Reincarnated As A Chameleon And Eating Everything To Evolve

Seeing the last deer had finally been killed, Matthew deactivated the wolf's aura ability and walked towards the first kobold.

"Good job kid!" Matthew said as he came over and patted the first kobold's head who is now already as tall as himself.

The twins had also come over from the other side and offered their heads for Matthew to pat.

"You two also, good job for today! You three had succeeded with a perfect mark! Defeating a deer on your own is something that you all should be proud of! Although you were all helped by my aura ability, even kobold warriors would struggle as much or even more than you all did" He said while patting the three kobold's heads alternately.

"Now that every one of you has officially defeated a deer, doesn't that mean that you three are already fully-grown, full-fledged ȧduŀt kobolds now? Are you sure you still want head pats?" He asked the three ȧduŀt kobolds in front of him.

The twins didn't even bother by Matthew's statement that they are already grown-ups now and just let their heads rubbed by Matthew, while the first kobold backed up a little and said,

"Well, it's true that we're ȧduŀts now, but getting head pats from Brother Matthew every once in a while wouldn't be a problem right?" 

"No, it wouldn't be a problem at all," Matthew replied as he also rubbed the first kobold's head.

After they finished the head pat session, Matthew told the kids to pick 2 deers that they wanted to cook and eat for themselves later while Matthew would eat the rest right here to save the hassle of dragging 3 deers back to the wolf's nest.

2 deers, 1 small and 1 big deer was chosen by the kids and they drained the deers' blood first so that they will be able to carry them back easier later. 

Matthew then went to start eating the deers that weren't chosen by the kids right away so that they could go back as soon as he finished eating and didn't waste time idling around. 

And while Matthew was busy eating, the first kobold led the twins towards the other side of the forest to help him gather and restock on the herbs that they used for cooking the deers. As the herbs used were neither rare nor very common, gathering them while they were traveling from the wolf's nest will make it easier for them to find the different herbs they needed.

And knowing that Matthew will take his time eating the three deers, the three kobolds also spent more time gathering more herbs than before. But because they still needed to drag two deers back to the wolf's nest, they didn't bring too many herbs as it would occupy their hands and they couldn't ask Matthew to drag two deers back himself even though they were the ones who would eat it.

'Maybe I should ask brother Matthew to make some kind of container that was easy to carry so that I could bring more of these herbs later.' The first kobold thought to himself.

After he got back, Matthew had also finished eating the three deers and the four of them then walked back towards the wolf's nest. The three kobolds had insisted that they would carry both of the deers on their own, but with a flick to their foreheads by Matthew, they finally gave up and let Matthew help them carry one of the deers back to the wolf's nest.

Arriving at the wolf's nest, the first kobold prepared the campfire right away to cook the deers with the second kobold while Matthew and the third kobold prepared the deers to be cooked by cutting the meat portions and smearing them with the herb mix that the first kobold had made.

With the four of them working together, the preparations went fast and smoothly and they were already cooking one deer while keeping the other inside the wolf's burrow first just in case they were still hungry after eating the first deer.

While eating Matthew suddenly asked the three kobolds,

"Now that you three are ȧduŀts, I guess I can't call you three kids anymore, but it has already become somewhat of a habit and I don't know what to call you three."

"Just call us kids as usual brother, we don't mind it if you're the one who calls us kids!" The first kobold said and followed by noddings of agreements from the twins.

"No, you three have worked hard to reach this far, and I don't think calling you kids is proper to respect your hard work.'

"We really don't mind brother…"

"Since you three are ȧduŀts, don't you all should have a name now?"

"That's right brother, but the village chief is the one who should be giving us our names…" The first kobold said.

"I see…" Matthew said quietly.

"But since you are his successor, can't you give yourself and the twins names instead?"

"Technically, I can, but I don't think I'm worthy enough to give myself and my siblings our names… Then, how about this. Why don't brother Matthew give us our names? I'm sure the twins would also like it if brother Matthew is the one who gives us our names, am I right twins?"

"Yes, of course! Give me a name, brother Matthew!" The second kobold said.

"Yes, I also want brother Matthew to give me my name…" The third kobold followed.

"Wait a second here, my sense of naming is not great and I don't think I'm qualified to give you three your names!" Matthew said.

"But brother Matthew, if not you, who else can give us our names?"

"But still…" Matthew said, still trying to reject the first kobold's suggestion.

"There's no one left from the village and we all want brother Matthew to be the one who gives us our names. If brother Matthew wasn't qualified or you don't want to give us names, then we will stay nameless until brother Matthew decides to give us names." The first kobold suddenly said, making Matthew unable to reject anymore.

'I'm not their parents and I don't want them to live by the names that I've picked for them since I don't know what hopes or dreams their parents or Mutt have for them… But It's true that they can't just stay nameless for the rest of their lives, they deserve to have names for themselves.' 

"Alright… But I want you to pick your own names. I will try to think of several names and you will pick the ones that you like yourself, okay?"

"Okay!" The three of them agreed.

"Give me some time to think," Matthew said before massaging his own temples to give his head better blood circulation and enable him to think better.

'Thank the bearded God that I spent hours researching names for my username in video games…'

'Your mom jokes are out…'

'genital jokes are out.'

'chuunibyou names like darklord666 are also out…'

'Come on Matthew, you can at least remember a few of them that sound good and also have good meanings…'

After spending a good 15 minutes spacing out, Matthew finally remembered some good normal-sounding names that actually are proper and suitable for a person's name.

"Hear me out kids, I got a few of them!"

"Alice means Noble

Ethan means Strength and Wisdom

Alexa/Alexander means Defender

Caleb means Faithful

Valda means Power

Eric means Ruler"

"That's the best I can come up with. What did you all think? If you don't like any of them I guess we can postpone this for later until I come up with other proper names!" Matthew said to the three kids.

"Those names sound different from the common kobold names, but I kind of liked the sounds of all of them. What does Alice mean again, brother?" The first kobold asked.

"Yes, I also liked them, brother! Can you repeat their meanings a few more times, brother? I can't remember all of them from just hearing it once!" The second kobold said.

"They all sound pleasant to hear, brother! Can I ask again what Alexa means again, brother?" The third kobold also asked.

"Just ask me if you forget or want to know the meanings of the names, I'll be glad to answer them," Matthew answered the kids.

Matthew and the three kobolds then spent another 15 minutes talking about the names that Matthew had just suggested before the three kobolds then stayed silent to think about what name took their interest.

'Alexa or Alexander seems nice and it also has a nice meaning to it. However, first brother, second brother, and especially brother Matthew, don't need anyone to defend them and I also don't think they would want me to defend them…' The third kobold thought to herself.

'But what if I become strong enough to fight with brother Matthew, then a situation where brother Matthew is the only one who is capable of fighting back won't ever happen again. If there's a strong enemy, I will be there to help brother Matthew to fight them. And if I become strong and powerful enough that I can defeat all of our enemies? If I can defeat them before they can do anything, doesn't that mean that I won't need to protect anyone or anything? Then I will choose…'

'Valda sounds good since it means power and I want to become powerful! But both sister, first brother, and I, we all wanted to become powerful, so either of them must have chosen this name already…' The second kobold thought to himself.

'However, if I can protect first brother and sister, or even brother Matthew. Doesn't that mean that I'm the most powerful of them all? That's it! I will choose…'

'How did brother Matthew come up with all those names? I've never heard of them before in the village. But considering brother Matthew's name is also quite different from the kobolds in our village I guess it's quite common back in his village. I wonder though, why did brother Matthew come from outside the forest and lingered here? What is his- wait a minute, I need to think of a name right now, don't get too distracted me!' The first kobold thought in his mind.

'Alexander sounds good since I want to protect my two little siblings and Valda also nice since if I'm powerful then I can both protect the siblings, brother Matthew and I can also get my revenge with my own two hands if I have enough power…'

'But, those two siblings must have thought the same thing. If we already have someone powerful and someone that protects all of us, then should I become a ruler? No. A ruler means that I will be ruling above them, I don't want that. If anyone wants to rule then it should be brother Matthew, not me. What I need is both strength and wisdom so that I could both fight alongside them and I can also help to think of a solution if we ever encounter a problem! I will choose…'

"I've thought of one!" The second kobold said.

"Me too!" The third kobold said.

"I'm also done!" The first kobold said.

"So, what should I call you from now on?" Matthew asked the three kobolds sitting in front of him.