It's a bit sudden but one day I suddenly remember something about the world that I am in seeing my friend moping around because of his love life for the hundred time.

My pal and I are currently stationed at a small Elven militia outpost to hone our skill.

The world is peaceful lately, so that is probably why I remembered.

In 25 years from now, the entire human kingdom next door is going to collapse on itself and the world is going to head toward catastrophe. And my friend, Aradon, is the protagonist of that story.

Aradon is an elf warrior of the kingdom of Hafthor the same as me. And the guy is a big simp.

In actuality he is the protagonist of the third and possibly most important installment of the popular RPG/Strategy game Defender of Lumaria.

In a world where human protagonist is everywhere, having an elven protagonist being one of the biggest player in the world is a breath of fresh air.

However, Aradon is a big simp.

Oh his line in game is very cool, and he acts the part of a graceful elven ranger skilled with bow and the sword, however it's an open secret in the community that Aradon is a big simp.

Currently Aradon is my best bud in the military but the elf has a big secret he is hiding.

In actuality the boy is descended from a High Elven Archmage and one of the most powerful Druid in the world. His magical potential is limitless and indeed in his brother IS the most powerful Mage in Elvish society currently, being born before Aradon was.

The Archmage Teserast refuses to speak to his brother in the future due to Aradon's simpness.

Aradon should have inherited all of his parents good gene, having an even higher stat of magic than the High Elven Archmage Teserast, however the twist is that Aradon has no spell to utilize that high stat in game.

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This is because Aradon ran away from home when he was young because of a girl.

The girl Aradon became infatuated with is actually the heir of the Elven throne, princess Aelene. Princess Aelene is actually one of the protagonist of the first installment of the series, the archer in character selection.

Descended from literal Elven divinity, Aelene is one of the most powerful mortal combatants in the world, with her bow and arrows. She is a demigod, fitting for the title of the archer of the first game.

Aradon's skillset is improbably Aelene but better. He has transcended inhuman demigod skill being the sole face of the third installment of the game.

The reason for this is because Aradon is a simp.

Born with limitless potential for magic, Aradon ran away from home to join the ranger corp because he felt that magic ain't manly and princess Aelene prefer the stereotypical Elven hero archetype.

And yet somehow this moping bastard who ran away from home to join the ranger corp actually become the deadliest elven ranger alive bar none just because he wanted to act manly to the girl he likes.

Aradon's adventure didn't end there, he somehow enters sword training with the elusive order of the silent elven monk in the future even though they are thought as legend and refused to teach outsiders. And improbably he masters their technique and become one of the best swordsman in the world.

When the apocalypse arrived, this freaking guy is more than ready and will eventually become the general leading the entire elven force in defense of Hafthor. A natural born mage who refused magic because it was not manly in the eyes of his girl somehow managed to hone his skills so much because of his simpness that he became one of the strongest being alive simply due to sheer skill. The entire matter was so surreal that his brother refused to talk to him in the future, convinced that if he has dedicated his efforts to magic, his potential will be something even crazier.

And yet the most tragic/hilarious part of it all is that by the event of the third game, princess Aelene, the person who he loves doesn't even acknowledge his existence. She is vaguely aware that he is the general of her army but nothing more. And Aradon is too much of a sperg keeping his stereotypical Elven hero image that he didn't one break characters to talk to her because cool distant guy don't start conversation.

"Andarel, help me! Today I'm assigned to cleaning duty again. That means, I will miss princess Aelene public outing today. What will I do now?"

Currently the future greatest elven (simp) hero of all time is moping in our shared bedroom.

This guy somehow will grow up into THAT just by being himself. My friend, the great (simp) hero.

By any chance, could I use his simpness to my advantage to avoid the apocalypse?