My family's entanglement with a Hero candidate

(Third person PoV)

Dorian was the son of a farmer. He was the only child and that's what his parents decided to do. Feeding themselves is already a trouble for the family with meager earnings. So he has to grow up alone, while his parents worked on the farm during the day.

His parents saved every coin that they could. He couldn't understand why, but that became clear when he came to age. They were saving for his awakening. The awakening doesn't cost much due to the kingdom's subsidies.

The kingdom needs as many awakened as possible to keep the neighbors and the monsters at bay. So the commoners would only have to pay 10% of the fee, while the kingdom bears the remaining 90% of the cost.

The cost for awakening might be very low but the costs that come after that are very high. It was not easy to upgrade. The awakened need equipment, weapons, and potions to go into the dungeons or wilds. If they were ill prepared that could cost their lives.