Reincarnated as the fourth son of a noble and tamed an SS-rank dragon-Chapter 31: Another Duel

The routine in the city was different, even though it was calm and everything seemed normal, people were still afraid, they felt that another war for the throne might occur, so they were worried. Some nobles were trying to increase their military strength, adventurers were being recruited more often. Even though the country was almost bankrupt.

The news that the Agreement of Kings had been signed was slowly circulating, and people were calming down although some were still suspicious.

Darius continued his training; he and Nyme were already B-ranked. He had delayed his promotion so that they would both be in the same rank together, he wanted her to accompany him and if they were in very different ranks it could be bad. The others were still D-rank, but they were getting stronger every day and that was good, Kaly wanted more and more strength.

The city started to get busier and with that the requests for potions were increasing more and more and Kaly took advantage and sold all the stock they had. It was rash, but at the same time it was the best choice they could make at the moment. More money was essential, especially given the crisis in the Kingdom.

Kaly offered to help with the plantations, she said that the Lestor family had a magic that was exclusive to them, and with it, they could help many plantations. The King accepted, but this meant that Darius would have to travel to the cities and help. But the reward would be high enough for him not to worry about it. He accepted and Orphelia was worried and asked to go along, but Lucian changed her mind.

The night before the trip, she suckled Darius and kissed him several times, their tongues numb with maternal affection.

"Nothing shows a mother’s love more than breastfeeding," she repeated over and over again. He eventually accepted and promised that when he got back he would kiss her every day and let her breastfeed him, as long as she didn’t tell anyone, especially future suitors.

He didn’t feel comfortable at first, but gradually he got used to it and it turned him on in a different way, which was good. But she also wanted her father’s second wife to be able to do the same, but she never got pregnant and couldn’t produce milk. He also wanted to feel his stepmother’s maternal love.

The next day he left on a trip with Kaly and Zenith, with Nyme in charge of the parcels.

The trip was planned to last two months, but it would be interrupted near the day of the Academy exam and then she would return a few days later. So they managed to do everything they had planned.

At first, some nobles were suspicious, but they showed them the royal family crest and the nobles let them do what they wanted.

Velmont had 21 cities, not counting the capital. Each city was governed by a noble with at least the title of Count, except for the trading city of Revera, which was governed by a merchant called Acteri, who owned some businesses in the city, and in others, he was the biggest merchant in the Kingdom. Kaly didn’t like him, he was an arrogant man and wouldn’t accept help.

To solve the problem Kaly proposed a duel, Acteri would choose the rules and she would accept, if she won she would help with the plantations and would still have one of the stores he owned in the Capital. But if she lost, Darius and she would give her 20,000 gold coins and she would never set foot in the city again. He saw a good deal in the proposal, so he called his son Anandeu to a fight.

His son was a tall, muscular man, and Kaly understood why he had chosen combat after seeing him.

"Can we use strengthening and hardening magic?"

"No magic allowed," Acteri was laughing.

"Too bad, your son will need it to beat me."

"Do you often underestimate people who are stronger than you?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"He’s not stronger, to prove it I’ll let him start and throw a maximum of two punches."

"So if you throw more than two punches you assume defeat?"

"I do."

Acteri was certain of his victory, he called in three mages with analytical skills, they would watch and if anyone used magic they would be disqualified. In addition, he invited the whole town to the fight, he wanted to show his son’s strength.

The fight would take place in a giant arena that was famous for fights and duels. It was also the venue for the God of Fighting championship, where the winner gets money and status.

A woman began to introduce the two, she praised Anandeu highly, he was the winner of the last championship. When it was Kaly’s turn, she simply introduced her as the King’s representative.

In the audience, people were laughing at Kaly and cheering for Anandeu. When the duel began, he kept throwing punches at her, but Kaly dodged them all. His movements were fast and gradually Anandeu became worried.

He was shirtless and his body was all sweaty, he was getting tired and the audience didn’t understand. No fight with him had lasted this long.

Kaly kept dodging and didn’t look tired. The mages saw no sign of cheating and Acteri was getting worried.

"I’ve given you the advantage, now it’s my turn to attack."

She ran away and circled the arena, then she approached him and punched him in the stomach, and with her left hand she grabbed his arm. It was torn off and then she threw the arm away.

He was spitting blood and his body had all its bones broken. He fainted from the pain and victory was given to her.

"Allow me to help this weak man, I’ll give you a bottle of the potion we sell in the Capital," she said loudly.

He approached Anandeu and put the potion in his mouth, and gradually his arm grew and his body was restored.

Acteri was very angry and asked one of his security guards to hold Darius back and take him to the arena. There the man threatened Darius and told him he should fight too.

But before the man could finish speaking, Darius threw the man, causing all his bones to break on impact with the wall.

"You must keep your end of the bargain, your son is a weakling, a disgrace. He lost and now you must show that you are a man of your word. My recommendation is that you have a decent security guard, this weakling lost to a child," Kaly said in a tone of voice that everyone in the arena could hear.

What they didn’t know was that this man was the former champion of the championship.

All that remained was for Acteri to accept his defeat, he agreed to hand over one of his stores and let them do as they pleased in the city.

Kaly was happy about this, now they would have a place to sell the other products they were planning, but it would still take a while. It would be a long trip and until they had finished everything, they might even change their minds about having their own store.

Kaly sent a messenger to the Capital, she wanted Lucian to take care of the management until they got back, she didn’t give many details about how she got the store, she just said that she got it as a present from Acteri and Lucian just accepted it.

In the city there were several plantations, and the commercial city was the largest producer of grains and some fruits. As well as spices, this was the most important city after the Capital. Its ruin would mean the destruction of the Kingdom, as they would have no way of feeding the whole country and feeding other countries.

Each country focuses on what is most advantageous, the Military Empire focuses on armaments and the food production part is secondary, so they depend on other countries. Others don’t focus on the military and are dependent on weapons from elsewhere.

Kaly didn’t care whether the Kingdom collapsed or not, she cared about Darius, so she helped the Kingdom for his sake and for the money they would raise to help Darius.

They wanted to get out of the city as quickly as possible, and several people became fans of theirs, because defeating the city’s two champions wasn’t something just anyone could do. Kaly was tired of having to answer to people every time they left the inn. She used a spell to change her appearance and taught Darius how to use it.

They chose a different look from the one they had, Darius with green hair and she with red hair, she didn’t like the blonde hair she had worn last time and chose red at random.

After a few days, they left town and received many thanks from the farmers and shopkeepers. In just a few days they managed to generate months’ worth of produce.