The only problem with Let Magic Fly was that it was winter. It would be hard to make the Northern Frontier look like summer.
Annan decided Tina would have to suffer a little longer.
"Shoot summer scenes in winter? Give me a break—" Tina heard Annan's proposal and slid from her chair to the floor like a puddle of mud.
"Do you still want to make money?"
"Yes!"
Tina clapped a hand over her mouth the moment the word escaped.
"Do you have too much money and too much time on your hands?"
"Well, no..."
Tina had long since given up swindling people. Ever since she had thrown in her lot with Annan, money had stopped being a problem. Now she could do whatever she wanted. She had even sent some money to the teacher she had once sold out, by way of repayment—
"Then what are you refusing for?"
Tina climbed back up and launched into an explanation. "Like you said in Betar's Redemption, life is a cage. The longer you stay inside it, the harder it is to leave. I've been resting for less than a month—"
By the end, she was complaining again.
"I haven't had a single day off," Annan said, feeling a little guilty. When Tina didn't argue, he grew bolder. "I'm counting on you for the special effects. And we need to hurry."
"How long do I have?"
"Until our army reaches the New Royal Capital."
Spring came to the Northern Frontier in March, so both Free City and the film crew had five months at most.
Five months was plenty of time to shoot a Magic Film. The real challenge was defeating the Rikaner Kingdom.
No matter how much people mocked, disparaged, or ridiculed the Rikaner Kingdom, it still had Knights' Orders and