Who is The Boy from Manual of the Warrior of Light and what is their importance?

The boy at the beginning of the story is very curious and consistent. Because he is young, he becomes obsessed with wanting to hear the bells at the collapsed temple. He spends months listening for those bells and ignores everything and everyone that was once important, just to hear the chimes. He stops going to school, stops spending time with his friends, and even learns how to tune out the beautiful ocean sounds that he once loved. Finally, when several fishermen tell him that they have heard the bells, he decides that he will be a fisherman when he grows up, and eventually he hears his beloved bells.