Chapter 90: Two True Names
What Elisa said was true, Aric realized that he had focused only on development and building, but he didn’t even have a name for the place.
He leaned back into his chair, the front legs lifted off the ground, he used his fingers to rub his chin. "Hmmmm, a name, a name."
He thought about it for a few seconds, and then—Bam—he pushed the chair forward, hitting the ground and startling everyone.
"I think I have a good idea. Let’s call it Terra, the village of Terra, the kingdom of Terra. It fits," Aric said.
"Terra? Why Terra?" Ariel asked.
"Oh yeah, my true name is Aric Terra," Aric said. He thought saying that would be enough explanation, but it only led to a string of more questions.
"Aric, why do you have two true names?" Ariel asked. She walked to the table, staring at him, her eyes piercing into his soul.
"Isn’t that something normal?" he asked, looking around the table for confirmation, but even Gorin shook his head.
"Two true names, it’s a double-edged sword. A family name isn’t a true name, you can be called Aric and Terra could be your surname, but for both to be your true names and not be one word, that’s a different issue.
The being that gave you a second true name needed to be extremely powerful to do that. If any random person tries to pile two true names on one person, he stands the risk of a very brutal backlash.
The second issue with it is that the person receiving the second true name is standing the high risk of his soul shattering into nothing.
That’s why it is shocking that you have two true names," Ariel said.