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Chapter 269
🕑 Added 2024-10-28 02:00:04 +0000 UTCAt around seven in the evening, while they were preparing, somebody knocked on the door of their suite and when Colin opened it, it was Harun who would guide them to the dining hall A. Their guide was earlier than usual since he was supposed to guide the people who would need to prepare for the entertainment for the night.
Apparently, during the afternoon, one of Captain Robertson’s assistants came into their suite and luckily Anton’s father and Colin just happened to return from where they were before. Anders informed the assistant that the entertainment would last more or less three hours and had to tell the man that it was some theater play that was created by magic.
Thankfully, Colin also informed the assistant that they would need a very large white curtain that needed to be hung on the stage, and the man who told them that he was actually the captain’s assistant in charge of the entertainment for the dining hallways assigned to the suites, told them that the stage already contained large curtains and a plain white one was one of those. There were even some curtains that contained sceneries and magical materials that a mage illusionist could use to show some illusions.
Since that was their only requirement, the man in charge of the dining room hallway stage informed them that they could come in an hour before eight in the evening to prepare. They were also informed that the entertainment information would be broadcast to all the suites so that the elite passengers would be aware of the unique length of the show.
Anton asked someone to tell him the information contained in the advertisement.
“The broadcasted information only said that it is an entertainment crafted by a powerful mage and it will last for three hours,” Frederick told Anton.
Anton would have to handle the spell and did not plan to use the three magic items that record and show images that Frederick purchased when they were in Zalnothel since those items, although passable had lower quality than when he used his spell directly to show the movies. The main purpose of them showing the movie was to show the elite passengers who might have a toehold in the business world of New Drennor what their family was capable of and it was a good time for Anders and Nemina to make connections with them.
Harun led them to their dinner table first and then led Anton, Anders, and Nemina to where the backstage was located. Anton saw that even though it was only around seven in the evening, the dining hall A was already filling out with people. Their table was relatively close to the stage so Anton didn’t actually need to be at the stage to cast his globe of browser-sharing spell but he still needed to check the white curtain.
When they arrived backstage, the man who claimed that he was the manager of the entertainment stage of the dining hall met him and asked what he required and again, he reiterated that the only thing that he needed was the white curtain but they needed to make sure that during the show, there would be no light near the stage.
“It will be better if it was actually dark and that the only lights are at the exit doors but since the passengers need to eat, I guess lights are still needed but to get the full effect, I suggest that you make sure that there’s no light near the stage,” Anton said to the man.
“It’s not a problem since we do have table lamps on the dinner tables and we can use those to light up the passengers' tables and then we can shut off the rest of the lights once your show starts.”
Anton advised the stage manager that they needed to do a screen test so the man immediately commanded the people to roll out the white curtain then they went back to their table which confused the stage manager and Harun. He just them that he could cast the spell from their family’s table.
Anders remained since he would be making a speech before the movie started.
When they returned to their table, Anton was surprised to see Antonia, Lucia, Phillip, and Walter seated at the table next to theirs but they understood that he was busy preparing for the entertainment so they didn’t disturb him.
Even though it was only half past seven, the dining hall was already full and everyone was curious why there was only a white curtain on the stage. Anton cast his globe of browser-sharing near the stage where it would be un-noticeable then played a few seconds clip of a neon light show with audio to test the quality of the video and loudness and quality of the audio and after around 20 seconds, he immediately stopped it when he was satisfied with he adjusted the size, quality and loudness of the video and sound but that alone made the audience visibly gasp.
Anders then went to the stage and started his speech. He spoke normally since the stage manager assured him that there was magic on the stage that would allow his speech to be heard by everyone in the dining hall.
“I’m Anders Sunder and our family is in charge of the entertainment tonight. The entertainment is a revolutionary spell made by my son and it would last for three hours. During the show, almost all the lights will be turned off so everyone can see the show’s effect better so I recommend that before we start the entertainment, you should start eating your dinner. Halfway through the show, we will stop it for ten minutes so everyone can have a break either to go to the bathroom or eat some snacks, and will resume it soon after. So please enjoy!”
The passengers gave Anders a polite applause then Anton’s father returned to their table. Soon the waiters arrived with the food and while they were eating, Nemina pointed out to them the most prominent table near the stage. It was occupied by Captain Robertson and what looked to some of the most important people on the ship based on their bearing and clothing. They could be the ship’s officers or the powerful mages.
At exactly around eight in the evening, Anton was surprised that all the lights turned off except the lamps on the table and the lights near the exit doors. The table lamps were enough for the passengers to continue eating their dinner. With a gesture from the stage manager, Anton started the movie, Titanic.
The beginning credits appeared and those alone stole all the attention from the food to the screen and after a few seconds, the only people who were eating were Anton and his family. Their two new female bodyguards also stopped eating and gaped at the screen.
Anton could see from the audience’s confused reactions about the modern scenes at the beginning of the movie and it was expected but soon everyone had the look of fascination on their faces.
His family had seen the movie before but Anton could see that they still enjoyed watching the film again. Anton enjoyed watching the audience's reactions to the film. He enjoyed watching their amazement, the emotions they rarely displayed naked on their faces. He checked Antonia, Lucia, Phillip, and Walter’s reactions, and just like the other audience members, their faces showed their responses in every scene and it seemed like they did not care if it was visible on their faces.
