319 Gentle Primates Tribe (2/2)
”He does not discriminate. No matter what the color of one's fur is, nor how rough their personality might appear. He always treated them same and accepted them. They said that he's the first one to cry and also the last one to stop crying when someone died.”
”He's the weakest of the siblings, yet he was the most relied upon. There was even a time when the 5th himself seek him for advise on how to handle a specific situation. And his answer granted the best benefit for the tribe as a whole. Unknowingly, this was also the same time when the 5th had decided to pass on the title to him.”
”Of course, the siblings were shocked when they heard the announcement. This shocked the youngest the most since he didn't find himself worthy to succeed his father's responsibilities. I heard that he even refused it.”
”But the decision was made and it could no longer be changed. Ever since then, the youngest spent time learning everything that he needs in order to lead the tribe. All this, while his siblings felt like they were robbed of something that should've been theirs.”
”The eldest thought that if their father is going to pass on the title to his children, they it should've been him who was chosen since he came first. Not only that, he is strong and his more than capable of keeping the tribe safe compared to the youngest.”
”The younger one felt entitled for the first time in his life. It was him who made the lives of the tribe better using his ideas. It was him who contributed the most so by right, he should've been chosen.”
”A rift appeared on the relationship of the siblings. It then turned into conflict after their parents died and suddenly, the tribe was split into tree factions and went on war against each other.”
”The eldest challenged the youngest on a contest of strength while the younger one challenged him on a battle of wits. The youngest accepted both challenges since he didn't want anyone to get hurt by conflict anymore.”
”He lost both challenges. Miserably too.” Allan stated, ”He nearly lost his life on the battle against his oldest bro and he didn't even had the chance against his older bro.”
”Contrary to belief however, he remained as the Tribe Leader, not because his siblings felt guilty or something, but because his gentleness and care for the tribe was so genuine that it moved the opposing factions to stop the conflict. Majority of them joined the faction of the youngest and the tribe was mostly whole again, even the younger one dropped his weapons and joined them.”
”Unfortunately, the oldest was the most stubborn one. Instead of admitting defeat, he felt humiliated by the betrayal of his comrades. And since the tribe won't acknowledge him as their leader, he decided to create a tribe of his own and crown himself as its founder.”
There was a tinge of sadness on the Allan's voice, Dennis was looking down and lost as well.
”The conflict never ended from there. The tribe of the eldest, which is named as the Frenzied Silverback Tribe, constantly hunted those from ours. We tried talking sense to them but nothing worked.”
”It is now the reign of the 7th, the conflict amongst tribes had only gotten worse from then.” Allan sighed despite himself, ”The 7th had chosen two heirs so far, but both of them got assassinated by the opposing tribe. You know the rest.”
”Dennis was chosen as the next heir but someone is still not satisfied with this arrangement so they sent someone to assassinate him as well.” Raven stated, getting a nod from Allan.
Raven massaged his temples and a long sigh escaped from his mouth. He smiled wryly and said: ”Wow, even this drama is very human-like. I don't know if I should say that I'm impressed or creeped out.”
”So?” Raven asked them both, ”What do you plan on doing now?”
Dennis remained silent, Allan then spoke: ”First, we would like to tell this to our Eldest Bro. He's got a respectable position in the tribe, I think he'll know what to do.”
”Alright then.” Raven nodded, he the looked at the listless monkey that is following them.
This was the Gil, the same monkey that tried to assassinate Dennis a few moments ago. Raven didn't know what to do to him just yet so he just postponed it before knowing their story. And since he's now aware, it is time to deal with him.
”Do you guys want me to kill this guy?”