"Um, there's a little favor I'd like to ask. Could you help me?"
A Luo's sudden, presumptuous request shattered the warm atmosphere between the two siblings.
Alluka tucked herself a little farther behind Killua.
Killua looked at A Luo, his expression unchanged. Whatever she did, he never felt the slightest need to be on guard against her.
After all their years of friendship, he knew what kind of person she was. Killua truly considered A Luo his best friend after Gon.
Then A Luo smiled and told him what she wanted.
"Killua, could you ask Alluka to grant me a little wish?"
"I want to live happily with Mom on Whale Island. Could you ask Alluka to grant my little wish of never seeing the Spider, Hisoka, or anyone from your Zoldyck Family again?"
No matter how strong she became, all kinds of trouble would still find her. She might even get tangled up with those troublesome, dangerous characters from the story again.
She only wanted to live safely and peacefully with her mother. She really didn't want to go through any more of those brushes with death.
Killua froze.
"A Luo, why did you suddenly start thinking about this?"
A Luo shook her head.
"It wasn't sudden. I've always felt this way."
The girl lowered her head.
"Killua, you and Gon are born adventurers. When you face dangerous people or situations, your blood boils with excitement. You enjoy those moments when your lives hang by a thread, and every crisis makes you stronger than before."
"I'm different. You know me. Ever since I was little, I've been afraid of hardship, exhaustion, and pain. I only managed to make it this far by gritting my teeth and forcing myself to keep going, over and over."
"These past few days, I've