeth, Robert and Danielle, and Sam and Blake were hugging each other while watching the silver and gray dragon flying above the night sky. The moon’s illumination made the dragon’s scales sparkle like diamonds amidst a dark velvet backdrop.

The music that floated around the circus serenaded everyone and Mark felt like he was looking at a romantic movie that was set to include several couples. That conversation between Albert and the twins also added to the uniqueness of the situation.

Mark didn’t interrupt anyone since he could spare a few minutes for his friends to appreciate the magical world that they were privileged enough to be able to travel to.

After some time, they moved on to Hamil’s carriage. While they were walking, Mark could hear his friends talking about trying out all the acts in the circus. He told everyone that they could try them all without the need to pay and that all they would need to do was line up to join as customers in any of the acts.

The children were talking about their experiences growing up in two different worlds but mostly it was Albert who had been talking. He kept telling the twins about the different Comic-Cons that he attended and the movies that came out. He also told the twins about the computer games that he played. The twins told Albert about how they were rescued by Mark from two ancient beholders and that they have seen a lot of movies too like the Star Wars franchise and the Harry Potter films.

When Albert heard that, the three of them began gushing about Harry Potter and Albert told the twins about the most recent game that he played called Hogwarts Legacy.

The three kids were talking non-stop even on top of each other sometimes and they weren’t bothered about that. Liriel was listening to them talk and her eyes were wide and glowing with interest.

Armina and Melissa were staring at Liriel as if any time they would snatch the girl from Lisa’s arms. Enleed was people watching while they walked.

Soon, they arrived at Hamil’s cart and they saw Hamil and Deo sitting at a table that was set up outside his cart while Halinda was preparing dinner for their family. Mark didn’t see Toby and the teenager should be in the Star Wars The Old Republic gaming tents.

“Hamil, these are my friends from my planet. They're here to stay for a few days to check things out and I will need to conjure four RVs for them. Is that okay?”

Hamil greeted each of Mark’s friends. He then overheard Sam and Blake whispering to each other how handsome Hamil was and he just rolled his eyes at them.

“It’s fine. We have enough space here. Halinda even asked me to buy an RV from you,” Hamil said then he laughed.

“Sure, no problem. I will even provide a few tons of gasoline to make sure that your RV will run for a long time but you will need to ask Nedertu or Connor to teach you how to drive the vehicle,” Mark said and that caused Hamil to cheer.

The circus leader then shouted at his wife that Mark agreed to sell them an RV and Halinda came and hugged Mark.

“Thanks! I’ve been wanting your carriage for a long time,” Halinda said.

Enleed was staring at Hamil’s wife and Mark had to admit that the woman was incredibly beautiful. She looked like Esmeralda from the Disney Film The Hunchback of Notre Dame which Mark found ironic since they’re in a circus.

Mark then replicated an RV from the original copy and put it beside Hamil’s cart. Then he replicated a ton of gasoline that Hamil stored somewhere. He expected that the circus leader had a storage item but he didn’t know how large it was. The fact that Hamil could store a ton of gasoline implied that his storage item was indeed large.

Everyone smiled when they saw Halinda rushing to the inside of the cart and a few minutes later began transferring things from their cart to the RV. It was as if she were afraid that Mark would take the RV back if she didn’t lay claim to it as soon as possible.

“If you have questions about how to operate the things inside, you will need to ask assistance from Milena, Lisa, or Norleen,” Mark told Halinda and Hamil’s wife just nodded while she was busy transferring things to the RV.

“Is it really that easy for you to copy things that are stored in your inventory? How large is your inventory anyways?” Blake asked.

“It does drain my mana but my mana regeneration is good so my mana bar would be full again after a few minutes. My inventory is large but the majority of my items are stored in the warehouse beside my villa in my secret dimension.”

“I don’t know. One can already consider you a god. If you were transferred to Earth’s past, I don’t have any doubt that the people would create a religion centered around you,” Blake said while shaking his head.

“That’s also the reason why everyone here in the circus knew that if you travel anywhere, including deep inside a dungeon, you will have a good life if you have Mark with you,” Hamil said.

“How is Mark compared to other wizards in this world?” Sam asked Hamil.

“Mark is very powerful but my father told me of mages ruling several dimensions. He even told me that he saw a powerful wizard draining a sea because that wizard was looking for something and when he found it, that mage brought the water back. There are truly powerful beings in this world so it is still a good idea not to be full of pride,” Hamil said.

“I already knew that since Mentorra told me that,” Mark said.

His friends were taken aback when they learned that there were very powerful beings in this world but Hamil assured them that most beings like that wouldn’t bother ants like them then he laughed.

The group then talked for a few minutes about the Star Wars revolution that happened in the circus. Sam and Blake kept shaking their heads at Mark’s hands-off approach and Hamil was intrigued at the suggestions that were made by Sam, Armina, Enleed, and Blake. Melissa was still staring at Liriel though.

Mark admitted to Hamil that his friends were the true experts so he told the circus leader he should listen to them and Hamil nodded. After a while, Hamil asked his friends if he could talk to them in detail regarding the circus and Mark’s friends agreed they would at a later time.

They returned to the RV and Mark arranged the RVs that he replicated in the form of a circle. The center would be their personal event space where they could eat and chat and Mark put a huge table and several chairs in the middle.

He asked Nedertu to build a tent roof over the table and chairs so they could sit in the shade even during noon and Nedertu nodded.

Mark replicated a lot of food that they could eat for dinner while his friends went inside their RVs to inspect the place they would to during their stay in the circus. After a few minutes, they returned and celebrated one of the most exciting things that could happen in their lives.