Hero...
A concept that has been used since antiquity to bring peace and hope to the inhabitants of this world.
Beings who came from another world to protect, to save them, to become legends...
But what happens when, by a whim of fate, a variable arises in the unchangeable?
"There should be five. Why are there six heroes summoned?"
An unprecedented event occurs before everyone's eyes and can lead to one thing…
Rejection.
"No weapon chose him."
"Why does he have to be here?"
"The demons must have found a way to affect the ritual."
"Should he even have the privileges of the heroes? They should throw him out of the castle."
The weight of rejection would cause those who suffered it to succumb and be dragged into an abyss of total darkness. In that void, negative feelings would accumulate until they completely consumed or were assimilated into the heart.
Even so, fate will always be capricious, and there will be those who find a ray of light in the densest darkness.
"How can you ignore that treatment towards you?"
"It's not that I ignore it; it's something I learned to endure. I just have to prove that I'm a hero too, right?"
A smile that conveys determination and confidence. That same energy could help you climb and escape the abyss.
Thus, little by little, the traces of that darkness will be erased to welcome one thing…
Acceptance.
"Have you heard what they're saying lately? The sixth hero saved a village that was being raided by bandits."
"Isn't he stealing credit from the real heroes?"
As always, the path to acceptance is not easy. It takes time, but the results will come if perseverance does not die out.
"No. The heroes didn't even bother to listen to the situation. For them, the war against the demons is more important."
Actions speak louder than words. And, from one day to the next, among those whose gazes conveyed hostility, it disappeared without a trace.
"Have you heard what people are calling you? They're calling you 'the People's Hero'."
"Calling me a hero seems like an exaggeration. I don't even have a divine weapon."
Acceptance was something that those so-called "heroes" had from the beginning. The attention, the reverential treatment, and the glorification they received caused the predictable feeling in the most susceptible…
Arrogance.
Whoever immerses themselves in it experiences emotions that have caused countless tragedies. Feeling that another person is monopolizing the attention you believe you deserve. Seeing how someone you considered a failure reaches your same status. Those feelings, recurring in arrogant people, arise like another whim of fate.
And so, from the shadows, envy and hatred are born...