Annan had misjudged the impact of "The Mage Tower's Fall" on the people of Breeze City. Or rather, he had underestimated how little entertainment the people of this world had.
Noble amused themselves with banquets, the middle class went to the Theater, and the lower classes had only taverns and sex. Against that backdrop, Magic Film made an unprecedented impact.
Noble discovered what Recording Magic Stones could do. The middle class found Magic Film far more vivid and exciting than stage plays. The lower classes went wild for it.
Annan had initially set the price at one Silver Coin only to counter Augusta's scheme. He had expected most of the revenue to come from selling Magic Stones. Instead, the takings from the past few days had already filled five chests, each large enough to hold a thousand Gold Coins. On average, every person in Breeze City had watched "The Mage Tower's Fall" twice in six days.
Annan was teasing Little Spider, who seemed to have grown a little plumper, through the Spider Bottle when Evelyn came over and tugged at his sleeve. "I can't even go out anymore..."
Whenever Evelyn went out, people surrounded her and called her Rose, just as they surrounded Annan and called him Jack. She could only go outside with her Wizard Robe's hood pulled over her face.
Then there was Olmedo. Augusta had carefully raised his daughter to the imposing position of City Lord, only for Annan to drag her back down.
She had killed her own father to protect Breeze City? Most people hadn't seen it. The King of the North had stolen her fiancée? They had seen that with their own eyes!
The others were doing much better.
For instance, there were far fewer rumors about Francois. At least the response to him