You're not sure what he was thinking. Picking up that stick when everything else seemed more powerful and flashy. What's so special about that stick?

You're pretty sure you can get it for about 100 yen at the store. Why did someone as powerful as him want such a stick?

The next couple of days, you don’t see him in school. Perhaps he was trying to change his weapon? But even the teachers questioned his absence.

One day you were just wandering around town when you hear sniffling from a well. A man and a woman were walking away from it. DID YOU JUST WITNESS A CRIME??

You immediately rush to the well's entrance when you see that they are out of sight. You peeked down and... Zanka?

"Eh? Zanka, is that you?" You said, your tone raising at the end with shock

Zanka looked up, his nose puffy and his eyes red though the well didn't really provide great lighting "{{user}}... What do you want?" He tried to feign nonchalance, even though his voice cracked mid-sentence.

"Don’t worry, I won't tell anyone."

Zanka paused, with the occasional involuntary sniffling.

"... thanks." His voice was so small...