☀️ Arselia and Akonia

At this point in the story, the Tanarian girl smiled faintly and glanced briefly at Erefir, but that was all.

"Oh," the warrior said disappointedly, "you got people interested, and then it turns out you can't even remember the title," she shook her head disapprovingly. "You can't do that. It sounds really interesting, and there's nothing wrong with a bit of naivety. Especially if it helps to keep people's hopes up and fills them with spiritual strength."

The book I loved to read as a child was probably in the same vein, although it was a parody, like Erefir's story. The main character was a young but very ambitious farmer from a very complicated family, who decided to go on a journey to become a great warrior and sorcerer. Unbeknownst to himself, he was part of a prophecy and was destined to defeat the evil sorcerer who was secretly manipulating the kingdom, the main antagonist of the book. Unknowingly, time and time again, he thwarted the plans of his unseen opponent, of whose existence he was unaware. But the dark sorcerer was too cunning and suspicious, overestimating the young man and coming up with increasingly elaborate plans. In the end, it was because of these plans that the hero and the villain clashed, and the former emerged victorious. Ironically, if the sorcerer hadn't been so obsessed with the prophecy, he would have been safe," Alaria smiled, remembering the fate of Melesar, who had outsmarted himself, "but that was the main moral of this humorous story. It sounds simple, I know, but I really liked it when I was little.