Pain

Lena could not hide her anger as she recounted the words of the young lady whom she had met earlier.

That lady was deeply pained. The words she used, the tears she shed and the gestures with which she made her sorrow and agony made to Rin almost moved her to tears.

She felt guilty when accepting the money from her, but there was nothing she could do.

The money they got from several tasks was to help build and grow the Hood.

That would help them expand and train and respond quickly to different missions.

There had been an old man in the past who even had a worse case.

The whole team listened to his story.

Everyone was deeply touched and moved, but there was no way they were going to work things out without the money.

That was the day Lena knew that money mattered no matter how pitiful an employer's plea may sound.

That was one of her first lessons, accepting any news calmly no matter how bad it was.