Reincarnated as the fourth son of a noble and tamed an SS-rank dragon-Chapter 21: Pens

Kaly sat down on a chair and faced Lucian.

"How much time do we have?"

"We? Do you intend to fight?"

"Yes, but with some restrictions, I won’t go all out, that would be too bad, but I will fight."

"I understand your vision, we have two weeks."

Lucian got up from his chair and stared out of the window. He returned to his chair.

"A messenger is at the door, probably an invitation to tomorrow’s party. Do you want to go?"

"What party would that be?"

"Duke Kael Vesta, is having a party with some nobles, it’ll be a bit suspicious, so he’s invited several, even those who aren’t on his side, anything to draw less attention, although I don’t think it’ll be very effective."

"I accept, I’ll bring a gift that Darius and I are creating, it’s a new product."

"What would it be?"

"It’s still a secret," she lied, thinking of a new product on the spot. But with the coin purse, it’s easy to come up with something different."

Kaly left the room and went back to Darius’ room. There she lay on the bed and thought of something different they could create.

"What are pens like in your world?"

"Wait a minute, we have lots of types," he said as he picked up the bag of coins.

"Many kinds?"

"Yes, the oldest ones are quill pens, or quill nibs, depending on what you call them and the model, these are very different, from those similar to the ones we use here to those with ink in the pen itself. But the most common are ballpoint pens, which have a small sphere that pours the ink onto the paper. I’ll show you."

He spent some time thinking about the pens and came up with a quill pen, a blue plastic fountain pen with an internal ink refill, and a transparent ballpoint pen.

Kaly’s attention went to the ballpoint pen, she stared at it and couldn’t see the tip. Darius noticed and explained that she should remove the cap and she could use the pen.

"How do I refill it?"

"There’s no way, we use it and when the ink runs out we throw it away, they’re cheap and everyone has one or more of these pens in their house."

"But it’s so thin, the ink shouldn’t last long."

"Believe me, it writes a lot, do you want to try it?"

Kaly kept writing, after a few minutes she gave up and started scratching non-stop and the ink didn’t run out, it just went down a bit.

"I said, this lasts a long time. I once read somewhere that it writes more or less the equivalent of 112 pages, with still small letters. But I haven’t tested it yet."

"This is perfect, we can use it as a present for Duke Vesta, we’re going to his party tomorrow, so we have to give him something, this would be the perfect present. Look at this pen, it’s transparent and we can see the contents inside, but I found the color different. That makes it more valuable."

"The color?"

"Yes, it’s blue, I’ve never seen that kind of ink. Even the smell is different."

"I used to write more with a blue pen, but there are other colors, like black, red, green, purple, pink, orange. It depends a lot on the use, usually, people use different colors as a way of highlighting some important term."

"Other colors?"

"Yes, I’ll see if I can make it the right shade," he said as he pulled out the colors mentioned.

Kaly picked up the pens and tried them out, she looked like a child who had discovered something new and wanted to try it out. She kept scratching and making random symbols and lines. Then she looked at the ink in the tube.

"The red one makes the tube stained."

"Yes, it’s because of the pigment in the ink, orange and pink too. Yet they still work and you can see the ink going down."

"That’s pretty amazing, we need more, let’s make a set with all these colors. But we need somewhere to put it."

"Wait," he said as he pulled out a small plastic box with a transparent lid, the box had a small white pad and a ribbon to leave the pen in. "We can use this here."

"This box is different, that’s good. But at the same time, I don’t know, maybe leaving a classic wooden box might be a better choice."

"He’s noble, the more different the better."

"You’re absolutely right, we’ll use this box, in fact more boxes, one for each pen."

"I’ll make more."

"Could you make the pens with the eagle symbol? On the box too."

"All right, but do you plan to sell it?"

"Yes, this item can sell a lot, not just to nobles, but to many people, it’s very uncomfortable to carry a pen and an inkwell, especially if it doesn’t close very well."

Darius picked up the bag and thought for a few seconds, he managed to take out the pens and two boxes, and on the third he fainted.

After a few minutes of sleep, he woke up and it was already night, his body was tired and heavy. Zenith was next to him, she was naked when she saw that he had woken up, she approached him and climbed on top, she came closer and kissed him, she seemed to suck on Darius’ tongue, and after a few seconds he was better, she stopped kissing and when she took her tongue out of his mouth, a little drool fell out.

Kaly came in just then and stared at them both.

"You’re a naughty boy, you couldn’t help yourself and you used your tamed beast to satisfy your carnal desires, I’m proud of you and I think your parents will be pleased to hear it."

"No, it’s not that, it was a mistake, she came forward and started kissing me, don’t tell them."

"I know, I’m only joking, she’s a demon, but she has powers that increase mana. Her kiss increased yours, did you feel different after the kiss?"

"My body was heavy and now it’s not."

"Exactly, no need to thank me," Zenith said as she pulled away from him.

"But why were you naked?"

"I was hot, that’s all."

"You’ve gotten older, you look 12 now."

"I think a bit more than 12, soon she’ll be 15 and she might stop getting older, but that’s quite common. At least there’s a limit."

"Limit?"

"Beasts, monsters and demons stop aging after a while, no matter how old they get their appearance doesn’t change much, or if it does it’s almost imperceptible, no matter how many years pass they remain stagnant. So it’s likely that she ages up to a certain age and then can age more, but more slowly. I’m not sure, she stayed in this human form which makes it all the more incredible."

"Now that I’ve remembered, what was the reason for my fainting spell?"

"You used up all your mana, that’s why you fell asleep and that’s why your body got tired."

"Did generating those objects deplete my mana?"

"That and also the plantation, but it was expected, I’m sorry about that, I forgot to check your mana and ended up letting it run out."

He got up and walked over to the table, looked at the pens and boxes, and left them there. They went into the dining room, everyone had already eaten except Darius.

He ate what was left, which was a lot. Then he went into the garden and back to his room.

"What’s the plan with the Duke?"

"Since we didn’t have time to create an image of the family, we’re going to give the Duke a gift and say that you designed and produced each of the pens, and as a gesture of friendship and thanks for the invitation, we’ll give him an exclusive gift, which will make this item seem worth more."

"But that’s not all, I know you’re planning something else, but that’s fine. I’ll know at the time."

"What makes you think I’ll do more than that?"

"I don’t know, just an impression that you’re planning something, I’m just not sure what it would be."

"Yeah, it’s hard to hide anything from you. My plan is just to show the nobles the potion, but in practical use, I’ll use magic and make one of the boys, the son of any noble who is on the opposite side to the Duke, want to attack you. Then in a duel, you’ll cut off his arm with a sword. Then I’ll give you the potion and advertise it."

"But wouldn’t you need a real sword to cut it off?"

"You will, I’ll choose someone with a sword. It’s common at parties for some nobles to flaunt their position as a King’s Knight or something like that. Or even be the best with a sword, so surely someone will be wearing one."

"Wouldn’t that be dangerous?"

"You train with me, so I can tell you’re a lot more skilled than most, so don’t worry."

"All right, but I think I’d better get some sleep. Then carry me and wash me."

"I’ll wash every part of your body, a few more times," she said with a strange smile.

After the bath they went to bed to sleep, Zenith still naked on the bed.