Anton checked the time and it was already three in the afternoon and that meant that he was done with his magic practice for the day. He briefly opened his browser and went to the streaming site where he uploaded his videos of him covering songs and even though he felt that his singing was good, his most recently uploaded video still had very few views. He thought that with how good his singing was according to people who had heard him, he would explode on the internet but he still underestimated how talented people were especially on a platform that could be accessed by millions upon millions of people from all over Earth.
Feeling a bit disappointed, which Anton knew was silly since he should be prioritizing more important things but then he felt that he needed that validation since when he was on Earth, his existence was so insignificant that this time, he wanted to check if people would recognize him as someone of worth. He closed his browser and then went outside his room.
Anton’s family and friends were already gathered including his four rich friends from New Drennor who attached themselves to his family.
“Is the cinema okay?” Anton asked his father.
“It’s all right. Our employees can manage it without any issues and us there. Don’t forget to record the second film in The Lord of The Rings trilogy,” Anders told his son.
“Why are you all gathered here then?” Anton asked.
“Well, we all know that everyone’s magic practice will be done by this time so we went here to watch the next episodes of the television series that we’ve been watching. We also brought some snacks that we can eat while we’re watching,” Walter answered him.
Anton then noticed the pastries and steaming pitcher containing some sort of hot beverage on the table. He immediately went there since he was feeling a bit peckish and everyone followed him.
“Hey, we’re supposed to eat while watching shows,” Anna said.
Anton rolled his eyes at his sister and then brought the pastry that he picked up and the hot tea then brought them to the home theater setup. Everyone did the same then Anton cast his Globe of Browser Sharing and started the next episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. They all then proceeded to watch the television show while enjoying the snacks that Antonia’s group brought. He had to admit that the pastries were delicious.
Before the episode was finished, they heard someone knocking on the door and when Colin opened it, it was the Supreme Numinor with one of his aides. Anton immediately paused the show and everyone was about to complain but they stopped when they saw the high-ranking wizard enter after Colin invited him in.
Everyone stood up and bowed respectfully to the High Wizard. Anton felt impressed when he saw his family’s reaction since even though they were respectful, they didn’t have the overly toadying expressions that some of the upstart family shows when they encounter a true noble.
“Anton, Sir Sunder, I’m here to inform you what we discovered when we interrogated the three high wizards from the Dark Moon organization,” Numinor said to Anton and his father.
Everyone else left immediately and Anton invited the Supreme Wizard and his aide to sit in the living room.
“I’m sorry to say that the information that I will be sharing with you pertains to you and your family only, is that all right?” Numinor asked and Anton and Anders said that it was fine.
“I’m happy to inform you that the Dark Wizard wasn’t targeting you and your family specifically. The three high wizards’ actions were solely their own and they didn’t even plan to share it with their organization, at least at the beginning. When they had milked you and your family for some time then they would report you to their organization. That plan was based on the idea that you’re enslaved by them. The best thing that you can do to protect yourself when you reach New Drennor is to announce your power and there are several ways for you to do that. Your rich friends from New Drennor can teach you those ways so I advise you to listen to them. Since we’re still a long way from the Gale Continent, the matter is not urgent. I suggest that you try to increase your power before we reach there,” Numinor said to the father and son.
Anton thanked the Supreme Wizards for his suggestion and offered him and his aide some of the pastries and tea that Antonia and his group brought during Numinor’s pause which they accepted.
While they were eating the snacks that Anton brought them the Supreme Numinor continued.
“Normally, I would have offered to guide you in increasing your wizardly rank but since your magic system is bloodline magic, I simply don’t know enough to help you. I’m aware that you’re also capable of learning the standard magic but I advise that you focus on your bloodline magic since it was the one which increased your power much faster than normal.”
“Thank you for your advice, sir and I appreciate that you wanted to help but please don’t worry. Ever since we started running from the Undead Coalition, I never stopped practicing my magic since I was extremely aware that that was the only for me and my family to survive. The mages in our family are also starting to work hard to increase their power,” Anton told the Supreme Wizard who smiled.
“Regarding the contribution of the information we manage to gather from the three members of the Darm Moon organization…”
“Sir, I would like to request that you not include me in that contribution since I don’t want myself and my family involved,” Anton interrupted the Supreme.
He was aware that the contribution or credit that the Supreme Wizard would receive from the information they learned from the high-ranking members of the Dark Moon organization was considerable and the Supreme’s aide already mentioned to him that the best thing that he could give to the Supreme that would garner Numinor’s favor was to allow the powerful wizard to take all the credit by himself.
Numinor smiled at Anton widely and then said goodbye. After the Supreme Wizard left, Anders asked what was that all about.
“It seemed like that Supreme didn’t actually share any meaningful information at all,” Anders said to his son.
“He did assure us that the dark organization wouldn’t be attacking us anymore but the main point of that visit was to inform me that Numinor learned a lot of information that will cause him to earn considerable credit from the government of New Drennor. He would like for me to admit that all the credit was his and that would earn his favor which admittedly, a favor from a Supreme Wizard is a huge advantage to us so I assure the Supreme Wizard that I’m in on his plan.”
Anders smiled when he heard what Anton had said to him.
“That is wise of you, son.”
After a few minutes, everyone entered the suite and Anders was the one who told everyone what the visit was about, which was just the Supreme Wizard assuring them that they shouldn’t receive any attack from the dark organization.
Anders also told Antonia’s group about Numinor’s suggestion regarding announcing to the city of New Drennor that Anton was an archmage since that would protect their family’s interest in the city.
“It’s not that urgent since the Gale Continent is still a long way off,” Anton told his four friends but they replied that they would create a list of actions that he could take to establish his power in the city.