316 Talking Monkey (2/2)

This was a new experience for Raven. While he did had seen and met some beasts who are talking before, they either did it through thought connection or they're speaking a foreign language.

But for a beast who could not only understand his language but speak it as well? This is the first.

”What's the problem?” Raven asked after his initial surprise.

The monkey hesitated to talk, instead it kept looking cautiously at Venus who's still glaring at it. Raven see this and said: ”Scarf, now.”

*Hiss*

”No buts.” Raven stressed, ”Scarf, now.”

Venus couldn't go against him so she could only follow his orders reluctantly. The monkey watched in wonder as Venus transformed into a white scarf that wrapped around Raven's neck. After she transformed into a scarf, her stifling presence disappeared which caused the monkey to sigh in relief.

Raven then faced the monkey once more and said: ”Sorry about that. So? What's the problem?”

Since Venus was no longer glaring at it, the monkey is more comfortable. It then said: ”Y-you will help me?”

”Maybe.” Raven said passively. Of course it will all depend on the situation, he might be impressed that this monkey was speaking his language but that doesn't mean that he would gladly lay down his life just to help it because he's impressed.

”M-my big bro is missing.”

”Big bro?”

”Yes.” The monkey said in an anxious tone, it's tails were swinging erratically behind it. ”W-we went out because we need to gather resources. He said that he's going to go somewhere I can't follow so he left me here. He said that he will come back after gathering the resources but it has been hours since he left.”

The monkey sounded more and more anxious as he spoke. Meanwhile, Raven felt impressed instead of concerned. He thought that he got over the fact that this monkey was speaking his language but it turns out that he still couldn't, he still impressed on how fluent this monkey was on using the similar language.

Raven shook his head and threw his surprise at the back of his head, he then asked: ”What's your name?”

”Dennis.”

'Damn, he even got a human name.' Raven was caught off guard once more. He cleared his throat and asked: ”Do you know the direction he went?”

Dennis nodded and pointed towards the east. ”There, he went in there. He said that there is a treasure trove at that direction. I'm worried that he might be in danger. If he died, then I won't be able to go back home.”

Raven raised his brow and said: ”You can't go back home without him? Why is that?”

”It's the tribe's rule.” Dennis replied, ”I shouldn't even be out here, they only allowed me since my big bro is with me. But now that he's missing, I won't be able to come back or else they will treat me as a spy.”

”Is that so?” Raven muttered, he sounded like he was thinking about something. He shook his head once more and said: ”Very well, let's look for him.”

”R-really!?” The face of Dennis lit up in happiness, his tailed waggled even more fiercely behind him. He then continued by saying: ”You would really help me?”

”Why not.” Raven said as he started walking towards the direction that Dennis pointed. ”I'm bored anyways.”