Could He Possibly Be Doing It for Him?

What had he just heard? Were his ears playing tricks on him, or had Illumi lost his mind?

The money-loving eldest young master actually said he would kill someone for him for free? No charge at all—when had he ever done unpaid work like that?

Don't tell him Illumi had joined their team and was helping purely out of camaraderie.

What a joke. Illumi did not even work for his own family for free; could anyone expect him to help a stranger like him without charging?

He probably had some bigger scheme. It couldn't possibly be for him, could it?

He knew his own worth. Though Illumi had lowered his stance so much, in Illumi's eyes, he was probably not even worth a single Jenny.

Illumi wanted to marry him only because marrying him was the most cost-effective deal—he happened to be a suitable match, not because of any damn feelings of love.

Illumi and Chrollo had the same goal in taking him down; only the reasons that drove them were different.

So when Illumi suddenly stepped forward and offered to kill someone for him free of charge, he truly doubted his motives.

Feitan reacted even more strongly than he did. "I remember Yezi saying that there was no such thing as a free lunch. More often than not, the free things are the most expensive."

He had suddenly made such an inexplicable proposal. Feitan did not believe Illumi was acting out of kindness; he must have had some other motive for taking this matter on.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Though shorter than Illumi, Feitan looked him up and down with his golden eyes, his tone icy. "Don't say it's out of companionship. You're not that kind of person."

"Fine, then I'll be direct. Owen from District