Seeing how certain the two boys were, Cordis was at a loss for words.
He opened his mouth twice, then closed it in the end.
When Gon and Killua saw that Cordis had agreed, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Killua and I have followed the Spider before."
Hearing that, Kurapika hurried over to the two boys and asked,
"In that case, do you still remember the route?"
Gon confidently patted his chest and rubbed his nose.
"Of course! Even though my eyes were covered, my nose is really sharp!"
Now that things had come this far, Kurapika was ready to reveal his own secrets to everyone.
He wanted to tell them about his Nen Ability.
But just then, Cordis suddenly stood and gave everyone a faint smile.
"I won't be taking part in this operation, so I'd better not listen."
Then he crouched down again and stroked Gon and Killua's heads, his eyes full of worry.
"Do your best, you two."
In the past, Cordis would never have let the two boys do something like this. But after hearing what Killua had said, he finally understood the highest ideal of raising children.
Precisely because he cared about them, he had to let go and allow them to fight their own battles.
After saying a brief goodbye to Gon and Killua,
Cordis walked up to Kurapika, leaned his face right up to his, and spoke in the fiercest tone he had ever used.
"If either of them gets hurt, I'll never let you get away with it."
But clearly, Cordis's threat carried no weight whatsoever in Kurapika's eyes.
Instead, it made Kurapika mentally label Cordis as a responsible person.
He pulled Cordis into his arms and breathed against his neck, each breath filled with Cordis's faint fragrance.
"Don't worry.