The most important trait for a hero was to never cry, no matter the pain he was going through. Otherwise, the people they were supposed to protect would lose hope. As Rina's tears kept pouting out of her eyes, she was automatically disqualified from becoming a hero herself.

It was close though, were it not for the last point, it would have been possible for Rina to become a hero.............. NOT!

“Hehe.”

Rina could only chuckle at herself as she really believed in delusion for a long time. As if she had any of the traits a typical hero in those novels had!

She was confident in her mental strength, because of what she had experienced so far? Did it still count when she had escaped going insane by eating, masturbating, and reading hero novels?

Her physical strength? With her body?

…

She had surrendered her body as a punching bag for her father to protect Nina from that fate? As if! Nina was, in contrast to her, loved by her parents. They would never do anything that could hurt Nina. So Rina had sacrificed nothing and protected nobody. She was only her father's outlet for stress relief and could do nothing about it.

What about smiling while enduring pain to bring hope to the surroundings? In the past, during her father beating session, she had always had a small smile on her face. Ironically, this was misinterpreted by her father and the beatings became more severe. So does that count? If her mechanical dry smile combined with dark, dead-fish-like eyes filled with despair can give hope to the protected, then sure, why not?

Rina shook her head at that thought.

She knew it all along, she just did not want to realize it until now. She never had any traits, attributes, or affinity whatsoever to be a hero, and never will. Not, that it would matter. Even if she had all of the listed hero traits, she would not be a hero.

Why?

Again, Rina knew it all along. She kept telling herself how nice it would be to become a hero. Deep down though she had never aspired to be a hero. Even if a gun was pointed at her and she was threatened to become one, she would refuse. Why would she want to use her body to protect strangers from danger while asking for nothing in return? That would be beyond stupid. Not only for her but probably also for the rest of the world.

But that was a problem for her. It would mean that there were no heroes in reality, that they were only products of someone's imagination.

But... this also meant there were no heroes who would pull Rina out of her misery.

That's right.

She never wanted to rescue, she wanted to be rescued, but she kept telling herself otherwise. After all, only people with noble hearts deserve to be saved.

So she started sobbing.

After one minute it developed into crying.

After five into wailing.

And so she kept on wailing for one hour,... two hours,.. three hours,... until...

“Miss, are you okay?”

… a soft female voice interrupted her.

In an instant, she stopped crying and looked up. What she saw, caused her mind to stop working. A woman with long, waist-long, black hair stood in front of her. She wore an office suit which indicated that she was on her way home from her late work shift. Even though her suit had probably multiple layers of clothing, Rina could clearly see her slender figure. The woman's breasts were neither too small nor too big and the curves on her waist were just right.

Frankly put, that woman in front of her was absolutely her type.

Unaware of the mayhem in Rina's head, the woman approached and wiped the tears and snot from Rina's face with a handkerchief.

“Ouch.”

The stinging pain brought Rina back from her dazed state when the handkerchief touched her broken nose.

“I'm sorry, did I hurt you?”, the office lady apologized in a slightly panicked voice.

“N-n-n-n-o, I-i-i-i h-h-h-have a b-b-brok-k-ken n-n-n-nose.”

“I see. … Why is your nose broken?”

“M-m-m-m-my f-f-f-f-father h-h-h-hit m-m-me.”

After hearing that, the woman's killing intent flared up for a fraction of a second. Luckily she managed to suppress it instantly before Rina could notice. Looking at the plump girl's state, the woman could not imagine what Rina's upbringing had been like, as her eyes were darting around nervously, clearly uncomfortable with the current situation.

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Not being able to stand it anymore the lady grabbed Rina's hand and spoke softly: “Come with me for a bit.”

Meanwhile, Rina's mind was entering the next phase of haywire: 'W-w-w-what is happening? Where is she leading me? Ahh, her hands are so soft... N-n-no what are you thinking Rina?! Ahh, she smells so nice... Stoop it!!'

Since discovering her sexuality, Rina had never had any contact with girls. Thus she had never had the chance to build up any resistance to physical contact with other women. So as Rina was now, even h*lding h*nds was enough for her imagination to go wild. As a result, Rina's expression alternated between blushing, paling, and shaking her head the whole way the lady led them. She had even failed to notice the 'Love Hotel'-sign on the building they were entering.

Rina would be in a daze forever, ….

*Clap*

… were it not for the loud clap of the office lady which pulled her back to reality.

Looking around Rina could see that they were in a small room. In the middle of the room was a red, heart-shaped bed with two red heart-shaped pillows on it.

“W-w-w-where a-a-a-are w-w-we?”

“Hmm? You didn't notice the sign when we entered? We're in a love hotel room!”

“W-w-w-why?”

The office lady tilted her head.

“You were having a hard time in that park, so I brought you here... Am I bothering you?”

The unsure look on the woman's face prompted Rina to instantly shake her head.

“Great. Well, wait for me for a bit. I want to take a bath first before we do it.”

“D-d-d-do w-w-w-what?”, Rina asked confused.

At that question the woman smiled at Rina, causing her to blush. Then she seductively licked her lips, “S-e-x, of course ♪ ” and entered the bathroom, leaving a dumbfounded Rina behind.

…

It took a while for Rina's brain to start working again.

Sex.

Never in her life had Rina heard a word that had such a beautiful ring in it. What could it mean? The woman made it sound like it was an activity. Was it something that could only be done in heaven? Was she in heaven already?

…

She was joking, obviously. Of course, Rina knew what it meant. It just made no sense for her. Why would someone so beautiful like the office lady want to have sex with her? Could it be that she wanted her?

Of course not.

She just wanted to mock Rina, because of her plump body, because of her ugly face, and because of her naivety. Rina did follow a stranger absent-mindedly after all. Maybe 'taking a bath' was just the woman's pretext to get out of Rina's sight for a while. For example to call her friends to come and harass, maybe even torture Rina together.

But it's okay.

Rina just had to bear it. After all, it was not the first time she had found herself in such a situation. And on the bright side, it meant that she would not have to sleep outside.

*Clack*

After a while, the bathroom door opened and the woman stepped out, this time wearing a seductive, semi-transparent negligee that covered only the most important parts of her body.

Looking at Rina, who was bright red, she licked her lips and slowly walked towards her.

“I'm ready. Now let's have fun ♪”, the woman whispered into Rina's ears, while pushing her down on the bed.

“W-w-w-w-why m-m-m-me?”

“I fell in love with you at first sight! Your cute face, your plumb belly, those thick thighs! I want to make you mine.” the lady said as she ran her hands over Rina's body as she lay beneath her.

“L-l-l-lies.” That was all Rina could mutter, which caused the woman above her to frown.

“It's not nice of you to accuse someone of lying, who had just confessed her love to you.”

“...”

After seeing no response from Rina, she continued, “Well, then let me prove it to you.” With that, the woman skilfully undressed Rina layer by layer until she was naked. Then with a swift movement, she spread Rina's legs and with an outstretched tongue moved closer to the now-open groin.

'She is going to lick me down there!'

To Rina with more than twenty years experience of being a virgin, sex was more than just giving physical pleasure to each other. It's the act of showing the ugliest part of oneself to someone while accepting their entire existence.

As someone who was starving for love, she was confident that she could accept anybody. Be it her sister, a friend, a stranger, a thief, a rapist, a murderer,... or even a man, as long as they would love her, she could manage somehow. But such a person does not exist, that was what she had thought,... until now. That was why this situation was so special for her, that she stopped thinking straight.

She closed her eyes.

Before she could feel physical pleasure, her heart was already filled with joy. She was going to be loved! There was salvation for her after all! And her partner was an extremely hot woman! It was finally time for her to become happy!

What would their future look like? She seemed to be an office worker who had high pay, but Rina thought that she should have some income too. Maybe her old workplace would accept her again? After all, they knew that Rina was a very hard-working person who never shied away from overtime.

And so, while imagining the future with her soon-to-be wife, she waited for the tongue to touch her pussy.

One second elapsed.

…

Then five.

…

Then thirty.

…

“Pfffff, hahahahaha, what is with that face? Hahahahaha! *cough**cough* Ahhh, I'm dying from too much laughing.”

“...”

“You are too obvious, piggy. You should do something about your delusions! As if I would have sex with someone, no, something like you! Hahahaha. KNOW YOUR PLACE!”

“...”

“Ahh, YES, that's the face I wanted to see. There is nothing more delicious than the despair of someone who just thought they had won the jackpot!”

“...”

“Now then...”

The woman stepped next to Rina, who lay motionlessly on the bed, pierced her torso with her arm, and pulled it out again.

“... maybe you have better luck in your next life, piggy,”

With that, she left the dying Rina behind and left the room through the window.

…

This should not be surprising anymore, should it? Rina was right all along. There was no one on the whole planet who had some love for her. That woman was just a honey trap to despair and to kill her. But why? Had her father commissioned it? Who knows. But it did not matter anymore.

She was going to die soon. It's just death. Nothing to be sad about.

Who was to blame?

Nobody but herself. That's what she got for having expectations. That's what she got for hoping for something good to happen. That's what she got for longing for love.

You should not wish for something that is out of reach. It will only disappoint you.

As Rina felt her consciousness fading, she thought as if to convince herself for the very last time:

'It's not, that I was hopeful anyway.'