As she spoke, Alice tried to throw herself into Chrollo's arms, but he stopped her just in time.
He took Alice's hand and gave her a gentle smile before leading her, still gazing at him adoringly, toward the center of the Shopping Mall.
Before leaving, he winked at Cordis, signaling him to hurry and follow.
Cordis folded his arms and rolled his eyes where Chrollo couldn't see, then sighed and followed with a helpless expression.
Alice certainly lived up to her reputation as a Nen user. She kept shopping, buying more than a dozen bags' worth of things without even getting winded.
Naturally, Cordis was the one carrying them.
With a stack of boxes taller than himself in his arms and more than a dozen bags hanging from them, Cordis trailed the two of them through nearly half the Shopping Mall.
When noon finally came, Alice began clamoring that she was hungry.
Chrollo found a Coffee Shop where they could sit down for a simple lunch, and at last, he lent a hand.
But Cordis no longer cared about any of that. He plopped down on a chair outside the Café, grabbed the lemonade beside him, and gulped it down.
Complaints poured from his mouth like a flood.
Then he remembered the commission Chrollo had secured for him, and his complaints died halfway through.
Just as Cordis propped up his head and prepared to take a nap, someone silently sat down across from him, took his lemonade, and drained it.
Cordis quickly sensed the person sitting opposite him.
He yawned, rubbed his eyes, and snatched the lemonade back while resting his chin on one hand. "Hisoka, is there anything you want to eat? My treat."
With a proud expression, he pulled out his phone and waved it in front of