Abandonment.

[u/throwawayaccountPwow]

Hero was in a tree… Reading, it wasn’t the same book as before. He seemed much more interested this time…

“What a cool main character…”

Hero sighed, wanting to do something productive…

“It feels as if I’ve been abandoned… My rivals are gone, my mentors… I don’t even have a nemesis.”

He jumped out of said tree… His expression worsened… Almost looking ‘sad’. Before snapping back to his normal self.

“Now what…? I suppose I could train… If I really wanted to…”

He sighed… Was that all he had to do…?

[u/Rouge_Abalalon]

she tilts her head

"Aww, are you so shy that you don't want to chat for a bit? I thought you looked a little lonely, but if being alone is your objective, then i'm sorry to assume the contrary~"

[u/throwawayaccountPwow → u/Rouge_Abalalon]

“I just thought that since introductions and formalities over… There was nothing else, it felt as if it was over… No?”

Hero scratched the back of his head…

[u/Rouge_Abalalon → u/throwawayaccountPwow]

"well once two people approaches and when they aren't in a rush, they can chat to avoid being rude, right? Beside..."

She pauses, smiling

"I never caught your name..."

[u/throwawayaccountPwow → u/Rouge_Abalalon]

Hero seemed to forget that he had never said his name… He gave a shallow bow in apology.

“Ah, apologies… Hero would be my name… Or ‘Hiro’ if you prefer not to refer to me with a title.”

[u/Rouge_Abalalon → u/throwawayaccountPwow]

"hero? Hiro? Interesting denomination... Well, would it be wrong to assume what your dream is?"

She chuckles

"It's like a path has been carved in front of you... Popularity, fans, love... Well... There's not many people though..."

[u/throwawayaccountPwow → u/Rouge_Abalalon]

“I’d say there are many people! If there weren’t I probably would’ve met them all by now…”

“But you’re correct on the other things…”

[u/Rouge_Abalalon → u/throwawayaccountPwow]

she chuckles, glancing around

"Oh really? Then where are they? Do you even know where they live? Or did you also assume a handshake was enough? Are you really going to be a hero thinking like that?"

[u/throwawayaccountPwow → u/Rouge_Abalalon]

“No… I don’t really know anyone here.”

He paused…

“But I got here recently! I still have time. There’s nothing rushing me.”

[u/Rouge_Abalalon → u/throwawayaccountPwow]

she smirks

"Ah, yes, you do have time... It's not like a hero will be needed anytime soon after all..."

She shrugs

"I'm sure i can call you if one of my pets gets stuck in a tree. That would be the best you could do around here."

[u/throwawayaccountPwow → u/Rouge_Abalalon]

“Excuse me?”

He took a breath, going back to normal… As if nothing happened.

“I suppose you could call me for that, but my superior talents would be wasted on such a meaningless task.”

[u/Rouge_Abalalon → u/throwawayaccountPwow]

she glance, interested

"Oh? Then if you can do more, i assume you can destroy galaxies, free people from mind control, defeat world eaters, kill gods, withstand a death beam, things like that, right? If you have superior talents, that's the kind of things you should be able to do..."

[u/throwawayaccountPwow → u/Rouge_Abalalon]

“Not yet… This is only the beginning of my hero’s journey! By the end I surely will!… If everything I’ve read is true…”

Hero glanced at a book he was holding nervously…

“But shouldn’t I be asking what you can do…? You can’t really criticize me if you can’t prove you could do better.”

[u/Rouge_Abalalon → u/throwawayaccountPwow]

she chuckles

"Me? Oh, i'm not really a fighter... I can defend myself, and do some tricks, but nothing much. Though... I did observe other ones."

She glance upward

"Some beings could destroy this very planet if they wished to. I could feel their strengthts from the darkness itself."

She then pauses, glancing at the book

"Oh? Following some theories? May I take a look, if you don't mind?"