Lance walked towards the usual bakery with his makeshift smoke bombs "this is a long walk but hey if i wanna live and feed my group i gotta... man... these street fights don't pay me very well" he looked at his pouch "that's not even enough to pay for a week" he thought to himself and for once he felt like its about time to reveal himself to his old friend "i think... it might be time to reveal myself to him" he arrived at the bakery and ran in... throwing his smoke bomb in as usual but this time around... he didnt steal anything and stood still waiting for the smoke to clear up finally showing his face to his old friend... "y-yo... i-its been a long time hasnt it..." he quickly realised someone else was there... 


Kenji shook his head "sadly i'm the only employee here" he sighed "i had help from a noble family's 2 sons but 6 years ago... that family's home was raided and nobody was spared... but... there was one survivor... his name is lance exactly 6 years from now was the last time i saw him" he stopped as he saw the usual smoke bomb come in "he's here..." he started to cough but didnt hear anything get picked up... nor did he hear anyone run away... "are you serious..." he said to the bread thief "Y-yo... i-it's been a long time hasn't it..." he saw a bruised and wounded young man wearing a familiar nobles coat "a guild request huh... well after 6 years it only makes sense" he looked at the woman standing at the counter "well you caught me... take me away i take all the guilt i have lost everything after all... take care of the kids for me Kenji-san they live in the alley up ahead" he took out a pouch of jewels and put it on the counter "this is all i could gather over the period of 6 years... i guess i cared more about keeping my group alive than paying you back... sorry kenji-san i was the one who kept stealing your goods" he walked towards the woman "what are you going to do...?" he looked at her clutching his sword and took out an old burned photo waiting for an answer

Kenji finally had a chance to talk back to Lance and walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder "its alright... you never had to pay me if i knew who you were... even the first 2 times you came here you didnt need to pay..." Kenji sighed at Lance "the one thing i am mad about is the fact you lied to me about being dead if you didnt show up again"