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Chapter 196
🕑 Added 2024-08-16 02:00:02 +0000 UTCThe next day, Anton went to the dining room to join his family for breakfast and there he saw the two old tutors were there as well. While they were eating, Mr. Tenor told Anton some information.
“We will be leaving today to return home but before that, Ms. Damby and I agreed on a schedule for both you and your sister and we will give that to you before we leave.”
“All right Mr. Tenor, Ms. Damby. I’m looking forward to my lesson,” Anton told his new tutor.
“Anton, remember to go to the warehouse today okay?” Anders told his son and he just nodded.
While they were eating, everyone was very lively and the only thing that they were talking about wasn’t their plans for the day but the movies they had seen the night before.
Devon was asking Mr. Tenor about which part of the world one could encounter the sub-species of halfling called Hobbit and Anton was flabbergasted to know that there was a version of that halfling in this world that looked similar to Hobbits although they were called something else based on what the tutor said. Mr. Tenor also mentioned that the location where they could be found was somewhere very far away. Anton also heard Lunelle asking Ms. Damby about the elegant elves in the movie and Anna’s tutor speculated was what they had seen was some part of the history of the elves since the elves they had seen in the city were nowhere near as noble and elegant as the elves in the movie.
Anton didn’t enlighten anyone about the movie being fiction and let them discuss the movie as if it were real to their heart's content.
Anna was talking to her maids about the movie Sense and Sensibility and how romantic the movie was. They were also discussing how they couldn’t truly compare it to Pride and Prejudice and that they shouldn’t do so since it was created by the same author which they noted was a woman.
Anders then loudly announced that the next part of the film that they had seen last night would be shown on Saturday night, which was a few days from that day and everyone was delighted by the announcement.
“How many parts are there in the movie?” Frederick suddenly asked Anton.
“The Lord of the Rings has three movies. The first one which we saw last night is called The Fellowship of the Ring. The second film is called The Two Towers and the third film is called The Return of the King. There are another three movies which were prequel to The Lord of the Rings. It was about Bilbo’s adventures and they are The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and the last one is called The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies,” Anton answered.
Anton’s answer to Frederick’s questions excited everyone, even his father.
“Such a long epic story! You must remember to not show the movie without us!” Mr. Anton exclaimed and even Ms. Damby was nodding vigorously.
“Are there any more movies that you could let us see?” Ms. Damby unexpectedly asked Anton and it was Anna who answered.
“Actually we’ve seen two movies already but both of those were called ani…ma, what was that again? Oh yeah, animated films which according to Brother were drawings that were made into one huge story. They were very beautiful and the characters sang so beautifully almost as beautiful as my brother’s singing.”
“Your brother can sing?” Ms. Damby asked, startled at what Anna had said.
“Oh yes! My brother has the most beautiful voice and he can play the lute like a master bard. When we were in the city of Leminthor, I’ve heard a lot of the minstrels there but my brother can sing better than all of them,” Anna boasted.
Mr. Tenor and Ms. Damby were surprised and they even saw the others at the table nodding, fully agreeing to what Anna had said. The comment made Anton blushed and he covered it up by drinking some water.
“By the way, Nemina. Can you have someone purchase some tall slim sculptures and different sculptures that we can put in the bathrooms in the mansion? I can enchant them to produce water so the maids wouldn’t need to carry water to fill out the bathtub in the bathrooms. I will also enchant smaller sculptures so they can spew out water in the bathroom sink so those who are using the rooms will have water whenever they want,” Anton said to Nemina and she told him that she would handle it.
“You’re turning your mansion into a magical mansion,” Anton’s tutor commented.
“That’s my aim and I’m only starting to learn about enchantment. Once I know more, I will make sure that the mansion is truly filled with magical items. Maybe someday, our mansion will not be located here but up in the sky flying amongst the clouds and the only way our people can enter or leave is to fly or use a magical gate,” Anton dreamily said.
“Ooh, that would be wonderful,” Anna dreamily said as well.
“That’s an admirable goal for an archmage and I believe that you can do it,” Mr. Tenor said while Anders just shook his head at his son’s ambition.
After breakfast, Mr. Tenor told Anton that their schedule for their tutoring session would be every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from eight until eleven in the morning, and that they would start next week. Ms. Damby’s schedule with Anna was different but Anton wasn’t interested to learn that.
Once the tutor left, Anton asked his Father if they already settled the remuneration of the tutors and Anders assured him that the teachers were happy with the pay they would be receiving from their family.
“By the way, Anders, Anton I have something to talk to you before you leave,” Nemina said so they all went to Anders’ office.
“We will need to hire a butler, a head chef, and a head maid for the mansion,” Nemina said.
Anton just shrugged and looked at his Father.
“Okay but you will need to handle it since we don’t know anything about that,” Anders replied.
“Also, I was informed that on Friday there would be a wizard’s council meeting Anton is invited but you will need to come as well due to Anton’s age. I was informed by one of the high wizards that the council of mages would conduct another test for Anton to confirm his status as an archmage and once it was confirmed, they would announce publicly your noble rank. The Archmage Voduria’s secretary said that you will need to select a last name for your family.”
“Do all mages who entered Zalnothel receive the same treatment?” Anton asked.
“I don’t really know but I assumed it was because of the level of your power and your intention to stay in the city. According to one of our new clients, most archmages are already established in a city even before they reach that level of power. There were very few in the history of the city that encountered a displaced archmage since usually, a powerful archmage had the power and connection that would allow him or her to defend the city they grew up in,” Nemina said.
Anton then said that he would go ahead and attend the meeting so they could truly join the city without any more issues. He then asked Nemina to remind Frederick to search for his request about finding a shop for him.
Anders also said that he would think about the last name that they would use.
After their meeting, Anton headed to the warehouse to begin repairing the items that his father, Nemina, and Lunelle had purchased.
