Anton was busy that evening healing everyone but it didn’t take him a long time since he could add seven people to his party system at one time meaning he could heal seven people at the same time. Based on his mana decreasing a little, some of the people were indeed sick or injured, and kept hearing them exclaiming in surprise whenever they got healed.
The children were particularly vocal when they got healed since Anton also activated the Vigor aura, which meant that people who received the healing would receive a burst of energy.
After all the people were healed and all of the carriages and carts that would comprise Ander’s merchant caravan were repaired until they all looked brand new, Anton returned to the inn followed by his father and some of the bodyguards.
While they were walking, Anders’s new employees were looking at their boss’s son with reverence in their eyes.
“I’m exhausted, father. Once we’re back at the inn, I’m going to sleep early,” Anton told his father.
Anders told him to rest since he had earned it so when they arrived at the inn, Anton took a bath and slept. He didn’t even spend time playing his Diablo II game or browsing the internet but immediately slept.
The next day, Anton woke up and checked the time. He was surprised to see that it was already eight in the morning and thought that his father should have woken him by now since they were supposed to leave early.
After doing his business in the bathroom, he went outside the room and saw that the only person remaining there was Colin.
“Sir Anton, everyone was already at the caravan. According to your father, we can only wait for you to wake up before we can leave. You don’t need to do anything here since everything at the inn was settled already.”
Anton nodded and followed Colin to the site where the caravan was located. When they arrived at the site, the whole merchant caravan was actually ready to depart and was only waiting for him. He blushed when he saw everyone was looking at him but was relieved to see that he didn’t find anyone looking at him with resentment for delaying their departure.
The carriage that Colin led him to was larger than the original carriage that they were using but was glad to see that their original horses were the ones pulling the cart. When he entered the carriage, the inside looked like a room with sofas and was very spacious. Anna, two new girls, and Frederick were the only ones inside the carriage.
“Are we the only ones who will use this carriage?” Anton asked his sister.
“Yes. Father said that he and Nemina together with the managers and assistants they hired would be in another carriage and Lunelle joined her mother. Nemina said it was time to train Lunelle in the business,” Anna answered.
Anton then looked at the extremely pretty twin girls wearing gorgeous dresses. They were also blondes and both of them had blue eyes just like his sister and the three of them really looked like siblings.
Anna saw his brother looking at the girls.
“These are Ramona and Belinda. They were orphans Nemina found and hired to be my maids. They are the same age as Lunelle.”
The beautiful twins stood up and curtsied at Anton which made Anna and Anton himself giggle. Frederick, Colin, and the two new maids were surprised at the siblings' behavior and their surprise made Anton and Anna laugh harder.
“I keep forgetting that you’re a very young man,” Frederick said softly.
“I’m also not a noble but a former farmer’s son so you don’t need to bow or curtsey to me,” Anton told everyone.
“Yes, I’ve seen him pick his nose and eat his booger,” Anna said while laughing.
“I did not do that!” Anton scolded his sister.
“Yes, you did! Year and years ago when we were young!”
That statement from his sister meant that it was before he arrived in this world.
“Even if you’re not a noble, you being a powerful wizard should be respected as one of the nobility,” Frederick said.
“I don’t see people bowing at you,” Anton said to Frederick.
Anton saw Frederick blush in shame and apologized to their tutor in basic magic. Frederick waved his hands off saying it was nothing but Anton was still ashamed at the comment that he had made.
“I’m a novice magician and don’t deserve to be respected as a wizard yet.”
“the people you meet don’t know that do they? They don’t have any way of seeing what kind of mage you are or do they?” Anton asked the mage.
“No people don’t have a way to detect what level a wizard is but it’s a good idea to tell the people you meet what level you are if you are a novice mage so they would know what kind of magic they can expect for you, especially in the party who was about to go on an adventure.”
Anton knew what Frederick was saying and understood. Of course, people who you were traveling with expect to know what type of spells you could assist them with especially when it comes to enemies attacking.
Suddenly, everyone inside the carriage felt the caravan begin to move. Anton was hungry since he forgot to eat breakfast so he took some food from his private stash and asked if anyone wanted to eat and everyone declined saying they had eaten breakfast already.
While Anton was eating, he asked Colin why he was there and who was driving the carriage.
“Your father hired a lot of people and a lot of them were drivers and I’m supposed to be your assistant just like the twins there were your sister’s maids.”
Anton saw the twins looking at him wide-eyed and was tempted to shout “boo” at them but he didn’t want to make them cry or else his sisters would nag at him. After breakfast, he took his lute from his inventory and saw the twin's eyes got wider and now knew why they were looking at him as if was going to cast spells because he was. He kept taking items from his inventory and it probably looked like he was conjuring things from the air.
He practiced his scales for five minutes then Anna asked to hear the songs he sang when he acted as a street performer. Anton then stopped for a bit and asked the mage when they would start their lessons.
“We need to acclimate first on how the travel goes and we’ll start tomorrow once we got used to how the caravan moves.”
Anton then began playing the beginning phrase of the song “Don’t Stop Believing” by the band Journey. After that, he belted that song with all the emotion he could output. His audience was looking at him with their mouths open just like Fenix did when he first heard him sing the song and even Anna, who knew his abilities as a singer was looking at him with a surprised face.
He then sang the song “Open Arms” by Journey for his second song and the twins had their hands on their mouths and Frederick looking at him as if he was a monster. He almost stopped singing so he could laugh but continued until the song was done.
After he stopped singing, Anna clapped loudly then the twins, the mage, and Colin followed suit.