Faced with Chrollo claiming his belongings as his own, Cordis could only seethe in silence.
After all, he had to rely on Chrollo if he wanted to leave.
There would still be time to settle the score with Chrollo once they got home.
While the Tass people were happily celebrating, Cordis and Chrollo quietly slipped away.
With the help of yet another Nen Ability Chrollo had stolen from who knew where, the two successfully left the desert.
But after leaving the desert, Cordis did not get the couple of days of rest he had expected.
Instead, before his feet had even touched the ground, Chrollo hauled him up again and headed toward Yorknew City.
Under pressure from Chrollo, Cordis reluctantly boarded an airship.
Halfway through the airship ride, Cordis spoke up.
"Stop for a second!"
Airships in the Hunter world were like buses in the ordinary world.
Cordis's shout made the old man piloting the airship jump.
Chrollo, who had been resting beside him with his eyes closed, also frowned in displeasure at the shout.
"What is it?"
Cordis had always been rather afraid of Chrollo. Especially when he saw Chrollo frown, he instinctively shrank back, cowed.
"It's just... um, I need to get off in a bit."
"Get off? What are you going to do?"
"I ordered a custom brooch. I need to pick it up."
Only after hearing that Cordis was merely picking something up did Chrollo nod in satisfaction.
"There's a stop up ahead. Get off there."
Cordis obediently nodded.
Before long, the airship docked at the platform. After saying goodbye to Chrollo, Cordis disembarked.
He did some mental calculations.
At his speed, running from here to Yorknew City would probably take three or four days.
Of course, that was without stopping to eat or drink.
Realistically,