The Lumberjack And His Goblin Daughter.

New Friend And Dream

The days changed, and now is a day off for Ravan to rest regularly after cutting down trees for a week. But today Ravan has something else to do. After buying necessities for Nana now it is time to update their house for the sake of their comfort. Ravan has always lived alone all this time so he has to add furniture and increase the comfort of his house.

That morning as usual, Ravan got up early to prepare breakfast assisted by Nana who had been awake long before him. After breakfast, exercise, and showering, Ravan walked down the hill with Nana sitting on his shoulder. Today's first target is to the Troya Wood and craft Shop. Ravan ordered the furniture yesterday when he delivered wood and Troya promised to finish it in a day.

After arriving in front of the shop they were immediately greeted by 3 little red-haired dwarves who enthusiastically approached them. "Grandpa! uncle Ravan is here" the two of them said compactly while the little one look so silent unlike the two. Troya came out with an eccentric smile facing Ravan and friendly greeted him "yo, big friend, come too early like always don't cha" he said. Ravan returns the greeting and asks about what he ordered yesterday

"Let's check it first big friends, bunk beds, wardrobes, drawers, a set of small tables and chairs, a medium-sized chair, and a shelf, is there anything missing?" Ravan replied no and took money out of his pocket

"Yo, I've said before that this is a favor from me after all it's useless if all the money I gave you yesterday you return to me" said Troya, refusing payment from Ravan.

"But Troy, I feel bad if I don't pay you," said Ravan as he tried to handing his money, "I was the one who felt strange about the money I gave back to me," said Troya, refusing the payment from Ravan. Ravan understand and put the money back to his pocket "Nana! me and troya will take care of the house for a while so you stay here until we finish" said Ravan to Nana who began to be surrounded by the little dwarves "leave it to us, we will take care of it. until you both finish "said one of them with enthusiasm" okay then I'll leave little Nana to you three, Rohan, Ayl, and Peter,see ya later "said Troya to his three grandchildren.

Ravan and Troya left the shop with the items needed to decorate the house. Meanwhile, Nana was immediately surrounded by the three little dwarves who looked very enthusiastic about her. "He..hello, my name is Nana" she said shyly. "REAL FEMALE GOBLINS !!" said one of them with great enthusiasm which immediately made Nana jump a little in shock "Sorry, I never saw a real female goblin so I got too carried away, my name is Rohan and I am the oldest brother among the three of us" said Rohan introducing. himself. Rohan can be said is the only one of them who really stand out, his red curly hair covered in a blue beanie hat covering his ears to his shoulders, besides that his clothes are all blue only gloves is green and he has a bright yellow color on the tip of his hair and his eyes also yellow.

"My name is Ayl and I am the only half-elf in the family, nice to meet you and sorry about my brother, he is the loudest from all of my sibling and he also a air head but he is a good guy with absolute zero brain except for steam engine" Ayl said introducing herself with sarcastic word to describing her oldest brother "you are half elf, wow, no wonder you look so beautiful" said Nana praising Ayl appearance who is half dwarf and elf "hehe, thank you, i got it from my mother" , she has tiny nose and wide forehead with pointed ears and long hair mix with red and white color. Her eyes is blue and the clothes she was wearing is a white coat and yellow dress with a dragon motif on it. If she wear a glasses, she sure look like a little girl who playing role as a scientist.

Nana was happy to meet them but Nana got a little confuse by one of their youngest siblings who looked not as noisy as his other two siblings who love to talk or roast. "Your name is peter, right?" Nana said pointing to a little black short haired dwarf who wore a yellow scarf. He wore a brown hanging pant and white shirt with long sleeves. "Peter is not like us, you could say he is very quiet," Rohan explained. Nana approached Peter and held out his hand "my name is Nana, nice to meet you" Nana introducing herself to peter. Peter just kept quiet watching Nana reach out her hand to shake hands "oi, pete, at least you just shake her hand if you don't want to talk" Rohan said.

"Don't push yourself Peter, sorry he's like this, fahter said he has something called autism that i don't really have any idea about it, but don't worry, father said most people who born with autism is different from the other so i sure peter is not weird kid, he just unique in his own way" Ayl said while stroking Peter's head then hugging his little brother tiny figure from his back, showing that she care so much about her little brother.

"it's okay, I'm even happy to have friends as unique like you" said Nana as she lowered her hand which Peter immediately caught "eh, what's wrong Peter? "said Ayl worriedly. There was silence for a moment until after a while Peter said something from his tiny mouth "Nana is very beautiful and cute and kind" he said. Nana blushed at the words and immediately hugged Peter with joy while Ayl and Rohan suddenly fell silent with their mouths hanging up because for the first time in their life they saw Peter spoke in front of them for very first time and out of blue "PETER CAN TALK!!!" they said in surprise.

Seeing Rohan and Ayl shocked makes Nana confused with what happened "what's wrong?" he said. Ayl then explained that Peter had never spoken in his whole life so when he spoke for the first time it certainly made them both surprised "Is that so, I understand now" he said, looking at little Peter who gave him a flat expressionless look at all "then congrats , you can talk now " said Nana, giving a smile to the little dwarf.

Peter then opened his arms and hugged Nana. "Nana, is a good person" he said. Getting a hug and being called a good person of course made her happy, so Nana hugged Peter back. Seeing his little beloved brother hugging Nana make Ayl shock "no way" she said and Ayl couldn't believe what she saw with a shocked expression filling her face "I always tried to be a good older sister for him ... always giving him a hug and encouragement all the time and hoping he hugged  me back on day .... but he never .... are my charisma as an older sister is still not strong enough? ..did Peter hate me " Ayl muttering on herself in disappointment.

Seeing Ayl lose her motivation, Nana then hugs Ayl and encourages her "don't be discouraged, I'm sure you are the best sister Peter ever had" she said followed by Peter grabbing Ayl's hand "Ayl is my sister, I don't want anyone else" he says. Ayl's eyes glowed again and she immediately hugged them both happily "Thank you, I promise I will be a great sister and also be following Nana as her best friend" she said in excitement. Meanwhile in the corner chat, Rohan could only watch the three of them silently because he didn't have any idea about what they were talking about "no matter what, girls really are confusing for me" he said while scratching his head.

After the loud and emotional introduction,the three little dwarves. Rohan, Ayl, and Peter invite Nana to tour their house and see the handiwork they family have made. Rohan is an expert in steam locomotives miniature and he has created more than 50 different models inspired by the original model and his own ideas. Ayl on the other hand really likes to make balancing toys that have very unique models, Ayl is very skilled in physics because her mother is an elf who is also an expert in the same field so it's no wonder that Ayl is able to make toys based on extraordinary yet simple physics principles. Peter looks very skilled in the art of sculpting small-scale figures, he is able to make mini figures with very good detail or a mini figure with very good joint and articulations and not only that, Peter has very skilled hands so that every carving he makes has very detailed carvings as if the sculpture looks alive .

"Wow, you are all very talented, I envy you because I don't have any talent," said Nana praising the work of the three of them. "Then what if you join us, I will teach you all things about steam locomotives" Rohan said, offering Nana to join him "You shouldn't invite someone carelessly you air head train nerd, especially people who are not necessarily interested in what you like" Ayl rebuked. "Take it easy Nana, you actually have your own talent, but you haven't realized it, you just need to find it," said Ayl, taking Nana's hand tries to  encourages her "thank you Ayl, you're really kind" Nana said thank you.

"But I want to know at least if there is one talent you want or what you want to be when you grow up," Rohan said curiously. Nana began to think and imagine about what talents she really dreaming when she grew up. Ravan figures suddenly showed in her mind and soon she smiled and looked at the three of them "please don't laugh if I tell you I want to be a knight like papa" she said. "KNIGHT!! ARE YOU SERIOUS !! "Ayl and Rohan replied compactly in surprise " eh, what's wrong?" Nana was confused by the reaction of Ayl and Rohan who was very surprised by her dream of becoming a knight.

"You don't know that to become a knight is very difficult, you have to go through a lot of training and tests over the years to prove yourself worthy of being a knight," Ayl explained.

"You also need to be strong both physically and mentally and has be very stronger beyond the steam locomotive because the mock training it self is enough to make you crazy" Rohan added.

"Most people who want to become knights think they can live in luxury and have all the respect they want but most of them don't know that being a knight means being ready to die sacrificing your life if the kingdom needs you" Ayl continued.

"Your father is lucky to be immediately appointed as the youngest knight in the history of the kingdom thanks to his efforts to protect members of the royal family from thousands of wild demon troops for a whole week where he almost died in the fight" said Rohan connecting Ayl's words "Are you sure you want to be a knight?" Rohan and Ayl said simultaneously.

Nana's face began to cry after hearing the explanation from the two of them "you mean, I can't be as great as papa" she said with a sad face. Ayl who panicked because she thought Nana would cry immediately took Nana's hand and encouraged her "take it easy Nana, I'm sure you can become a knight one day" she said encouragingly "and if you fail you can join me to build a steam locomotive" Rohan continued and immediately get his butt greeted with a kick from Ayl "CAN YOU NOT MAKING THE THING WORST" she said while kicking Rohan repeatedly.

Peter, who was just silent seeing what was happening in front of him, did not mean that he did not know what to do. Peter immediately took one of the figures he made and gave it to Nana "what is this?" Said Nana to Peter who gave her a figure in the form of a woman wearing armor and carrying a sword "be a valkyrie" he replied. Nana could only raise her eyebrows "what is a valkyrie?" She said. Ayl stopped her kick and turned back "seriously! You don't know about valkyries?" She said and Nana shook her head as a sign that she did not know anything about valkyries.

Ayl told Nana to sit down and she started telling Nana stories about two war gods from two different religion named Ares and Valkyrie. Ares was the god of war from Olympus and the valkyries was the goddess of war from the nordic and they were both known to be very powerful war gods. But even though they are very skilled at war, both Ares and Valkyries do not like war because for both of them war is one of the most painful things that one race can do to another. But besides that they both really liked the soul and spirit of the soldiers who came to the battlefield by risking their lives and fighting to the death to achieve victory.

Ares really liked the courage and bravery shown by a warrior in battle while the Valkyries really liked a woman who bravely jumped into battle even though they were a woman. Because of that, Ares and Valkyrie gave their blessing to the soldiers who prayed to the two of them and that way the war could be quickly ended.

For the souls of the soldiers who died in battle will be taken to a garden called Valhalla which is a place of honor for true soldiers who died on the battlefield. And for the soldiers who get the attention of Ares and Valkyrie as the best warriors, they will receive prizes in the form of titles and blessings for life. For the followers of the Ares will be given the title ISCHYOR which means mighty for those who are considered worthy by the god Ares as true warriors. Meanwhile, Valkyrie follower will be given the title of a valkyrie warrior for women who have managed to prove themselves as the best warriors despite their gender.

"Can I ask something?" Said Nana, raising her hand "why does the goddess Valkyrie use her own name as a title for the warrior of her choice?" Said Nana curiously. "How do I know because everyone who is visited by the goddess Valkyrie itself does not know why Valkyries use her own name as a title" Ayl answered, "but you know that most of the valkyries are dominated by humans and elves while the other races are very few and some are never been a valkyrie so far "said Rohan while fiddling with his miniature locomotive" you know what that means? In other words, if you succeed in becoming a valkyrie then you will become the first valkyrie from the goblin race and that could be the only thing that you can be proud for your whole life, "continued Ayl.

Nana's eyes shone with amazement after knowing how great it is to be a valkyrie "then I have decided, I will become a valkyrie" said Nana excitedly. She was so happy and excited that she hugged the three of them one by one starting with Ayl then Rohan and finally Peter as a sign of gratitude, especially Peter got the tightest hug because he was the one who advised Nana to become a valkryie "thank you Peter you are very smart, I love you " she said. Peter does not seem to have any expression at all but his two sibling know that he actually really enjoys Nana's hug and praise "somehow it feels like a 'flag' has just been raised and I don't know and don't want to know what flag was just raised" said Rohan and Ayl in their minds.

Time passed and now it was evening in Armala village. Ravan and Troya returned with sweat filling their bodies. The two of them had just done a lot of work ranging from going up and down hills to having to go to several places to get the items needed to decorate the house. Luckily for Ravan because he is very famous, he gets a lot of discounts from every place he visits. Some people even give him a free price as a congratulation for him who now has a daughter, although honestly he doesn't really like what is happening around him now. but for this time he chose to just accept every kindness that people gave him.

"PAPA !!" Nana shout half screaming as she jumped and hugged Ravan when he came "hey, I only went for a few hours and you already missed me" said Ravan while stroking Nana's head softly "Nana will always miss papa when papa is not beside Nana" she replied. Ravan holds his chest as he almost feels a heart attack by shock "is this is how it feels to be a father?" he thought.

"It's getting late, my friend, how about you have dinner here with my family," said Troya. "Sorry Troy but I have work tomorrow so we can postpone dinner together for next week," he replied. "It's a shame big friend because I want to celebrate you who are now become a single father, but yeah men have their own reasons so I can't force you".

Soon Rohan, Ayl, and Peter appeared half running towards where Troya were standing "why do you guys look tired like chasing a runaway kitten instead runaway buffalo" said Troya seeing his grandchild who looked exhausted from running "to be precise, we ran after Nana who suddenly running here like a kitten "Rohan replied" and honestly she is very fast like a cat "continued Ayl.

"BUT MORE IMPORTANT, PETER CAN TALK" said both Rohan and Ayl together. "And not just once but three" they said again, pointing at Peter, who was stand with expressionless face.

Troya was silent with a deep breath and mouth crooked as if he could not believe what he heard. Troya put his hands on his waist and started laughing very loudly and after a while he stopped and looked at Ravan with a very stiff face. "Ravan, you sure don't want to come to dinner here, big boy" he said with strange eyes on his stiff face.

Ravan refuse the offer politely and suddenly Troya ran inside and came back a few moments later with the goods in his hand "TAKE THIS BIG BOY !!" He said, handing him an item in the form of a bag of money and a chest "I THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO I WILL MAKE EACH ITEMS YOU WANT" Troya shouting happily to Ravan who also did not believe what he hear.

"Troy, my friend, even I still can't believe what I hear and are you sure they're not tricking us? they are kid after all" Said Ravan doubtfully, looking at little Peter who had never spoken since birth "nonsense, all my children and grandchildren never lie in front of me because I myself educated them to be honest people".Hearing that, Ravan then drops Nana from his hand and looks at her eys confidently to ask her the truth. "Is it true, you made Peter talk?" Nana nodded and answered yes, she did talk to Peter "even though he only talks a little but he's a good boy" she said.

Ravan smiled and happily he lifted Nana into the air and swing her happily "I am very proud of you" He shout happily accompanied by laughter from Nana while Troy was crying happily while hugging his little grandson "finally you talk, my grandson Peter ". And on that day, everyone from inside the shop came out with tears on their faces and some people from outside the shop who heard the noise from inside the shop just heard a story of a miracle that they never thought could happen.