sometimes love is love even if it comes from others
**Continuation of Chapter 3.**
Rakan and his tribe-mates finally returned to their hut. While they were going to meet their chief, everyone could only see Fig, as most of them had never even seen a human in their entire lives.Rakan hadn’t expected the intensity of their stares to be so powerful.
He had just started imagining what the chief's reaction would be when they entered the chief's house. The chief was waiting for them while sitting on his throne.
After entering the chief's house, everyone bowed to the chief, while Rakan stood straight with no respect for the chief.
The chief : "Ah Rakan, how many times do I have to teach you to pay respect to me?" he told in a loud voice.
Note: the chief was a little bigger than the other goblins.
Rakan : "How many times do I have to tell you to give me the position of next chief?" He fought back with an even louder voice.
(Rakan's father was also there along with many elders)
The chief : "See brother, I told you to always be strict when it comes to children. look how rebellious he is," he calmly told Rakan's father.
Rakan's father : "I can't; he has totally taken after his mother," while bowing to the chief. Rakan's father's eyes were completely on Rakan.
Rakan's father : "Can't you just show respect until you reach adulthood? See Rakan, if you keep acting like this, don't imagine I will go easy on you." Though his voice was loud, he was not angry, nor did he have any dissatisfaction with Rakan. He only wished for his son to be successful in the future.
Rakan : "Father, can you please let me talk to the chief first? Please don't interrupt." His voice was normal, even though Rakan did not have a good relationship with his father, he had always respected him.
Rakan's father : "Brother, now it has become his nature, so don't mind him much." His eyes were telling Rakan to stay in line.
The chief :"Brother, I know how you feel; there is no need to bow. How many times do I have to tell you not to lower yourself for your child?".
The chief : "Put that matter aside for now, Rakan. Why do you have a human child behind you? That child has been glaring at me since the start." He was even curious to see Fig.
Rakan : "Tsk tsk, chief, control your curiosity; he is my right-hand man, and I will never give him to you." He was willing to fight the whole tribe just to keep Fig by his side.
The chief : "Are you sure you can look after him? I can tell how you will care for him; he will soon die in your care. Let the tribe's mothers take care of him."
rakan had accepted the chiefs words.
Even after seeing a human, chief was not hostile towards Fig, but he was curious about how a child had been abandoned in the forest. In the whole forest, they were the only tribe that was close to the forest's heart.
That was how Fig was accepted into the goblins' hut without facing any problems.
The main reason Fig didn't face any problems was that the goblins' ancestors had good trade relations in old times. Nowadays, trade was not possible because of the rumors surrounding the forest. The goblin tribe in which fig is called the "Nightshade Tribe"; it was named for the poison they used on their weapons.
They also have two arts that they call:
1. Nightshade Spear Art 2. Nightshade Dagger Art.
Note: the name Nightshade was inspired by a flower named Nightshade, which is the poisonous flower found.
The goblins were always adept at using poison; with their small bodies, they had an advantage in hunting.
They had collected rabbit horns, tying the horns to the front part of a stick to use as a spear, and they also used horns for daggers.
Note: Horned rabbits contain poison in their horns. Their body structure was evolved to remove all poison they ingested from poisonous plants and store it in their horns which they used to defend them from dangers.
The average lifespan of a goblin is 100 years, while intelligent goblins can live for 350 years or sometimes even longer.
Humans, on the other hand, can extend their life by advancing their magic or martial arts or aura.
