Thief

The entrance to that village was quite strange. The inhabitants all seemed suspicious and gave strange glances towards Cesar and Lefelob, who initially did not understand.

"They all look at us badly... " said Cesar looking around.

"It's normal, Cesar... We are strangers in this village, do not bother you... ".

They were headed to the first market they could find, as they had to recharge their supplies and then find a place to sleep the next night.

They turned around and were intercepted by a policeman, who asked for their documents.

"Good morning... can I see a document please?".

The first to give it was Lefelob.

"Be... Belefob Tou... I think I've heard this name before... " he said, reading the document of Lefelob.

Then he took Cesar's.

"Cesar FiuN... that 'N' is written in capital letters... Is it a typo?".

"Don't know, I think so... " replied Cesar rather embarrassed.

"All right, guys... Pay attention that today is circulating a thief we've been looking for since this morning... " said, greeting them and continuing straight.

Cesar waited until he was far enough away to start talking again.

"You have twisted your name I see haha".

"I think it was obvious, Cesar... Anyway, people probably think we are the thieves that the policeman spoke about earlier, so maybe they all look at us wrong... Just a great time to get here isn't it...??".

"Why? They have checked us and they don't suspect anything about us, because it shouldn't be a good time?" asked Cesar.

"Nothing, leave it... " replied Lefelob annoyed. 

They arrived in front of the entrance to a rather well-groomed restaurant.

The entrance was made of two wooden boards with a simple push, very far west style.

"Lefelob, we stop here?? We can get something... I have behind some pènz... " he said, pointing to the entrance of that restaurant.

As Cesar's finger pointed at the entrance, a young boy came out of it running while holding in his hand some objects, including necklaces, banknotes, and jewelry.

"Stop the scoundrel!!" exclaimed the restaurant owner still inside.

The thief, the moment he left the restaurant, went to crash into Cesar, who still did not realize.

"Get out of the way, you bastard!!" exclaimed the thief, rising from the ground and trying to collect as many objects as possible.

It was at that moment that a boy jumped off the roof of that restaurant, blocking the thief.

"Bender has arrived!!" cried one of the passers-by.

Cesar stood up, turning his gaze to Bender, a fairly robust boy who stopped the thief and then called some policemen.

The owner of the restaurant came out of the restaurant, and along with him were all the owners of the objects, who went to take back everything that had been stolen from them.

"You're always the best Bender!!" some people continued to exclaim from the crowd.

Cesar and Lefelob looked at each other confused, while the restaurant owner invited Bender inside to offer him something. All the other customers and some passers-by entered inside, intrigued Cesar and Lefelob, who decided to follow them.

The atmosphere inside was rather cheerful and party. Bender was sitting at one of the tables surrounded by many people, while Cesar and Lefelob sat at the counter.

"Something is wrong with this situation, Cesar... " whispered Lefelob.

"Why??" Cesar answered, almost screaming.

"Don't fucking shout!! Anyway... Try to call him here... ".

They passed a few minutes, just the time to calm down the situation. As soon as the situation calmed down, Cesar called Bender to the counter with a nod.

Bender, as soon as he saw Cesar's nod, got up and began to move very slowly towards them.

"Hey guys, do you want an autograph?" he asked as soon as he arrived from the two.

Cesar and Lefelob looked at each other.

"No, we don't want autographs... We wanted to understand who you are... Why do people worship you like this... " answered Lefelob.

Bender sat down next to Lefelob and ordered a drink for the two of them.

"You are not from this village, are you?" he said, taking in his drink glass, looking down with a smirk.

"No, we are not from this village, we are travelers... " said Cesar, under the hard gaze of Lefelob.

Cesar continued to speak.

"My name is Cesar, his name is Lef... Ouch!!" he exclaimed after being kicked in the leg by Lefelob.

"Haha, my name is Belefob... Nice to meet you, Bender... ".

"Your name is Lefelob, I recognized you... But relax, I'm not going to warn anyone... Besides, I don't care haha... I am in this village on a mission, I have no time to waste on these things... " replied Bender.

"Ahh, on a mission... well, it seemed also to me that I had seen you before, but I thought I was wrong... " replied Lefelob.

Cesar intervened.

"What do you mean, you're on a mission?".

"I've been here for a couple of days now, I've built up a reputation as a 'hero' of this village haha... Actually, I don't care about these people and this village... ".

"Ahh... Good! You'd like to join us in that cast... Ouch!!" exclaimed Cesar, after another kick from Lefelob.

The cold look of Lefelob petrified that of Cesar, who after a few seconds turned to Bender.

"Well, it's predictable that you want to enter the castle... I can give you a hand, yes... " Bender replied, surprising the two.

Cesar was enthusiastic about it, but Lefelob seemed quite suspicious. Lefelob was sure, he had seen Bender when he was in the Kormany. Why did he want to help? However, Lefelob tried not to think about it for the moment and decided to trust him.

At that moment, another boy entered the restaurant, followed by three other members, including a boy and two girls.

The air was petrified by the arrogant attitude of that boy, who looked like a gang leader and the members behind him looked like his subordinates.

"Shit... " whispered Bender.

"Who is he??" asked Lefelob.

"It's just a head-fuck, do not worry... ".

This boy, named Megure, took a quick look at the place and, seeing Bender, decided to approach him.

"Don't come here... Don't come here... " whispered Bender constantly to himself, hoping that Megure wouldn't sit next to him.

Megure sat down next to him and ordered a drink. The other members of his group sat down next to Megure.

After receiving the drink, Megure exclaimed with an arrogant air.

"Hey, Bender... I see you made two new friends... how's the mission going??".