History Literature / TheHammer2022

* EasilyForgiven: Bradley quickly forgives Tiny for slapping "Baron Narsa von Rendsley" despite the fact that Tiny struck him almost entirely without provocation. This alleviates Tiny's concerns that he could be put to death for assaulting the crown prince of the Asran Empire.

* KrakenAndLeviathan: The Kraken is a colossal monster said to be divine power due to her overwhelming strength and size allowing her to flatten cities if she were to ever go on a rampage. In the BadFuture, the demon followers stole the holy relic of Karun and killed her child to send her into a frenzy, resulting in the kingdom's destruction.

** Tiny mistakes Narsa for someone acting perverted toward Chloe and slaps him for it. This infuriates Narsa's bodyguard, a challenger-ranked knight who would have cut Tiny in half if not for Jenas' intervention.

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:The emperor of Asran]] was so furious with his second wife for questioning one of his decisions that he murdered her entire family before her while she was ForcedToWatch. Unsurprisingly, she plots revenge against her husband for this massacre, enlisting the help of demon worshipers to murder him [[spoiler:and the rest of the Asran royal family in order to install her son on the throne.]]

* EvilIsPetty: One of the political figures plotting the downfall of Valentia is none other than [[spoiler:the emperor, Vincent Asran]], who was so sore that a young Esgard outdid him in swordsmanship that he became bigoted against knights and surrounded himself with mages. This useless grudge is so profound that he's willing to [[spoiler:massacre his own countrymen, including his most loyal subjects,]] along with Valentia if it means getting back at Esgard for simply being more talented than him.
* ExplosiveLeash: The demon followers force their servants to have a spell cast on them that will cause the victim's head to explode if they attempt to reveal any information that could be potentially damaging or used against the demon worshipers.

* KrakenAndLeviathan: The Kraken is a colossal monster said to be divine power due to her overwhelming strength and size allowing her to flatten cities if she were to ever go on a rampage. In the BadFuture, the demon worshipers stole the holy relic of Karun and killed her child to send her into a frenzy, resulting in the kingdom's destruction.

* MySisterIsOffLimits: Esgard's sons, Tren and Aaron, both love Chloe as much as their father does. They also get similarly enraged when men start trying to get close to her. They're both BlindedByRage when they hear that Tiburon von Lohiter tried to make a pass at her. If Tiny weren't as strong as them, the brothers would've bowled him over in their rush to beat the crap out of Tiburon.

* OhCrap: This is Tiny's reaction when he learns that "Narsa von Rendsley" is in fact the crown prince of the Asran Empire in disguise. This means Tiny assaulted the second-most powerful political figure in the empire earlier. Tiny is so terrified of the potential consequences that he briefly considers letting the prince die in the coming catastrophe before he learns that Asran has already forgiven him.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Tiny {{Bitch Slap}}s Tiburon, Tiburon's bodyguard, and Baron Rendley von Narsa across the room after they all try to get uncomfortably close to Chloe.
* SdrawkcabAlias: Tiny believes "Baron Narsa von Rendsley", whose face is disguised with magic, is suspicious. He then slaps Narsa for what he thinks is perverted leering toward Chloe. Later on, Narsa pronounces his name backwards to Tiny before dropping his disguise, revealing that "Narsa" is in fact Crown Prince Asran. Tiny is [[OhCrap soon sweating bullets]] over the fact that he assaulted Chloe's fiance AND someone who's well in his rights to kill him.

* TastesLikeFriendship: Invoked and subverted. Rendley von Narsa attempts to buy his way into Tiny's good graces by offering to order Tiny a meal. Tiny is prepared to refuse him on account of Esgard's warning to be careful and lay low. Then it becomes clear that Rendley is attempting to use Tiny to get close to Chloe, resulting in Tiny slapping Rendley across the room.

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:The emperor of Asran]] was so furious with his second wife for questioning one of his decisions that he murdered her entire family before her while she was ForcedToWatch. Unsurprisingly, she plots revenge against her husband for this massacre, enlisting the help of demon worshipers to murder him [[spoiler:and the rest of the Asran royal family.]]
* EasilyForgiven: Asran quickly forgives Tiny for slapping "Baron Narsa von Rendsley" despite the fact that Tiny struck him almost entirely without provocation. This alleviates Tiny's concerns that he could be put to death for assaulting the crown prince of the Asran Empire.

* EvilIsPetty: One of the political figures plotting the downfall of Valentia is none other than [[spoiler:the emperor of Asran]], who was so sore that a young Esgard outdid him in swordsmanship that he became bigoted against knights and surrounded himself with mages. This useless grudge is so profound that he's willing to [[spoiler:massacre his own countrymen, including his most loyal subjects,]] along with Valentia if it means getting back at Esgard for simply being more talented than him.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Crown Prince Asran is similarly golden haired and is the one to have requested to marry Chloe to forge a political alliance with Valentia instead of the more corrupt Lohiter. He's shown to be magnanimous and open-minded, readily forgiving Tiny for assaulting him earlier even though Asran would be well in his right to have Tiny put to death outside of Valentia's walls.

* EvilIsPetty: One of the political figures plotting the downfall of the Asran Empire and Valentia is none other than [[spoiler:the emperor of Asran himself]], who was so sore that a young Esgard outdid him in swordsmanship that he became bigoted against knights and surrounded himself with mages. This useless grudge is so profound that he's willing to raze [[spoiler:his own country]] along with Valentia if it means getting back at Esgard for simply being more talented than him.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Due to growing up in the slums with little to eat, Tiny [[BullyHunter doesn't take kindly to gangs[[ who prey on the poor and hungry. He takes special pleasure in beating up these thieves and gangsters, calling them naught more than "trash" and that his conscience is clear because he's not actually killing "people" when a priest tries to talk him out of it.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Tiny takes on the false identity as the last surviving descendant of the Morse, a fallen noble family, in order to travel to Karun on his own while moving to defend its holy relic from being stolen. Although the king of Karun sees through the ruse, Tiny's cover proves incredibly useful when it turns out that [[spoiler:Luna, the future Reaper and one of the Ten Knights, is the actual last descendant of the Morse and mistakes him for a LongLostRelative. She's so grateful to have a "little brother" that she starts doting on him and defies the emperor's orders for her to kill Tiny. Tiny feels guilty exploiting her feelings but the situation is too dire for him to correct her.]]

* CutenessProximity: While Chloe is naturally inclined to be kind to everyone, she has a particular love for cute, weak-looking things. Tiny wonders if this is why she stopped to give him her ring when he was starving on the streets of Inveder. She also coos over Wollang's SleepModeSize.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Tiny takes on the false identity as the last surviving descendant of the Morse, a fallen noble family, in order to travel to Karun on his own while moving to defend its holy relic from being stolen. Although the king of Karun sees through the ruse, Tiny's cover proves incredibly useful when it turns out that [[spoiler:the Luna, the future Reaper and one of the Ten Knights, is the actual last descendant of the Morse and mistakes him for a LongLostRelative. She's so grateful to have a "little brother" that she starts doting on him and defies the emperor's orders for her to kill Tiny. Tiny feels guilty exploiting her feelings but the situation is too dire for him to correct her.]]

* GravityMaster: After taking note of how Tiny's Mana Body technique makes him heavier than he appears, Esgard suggests Tiny attune his aura to the power of "Gravity" instead. By manipulating his personal gravity, Tiny can make himself lighter to reduce his inertia and let himself make snappier movements before increasing his weight at the point of contact to let him dish out heavier blows.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Tiny's favorite method of attack when unarmed is to grab a {{Mook}} and use them as a club against the other mooks. Given his superior SuperStrength from his Mana Body technique, he's able to swing grown men around like clubs and throw them as projectiles.
-->'''Tiny:''' ''[after being mocked for not having a weapon]'' Who said I don't have any weapons? ''[grabs a {{Mook}} by the ankle]'' I have one right here.
* HadToBeSharp: After Tiny risks life to win his duel with Drexler, Esgard admonishes Tiny for his recklessness. Tiny says living on the edge like this is the only way a penniless slum kid like him could ever climb out of the poverty he was born into.

* NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus: With the knowledge of his first life to guide him, Tiny is able to develop his skills properly from an early age. He trains himself to be on par with veteran knights after a few months of practicing his techniques from his first life. He also becomes a spirit tamer entirely by accident, rescuing Wollang's soul and forging a contract with him to aid him in battle.

* SheepInSheepsClothing: Tiny immediately pegs Truman, the Grandmaster of the Reliquiary Guards of Karun, as suspicious when he asks about Tiny's interest in holy relics. Just as Tiny is getting ready to cave Truman's head in, the old man takes him to the library and proceeds to give him an enthusiastic ExpositionDump on Karun's treasures. Tiny soon realizes that his gut instinct was wrong and Truman is just passionate about his work.

* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Esgard is a DotingParent whose displays of affection for Chloe veer him into AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents. His protectiveness of her extends threatening anyone who makes a pass at her with violence if he doesn't think them worthy of her. He even attacks Tiny for calling Chloe by her first name as though they were friends (even though Chloe herself dotes on Tiny and treats him like a little brother). Given that Esgard is one of the strongest knights in the land, he spouts every threat with deadly seriousness.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: In the BadFuture, Chloe became queen of the Asran Empire following the assassination of the royal family. The struggles and catastrophes that befell her reign soon gave her the label of "Queen of Misfortune". While she tried to help her people as best she could with a smile, Tiny could tell that Chloe was never happy in her position.
* CoolBigSis:
** Tiny's adoptive sister, Erina, took him in when he was a nameless, homeless orphan because he reminded her of her actual little brother. She continued to feed and care for him to her dying breath. He clearly thinks the world of her as a result and makes avenging her death his first order of business upon returning to the past.
** After surviving the attack of the dark wizard Irina together and being taken under Esgard's wing, Chloe declares herself Tiny's big sister and begins treating him like family. But because of the uproar this would cause, she tells him to keep this a secret.f

* CoolOldGuy: When he's not being a SternTeacher or a BoyfriendBlockingDad, Esgard is surprisingly personable. It's clear that he runs his estate with the intent that all of his vassals are cared for and dotes on his daughter Chloe. He's also one of the strongest knights in the land and one of the last two knights remaining in the BadFuture.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold:
** Chloe is a golden-haired princess is known as "Valentia's Angel" for her compassion and desire to help the poor. She dotes upon Tiny and treats him like a little brother despite the uproar that this would cause.
** Crown Prince Asran is similarly golden haired and is the one to have requested to marry Chloe to forge a political alliance with Valentia instead of the more corrupt Lohiter. He's shown to be magnanimous and open-minded, readily forgiving Tiny for assaulting him earlier even though Asran would be well in his right to have Tiny put to death outside of Valentia's walls.

* SternTeacher: Esgard is annoyed when Tiny refuses to even try to understand the concept of "gravity" or its potential value as an aura attribute. In response, Esgard begins [[TrainingFromHell throwing Tiny from the top of a building repeatedly]] to force him to internalize the power of gravity. He also ignores Tiny's cries that he'll listen this time as a punishment for Tiny's cheekiness.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Due to growing up in the slums with little to eat, Tiny doesn't take kindly to gangs who prey on the poor and hungry. He takes special pleasure in beating up these thieves and gangsters, calling them naught more than "human trash" and that his conscience is clear because he's not actually killing "people" when a priest tries to talk him out of it.
* WhiteMage: Clerics are people who have developed the ability to harness the power of the divine through rigorous discipline and boundless faith in the Goddess worshiped by the people of the setting. A select few are innately born with this power and are quickly hailed as saints for it. Chloe is the strongest saint that Tiny knows and he counts on her divine powers to beat back the fifth-level dark wizard Irina.

* AccidentalHero: Tiny had no intention of freeing Wollang's soul and becoming a spirit tamer when he set out to crush the gang that killed Erina. But by purifying the demonic energy within Wolf's spirit stone, it bound them together and saved Wolf's soul.

* BadassCape: In his previous life, Tiny, one of the strongest knights in the land, wore a red cape that got burnt off in his battle with Gluttony. The cover for the first chapters of the webcomic features a young Tiny wearing a scaled down version of it.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted. Chloe treats Tiny like a younger sibling and dotes upon him despite their difference in social standing. Tiny is so touched by Chloe's kindness as his HopeBringer that he becomes almost as protective of her as her father and brothers. This is ''not'' always a good thing, as Tiny's short-temper combined with his protective feelings means that he's quick to jump to violence when he thinks someone is making passes at her.
* BigEater: Justified. Tiny's Mana Body technique, the source of his inhuman strength, requires him to eat ten times as much as an ordinary person to maintain as a side effect of not requiring special herbs or medicines to improve. The more he eats, the stronger he becomes. His appetite is so obscene that he's shown stacking piles of ten or twenty bowls of food, with some wondering if he has dwarven blood for eating so much.

* BloodKnight: Tiny takes clear pleasure in beating the crap out of {{Mook}}s who slight him, doing so with a huge grin on his face.

* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Tiny is a self-admitted musclehead who takes the heft and sturdiness of a warhammer over any "flimsy" sword. While he's quick on his feet when it comes to thinking up {{Indy Ploy}}s, he's brutal in combat and crushes his enemies without remorse. One of his favorite manuevers is to use his superior strength to grab one of his enemies and use them as a club against their own teammates. When offered a choice between two warhammers, he instantly goes for the one designed to weigh 100 kg.
* BookDumb:
** Tiny admits that he's not the sharpest tool in the shed and sometimes wishes that he'd paid better attention to his comrades' lectures. When Esgard tries to explain the power of gravity to him, Tiny tunes him out and starts picking his ears while showing disdain for Esgard's attempts to describe something that Tiny takes for granted. But Tiny's strength and martial talent are the real deal, having developed a form of mana manipulation that would make him one of the ten strongest knights in the land despite starting from nothing as a penniless commoner. He's also quite adept at manipulating others, taking advantage of how people think he's JustAKid until it's too late. This is also {{Justified|Trope}}, Tiny's upbringing as a slum orphan means that he never obtained a formal education.
** This is also discussed when Tiny is speaking to Esgard, who is surprised at the breadth of Tiny's worldly experiences, such as Tiny's use of Eastern phrases. He then sarcastically advises Tiny to keep using these phrases [[BackhandedCompliment because it'll hide Tiny's natural stupidity.]]
* CastFromCalories: Due to growing up as a penniless commoner, Tiny had to develop his own mana manipulation technique that wouldn't require special herbs or medicines to improve. The result of his work, the Mana Body technique, succeeds at granting him inhuman strength, speed, and durability, at the cost of making him hungry enough to eat ten days worth of food in a single sitting.

* ChildrenAreInnocent:
** According to Tiny's old companion, Estina, humans could become spirit tamers if they were pure of heart and possessed enough mana to forge a contract. But she remarks that the only ones pure enough would likely be children. Given his love for inflicting harm on neer-do-wells, Tiny seriously doubts that he's pure enough despite being currently a child, but soon realizes that he made a contract with Wollang by accident when he broke the chains on Wolf's soul.
** Tiny often invokes this trope, acting like an innocent, polite child when he has to convince others that he's blameless while manipulating them.

* ExpressiveHair: Tiny's spiky ShonenHair droops downward from fear when he's the middle of a severe OhCrap reaction from learning that the man he slapped is in fact the crown prince of the Asran Empire. It spikes back up while trying to act normal and when he's relieved to learn that the prince had forgiven him already.

* FluffyTheTerrible: Erina gave Tiny his name after taking him in because of his diminutive stature. While he barely comes up to the waists of others in the present, Tiny grew up to tower over his peers as an adult and became the WorldsBestWarrior, with others calling him a giant in his previous life. Following his MentalTimeTravel, Tiny is continually underestimated for his stature before he inflicts GrievousHarmWithABody and later fighting veteran knights at just 13 years old. Lampshaded by Chloe, who noted that Tiny quickly outgrew his name as an adult, by which point he was feared as a giant of a man.

* HairTriggerTemper: Tiny doesn't have a strong handle on his emotions unless he's consciously trying to act a certain way to manipulate others. It's easy to provoke him into violence by disrespecting him or someone he cares about in some manner.

* HavingABlast: In Tiny's former life, he attuned his aura to the power of "Explosion", causing his blows to erupt with explosive force. In his final battle with Gluttony, Tiny's last strike splits Gluttony in half before causing the demon's body to explode as if a bomb hit it.

* HopeBringer: After she gifted Tiny her ring and offered him a favor when he was nothing more than a starving beggar, Tiny considers Chloe his greatest source of hope and belief in good in the world. Prior to the BadFuture, she was known as "Valentia's Angel" for her kindness and compassion, treating commoners and nobles alike with equal respect and care.

* HotBlooded: Tiny is a BloodKnight who's passionate about getting stronger and furthering his skills. This is also {{deconstructed|Trope}}, as while his refusal to run away and work ethic are strong points of his, his willingness to pick fights can get him in hot water with the authorities.
* InSeriesNickname: Due Tiny's prodigious abilities, he's frequently called "Little Knight" by others who are trying to get on his good side or simply show him respect.
* IGotBigger: After the events in Karun, Tiny shoots up in height in just a few months, practically doubling in height and gaining a sizable amount of muscle, making him look like someone in his late teens or early twenties despite being 14 chronologically. He attributes this to his Mana Body technique, which bolsters his growth rate and strengthens his body as his abiltiy to manipulate mana grows.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Tempus can only be used once to perform MentalTimeTravel, after which it will vanish. This sparks an uproar in Valentia when Tempus vanishes seemingly without warning, as the Esgard of the present doesn't know that his future self sent Tiny's mind back to avert the BadFuture.
* JerkassToOne: Inverted. Tiny is often flippant and mouthy, taking pleasure in annoying others and beating the crap out of common crooks. But he feels indebted to Chloe for her kindness and generosity, giving him hope when he had none as a beggar in his former life. Because of this, Tiny is always respectful to her and does everything in his power to make her happy after she was trapped by TheChainsOfCommanding in the BadFuture.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tiny is a snot-nosed brat with a short temper who very clearly enjoys messing with and teasing others. He loves to lord his strength over common crooks and mugs a group of purse-snatchers who tried to mug him first. But Tiny is motivated by his desire to change the future and protect the people closest to him.
* {{Manchild}}: Downplayed. Despite being a grown adult in a child's body, Tiny manages to act his apparent age with his love of provoking others and his chlidish outbursts like rubbing his face all over a hammer he's grown fond of. But he can also be coldly rational and manipulative when he needs to be and remains deadly serious about his desire to change the future.

* MouthyKid: Due to his knowledge of the future, Tiny frequently mouths off to arrogant nobles to provoke them in order to manipulate them. When he brings this knowledge to Esgard, Tiny is blunt about his intentions and frequently calls out Esgard's eccentricities (albeit while earning a DopeSlap or worse for being a straight up BrattyHalfPint at times).
* MultiMeleeMaster: In addition to his proficiency with with maces and hammers, Tiny was taught an MMA-style form of hand-to-hand combat by a knight who saw Tiny's use of GrievousHarmWithABody as crass.

* MusclesAreMeaningless:
** Due to his age and being malnourished for so long, Tiny is a scrawny-looking kid at the start of the story. But while he bulks up to a healthier state a month after returning to the past, he's still a small 13-year-old. But his refined use of his future self's signature Mana Body technique grants him SuperStrength far beyond what his appearance would imply. He becomes strong enough to crush an entire bandit gang and use [[GrievousHarmWithABody other people as weapons]] within a week of starting his training. Following his TrainingFromHell session with Esgard, Tiny can cause craters in stone tile as a result of his clash with Drexler, another expert-level knight.
** Zigzagged in Tiny's previous life. As an adult, Tiny had trained to become as big and strong as possible. While this meant that his raw physical strength was monstrous, it also reduced the effectiveness of his Mana Body skill, straining his mana recovery as his Mana Body and his physical body were out of sync. Tiny resolves to be more mindful in his current life and not bulk up so much that the integrity of his Mana Body is compromised.

* OneSizeFitsAll: Invoked. Tiny asks for Stamp's handle to be made adjustible so he can wield it comfortably at his current size and so he can increase the length of the handle as he gets older and taller.
* PeopleOfHairColor: It's noted that black hair and dark eyes like Erina's and Tiny's are uncommon in the Asran Empire, implying that they came from the same ethnic group. Tiny uses the exoticness of this hair color to pass himself off as a member of a spiritual clan to Lord Philes. It also acts as a point of identification when Tiny has to convince Chloe that he is in fact the same starving beggar she met a few months ago. A year later, Tiny dyes his hair on Esgard's orders to disguise him as a servant so he can be present at Chloe's wedding to prevent the disaster that befell the royal family in the BadFuture.
* PhotographicMemory: Subverted. In contrast to the typical MentalTimeTravel story, Tiny remembers many of the important details from the future, such as the names of the ten strongest knights and when the Catastrophes that weaken humanity strike. But he wasn't present for several of these events, especially since he was a starving beggar at this point his previous life. So his memory of the specifics of these events is limited to the general facts that everyone in the BadFuture knew. He also struggles to recognize several faces he encounters.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: As a thirteen-year-old, Tiny is half the size of most of the people's he's fighting. And yet he can swing around grown men as improvised weapons and shatter stone with his blows. Lampshaded by the English tagline for the series on Webtoons, "Small, but mighty."

* SelfMadeMan: In his past life, Tiny clawed his way toward becoming the WorldsBestWarrior despite being born a penniless orphan through nothing but grit, talent, and a refusal to run away from a challenge. In his present life, he subverts this by trying to take advantage of everything he can to get stronger more quickly, from refining his Mana Body by eating on Lord Philes' dime to demanding tutelage and a weapon from Esgard.

* StockShonenHero: When Tiny isn't using his future knowledge and maturity to manipulate others, he's firmly this. He's a BookDumb LightningBruiser who prefers to handle all of his problems with a mace or a hammer and is motivated by a desire to save the world and everyone he cares about. He's got spiky ShonenHair to match his HotBlooded nature and is often a MouthyKid when he isn't being a BrattyHalfPint.

* SuperStrongChild: At 13 years old, Tiny is able to throw down with trained knights and wield other people as clubs. Following his TrainingFromHell with Esgard, Tiny's clash with Drexler leaves craters in stone tile and he swings around a hammer that weighs 100 kg with only moderate effort.

* TooHungryToBePolite: Tiny often eats with his hands because he's a commoner and is frequently starving because of the CastFromCalories nature of his powers. This elicits disgust when he's moving among circles of nobility. While he understands ettiquette as a knight in his former life, he prefers to avoid it when he can because it runs contrary to his rough-and-tumble personality.

* UnscrupulousHero: Tiny's determination to change the future means that he's willing to lie to and manipulate others as well as assasinate estate lords while framing others for the act. He's also brutal in combat and splatters his foes across the pavement and walls. That said, [[PayEvilUntoEvil the people he's doing this to almost certainly deserve it]] and he's out to save the world. He also makes sure to repay his debts and deeply cares about the well-being of others who have treated him well.

* WorldsBestWarrior: Of all the strongest knights, Tiny was the last man standing and the only one who could slay Gluttony, albeit at the cost of his own life. This, combined with Tiny's determination and refusal to run away, convinces Esgard to send Tiny's mind back in time in hopes of changing the future.

** After surviving the attack of the dark wizard Irina together and being taken under Esgard's wing, Chloe declares herself Tiny's big sister and begins treating him like family. But because of the uproar this would cause, she tells him to keep this a secret.

** Crown Prince Asran is similarly golden haired and is the one to have requested to marry Chloe to forge a political alliance with Valentia instead of the more corrupt Rochter. He's shown to be magnanimous and open-minded, readily forgiving Tiny for assaulting him earlier even though Asran would be well in his right to have Tiny put to death outside of Valentia's walls.

* MySisterIsOffLimits: Esgard's sons, Tren and Aaron, both love Chloe as much as their father does. They also get similarly enraged when men start trying to get close to her. They're both BlindedByRage when they hear that Tiburon von Rochter tried to make a pass at her. If Tiny weren't as strong as them, the brothers would've bowled him over in their rush to beat the crap out of Tiburon.

* OhCrap: This is Tiny's reaction when he learns that "Narsa von Rendsley" is in fact Asran, the crown prince of the Asran Empire, in disguise. Meaning that he just assaulted the second-most powerful political figure in the empire. Tiny is so terrified of the potential consequences that he briefly considers letting the prince die in the coming catastrophe before he learns that Asran has already forgiven him.
-->'''Tiny:''' Shit... I'm fucked...

* PeopleOfHairColor: It's noted that black hair and dark eyes like Erina's and Tiny's are uncommon in the Asran Empire, implying that they came from the same ethnic group. Tiny uses the exoticness of this hair color to pass himself off as a member of a spiritual clan to Lord Philes. It also acts as a point of identification when Tiny has to convince Chloe that he is in fact the same starving beggar she met a few months ago.

* IGotBigger: After the events in Karun, Tiny shoots up in height in just a few months, practically doubling in height and gaining a sizable amount of muscle, making him look like someone in his late teens or early twenties despite being 14-15 chronologically,

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tiny is a snot-nosed brat who very clearly enjoys messing with and teasing others. He loves to lord his strength over common crooks and mugs a group of purse-snatchers who tried to mug him first. But Tiny is motivated by his desire to change the future and protect the people closest to him.

* AccidentalHero: Tiny had no intention of freeing Lunar Wolf's soul and becoming a spirit tamer when he set out to crush the gang that killed Erina. But by purifying the demonic energy within Wolf's spirit stone, it bound them together and saved Wolf's soul.

** According to Tiny's old companion, Estina, humans could become spirit tamers if they were pure of heart and possessed enough mana to forge a contract. But she remarks that the only ones pure enough would likely be children. Given his love for inflicting harm on neer-do-wells, Tiny seriously doubts that he's pure enough despite being currently a child, but soon realizes that he made a contract with Lunar Wolf by accident when he broke the chains on Wolf's soul.

* CutenessProximity: While Chloe is naturally inclined to be kind to everyone, she has a particular love for cute, weak-looking things. Tiny wonders if this is why she stopped to give him her ring when he was starving on the streets of Inveder. She also coos over Lunar Wolf's SleepModeSize.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Lunar Wolf typically acts as Tiny's mount in battle, letting him move much faster than his young body can run.

* NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus: With the knowledge of his first life to guide him, Tiny is able to develop his skills properly from an early age. He trains himself to be on par with veteran knights after a few months of practicing his techniques from his first life. He also becomes a spirit tamer entirely by accident, rescuing Lunar Wolf's soul and forging a contract with him to aid him in battle.

* SleepModeSize: When Tiny summons Lunar Wolf, the wolf is usually the size of a small lapdog cute enough for Chloe to suffer CutenessProximity and rub him all over. He grows to the size of a fully-grown wolf when it's time for battle.

* PeopleOfHairColor: It's noted that black hair and dark eyes like Erina's and Tiny's are uncommon in the Asran Empire, implying that they came from the same ethnic group. Tiny uses the exoticness of this hair color to pass himself off as a member of a spiritual clan to Lord Philes. It also acts as a point of indentification when Tiny has to convince Chloe that he is in fact the same starving beggar she met a few months ago.

* PowerLevels: Knights are graded on a scale ranging from 1 to 7. Beginners who have just started the use of mana manipulation sit at Level 1, with the strongest and most experienced of them are graded at Level 7. The power scale is logarithmic, as in a straight fight, a Level 2 would be considered as powerful as 10 Level 1s, and a Level 3 would be as powerful as 100 Level 1s. A similar scale is applied to magicians with the same overall power values.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: In the BadFuture, Chloe became queen of the Aslan Empire following the assassination of the royal family. The struggles and catastrophes that befell her reign soon gave her the label of "Queen of Misfortune". While she tried to help her people as best she could with a smile, Tiny could tell that Chloe was never happy in her position.

* EasilyForgiven: Aslan quickly forgives Tiny for slapping "Baron Narsa von Rendsley" despite the fact that Tiny struck him almost entirely without provocation. This alleviates Tiny's concerns that he could be put to death for assaulting the crown prince of the Aslan Empire.
* ExpressiveHair: Tiny's spiky ShonenHair droops downward from fear when he's the middle of a severe OhCrap reaction from learning that the man he slapped is in fact the crown prince of the Aslan Empire. It spikes back up while trying to act normal and when he's relieved to learn that the prince had forgiven him already.
* FamedInStory: Discussed. Due to fighting along so many heroes in his previous life, Tiny remembers the names of all of the important fighters in the efforts to repel the Demon Beastlord's armies. So Esgard takes notice when Tiny is ignorant of the names of numerous high-level knights living in the present, as this means that these knights were somehow killed before Tiny got to meet or hear of them. This includes one of Esgard's best men, Jenas Freewell, a sixth-level knight and the grandmaster of the Blue Wings Order. With this knowledge in mind, Esgard begins investigating the circumstances that could lead to Jenas' death and the assassination of the Aslan Empire's royal family.

* GildedCage: Due to being born into one of the richest and most powerful noble families in the Aslan Empire, Chloe is SpoiledSweet with access to all sorts of luxuries that a slum kid like Tiny could hardly dream of. But it becomes increasingly clear that she's largely confined to her family estate and is being prepared to be married off as part of a coming-of-age ceremony.

** Crown Prince Aslan is similarly golden haired and is the one to have requested to marry Chloe to forge a political alliance with Valentia instead of the more corrupt Rochter. He's shown to be magnanimous and open-minded, readily forgiving Tiny for assaulting him earlier even though Aslan would be well in his right to have Tiny put to death outside of Valentia's walls.

* OhCrap: This is Tiny's reaction when he learns that "Narsa von Rendsley" is in fact Aslan, the crown prince of the Aslan Empire, in disguise. Meaning that he just assaulted the second-most powerful political figure in the empire. Tiny is so terrified of the potential consequences that he briefly considers letting the prince die in the coming catastrophe before he learns that Aslan has already forgiven him.

* PeopleOfHairColor: It's noted that black hair and dark eyes like Erina's and Tiny's are uncommon in the Aslan Empire, implying that they came from the same ethnic group. Tiny uses the exoticness of this hair color to pass himself off as a member of a spiritual clan to Lord Philes. It also acts as a point of indentification when Tiny has to convince Chloe that he is in fact the same starving beggar she met a few months ago.

* SdrawkcabAlias: Tiny believes "Baron Narsa von Rendsley", whose face is disguised with magic, is suspicious. He then slaps Narsa for what he thinks is perverted leering toward Chloe. Later on, Narsa pronounces his name backwards to Tiny before dropping his disguise, revealing that "Narsa" is in fact Crown Prince Aslan[[note]][[JapaneseRanguage "Ls" and "Rs" are pronounced similarly]] in Korean]][[/note]]. Tiny is [[OhCrap soon sweating bullets]] over the fact that he assaulted Chloe's fiance AND someone who's well in his rights to kill him.