Keith sparred with Arthur for three whole hours until the old man began to pant heavily.
"Damn, I'm growing old. Back in my day, I used to be able to fight for months on end without needing food or water." he said, rubbing his stubble like a wise old man.
Keith smirked and nodded, "Sure sure, you probably drank your opponent's blood to quench your thirst and ate their flesh to satiate your hunger right?" he said sarcastically but Arthur nodded shalessly.
"Yes, you're a smart kid."
"....."
Arthur then looked at his wooden sword that had multiple dents and chips before tossing it to the side, "Anyways, I'd say that you're strong enough to fight two royal knights on your own currently. Without your fast healing and fire thing I an."
"Satisfactory results, I'd say." Keith muttered and nodded before tossing his almost broken down sword to the side too, "Can I improve more by the way?"
"Depends on what your goal is." Arthur replied as he walked toward the group of spectators, "The sword is great for duels and such, but when it cos to war... I suggest learning how to ride a horse. Along with that, you'd have to learn how to wield a long ranged weapon like a spear or glaive."
"Spears or glaives huh?" Keith said as he followed behind him, "Alright, got it."
*******
Late at night.
Keith took a bath and put on so comfortable clothes before lying down on the bed along with Clara and Miya.
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The two of them made eye contact before glancing at Miya, imdiately understanding that they won't be able to have their sweet snu snu ti anymore.
"Alright, let's sleep now." Clara said as she patted Miya's belly.
Keith silently closed his eyes and took a look at how Vincent's mission was coming along. He had given him a small quest of looting the gang that was responsible for the gambling situation and "buying" of Miya. In return, he offered him a reward of free unlock for one of his skills.
And that skill was the Battle God's spear arts.
As he watched silently, he inwardly nodded before pushing the system screen aside so he could get so good sleep.
'He's almost done so there's no need to worry too much. The rewards will be given automatically so there's no need for to wait for him to finish either.'
The next day was spent on shopping for clothes, which were mostly just for Keith and Miya. Alia and Clara did helped with the selections and by the ti their shopping spree was done, both of them had more than twenty sets of clothes each.
"I'm slightly nervous..." Clara said once the tree of them went back to their room.
Keith looked at her and gave her a wry smile, "Sa here but it's not like we can skip the event. Though, I suppose there's no need for us to worry so much. After all, Alia will be with us and all we have to do is stick to her like the way ducklings stick to their momma."
This got him a chuckle from her as he tossed all his and Miya's clothes on the bed before heading towards the door, "I'll take a shower and put on so clothes before joining you guys at the dinner table then."
"Okay." Clara responded but Miya trotted over to Keith before lifting up her hands, "Take with you papa."
"No, you'll be taking a bath with mama from today onwards okay?"
The child pouted before turned around angrily, "Bad papa."
Not knowing what to do, Keith looked at Clara who shrugged. She could clearly help him out but he could tell that she just wanted to see how he would handle the situation.
With a sigh, he crouched down and patted Miya's head, "Momma will help you with bathing while I will do your hair okay? Momma said she wanted to spend so ti with you. She is very jealous of be because you're always with papa."
Clara's smile imdiately disappeared as she saw him throw her under the bus, but Miya gave her a deep stare before nodding.
"Okay, I will take bath with mama after dinner."
"Good girl! Co on, give papa a hug." he said as he raised his arms to the side and almost imdiately, the kid grabbed onto his torso like a koala.
He then talked with her for a few minutes before leaving. The rest of the day went smoothly and so did the next day until afternoon.
The whole group got ready for the event and before leaving, Keith handed over his daughter to the butler along with a leather pouch that had quite a bit of money inside.
"Use this if she wants sothing." he said before looking at Miya, "Be a good girl and don't cause trouble okay?"
"Co on, she's the most well behaved child I've ever seen. Stop bothering her." Alia said before winking at Miya, who nodded energetically.
"Big sister is right, Miya is a good girl. Papa is worrying too much."
For the first ti, Keith felt like he was getting ganged up on. With an awkward cough he shook his head and pointed at Alia, "That's not big sister. That's an aunt- ay ay ay ay let go of my ear dammit!"
"Say that again? I'm literally younger than you! If I'm an aunty, then you're an uncle." she growled as she twisted his ear slightly.
Keith didn't bother with her and acted helpless and pitiful as he looked at Miya, "See? This woman is bad. She's hurting... ... damn."
He didn't have to say more as the child was already glaring at Alia with tear filled eyes. He had forgotten how random kids could be and even though this was like a joke to him, Miya was totally taking this very seriously.
Seeing her reaction, he decided to stop playing and grabbed Alia's wrist before pulling it off his ear. He didn't even look at her as he had his attention focused on his daughter.
"Co on, give papa a hug. Alia didn't an to hurt okay? She's a good person."
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