Meanwhile, Hisoka was sitting at the edge of a cliff, staring idly ahead, when a sudden rush of wind broke the silence.
Hisoka glanced to the side, then quickly turned his gaze back.
"Good morning~"
The newcomer was Illumi. Upon hearing Hisoka's greeting, he took it unusually literally. "It seems to be afternoon already."
"Is it?~" Hisoka paid that no mind.
Illumi merely shrugged at Hisoka's lack of interest. He didn't care, and he hadn't come just to chat with Hisoka anyway.
"Tell me, do you actually care about Cordis?"
A trace of puzzlement appeared in Hisoka's long, narrow eyes. Then he scoffed and asked, "Would you care about your prey?"
Illumi didn't answer, instead meeting Hisoka's gaze without reserve. Hisoka's eyes were narrowed, sometimes making the emotions in them impossible to read, even for someone who had known him as long as Illumi had.
Illumi studied Hisoka's eyes for a long time before finally reaching a rather absurd conclusion.
"Are you in love?"
"Huh?"
"Hmm?"
Hisoka clearly hadn't expected Illumi to say that. Whatever seriousness had hung over the scene shattered in an instant. Hisoka scoffed, looking at Illumi as though he were a joke.
His voice was full of teasing. "Can people like us really know what love feels like?~"
Illumi snorted and turned to look ahead. "Leave me out of that. I'll have to get married in a few years. I'll probably have three or four children, too."
That subject seemed to pique Hisoka's interest, and he shifted closer to Illumi. "So~ have you already settled on someone to marry?~"
Illumi shook his head. "Mom has always handled that sort of thing. I don't really care. I'm more concerned about what Killua is doing right now. Mom keeps going on about how much she misses him. My