He was strong, surely. He also had knowledge that the others did not, but that wasn't what the people wanted right now.
"People want a hero in this ruined world, Ziggy. They don't want someone who can solve complex problems or knows a hundred unique languages native to the tower.
They want a Hero, a great student of someone strong enough to take down a demon, someone who leads the others forward, someone kind and expressive at the same time.
They need you, and just like that, they need someone who can coldly keep the 'shadows' in check. What Izzy and you can do for the people is something I cannot. If anything, I'd mess things up and become the center of various controversies."
He may be a good boy around his family, the same was not the case when he was around the others. And the elder brother who knew this troublemaker the best, his words made perfect sense to him.
