The Two Towers film, which was the second film in The Lord of The Rings trilogy was a very long movie and the time it took to record the film allowed Anton to level up his Paladin character to level forty-seven which made him a little happy. According to the website that he was following, level forty-seven was the level he could reset his Paladin and choose the build that he wanted to have for his character until he reached the maximum level.
The build that he wanted for his Paladin for leveling-up purposes was the Hammerdin since it was most like the sorceress. Anton had to admit that he was still comfortable as a caster and not a melee fighter. Casting the Blessed Hammer skill was like casting a spell and it was an area of effect skill too so that was a plus but Anton knew that the said skill would only work in the game and probably couldn’t be used in reality since based on the what he knew, it wouldn’t discriminate and would attack anyone in its area of effect as long as the individual was not part of his party system.
Unlike the area of effect spells of the Sorceress, the Blessed Hammer’s center was the caster so it would be very difficult to control the people near Anton that would be affected by the skill.
Since the movie recording was just completed, Anton decided to complete the resetting of his Paladin character at a later time back in his room. He saw that Selena and her two friends, Norma and Belue were highly excited at seeing the film ahead of everyone else. They couldn’t stop talking to each other about the film and Anton was very amused to see that the three women kept pestering his father for spoilers but unfortunately for Selena and her friends, Anders was very tight-lipped and would only share his opinion of the first and second film in the trilogy.
Anton thought that if Selena and the two women truly wanted to have spoilers, they would have more success wheedling the information from the others in the family. Fortunately for him, it seemed like Selena and her friends were still intimidated by him so they didn’t casually approach him with trivial questions.
They all went back to the family suite after the recording session and since his father invited Selena’s two friends, he gave Harun, their Sailor Guide, an appropriate amount of Kraken Tentacle meat to be cooked for their dinner that night. Anders gave Harun the coins the chef was charging their family for cooking the delicacies.
He saw that Norma and Belue couldn’t wait for the food. Apparently, Selena had been boasting to her friends about how delicious the food was, and based on what he had overheard so far, that was not the only thing that she was boasting about. Anton did see that the two women kept eyeing Selena’s clothes and accessories that she was wearing which were highly better than what they were wearing.
Anton couldn’t for the life of him understand how women’s relationships with each other worked. They were clearly jealous of each other but they remained friends through it all. Norma and Belue even jokingly, he hoped, that they were willing to be Anders’s mistresses as well and Anton’s father just kept smiling.
He didn’t how he would feel if his father suddenly became the center of a harem since Selena didn’t appear to be jealous but more than likely, she was just confident of herself enough that she was aware that Anders would not stray. Anton hoped. Maybe he was mistaken and Selena would be fine for her new lover to be with more than one woman. Even if she was, Anton still didn’t know what to think or do if that truly happened.
Anton stopped his silly musing when Harun arrived with several dishes made of the Kraken meat. Even though they had eaten it several times before, everyone was still highly enthusiastic with the Kraken meat since it was truly delicious which defied his knowledge since from what he knew of from Earth, giant octopuses taste atrocious. The only thing that he could think that brought on the change was the fact that the Kraken was a magic beast since mana does change the composition of things and even water had a different taste if it was filled with mana.
The conversation at the table was full of energy. Norma and Belue were extroverts and were very charming. Antonia, Lucia, Walter, and Phillip were amused at how expertly the women controlled the conversation but they let them be. They were very experienced nobles and were aware of the tactics of women like them and it was all in good fun.
Anton almost laughed out loud when he saw how smitten Devon, Colin, and even Frederick who was supposed to be an experienced mage on the two women. Based on the talks that he had overheard between Selena, Norma, and Belue, he was sure that the two women wouldn’t approach the men in the family since the two friends of Selena were highly ambitious and the only one qualified to have their affection was his father, Walter, and Phillip. Anders was taken, and Walters rooted for the other team so the only one left was Phillip but the man was a true noble and Anton could see that Norma and Belue were intimidated by him.
“What are we going to do after dinner?” Phillip asked Anton and he just shrugged.
Since there was nothing specific planned for the rest of the evening, they decided to watch a new movie. Anton, feeling a bit naughty, decided to show them a horror film. He wanted to know what the people of this world thought of horror films since everyone had encountered some form of horror in real life in one way or another.
Anton chose the movie Dawn of the Dead, the 2004 one since he had seen it before which was one of the few horror movies that he had seen and liked. When everyone was ready, he didn’t tell them anything about the film. When the scene in the shower was shown, he had forgotten about that and Lunelle had to cover Anna’s eyes. Anton received a glare from his father but he just shrugged since it was just a short scene. When the zombie child scene appeared at the beginning of the movie, everyone was terrified and Anton suddenly thought that he might have made a mistake but the zombie chase after that was truly exciting.
What if the audience were more sensitive since they knew that it could really happen but then again, he thought that they should just get used to it. Anton was happy to note that everyone was highly entertained by the movie. He knew that they would like it since he liked the movie as well. If he was going to watch a horror film, he preferred zombie movies and not the devil possession movies since those truly terrify him.
Everyone felt a chill in their spine during the baby zombie scene and Anton couldn’t agree more.
After the film ended, Phillip went outside for a moment to order Harun to get them some snacks. The rest discussed the details of the film. The professionals like Devon and Lucas told everyone the steps that the film’s protagonists should have taken to defend themselves from the zombies and Anton had to tell them that the people in that world were not used to battle and were regular folks. The women discussed the clothing that the folks in the film were wearing and the men asked him about the vehicles.