Chapter 47: What We Want Is The Same

After staying on the airship for three days, I arrived at Padokea Airport, then transferred to a train to head for the Dantra region.

Inside the carriage, a dormant volcano surrounded by a sea of trees came into view, and Leorio muttered to himself with a slightly grim expression.

"Could this be the Assassin family's hideout... seeing it in person, the atmosphere is very unpleasant."

"Yeah, that house is practically a hellish place. After all, the blur is too saturated, I'm going to complain."

"That's not what I meant!! Or are you being serious!?"

However, Sora destroyed the mood as ruthlessly as ever.

Seeing that Sora was not fazed, Kurapika tapped the back of his head lightly in a familiar tone, as if nothing had happened, "Let's listen to the surrounding environment first," he said, planning for the future.

Leorio also cheered up and suggested finding an Inn and formulating a strategy.

However, Gon, who was not as twisted as Sora, said happily: "It's fine."

The reason for doing so was, "I'm just here to see a friend."

Sora said: "No need, even if you go to a friend's house, you can still make an appointment with the family."

He was speaking common sense, but since the house he was going to was a sample of madness, it sounded very out of place.

Not knowing where to start, Kurapika and Leorio gave up and decided to continue the conversation.

"... Let's go to Kukurou Mountain for now."

"Right. No matter how you move, let's do a preliminary check first. Hey, Sora. How do we get to Kukurou Mountain? Should we rent a car or something?"

"At this time, you can take a regular sightseeing bus; it's the most convenient way to get on."

"A regular sightseeing bus!?"

Leorio's question was answered by Sora, who leaned his chin on the armrest of the seat and replied immediately.

It seems that the blur saturation caused by insufficient thrust is not limited to the Zoldyck family on Kukurou Mountain, but can be said to be the entire Dantra region.

This really is a magical place.

The mansion where the Zoldyck family's Maid lives, in front of Kukurou Mountain.

Gotoh was fed up with the phone ringing again.

I know who is calling. A boy who claims to be the cleaning husband Zebro or a friend of Killua.

A few minutes ago, he said "Killua has no friends" and hung up the phone; Gotoh took a deep breath, soothing his slightly irritable heart.

The phrase "Killua's friend" doesn't mean anything.

When Canary came to the mansion as an apprentice Maid, I still clearly remembered Killua begging her to be her friend.

Thinking now of Killua, who was rejected by Canary, with a naive and helpless expression, my heart still aches. Gotoh knew very early on how much he wanted a "friend."

Born in Meteor City, taken in as a Maid for the Zoldyck family, and even sent to a vocational school to grow up, Gotoh naturally lacked normal interpersonal relationships and common sense. When asked: "Do you have friends?"

However, it wasn't that he didn't have people to chat with outside of work. It's not that I don't think chatting is fun.

I know that people who can chat like this are generally called "friends." Even if the other party doesn't approve, even if it is the master's order to kill the other party without hesitation, Killua, who wouldn't even be sarcastic to anyone other than his family, wants friendship.

Even the servant himself has a kind of painful guilt toward Killua, that no matter how much he wants it, he can't get it.

That is why, the reason for hating and loathing this boy who introduces himself as a "friend" without considering the extremely special environment of the Zoldyck family.

In Gotoh's view, it would be better if he called himself a "friend" out of some calculation or ulterior motive. Then you just need to get rid of it. Killua would be deeply hurt, but at the same time, it would become a reason to give up.

Gotoh thought this was better than hoping for something he couldn't get.

But perhaps Gon is sincerely calling himself Killua's "friend."

Even if that friendship is pure, if you don't have the ability to protect the "real thing," you will only be used by those who want to harm the Zoldyck family.

A child who doesn't even know "Nen" has no way to protect himself from the orthodox Manipulation ability of someone like Illumi.

The more sincere their friendship is, the easier it is to be targeted and used by those who want to take revenge on the Zoldyck family, and as a result, Killua gets hurt the most. Even if he says it, he doesn't understand, and he doesn't like it so much that it makes him murderous.

If you call yourself Killua's "friend," at least consider this possibility without being told, and shout for him to come back after you have the ability to say "that kind of thing won't happen." The phone receiver.

Besides, will they hear the childish and stupid selfish retorts, only thinking of themselves, or will they report what those Gons did from Zebro?

Gotoh had no doubt it was one of them.

"Yes. This is the Zoldyck family's Maid."

That was why I was frozen for about 2 seconds.

His body stiffened, and he wondered why he thought "she" wasn't there, even though he had heard reports of them taking the exam together. Said.

"... Long time no see. Sora-sama."

The person on the other end of the phone dismissed Gotoh's greeting with extremely polite words: "Oh, yes, long time no see."

Gotoh knew this was Sora's usual reaction, but even on the phone, he could feel his skin tingling from the anger.

First of all, Sora always addressed his servant Gotoh with the honorific "Mr. Gotoh," and although his language was quite rude, he still used honorifics. The woman gave the impression that she dressed like a lunatic, but Gotoh knew she wasn't so ignorant as to call her "sama" for no reason.

So, when he was suddenly called out after his voice fell, he realized he had been demoted to someone who could be treated like that by her, but Gotoh didn't know why.

"Sora-sama, I'm sorry, can you tell me what you are angry about?"

So Gotoh asked frankly, even though he knew this would add fuel to the fire.

She knew that asking her directly what she was angry about would make her more frustrated and angry, but given her personality, she was more afraid of apologizing the wrong way. Gotoh knew that if the current situation was adding fuel to the fire, if he apologized the wrong way, it would be like gasoline to dynamite.

"Hahaha... how are you? What do you think of this Pao-Pao Town?"

"Gotoh. Do you know what you just said?"

Sure enough, Sora's voice became even harsher, but Gotoh still didn't understand the reason for Sora's anger, tilting his head.

I didn't take into account the fact that Gon was indeed turned away.

If it were Sora, she would know the Zoldyck family very well. I have no doubt that he understands.

That day, for the sake of the Kalluto, he asked: "What is your value?"

So from the bottom of his heart, while understanding that the other party couldn't see, he lowered his head at a 45-degree angle in front of the mobile phone and apologized while speaking.

"……I'm sorry, I don't know. If you don't mind, please teach me."

As a Gotoh, I tried my best to be sincere, but the person on the other end of the phone naturally didn't understand, and I exploded.

"Do you really not understand, you!!"

"'Killua-sama has no friends' is such a stupid thing to say!! Then it seems Killua has a problem, and even if he has a chance, he won't be able to make friends!! Think about how you say things, Park Yeon-in!! 'I don't need friends' is still better!!"

"Did you not learn anything from the previous Kalluto!?"

Gotoh's voice was too loud, and my ears hurt.

"I was just asking, but Killua isn't there!? I don't think he said that in front of Killua! If that's the case, I'm going to charge at a Lady Forklift right now!!"

"No, Killua-sama has been in the main house since you returned."

If it were Sora, he would have kicked open the Testing Gate and rushed in long ago, perhaps even hanging himself with that incomprehensible name.

But, of course, this woman's machine-gun conversation did not end with that answer.

"That's good! No, it's not good!"

"Just because you aren't in front of me, I feel like it's hard to say anything either way! I mean, if you hear these words directly, sometimes you can judge from the flow of the story or the atmosphere of the place whether you are joking when you say this, or that you don't mean it in a bad way, and if you say something wrong, you can apologize immediately, which is better!"

"Second-hand words become a game of telephone, the content gets distorted, and even if a big misunderstanding occurs, the other party might be irreparably hurt without knowing it, so be careful about how you speak!!"

I thought I knew Kalluto, but I was reminded that Sora really values "language."

She understood that she was making this call because she was worried about Gotoh and Killua.

No matter where he went, he envied Sora, because she cared more about her master Killua and Kalluto than about them, the Maids, thereby winning their trust.

Even so, her jealousy did not turn into resentment, probably because she understood the loyalty and feelings of Gotoh's subordinates.

She was not only worried about Gotoh's master being hurt, but also worried that Gotoh's loyalty would backfire.

That is why Gotoh lowered his head in front of the phone again, apologizing over and over, even though he understood it was meaningless.

"You are right. I am very sorry. This is my lack of awareness."

"Dakara! I can't help but apologize for this! Do you really know that Killua is the one most deeply hurt by what you said!?"

"Gotoh-kun, when you meet Killua, the first thing is to apologize! Absolutely apologize to Killua! Apologize whether Killua heard it or not!!"

However, Gotoh's sincerity did not really move Sora. No, since the way of addressing had returned to an honorific, perhaps it had been conveyed a little, but in any case, a rather unreasonable order was shouted from the other end of the phone.

It was unreasonable, but he understood that, given her anger, this also gave Gotoh a chance.

If Gotoh's words "Killua has no friends" were not conveyed directly, but Killua knew through a game of telephone, or Killua knew what he was saying, an apology after the fact would certainly not be credible. Killua's excuse seemed to be just a one-time excuse, and Killua should not trust Gotoh.

If you sincerely apologize to the first person you meet, even if what you said was truly bad, you can see that they understand how bad it is and reflect on it, so there is a high probability that they will still honestly believe you and forgive you.

"Thank you for your concern."

"I don't need that kind of thing, so really apologize to Majikillua!!"

He lowered his head again to the phone to express his gratitude, but in Sora's eyes, this sentence was simply a landmine, and in the end, Gotoh was not forgiven, and the call was cut off very rudely.

It was as if I had smashed the receiver hard and destroyed the Mobile Phone on the other side, and the sound stung my ears again, but compared to when the phone rang, I didn't feel uncomfortable.

But on the contrary, a hint of loneliness welled up.

Gotoh was certain that Killua would leave the mansion soon.

If it were just anyone else, that would be fine, but if Sora were there, it could not be changed again. This was a future that had been desperately decided.

If she was angrier at Killua than at herself, there was no doubt that if Killua said "I want to go out," even if she turned her servants Illumi, Silva, and Zeno into enemies, she would definitely be here, from, from, from Kukurou Mountain, from the Zoldyck family, it is not hard to imagine.

And most likely, neither Silva nor Zeno would turn her into an enemy to keep Killua here.

Kikyo would oppose Killua's departure, but if Sora remained by his side as a guardian, she would eventually soften.

If this were the decision of his father and grandfather, Illumi would not oppose it. Killing Sora would be another matter.

Of course, they did not approve of Killua leaving.

However, I cannot oppose it.

If it were anyone else, I would even consider taking a Hard attitude, not letting Killua get close or involved, even if it killed him, but for Sora, I simply don't want to do that.

This has nothing to do with the fact that there is no chance of winning at all.

They could not understand each other's desire for "Killua's happiness."

However, Sora knew that he sincerely hoped, wished, and prayed for Killua's happiness.

Sora also understood that the Maids and Killua's family truly wanted his happiness, even if the methods were different from theirs.

Therefore, I cannot oppose it.

The destination is the same, and I know she will never deny the means to do so, because she didn't blame anything at all, just said "Killua-sama has no friends" on the phone earlier.

"I don't need that kind of thing, so really apologize to Majikillua!!"

On the other end of the phone, Sora, who was angry at the Maid who had just lost her temper at Gon, shouted in a rage and hung up the receiver with a bang.

Gon was angered by the call from the Maid, and after being persuaded by the three of them and Zebro, he finally calmed down.

As soon as Sora heard the story, I thought he had become expressionless, but suddenly he called me, and Gon and the three of them and Zebro were lectured with machine-gun talk, and it was unclear whether it was reasonable or unreasonable. However, after the call ended, Gon was the first to understand the situation.

"Sora! Thank you!!"

Gon said, when I asked him to let me see Killua in a very normal way, he was angry at being politely refused at the gate, and tried to climb over the gate to break through. Thinking

However, it took me three seconds to realize that it was actually a bit different.

"Gon?"

Just as he was about to run over to thank Sora, as soon as he turned around, Gon stopped in his tracks, as if a remote control had been pressed to pause.

It was easy to see at a glance that after Sora shouted on the phone, his anger had not yet dissipated.

What's more, Gon felt this time that his anger was directed at him, and he bit the bullet and shouted, "……Sora?"

"……Gon."

Sora called Gon's name and walked in front of him.

No matter how one looked at it, how one addressed him, how one observed his expression, or how one perceived the atmosphere around him, Gon could not help but feel somewhat uneasy.

Then Sora stood before Gon and called out his name once again.

"Gon."

She smiled at Gon. It was as beautiful as a flower, but her eyes were not smiling at all. When she realized that her smile was the same one she had used when telling Hanzo he was selfish during the final exam, it made her so embarrassed she wanted to roll on the ground, and I covered my head.

But it was too late.

"Everything Mr. Gotoh said, except for the first sentence, is reasonable!!"

Gon! Gon was forced to sit down on the spot, clenching his fists, seemingly enduring immense pain.

Just like that, Sora stood before Gon and began to preach.

"You idiot, you! I know your head would spray blood because that was the first thing you said, but even so, breaking through the wall is like affirming Mr. Gotoh's argument!"

Regardless of whether you are friends, if you cannot obtain confirmation from the person involved, to the people in the house, you are nothing more than a 'suspicious child,' and a house without any circumstances exists normally!

A person who walks into such a house after being told not to come would be the first person to tell a child 'you cannot play with that girl'!!"

Since the Zoldyck family is an existence far removed from the common sense of the world under this premise, everyone except Sora had presumably been told the common sense that everyone else ignored; Kurapika, Leorio, and Zebro said, "Ah..." and raised an awkward voice.

However, the person being scolded was someone from an island where everyone was like family, and they only locked their houses before going to sleep at night. Well, for better or worse, I was born and raised on an island, like a sample of a rural area, so perhaps I wasn't convinced by the common sense of that region, so I hung my head after being hit by Sora and argued with teary eyes.

"! Because that's because Killua wouldn't even answer the phone!!"

"Mr. Gotoh said that too!! Your voice can be forged as you please, and it is difficult to prepare a fake that looks real, but it is possible, and you might be using threats or deception. What!!"

However, Gon's rebuttal was overturned and crushed.

From Gon's perspective, preparing a fake that looked exactly like the real thing was frustrating, but it was still acceptable.

However, he was being threatened, deceived, and used by a Maid who didn't know him, but he didn't understand why Sora said that, and I stared at her with cunning eyes.

Seeing his dissatisfaction, Sora sighed and lowered her voice slightly to ask Gon.

"Before you came here, you said, 'I am a former servant of the Zoldyck family, and I was fired because I was told that if I was close to Killua, I shouldn't have any friends. Please give this to Killua.' But if someone asked you to hand over a box of candy, what would you do?"

"Ah……………… Sora, I'm sorry."

After hearing this analogy, he finally understood that although he was confident he would never become Killua's enemy even if threatened, the possibility of such a lie was high.

Conversely, Gon could easily imagine himself doing his best to let Killua see this person in person, rather than just a box of candy he didn't know the contents of.

He was stubborn, but his heart was honest, so Gon would not lie, and stubbornly told Sora's analogy, "I can't be fooled by that!" I lowered my eyes and listened quietly to the sermon.

Sora looked down at Gon again and sighed deeply.

"Didn't I tell you, Gon? When you protested against Illumi in class after the exam ended, don't impose your wishes on him."

Just looking at the size of this house, one can see that Killua is not a person from an Assassin family, but a descendant of wealth. Even if this family didn't make their fortune through assassination, but through honest good deeds like medical ethics, there are enough people in the world who hold grudges because they are rich.

That is why Mr. Gotoh's vigilance is reasonable, and Illumi's "I don't need friends" is an extreme argument, but I can understand why he would try to convince him, as he has so many enemies.

Do not ignore the facts just because you don't want Killua to be different. If you don't correctly understand that special things are special and fail to respond to them, it will lead to a bad aftertaste."

"……Yes."

Sure enough, I stopped yelling at her, but was accused of being realistic about the truth.

Seeing this, Leorio and Zebro, who were dumbfounded and couldn't keep up with the development, seemed sympathetic and said, "Hey, that's it..." he tried to do so, but Kurapika stopped him.

"If this happens, I won't stop until I finish everything. Instead, it will jump to here."

Kurapika said with a distant expression, Zebro was a bit puzzled, but Leorio guessed, "Have you experienced something similar?"

Actually, three years ago, when Kurapika didn't trust people and knew nothing about the world, he had done something similar, and ended up buying Sora's 'Maji-Gire' two or three times. Even now, I smiled, recalling the past, and I really don't know if this is an embarrassing dark history.

"Besides, it's just a pity that Gon was scolded just for interrupting."

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"……Gon."

Sora, who had been looking down at Gon while continuing to preach, suddenly sat down on the spot and made eye contact with Gon.

Gon, who had been pointed out indifferently about how stupid he was, was so depressed that he couldn't even lift his head, and I grabbed his head to make him look up.

And that face, still furrowed between the brows, was brought so close.

Gon suddenly closed his eyes, thinking, "I'm going to bump heads!"

Kotsun, and Sora pressed her forehead against Gon's, as if measuring his temperature. It didn't move.

Gon, unable to understand the situation, opened his eyes and, of course, saw Sora's handsome face beside him.

Eyes brighter than the darkness, like the night sky, stared at me from a distance that could not be escaped.

"Gon, do you understand? How much does that child love?"

This is certainly not the kind of love Killua himself wants. That is why she herself has the right to refuse and criticize, while others like us do not. Setting aside the complacency masked by deep affection for that child, what Mr. Gotoh said was that he certainly doesn't like Killua, and he is prepared to eliminate enemies even if it means sacrificing his own life. This is the most important word.

Gon could no longer escape because his head was Fixed, right beside her. Do not look away.

The truth came head-on. I, young and ignorant, criticizing without thinking, trying to protect Killua, have a stronger determination than I do.

Unable to look away, he faced this fact, and although he had been scolded and admonished by Sora, the hostility that he somehow still couldn't accept completely disappeared, and this time he was full of apologies.

In the midnight blue eyes, Gon, who was about to cry with guilt, was still reflected. No matter what expression Gon made, her eyes remained as deep and quiet as the night sky, without the slightest wavering emotion.

"Gon, it's a pity, you might not get along with those people."

Those people and you both love Killua, care about Killua, and want Killua to be happy. But even if it means taking a little risk, you want Killua to do what he wants and be happy. They want you to be happy in a safe zone where they protect you with minimal risk.

This is the difference between the perspectives of 'family' and 'friends.' Only Killua himself can decide which is correct, and even Killua has no right to say one is wrong. Asking Killua which one he wants is not wrong."

Before being scolded, he would have been angered by the Zoldyck family's wish for him to "be happy in the safe zone they protect," but now he could no longer think of it.

Even Gon remembered that love.

Before the exam, Gon knew that Mito's condition, "If you get rid of the master of the Swamp," was just an expedient to make her give up the Hunter Exam peacefully.

He also realized that the reason Gon opposed becoming a Hunter was because of his resentment toward his biological father, Ging, and Mito's selfishness, just like Ging, fearing being left behind.

However, I fully understood that her biggest worry in her heart was whether Gon himself would be in danger, whether he would be hurt, or whether the worst-case scenario would happen.

On the other hand, Gon knew that she wanted him not to do anything dangerous, and knew that it didn't matter how much Gon hated him or disliked him.

Therefore, Gon took Mito's expedient measure seriously and cleared it away.

Looking at her personality and teachings, there was a kind of calculation; if she did it this way, she would break, but this was about the same as Mito's selfishness.

I want to tell him, "I have already been able to do what Mito-san thought was impossible. So I am completely fine." I want to soothe Mito.

That was the best sincerity Gon could manage; he was happy to correctly understand Mito's feelings, but he could not reciprocate those feelings.

Recalling such important memories made Gon want to cry even more, and at the same time, his night-sky-colored pupils narrowed slightly.

Sora fixed Gon's head as usual, smiling at close range without looking away.

She told the about-to-cry Gon with her usual blue-sky smile.

"You and the Zoldyck family cannot understand each other, but there is no need to despair.

Did I tell you? What you want and what they want are very different in method, but the root is the same. If Killua cannot make you happy, then it doesn't matter which path you take."

"A..."

The face reflected in Sora's eyes changed from a pitiful crying face to one of stupefaction.

This made Sora's smile deepen even more.

"It is impossible for your opinions to be 100% accepted. However, if what you truly wish for and desire is the same, then there may be places where you can make concessions, and places where you can reach a Compromise.

Even if you cannot fully understand the other party, you can still get along well. Even with family and friends, it is almost impossible to 'fully understand the other party,' so if you can have that kind of relationship, it is already enough.

But are you willing to build a relationship with someone who suddenly says some selfish things without considering the other party's convenience or situation? Do you think he will make concessions or a Compromise? Impossible.

... Then do you know what to do?"

Saying this, Sora let go of his head and hands. Even though he was no longer Fixed, Gon did not lower his head to avoid Sora's eyes.

He looked back and answered.

"... Yeah. First, I will apologize to the Maid on the phone; I didn't understand anything and said some unreasonable things, I'm sorry, I got angry without permission. I will go to Killua's house. If I can't find him, I will keep looking until I find him, I will definitely apologize.

Apologize, and then I will tell you! If Killua is attacked by someone who holds a grudge against Killua or the family, I will definitely protect him! Killua might be stronger than me, but he will definitely become even stronger! You might say you don't want Killua, but even so, if something happens to Killua, I would absolutely hate it. I promise to take good care of it so that Killua's family and the Maid don't have to worry!!"

I still have a kind of self-loathing; I said such cruel things to someone who has the same wish. However, I think I shouldn't only see the self-loathing in Sora's words.

Like Mito, I was taught that I have a chance to express my sincerity, so I correctly raised my head and directly Stick to that method.

Gon is such a child.

Seeing Gon's clear answer, Sora smiled and said, "It's like making Killua marry you," and gently stroked Gon's stiff hair.

"Then, let us first prove that the promise is not just empty words."

After saying this, Gon didn't quite understand what Sora was talking about and blankly opened his mouth.

"Mr. Zebro, can you let me and these three stay in that mountain hut for a period of time?"

Not only did she persuade Gon to admit his mistake, but she also persuaded Gon not to have unnecessary conflicts with the Zoldyck family again; instead of making Gon depressed, she set positive goals. Sora's request caused hesitation for a moment, but then he grinned as if convinced.

"I understand... I don't mind, and the others won't have any complaints."

Unable to understand Sora's proposal and Zebro's agreement, the three asked, "What does that mean?" The gate can be opened, anyone can open it, and it doesn't matter if someone other than the person who opened the gate enters. A cleaner would be fired if they couldn't open the main gate, so the mountain hut they live in is also a place where muscle training does not decline. They accepted the explanation.

"Of course, I can open the Testing Gate and let Gon and the others go up the mountain directly..."

"That's no good!"

Gon interrupted Zebro's proposal and rejected it.

Just now, Gon decided to show his determination to make up for his selfishness, making him think, "I can entrust Killua to you." There was no other choice.

Kurapika and Leorio also smiled bitterly at Gon's cash-less words and actions, deciding: "I don't want to take the test, but if this is all I have, I must do it."

"Alright, since it's decided, let's go!"

After saying this, Sora left the guard room and ran to the Testing Gate.

"Wait, Sora! Don't leave Mr. Zebro behind! How are you going to open it!?"

"Hmm?"

When Kurapika scolded Sora for running like a child, Zebro made a strange sound.

Hearing this sound, not only Kurapika, but Gon and Leorio also looked at him with strange eyes.

However, about two seconds later, I understood why Zebro made such a sound.

"What are you doing, hurry up and come in."

Sora, who had already entered the house, poked her head out from the gate and said while holding one door with one hand....

"... Eh? Why are you all so far away?"

Of course, the three who did not know about Nen Ability and the system had inadvertently backed away about 10m.