Chapter 1288 (1/2)
In human society, princesses usually come from the lineage related to the ruling clan and are the female heirs corresponding to princes. But goblins do not reproduce like human beings. Their lives are more primitive or progressive. Most goblins can adjust their gender according to their needs. When their individual consciousness matures, they will make decisions.
But this decision does not mean that the Goblins who choose to become females have to bear the task of breeding the next generation. This gender difference is more like the result of their being influenced by the human world, because as far as the goblins themselves are concerned, they can reproduce alone and even produce naturally.
In fact, the so-called ”reproduction alone” is very similar to the ”daughter country” in human legend, that is, when a certain individual goblin wishes to have offspring, prays to the goblin king or queen, and then goes through some ceremony, she will get pregnant. The so-called ceremony is completely random. According to records, it may be eating a fish, sucking one's finger, catching a fallen leaf and other behaviors that seem to have nothing to do with pregnancy.
When the ceremony is completed, new goblins will appear from the inside of the matrix. The period of pregnancy has a certain randomness, but it is generally determined according to the type of genie of the pregnant person, with a more accurate time range. And the goblins born in this way probably belong to the same species or near origin with their mothers.
In contrast, natural occurrence is a completely uncontrollable random event. According to the dictation of a goblin king in history, even as the king who ruled all the goblins, he could not know where the goblins were born in the world, and what kind of abilities and characters these goblins would have. This way of birth is also considered to be the original origin of the goblins.
They are born like the fruit after the flower withers, and appear there freely and mysteriously. The goblins born in this way are often affected by the environment. Most of the goblins born in the same environment are of the same species, but some subtle differences are sometimes enough to change all the goblins about to be born.
Interestingly, the natural production of goblins is often limited, that is, when there are enough goblins in a certain area, the natural production will stop. So in some very stable goblin colonies, every new goblin means the death of an old goblin.
This phenomenon will not only happen in the goblin Kingdom, but also in the region closely related to the two worlds, goblins will be born in the human world. Some of these goblins were lucky enough to meet their kindred and were enlightened and taught common sense and knowledge. But others are more completely and naturally into the same whole, become barbaric and mentally retarded, that is, people call the goblin.
In a word, blood and kinship are not popular among goblins. Even those children born by breeding alone are often forced or semi forced to live independently after their mothers are tired of raising. At the same time, the gap in the length of life also makes the goblins feel alienated. Compared with the time of raising children, the sharp inequality between the growth period and the prime of life will make ethics collapse.
Specifically, it takes about 50 years for a cat goblin to grow up from birth to adulthood, and after 50 years, they are waiting for centuries of prime. In contrast, the gap between one and two hundred years of age among the same race may not be so significant. Assuming that a cat goblin begins to breed the next generation as soon as it is an adult, then the gap between his offspring and himself is only about 50 years. When they spend 100 or 200 years together, the subtle difference will be insignificant. Unlike the Dracula's harsh class system based on the blood of the true ancestor, the growth of the goblin is completely spontaneous, and the older people will soon lose all the ability to restrain their offspring.
Therefore, the title ”Princess” in goblins does not have the same meaning as in human society. It is more a kind of respect from the heart, which will not change because of the position. The yew man who wants to kill ATA knows and admits that she is a princess, and so does the manager of the gate who has never met before. Even the goblin, who represents another force in the goblin world, who wants to get rid of the power of the female swordsman, still salutes respectfully when he sees her.