1 A New World (2/2)

Oliver didn't have the mental capacity to notice the debate going on till Rathe's loud laughter caught him off guard. Seeing them communicating with one another, he realized that he didn't understand a lick of what they were saying.

”Yo, the brat noticed me!” Rathe lowered his head and shared a big, toothy grin with the baby ape.

Oliver was astounded by the size of Rathe's head and body. His head was bigger than Oliver's entire body and his shoulders were simply huge.

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Amazed by the candidness of the ape, Oliver thought that this might be his new father. Before Oliver was again thrown into shock at the thought of having a gorilla for a dad, his instincts rejected the thought of Rathe being his father. Curious as to why, Oliver looked around again, this time being more open-minded.

When he met eyes with Dioro, a strange phenomenon occurred in Oliver's heart. He felt a natural sense of security and an unwarranted amount of adoration for him. Oliver struggled to grasp what he was feeling, but he had the feeling that he had found his father.

Then Oliver realized that he must have a mother too! Upon thinking that, he finally noticed that he was in someone's arms. He was so comfortable in her arms as if they were a part of him.

Dioro smiled, ”It seems he's finally noticed us too.”

Ania lowered Oliver and brought him into her bosom, giving Oliver a good view of his new mother. He was surprised to see that even with the more robust features of an ape, her eyes showed a kindness beyond anything his human mother ever showed him.

”It's okay little one, Mom is here for you,” she embraced him gingerly.

”So, what's the brat's name?” Rathe interjected like always. ”It's got to be powerful, like mine! How about Bradok?”

Ania quickly hushed her loud-mouth brother, ”Stop that! You'll scare him being that loud.”

”Nonsense! You heard Dioro, I can be as tough on the brat as I want!” Rathe puffed out his chest, only to get his head smacked.

”That's enough,” Ania scolded him. ”Besides, I like the name Petru.”

”No,” Dioro whispered as he reached out and touched his finger to his son's chest, surprising everyone, including Oliver.

”What do you think then?” Rathe didn't like roundabout conversations. He liked to get straight to the matter of things.

”Oli,” Dioro looked back at Rathe and Ania. ”Oli will be his name.”

”Huh?” both Ania and Rathe responded.

”But Dioro, I've never heard of a name like that before,” Rathe persuaded. ”Surely you don't want the brat to be bullied thanks to such a weird name?”

”I've already said he will be named Oli. Unless you want to try to convince me otherwise, Rathe,” Dioro confronted Rathe seriously as he released some of his intimidating aura.

Rathe immediately sidestepped the matter, ”On second thought, Oli seems like a warrior's name to me. I think the brat will do just fine.”

Chuckling at the sight of her cowering brother, Ania accepted Dioro's suggestion, ”Did you hear that little Oli? Even if mean old Uncle Rathe bullies you, your dad will just return him the favor.”

Rathe squinted at Ania and replied with a low grunt in dissatisfaction. Everyone else in the clan laughed at the spectacle he made of himself.

The baby ape now known as Oli hadn't any idea about what they were saying. All he knew was that everything he was now experiencing was completely new to him. This included the deep emotions within a family that he formerly thought only humans would enjoy.

”Well, whatever happens, I might as well just roll with it. What could go wrong? Strangely enough, I feel more comfortable around these gorillas than I ever did with my own family, except Melody of course.” He thought to himself as the members of the gorilla clan proudly took turns approaching the newborn.

Unbeknownst to him, they were excited for their clan chief to finally have an heir. And for the heir to possibly be a reincarnated expert like in the legends, that made them even more anxious for him to grow up and be like their outstanding leader.