322 Visi (2/2)

Seeing the Tribe Leader of the primates give him a Knight's Salute, made Raven feel weird in so many levels.

”Drop the honorifics, Tribe Leader.” Raven stated as he helped him up. ”I left my status back at my home. I would appreciate it if you treated me as just a regular guest.”

The Tribe Leader was a bit surprised by his words, he then similarly glanced at Ronald and saw him nod at him. The Tribe Leader then nodded and said:

”I'll do as you say then.” He said after getting up. ”Welcome to my humble tribe. My name is Charles, the current Tribe Leader of the Gentle Primates Tribe. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for saving one of my people.”

Charles is an Ape who's slightly taller than Ronald. He's about 12 meters tall with thick and glossy brown fur covering his body. His arms were thicker than Raven's waist and extremely muscular.

The Tribe Leader fashioned a monocle which made him look scholarly. He was wearing a coat made out of animal skin with skulls serving as shoulder pads. He was bare chested and is also wearing a brown pants made out similar materials.

There is a sword hanging around his waist, but Raven could somehow feel that it's more of a ceremonial dagger due to his size. He held a long and narrow staff which appeared to be made out of black colored steel, adorned by golden caps at each end and a couple of dragon like engravings coiling around the staff itself.

”Don't mention it. It's just some minor effort.” Raven smiled and shook his head while replying.

”Needless to say, you still saved my Heir. For that I couldn't thank you enough. I would like to give-”

”No need.” Raven replied before the Tribe Leader could even say anything. ”It's fine. You don't have to give me any sort of rewards. I saved him cause I wanted to, let's leave it like that.”

”B-but how could I possibly-”

”It's fine, really.” Raven reiterated, ”You don't have to give me anything. Plus, you still have the festival to take care of. Just focus on that instead.”

The Tribe Leader's face brightened up as he heard Raven's words. He no longer insisted on giving him any rewards, instead he wanted to have conversation with him.

”Have rested well, Young Friend?” Charles asked as they sat down. ”It must've been a long and tough journey for you, specially that you're far away from home.”

”It's okay.” Raven replied while chuckling, ”This is a necessary trip in order to save my in-laws.”

”Hmm?” Charles titled his head, ”Would you mind telling me what happened to them?”

”Not at all.” Raven replied, ”My mother-in-law's body needs to be cleansed with Poison Laws that infected her through years. My father-in-law's body is severely weakened, and since he happens to be our King as well, we couldn't let his situation worsened even further.”

There is a strange tone of loneliness and sadness on Raven's voice as he spoke. Though his face might not show it, anyone who listened to him could feel that he's hurting.

How could he not be when he still feels responsible for what happened to them up until now?

Raven shook his head and smiled: ”Anyways, I'm on errand to fetch some ingredients that will help solve their issues. I've got some but I still needed more.”

”I'm sorry to hear that.” Charles replied in sympathy, ”If there's anything we could do to help you, then please don't hesitate to say the word.”

”Like I said…” Raven said while chuckling, ”It's fine. I only need a few more things and I'll be good. No need to trouble yourself with this.”

”Still, I would like to help as much as I could.” Charles insisted. ”I know the pain of loss. And I would like to save from that if possible.”

Raven smiled warmly and said: ”I appreciate the gesture. But even if I tell you the things I need, I'm sure you wouldn't have them either.”

The Tribe Leader frowned when he heard his words. But before he could say anything, Raven spoke once more.

”I'm confident since the things that I'm after is located at the Four Extremes.”

As soon as Charles heard that, he couldn't help but open his mouth widely.