All of the village was in a shock, everyone got to knew that Gold could speak all this time.

Joseph came to see Gold.

Joseph: mam i heard that Gold is able to speak, is it true?

Gold's mom was still in a shock

Gold's mom: yes to my surprise as well.

Samuel: I was so shocked when he spoke that even I forgot that my house was robbed.

Joseph: your house was robbed ? Why haven't you reported it yet? Who was it?

Gold: Jhonny

Joseph looked at gold with interest

Joseph: Getting chatty all of a sudden now are you Gold? If you could have spoken all this time then why didn't you?

Gold: I never needed to. No one really talks to me and when they do i could just answer them by nodding my head, i never had to use a word.

Joseph: while that does make sense, i never expected to see something like this in my life. You are something unique Gold and you helped us catch a thief. You have grown up.

Joseph closes his eye for a bit and then open them

Joseph: I think it's about time, tomorrow we will start training children of this village in the jobs they will chose to do in future. I expect much from you Gold, Good luck.

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The next day all the children in the village around Gold's age were allowed to choose what job they wanted to do in future and then they were made to give a test for that.

Gold went to give the hunters test. There were 15 kids including Gold. Diamond also came to give the test along with Eris, they were bestfriends.

The hunters instructor: my name is Ray, I will be taking your test kids. Being a hunter is not an easy job, you have to find food for the village and also protect it from monsters and enemies. It's kill or be killed. As you know the forest we live in is a dangerous one, many powerful monsters live in there deep the only reason this village is protected is because of hunters and the blessings we get from Lord Indra after we give him offerings on 1st day on each year.

Diamond: we all know that already, we came here knowing that and we are prepared. Now tell what our test is.

All the kids cheered for Diamond but a boy standing at back spoke.

Mikey: oi Diamond you better act like a hero while can because I will show you your place, everyone of us also knows that the strongest hunter gets to be the village chief and it will be me this time not you.

Diamond just ignored him.

Ray: That's enough, if you all are so excited then let's being your test. You all are to find a stone marked with the village symbol in this forest . Don't worry the path is already been cleared and if something happens now then take that as your test. Your goal is to come back safely with that stone. There are 5 stones, you all will split in groups of 3 and search for a stone. Pair up.

The children instantly rushed towards Diamond to team up with him. Mikey was all alone no one came to join him so he just forced 2 boys to join him.

Diamond walked up to Gold.

Diamond: so you can talk you weirdo? Ahh whatever let's go find that stone quickly. Come fast Eris we will not wait for you.

Eris: coming!

Everyone including Ray was surprised by this.

Gold and Diamond had known each other for a long time. One day Diamond was playing alone and accidentally made a dog angry and was chased by it, then Gold saved him from that dog. Diamond got embarrassed and just ran away from there knowing Gold can't tell anyone anyway. Diamond used to secretly give some snacks to Gold just to feel better.

After teaming up, the test began and all the children walked into the forest.