Kian, one of the leaders of the Lihyan clan, could happily be seen walking through the streets of the village, with a big smile on his face heading towards his house. The inhabitants greeted him when they saw him and congratulated him on his son's fifth birthday. They considered him a great leader, since the death of his father, they had always seen him giving everything for the village, he had the respect of the inhabitants of his town in charge.
Night had already fallen in the village, "Fa! I'm back! Where's little Ru, let him come and hug his father!" He entered the house noisily as he always did, from the tone of his voice you could tell that he was quite happy for his son's birthday. Once inside, he saw the birthday boy sitting on his mother's lap, while they read a book to him in the dining room.
"Welcome sweetie, I was reading a book to Ru, killing time while we waited for you. Come on Ru, go and go out to your father's, I'll go get something while you're at it" Fa replied, as he left the book on the table, putting the little boy down to go greet his father and entering the kitchen.
Ru, finally having been set free since his mother caught him, stretched, and looked at his father. 'Ahhhh he's so excited', Ru sighed, preparing himself to be hugged tightly, hoping he wouldn't have to be smothered in a hug for the second time in the same day.
Kian watched as his son approached him, happily he took a step and took him in his arms. 'AHHHHH I knew it, old man you can't hold back', Ru thought as he felt himself being swayed from side to side while the air couldn't get into his lungs properly.
"HA HA HA HA, Happy birthday Ru, how are you feeling, tomorrow is going to be your first hunt and your first trip out of town, nervous?" Kian said as he released his son from his embrace and watched as the little boy staggered from lack of air, making him laugh.
Without being able to answer, Ru heard his mother's voice coming out of the kitchen with a large cake and plates in her hands, "Fu fu fu, it won't be Ru's first trip out of town, it turns out he couldn't hold out until tomorrow and today he left town alone, but I'll let it pass. Come to the table, both of you, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY RU!" Fa said, as he left the cake on the table and quickly went to hug his son. Ru could only curse his luck, in which in just one day he has been hugged 3 times where he almost died of suffocation.
Kian laughed and walked to the table to sit down. "So little Ru ran away, HA HA HA, at his age I also went out secretly, but I never got caught, you lacked practice to not get caught by your mother Ru." The birthday boy could only snort thinking, 'It's not my fault that my mother is so strong, you'll see old man, next time I go out I won't get caught, I just underestimated mom', Meanwhile he was dragged by his mother to the dining room, placing him on his father's left and her sitting on his right.
"Come Ru, cut the cake" Fa said happily, handing him a knife. Nodding, Ru took the knife, cutting the cake into three pieces, and placing them on the plates.
"There's this mom, dad, let's eat" Ru said with a smile on his lips. The three of them began to eat happily.
After a while, Kian spoke while taking a piece of cake to his mouth, "And you didn't answer me Ru, nervous about tomorrow's hunt?".
"No, I'm pretty excited dad."
"Fu fu fu, that's my son, don't feel too nervous, your father and I will teach you everything you need to know, you will be a great hunter," Fu said while chewing a piece of cake and had a hand on his cheek, it was noticeable that he was enjoying it.
"That's right Ru, but we also have a gift for you, when we found out that your mother was pregnant, we ordered it, wait a moment, I'll bring it," Kian said, as he stood up from the table and walked out the patio door.
'So a gift made before I was born, it must be something to do with tomorrow's hunt to give it to me right on my fifth birthday,' Ru thought as he received a piece of cake that his mother was feeding him.
Not long after, his father returned, with a long box in his hands.
"Here's Ru, as tomorrow is your first hunt, with your mother we found out about her pregnancy, before your birth, we wanted to prepare a gift for when you turned five, we sent a letter to the dwarf kingdom, to ask for their help, luckily we have a good relationship with them and here is their work." With joy in his voice he said, Fa quickly moved the cake to the side so that Kian could put the box in front of his son.
'So it's a weapon! I was already thinking of asking them for one, let's see what it's like!' Ru thought as he knelt on the chair to be able to open and see the contents of the box better. Fu on the right and Kian in front of him, happy with their son's expression of happiness towards his gift, they wanted to see his reaction when he opened it.
"As we didn't know what design it should have, we asked them to wait, we thought we were lying, we decided to wait for your birth, depending on who you inherited the color of your eyes from, we would ask them to make it your gift, the truth is it was a surprise that you were born with different colored eyes, but I think you'll like the result," Fu said happily as she watched her little boy open the gift.
With a smile on her face, Ru opened the box, her expression of surprise towards what was inside, a curved katana, one and a half meters long, with two colors fused on the mage and the sheath, purple and silver. She quickly grabbed the sword, thanks to being one of the strongest races, children were already born with great strength, so even if the katana was bigger than him, it wouldn't be hard for him to use it.
Taking the blade out of the sheath, where the edge was black, with purple and silver details.
"It's beautiful mom, dad!!" Ru said ecstatically, seeing her, then quickly left the katana in the box, getting off the chair, going to hug her mother and leaving for her father, happily receiving her hugs, both of them happy that their son loved his gift. They sighed, the truth is they were nervous about whether their son would like it.
After hugging them, she went back to where the katana was, sitting in her place again and looking at it happily she said with sparkles in her eyes "I can't wait for tomorrow, I want to use it."
"HA HA HA, Of course son, I'm glad you liked our gift, I'm not good with weapons, I'm more of a hand-to-hand fighter, so your mother will teach you" Kian answered happily at his son's enthusiasm to go out and use his new weapon.
"Honey, tomorrow I'll teach you everything you need to know, your mother is a genius when it comes to weapons" Fu said lovingly, as he watched his son playing with the katana.
"Come on, let's finish the cake and go to sleep. You'll need to be well rested for tomorrow and give your all," Fu told his son, while Kian returned to the table. As they finished eating, they told Ru about their first hunt, having a happy birthday night, where they finally went to sleep, looking forward to tomorrow.