"Who...Who are you? Why do you look like our boss?" Cassie asked as she stuttered and her eyes widened while scrutinizing the Lando Lance at the other side.
The man, who look like Lando Lance, has an exhausting appearance like he just escaped from a disaster.
"Tsk! I am not surprise anymore. I'm used to it; listening to people claimed that he is the real Land and I'm not" Lando chuckled and was amused of what's brewing in front of him.
Erwin looked back and forth between the exhausted Lando and Lando with Cassie and Carl.
He knows Lando Lance since they are childhood friends but Lando's treatment on them change five years ago. Erwin and his best buddies were puzzled of Lando's distant treatment on them until the day Lando is no longer hanging out with them and just passed it like that.
Also, they thought that Lando was just in bad mood and need more time for himself but who knew, Lando appeared in front of them again but treated them like nothing as if he didn't know them.
Erwin even wanted to confront Lando but was afraid of severing ties with his best buddy.
"SHUT UP! YOU'RE NOT LANDO LANCE! YOU'RE MY TWIN BROTHER!" The exhausted Lando towards Lando as his eyes turned red from anger and resentment.
'I've waited for five years to this day to come! I thought I cannot escaped from that underground cell but who would have thought that a silver cloaked man rescued me and told me to come here to expose Rolando!' the exhausted Lando thought to himself as he recalled about the silver cloaked man's request to expose Rolando; just to save a child.
Also, from the silver cloaked man's mouth, it seems like Rolando is the culprit of his imprisonment and abduction of that child.
"YOU'RE ROLANDO! The Lance Family didn't know your existence because the evil organization immediately kidnapped you as a newborn baby and directly trained you as an assassin! You're Rolando Lance, my missing twin brother and second son of Fernando Lance" Lando said as his voice slowly turning soft.
"Then where's your evidence? Let us see your evidence" Erwin asked as his eyes scrutinized the man who claimed himself as the real Lando.
Also, if the Lando with Cassie and Carl is really not the real Lando, then what's his motive for kidnapping Melissa?
Melissa just arrived in the city as a lone child and isn't exposed to the darkest side of the society.
"Evidence...?" exhausted Lando was stunned as he realized he cannot give proof that he's the real Lando.
Then, Rolando (who claimed himself as Lando) smirked as his eyes glinted. Thankfully, he didn't have a registered name as Rolando Lance because he indeed doesn't have an identity as a citizen of any country but he can forged any kind of identity as long as he needs it.
Anyway, the evil organization just give them an assassin alias name for formality. Even those children who are kidnapped or abandoned by others and became an assassin, their previous identities were erased, deleted and couldn't be retrieved no matter what.
Unless that assassin is having a life-long mission, he/she needs to register himself/herself as a citizen.
If the assassin has high luck, being adopted by a family is an advantage.
Also, there are times that the evil organization will visit a selected family and choose a child to become one of them.
If the family agreed, the child's name will be erased from the family register and will have an alias name as a personal name.
That's what happened to Rolando. It's not that he was kidnapped or whatnot but was exchanged for benefits by his paternal great uncle, the youngest brother of his great grandfather, Julius Lance.
However, Rolando is not even slightest guilty because he has no idea of what's Lando is talking about right now.
Yes, he purposely claimed himself as Lando Lance because he cannot find the missing Lando and the Lando Family needs the son 'Lando' as a shield for their father.
Francisco Lance, their father, is not in good shape. He has been sick for five years since the day he was aware that his son Lando went missing.
So, Rolando has no other choice but to appear in front of his father as Lando Lance but he didn't forget his twin brother. He keeps on looking for his twin brother's whereabouts but no news at all!
He even came back to evil organization to check if someone abducted Lando ad they both have similar faces but there's no Lando there.
Rolando sighed and stared at his twin brother.
"Fine. Yes, I'm not Lando Lance but I have no choice as well. Father is sick when you went missing for three months and disguising myself as Lando Lance made father gained back his health"
"Up until now, I'm still looking for you. Whatever the motive of the person who released you, tell me. We'll discussed this" Rolando appeared tired after explaining himself.
Lando was even shocked to know the truth from his twin brother.
"Then, where's Melissa?" Erwin anxiously asked as he doesn't know why he wanted to get the child back immediately.
"Rolando, Although I already heard your side, the child is innocent!" Lando shouted as he felt pity for the child. So pity. If only he can do something, he will.
"Sorry. Although you are my twin brother and I don't want to hurt you, this is about my personal revenge, Lando" Rolando firmly said as his back straightened.
Cassie and Carl are even confused of who should they follow. They entered the Lance Family as the personal guard of Lando Lance three years ago and that's also the time Rolando took over Lando's identity. Now, they are even more confused as to who should they listen to.
"Cassie, Carl, I understand why both of you are behaving hesitatingly but I can't blame you two" Rolando said as his eyes turned cold as his eyes focused on Lando and Erwin.
"But she's just a child!" Lando shouted while panting heavily. He recently got new injuries and his old injury is acting up because of emotional fluctuation.
"So what? She's the great granddaughter of our evil great grand uncle!, Julius Lance!" Rolando shouted back as his hands clenched.
He also doesn't want the child to be punished by him but just by thinking that she's the great granddaughter of his great grand uncle, he cannot stop himself from thinking bad for the child.
"What?!" Erwin, Dane and Lando.
"Hmmm? What's with the reaction?" Rolando raised his eyebrows as he asked to Erwin. He's curious to know but something inside him, said that; he will certainly regret it if he won't ask right now.
"Melissa's father is Erson Stone, my youngest brother" Erwin immediately respond.
"And..? It doesn't Chang the fact that her father stole the heir position from Lando! He's the reason why Lando disappeared!" Rolando shouted as he is agitated.
"Why did Lando do that?" Erwin was shocked.
"I don't know! I investigated! Lando went to Erson three years ago and disappeared!" Rolando keep on looking for Lando's tracks since then, until he came to know about Erson.
"This..." Erwin cannot refute as he, as a brother, is not familiar with his younger brother.
Suddenly, a silver cloaked man appeared beside Lando. Erwin and Dane turned vigilant. They didn't feel someone arriving. If that so, it means, the silver cloaked man I am expert.
However, they were shocked after hearing the silver cloaked man's words.
"Wrong. The Erson you saw back then was not the Erson that the Stone Family reported as missing"
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LANCE FAMILY TREE
[Peterson Lance (First Son/HEIR) and Julius Lance (Second Son)]
[Peterson Lance => Lowella Lance (First Daughter), Francisco Lance (First Son/HEIR) and Jerome Lance (Second son and Youngest among the three)]
[Francisco Lance => Selena Lance (Daughter), Tristan Lance (Son/HEIR) and Erson (adopted son)]
[Tristan Lance => Lando Lance and Rolando Lance (Twin Brothers)]
[Rolando Lance : (MISSING/ UNREGISTERED) claimed himself as Lance Lando for three years]
[Lando Lance : REGISTERED as the only son and sole heir of the Lance Family, went missing for three years.]
[Gerson Stone => claimed himself as Erson Stone and Louisa's Uncle. Rosalina Montecillo (Wife) and Melissa Montecillo (Louisa Stone) ( Real Daughter)]