Time flew by like the wind, and at this time, ten years had passed.
Oscar, alongside the rest of the hunters, was coming from the dark forest when he saw a number of people standing in front of his parents' hut.
Judging by their appearances, it was obvious they were not members of the Birch tribe.
There were large and small packages stockpiled at the feet of these people.
Not far away from where they were, was a large herd of cattle, sheep and several horses. And there were still some unloaded goods on the horses' backs.
Oscar didn't know where these people came from, or what they came to do, so he contemplated as he approached.
Were they people who came to join their clan? Or maybe they were trade merchants?
Among the neighboring tribes, there were often merchants selling goods on the move.
But why did they pile them in front of his father's house? Curiously, he walked into the hut with his twin sisters and the village soulsmith, Wynter, who they met outside.
As soon as they walked in, he saw two strange men sitting on the smaller wooden seaters inside the hut, while the Kai and the clan chieftess, Kiara, sat in the higher place.
Oscar quickly walked up to them, knelt down, and greeted his parents, the leaders of the Birch tribe according to the tradition of the land. "My greetings, poppa, momma."
"Greetings, poppa, momma." The twin sisters at this time had already gotten rid of their servant status.
As soon as they turned five years of age, Kai and his wife had officially accepted the two sisters as their adopted daughters. That was why their names changed to Shesara and Hespera.
"Chieftain, chieftess." Wynter said with a slight bow.
"Wynter." Kai nodded with a smile, and raised his hand. "Well, we were just about to send someone to call the four of you."
At the signal from Kiara, Oscar and the sisters walked to the chieftess and stood beside her, hereby taking a closer look at the two men sitting side by side, before their parents.
One was tall and mighty-looking, with dark eyebrows and ringing eyes, certainly a fighter by class. But because he had too many facial hair, his age couldn't be determined.
The other was of medium build, with a sharp and piercing eyes, like an obsidian blade. Judging from his appearance, he could be regarded as a mid-level mage, and he was around twenty years of age.
Both of them were dark-skinned, dressed in coarse animal fur costumes, which must be of their tribal origin.
When Kai saw Oscar standing still, he glanced at the two men and said to them. "Our honored guests, this is my son, Oscar."
The two were surprised at first, then quickly stood up, and Oscar performed a tribal greeting ceremony.
After the ceremonial form of greeting, Oscar heard the young-looking man saying, "I have long heard of your great wisdom, young master Oscar. I'm Guyon of the Canyon tribe, my father is Charbel, the head of the tribe. This is one of our warriors, Luthor."
The mighty warrior gently tapped Oscar with his right fist, and said in a deep voice. "It's an honor to meet you, master Oscar."
Oscar nodded anc replied. "The honor is mine, great warrior. Please, sit down."
After everyone sat down again, Kai looked around, until his eyes finally settled on Guyon. "Master Guyon, the two things you just mentioned, one of them involves my son, Oscar. The one about the ether bows and spears. So I can't unilaterally make the decision on that. Why don't you tell him yourself. If he agrees, then I'll accept it."
Oscar was surprised when he heard his father's words. How could he, a child of ten years old, make any decisions of that caliber? Nonetheless, he put on a brave face.
Guyon leaned sideway slightly, and then said to Oscar. "Young master Oscar, as the chieftain said, we are here to make some requests about the new weapons your tribe recently crafted. But first, I will like to talk to the chieftain and the chieftess about the first one?"
Kai swiftly gestured with his extended hand. "Please, go ahead, Master Guyon."
Guyon was obviously a little embarrassed. He slightly glanced at the twin sisters beside Oscar and smiled gently. "We came here mainly wth a happy event in mind. I've long heard about the beauty of the noble twins of the Birch tribe. So, I came to ask the hands of one of them in marriage. So, I hope the chieftain, and the chieftess can grant us this humble requests."
"Marriage proposal?" Oscar exclaimed, and looked back at his twin sisters. He was shocked that the heir of the Canyon tribe came to propose the marriage personally, and raised the discussions in front of him and the twin ssisters.
After all, he was only ten years of age, what would he know about marriage? Although it was a little bit outrageous, there was nothing wrong with it.
"Master Guyon, are you talking about one of my two sisters?"
Guyon had already noticed the two sisters when they came in. Although his tribe was a larger tribe than the Birch tribe, with tens of thousands of people, he couldn't find a woman to compare with them.
So, hearing Oscar's question at this time, Guyon quickly replied. "Yes, young master Oscar. And if this wish is granted by your parents, our clan's will forever form an alliance, and we will share our paths together."
Sadly, he knew what had to happen, must occur. So he sighed in acknowledgement.
The twin sisters, Shesara and Hespera, were already young adult. In the tribe, women of their age had all gotten married. So, to take care of themselves and their future lineage, the two sisters had to get married too.
Although he was resentful of any of them leaving their tribe, Oscar knew that this kind of thing would have to be faced sooner or later.
After thinking about the proposal, the chieftain asked. "Which one of our daughters are you talking about?"
Guyon was extremely happy upon hearing this. Quickly, he got up and extended his hands forward. "Chieftain, your two daughters are greatly beautiful and elegant. Any one of them will be a blessing to me as a wife."
Oscar nodded appreciatively when he heard the words. The Canyon tribe heir was indeed quite generous, and not a picky eater.
Moreover, the two girls were identical. If one was not closer to them as much as possible, it would be really difficult to tell who was who.
"Father, can I ask a question?"
"Of course. Go ahead."
"The question is for you, master Guyon." Oscar looked back at his sister's, then turned his head to look at his parents again, and after a moment of contemplation, he said. "I just want to know if you already have a wife?"
One must know, among tribes, high ranking nobles in a tribe could marry more than one wife at will.
Although people didn't know that there was a genetic thing about it, this could indeed make the tribe more populous and prosperous.
However, his father only had his mother as his wife which made him very happy.
Perhaps it was preconceived, because in his memory from his previous life, monogamy had already been established for many generations. Except in some parts of his previous world.
So, in his heart, he was quite angry with all the tribes' way of marrying many wives since there was no real love in that at all.
Upon hearing Oscar's question, Guyon answered solemnly. "Although I'm twenty years of age, I've been practicing magic in an Academy for these past few years, and I just came back a few weeks ago. So I have not yet married a wife."
"Oh, are you born a refiner, master Guyon?" Kai couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard this.
"Not at all, chieftain." Guyon immediately replied respectfully. "I became a refiner four years ago and officially graduated as a silver-ranked fire mage, six months ago."
A silver-level fire mage?
They all wondered in surprise. No wonder there was a hint of pride in his voice. Such an achievement at a young age.