Chapter 61: Be Happy

"Sorry, Killua. I have finished the work, but I probably won't be able to go there for about a month."

"………………Teeth?"

Seeing Sora's abrupt line, Killua's displeasure suddenly swelled; Gon gave a wry smile, but he felt relieved by Sora's usual do-as-he-pleases attitude.

We had just chatted yesterday, and I thought he had called Killua's Mobile Phone again, but he said, "Switch to Gon!"

Gon and Killua were of course very worried, but just as I was thinking about the phone call we had yesterday, Sora called me again, and this was the first thing he said.

Sora said it was a rather troublesome job, so Gon couldn't sleep, wondering if something had happened related to that job, calling it what he called it, so he couldn't sleep, which eased his anxiety and worry, but Killua, who couldn't sleep at all, clearly couldn't do that.

I was worried that I had suddenly lost contact, and although I didn't know where Sora was, if I still couldn't reach him today, I would contact Kurapika and Leorio, and if I had no choice, I would leave home as soon as possible. Killua, who was thinking about contacting his parents' home to look for him, turned his worry into anger after learning that Sora was safe and sound.

Well, even without trouble fueling this anxiety, Gon thought that if he said this to Killua, who wanted to see Sora as soon as possible, he would be just as unhappy, so he didn't try to appease him and just left Killua alone. It was like that to begin with.

Just as Gon expected, Sora probably guessed Killua's reaction too, giving a wry smile just like yesterday, and explained that I cannot go to Sky Arena.

"Hmm, how much should I say?

The work itself is finished, but there is still a lot of messy cleanup work left. I have to take care of a baby for a while, so I can't go."

I wondered if I would get caught up in confidentiality obligations, or if there were other guesses, and after raising my voice about how much I should explain, I got a fairly minimal explanation.

However, in that explanation, the first half wasn't very clear, and the second half wasn't very clear either, so just as Gon was about to ask, "A baby?"

"!? Huh? A baby!? Whose child is it!?"

"Hmm? Atram and Kiyohime's."

"Who are you!?"

Facing Killua's somewhat panicked question, Sora answered normally, looking a bit confused, and Killua struck an attacking pose.

"... Whose child did you think it was, Killua?"

Gon asked about Killua's inexplicable words and actions; Killua lay on the bed he was sitting on, buried his face in the pillow, and replied, "... Nothing."

Gon thought that Killua, whose ears were red, would need some time to recover, so Gon pulled the Mobile Phone from Killua's hand and switched to talking to Sora.

"Hey. More. Killua, what are you doing?"

"Sorry, Gon.

So? Why does Sora have to take care of a child for a while?"

After burying his face in Gon's pillow, Killua kicked Gon's back lightly and said defiantly, "Don't be shy, don't be shy!"

While accepting such embarrassment and outbursts, Gon asked Sora, and Sora seemed to have already organized what to say in his mind, and he told me easily.

"Since the client's vulgar child abuse was exposed, I have to take care of the child who is the victim and go through the procedures at the baby hospital.

There isn't even a household register, and there are many things to worry about; I can't just hand it over to the police and say goodbye, so it will take some time."

After pausing for a few seconds at the explanation that was hard to comment on, I said, "... It sounds like it will be difficult. Thank you for your hard work."

Regarding that abused child, I almost asked if they were okay, but I thought if they weren't okay, Sora wouldn't have brought up such a topic in the first place, and might have kept it to himself. So, when I brought it up, I naturally believed the child would be fine; conversely, I was in trouble because I had nothing to say.

To help Gon, Sora quickly changed the subject.

"Yes, yes. Gon, I have met your father."

"Eh!?"

However, although the content of the unusual story was simple, it was too shocking to be of any help.

Sora continued to talk unilaterally to Gon about Ging Freecss, and Gon was so shocked he didn't know what to say.

"I'm not here anymore. Leave the baby to me; they still have to go through the procedures for the client's social execution, so we parted ways.

It's as if he came to help me with work, or rather, I don't like it... Oh, your benefactor Kaito is with us.

Kaito is a good person. I was surprised that he said exactly the same thing as you, exactly as I imagined.

Ging... in a way, is very similar to you. Mostly bad.

Gon. Even if you meet Ging again, you shouldn't follow in Ging's footsteps. That might be because if you keep going to the end, you will become an old man with broken behavioral ethics, looking just like our old man."

Gon was a bit rude to his father, but although Gon didn't know his father well enough to object, he didn't want to say anything either.

That was because I could feel the fatigue in Sora's voice from dealing with Hisoka and Illumi; although the type was different, the degree was the same.

"... Sora. Was it my father's fault that you wanted to contact me yesterday and haven't been able to reach me since then?"

"Yes. My Mobile Phone was confiscated."

"... Sorry."

After confirming the reason for the lack of communication yesterday, he apologized reluctantly; this was something he had anticipated upon meeting Ging.

I knew I didn't need to apologize, but even if not as much as Killua, Gon was still a little angry at Sora, saying, "Why did you make me worry?" If he knew the reason was his own father, he usually wouldn't apologize.

Sora apologized simply, said "It's okay," and then said something he really didn't know had any connection.

"By the way, Gon. You are loved."

"Hmm?"

By whom? I thought.

"That old man didn't want to see you, with the excuse, 'I lost the qualifications and responsibility of being a parent, I don't know how to look at you.' Nevertheless, he still wanted to hear about Gon's recent situation.

No matter how you look at it, it would be good if you could meet him with the proud expression I heard Gon say, 'As expected of my son.'"

I don't know who you are talking about.

"Well, first of all, that old man didn't send you to an orphanage or a foster child, but left you and his relatives on the island where he was born and raised, and it's not like he didn't really want to see you. Even if Kaito wasn't there, one day, someone would say they were alive and became a Hunter.

Speaking of which, is it Mito? Your foster mother. He was deprived of parental rights in court, which means he didn't want to raise the child himself, but he didn't want to give up parental rights either. This is really similar to Gon's bad points. Like you in the final exam."

Not only did he not have that kind of confidence, but he was a distant person who had never thought about such things.

"I don't want to see you, but I'm sure that's true, but the reason is just embarrassment.

He is a tsundere, just wanting to insist on saying, 'I met him because he came to see me.'"

In fact, he is the type of person who is not used to calling him "father."

Nevertheless, I still want to see him.

"Jin is doting on you. That guy is truly a parent-fool."

So I am happy.

"……I understand……"

Gon answered Sora's words with a voice that was more confused than happy.

Although the "reason" that risked its life to stick to its own will claimed "I love you," this reaction vividly expressed the distance between Jin and Gon as parent and child, and Sora seemed somewhat troubled. He took a breath.

"Yes."

"Conversely, if you meet again, give him a dropkick when you encounter him."

"I don't want to see you like this again!"

Seriously, Gon had absolutely no feeling of Jin being a "parent," so no matter what Sora said, Gon didn't care much, but Sora's proposal was rejected by him because he didn't want the laughter either.

But of course, this woman had no reason to give up so quickly just because Gon rejected her.

"Well, even if you decide to do that, you won't be punished; rather, he should be punished."

"I bit the German when we parted, but I'm still a little angry."

"What did my father do to Sora!?"

The woman who proposed this outrageous suggestion had already done outrageous things.

Even after learning of this, it was unclear whether it was Gon's unfilial nature of worrying about Sora rather than deciding on a German suplex for his father, or if Jin was doing what he was doing for his own sake.

"……Hmm, it's not Jin's fault…… No, it's this old man's fault."

Sora tried to answer Gon's retort and question, but halfway through, he turned his previous words upside down and pouted.

Sora himself was clear that if one thought about it calmly and objectively, the Jin who was addicted to the German suplex was almost uncontrollable.

But I don't feel like I will reflect on it.

In that sense, that sentence Jin said to Sora was a landmine for Sora.

"You would rather die."

He said that to Sora.

He said it to Sora, who did not want to die, a thought that hurt most of his heart, already crazy, and still struggling uncomfortably.

At first, it was a small matter.

No, regarding the future of Atram, Alba, and Kiyohime's daughter, regarding Pariston who brought this job to Sora while Sora had completely forgotten, and why Pariston was interested in Sora. The discussion of his "accomplices" and the "Dark Continent" was quite intense, but in Sora's view, anything other than Kiyohime's daughter was irrelevant.

The theme of the "Dark Continent" was that Kaito knew of the continent's existence, but Jin was seriously planning to travel to that continent, and the ambitions of such a hero and a big fool were written on paper, and he had a blank look on his face. He heard there were many people attached to his face, but Sora asked: "What is going on with the rotation of this planet?" I am worried about things I don't understand.

By the way, although the civilization is not much different from my world, I am sure there is no Earth.

That is the extent of Sora's interest.

In the situation where Jin told me about the existence of the "Five Calamities," I understood the reason for my being a member of the non-human Magic world exploration, and it wasn't even explained, but if I understood Sora's answer, that was one.

"Well, so, one day you will definitely come to Pariston again, otherwise Beyond himself will come to explore. Before that, as for me, I want to be my friend……"

"Of course, I hate it."

Before Jin could finish his sentence, he immediately responded with a smile that made him angry, both thumbs up. Even Kaito, who had nothing to do with this matter, was irritated.

Of course, even if politely refused, Jin, who was as selfish as Gon, could not accept it. "Yo!? How could you wipe out a bunch of dead people's thoughts in one blow!?" Sora asked if he was complaining, or if he hadn't given up on exploring, or if it was just to satisfy his curiosity, and he continued to grumble.

By the way, when Master Chihiro whimpered like a child, that student was far from a child, but pretending to be someone else. I am your master, so do something.

"Ah! Gon's selfishness seems to be laughing, but the old man's selfishness only breeds murderous intent, stop messing around! I mean, Gon is better at listening! Apprentice!!"

"I hate it, I hate it! It is doubtful whether Alaya's Deterrence can work! I! I don't want to die!!"

Because he knew he was powerless and gave up, Sora was angry at the selfishness of Jin, who was disguised as someone else by his disciple, and while shouting, he pushed him away.

Hearing that sound, that sentence, Jin said expressionlessly, like a son.

"……I don't want to die?"

Without Sora's pride, reason, and meaning, he repeated the original wish he couldn't let go of, staring again at her confused face that had suddenly stopped complaining.

"You would rather die."

Without hesitation, he declared firmly.

Sora could not react to these words. She also froze, the expression on her face blank.

Jin stared at those wide-open night-sky-colored eyes, eyes shining like the Sun, and continued.

"Well, well, to be precise, I don't want to die, but I am in a hurry to live…… No, I think I am looking for a place to die, or a reason why I should die."

Even the Abyss connecting Sora's eyes was illuminated by its radiance, and those straight eyes trying to determine exactly what it was were the true image of his son.

But he is different. He is not a dwarf.

As proof, if Gon himself illuminated it and found it, if he noticed the Abyss that Sora held, and the scars and distortions caused by it, he would be as confused and hurt as he was.

To lighten Sora's burden, he would try his best to carry it himself.

Jin is different.

This kind of stupid, childish innocence has long been lost.

So, although he wanted to illuminate the Abyss with violent light and stare at it, he threw it away.

"Well, this is your own problem, so it doesn't matter."

The face that smiled while saying such irresponsible words was very similar.

Not his son, but the ultimate tsundere old man who hates evil and mocks justice.

With a smile very similar to the Wizard, he said while pushing Sora away.

"However, I think living just to look for it is a waste."

"Life is interesting just by being awake, isn't it a loss not to enjoy it?"

The man who intends to "develop the stars," the exact opposite of the Wizard, can be said to be the natural enemy of the Wizard, saying the same smile as the Wizard.

To live is to be clear-headed and happy.

Having just finished saying this, Haido, feeling refreshed, stopped his demands of Sora, no longer pursuing Sora's abilities, to the point where it was hard to believe he had been so childish and selfish until just a moment ago, and then he issued instructions to Atram and Aruba.

Hearing Sora's reply, "I don't want to die," "seeing" her again from there, and comparing "Sora's" image of Ging and his purpose, he pulled her into the group. Perhaps he had already given up.

There is no meaning in finding a reason to die by treating her as a friend.

Once she finds that "reason," she will end her own life there.

Precisely because of this, I don't think he lost interest, but for a greedy Ging in any sense, Sora is not a good partner for him. Unknown.

If that is the case, the last piece of Suggestion would be that of an old woman's thinking and someone with extra care.

In the end, although Ging lost Gon's innocence, he is still basically the same as Gon.

That is why... that is why I am so frustrated.

"I am lazy!!"

"Jajanken!?"

"Mr. Ging!?"

Coming back to my senses, I hugged the waist of Ging, who was standing with his back to me and talking seriously with Kaito, and then I aggressively assumed a bridge posture, slamming Ging's head into the floor.

This was an excellent German suplex that would be highly praised by Luvia.

Of course, this overly sudden feat of professional wrestling was hurriedly provoked.

"What are you doing suddenly?!"

Or rather, a technique suddenly decided by a woman?

The completely unpredictable timing and movement made Sora act unconsciously, and even Ging could barely defend against it with his Aura.

However, Sora replied, "German is the taste of a lady!"

"Do not be swayed by arbitrary persuasion and arbitrary decisions. Old man."

This time, Ging widened his eyes.

Sora looked straight into those eyes and said, just like him.

No matter how clear the sky is, you can never see its bottom.

"... That is correct. I don't want to die. I am afraid of death. After I die, I fall, I fall, and I run away because I am afraid of the Abyss I fall into."

... That is the reason I want to die. As long as I am alive, no matter how much I run away, it will remind me that this is just buying time, so I know I have no choice, and one day I will arrive there, so it is easier to melt into death there. I know a lot.

I know it better than anyone else in this world."

I grabbed Ging's shoulder hard with one hand, not knowing if this was another blow, or if he was clutching it tightly to escape his own fear of death.

Although there was no Aura, even so, if Sora could open two Trial Gates, even if I were training myself, it would make a creaking sound.

Despite this, Ging did not change his expression, did not move an eyebrow, and did not try to pull Sora's hand away, just listening.

He continued to listen silently to Sora's voice, which confirmed that he wanted to die, and that he was looking for a reason to die.

"I know.... Because I know, I know without you telling me.

Otherwise, I couldn't live now. Either you would have found a suitable reason to die long ago, or you were just dead and not living; you were just a moving corpse.

I know, I don't need you to tell me. I know that living and opening my eyes makes me want to cry, and that is why I have a 'reason to die'."

I agreed with all of Ging's words.

His words were never irrelevant. Everything was too correct.

This is why Sora could not forgive him.

Although I knew it was a blow, I could not stop it. This is something I must Stick to, even if it is eight hits.

Just as Ging said, he did not want to die, which is why he wanted to die.

A long time ago, I didn't even need to be warned... I knew it four years ago.

He hugged him while crying, not because he was saved by Sora, but because he saw the image of a compatriot in Sora's eyes.

He didn't get it because Sora wanted it, but the boy who looked for Sora when he saw the Curse itself made him realize that living here now was nothing more than buying time to end it one day.

The moment he affirmed Sora's effort to buy time and his struggle.

Meeting someone with a meaning other than "death" in the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception" made me realize that I wanted to die, but because I struggled to live, I ended up with eyes even in a patchwork world I didn't want to see. Sora didn't want to die, he wanted to die, and in reality, he wanted to stop buying time like this and give up and finish it, but the reason was that he could live.

The reason I want to live.

This is why Sora is annoyed with Ging, who is used to talking like he knows everything but knows nothing about the most important part.

Although he knew well that he couldn't understand, Sora still said it with an unhappy face because he was still very angry.

"Because I want to die, I don't want to die suddenly for some simple reason. Unless I have a reason, I absolutely do not want to die. I cannot die, I want to live, so I look for a 'reason to die.' Yes."

Because I am going to live, in order to live, in order to survive, in order not to give up on living, I need a "reason to die."

It is not enough to just have a reason to live. That is all; if I lose it, I will have no choice but to die. Even if I know I can endure the loss and live again, and I can find a different but irreplaceable happiness from the loss, I have no choice but to die... that is why I have a "reason to live" and a "reason to die."

I have a reason to live.

Giving the same amount of happiness to the beloved person who taught her that clarity is Sora's reason for living, so there is a separate "reason to die."

The reason to live... if Sora died after losing Kurapika, it would be the same as Kiyohime, who lost her mind and put the cart before the horse.

Saying I can live because of him is why I die because of him." Sora needs it.

This is why this accusation and the eighth hit are part of Sora's "reason to live."

Sora had to deny Ging's words, even if he... Kurapika would never know in this life, even if the Exchange happened outside his relationship.

If I don't correct my misunderstanding, I cannot live.

I don't want anyone to think that when I really want to die, I am forced to live.

If you think so, it means Sora cannot die because of Kurapika.

Even if it is Sora's overly self-conscious paranoia, it will destroy her "reason to live" and her own "happiness," so I will not let anyone misunderstand.

I will not let my "reason for living" and my "reason for dying" be equal.

I do not want people to think that I am unaware of my own happiness.

Just like him, who met Sora, Sora was also saved because he met that boy with the Red Eyes.

I absolutely do not want to say I am unhappy because of him, just as I do not want anyone to think that way; I want to keep saying, "I am happy because of you," and I want everyone other than him to think of me. I hope you

So Sora looked at him with eyes so deep they swallowed the Sun, and said to Ging.

"Do not arbitrarily persuade and arbitrarily decide."

Sora's long-winded argument finally returned immediately after deciding on German.

However, this time he was not as dumbfounded as he had said, "I don't understand."

Although told not to accept it alone, Ging smiled convincingly, raised his hands as if surrendering, and replied.

"……Ah, how annoying.

I hope you find it. Your 'cause of death'."

After all, Ging's knowing and relaxed way of talking reminded him of his own teacher, and he hated that, so Sora hit him again, and this time, he gathered Aura in his head and headbutted Ging's head back.

It's just that, this time, Ging's head was "Hard," because he could predict it, so the result this time ended with both of them fainting in pain.

"……Idiot."

Kaito, who was slightly behind in the development, muttered his thoughts deeply, now expressing the entire exchange between the two.

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"……Sora?"

"What exactly happened to Gon's father?"

Sora, who was selfishly irritated by the series of counterattacks, was brought back by the voice on the phone.

Unknowingly, Killua had recovered from his inexplicable self-destruction, and when he questioned him, Sora replied: "Nothing."

As expected, I don't want to tell these two about my contradictory twists and desires.

"I just found out that Ging and I don't get along.

That old man looks just like our damn old man; even if he doesn't do anything, the back of his head gets a hard kick."

"……What kind of old man are you?"

"……Sora, at least if my father isn't doing anything, please don't harass him anymore. If you have done something, you don't have to back down."

It was originally a topic brought up to fish for a story, but when I spat out my true feelings without embellishment, Killua muttered in a voice that sounded genuinely surprised, the annoyed mood turned and turned, and even Gon seemed to be angry at Ging. He made a statement.

I don't know if it's just because Sora is mentally closer to him than his father, if Sora has a higher priority, or if he has a clear resentment for making Mito sad. Either way, Ging should apologize to Gon and Mito.

"……Uh, ah."

Just after Sora smiled and answered Gon's words "I will try my best," a restless sound came from the basket on the table in front of the sofa where she was sitting.

"Oh, I'm awake."

The baby sleeping in the basket was not in a stroller, but was lying on a classic fluffy blanket... Kiyohime's daughter woke up, her hands hovering in the air as if looking for something.

Sora lifted the basket onto her lap and grabbed the hand floating in the air.

"Oh, ah."

"Oh, is that the child you mentioned just now?"

"……Seriously, you have a child? You have to do some procedures, but you don't have to take care of it, right?"

Surely hearing the innocent cheers of the child on the other end of the phone, Gon, although he couldn't see, also saw something cute and made a soothing sound.

Gon shouted "Killua!" a bit sternly, as if scolding Killua, but Sora replied: "It's okay, Gon. Just like Killua said, I am doing something that doesn't need to be done because I want to do it," and he stopped Gon and followed Killua.

In fact, Sora was quite satisfied with Killua's words.

If he had known earlier that the baby he heard just now had been abused to the point of starving to death until yesterday, what he would have said should have been to hand it over to a specialized facility and come over quickly. Sora knew very well, well, there was no such thing.

Hearing the baby's laughter, Killua felt that Sora didn't need to take care of it for the time being, so he obediently pursed his lips.

Sora smiled innocently at the child, unable to believe that she had been abused.

I'm sure that if Gon or Killua had actually seen the baby, they wouldn't have had the same reaction on the phone.

Even if they hadn't seen it, if they knew this baby was two years old, their reaction would definitely have changed drastically.

A 2-year-old child should be able to have conversations to some extent, but when he knew that she couldn't even say meaningful words, he could say "Your baby is cute" or feel childish jealousy toward that child. There was none.

First of all, it is impossible for a 2-year-old child to be placed in a basket, let alone a stroller.

Until half a year ago, she was raised and overprotected, let alone normally, but perhaps because he might not let her leave the room, let alone go outside, the baby's skin was white to the point of being on the verge of albinism, and her body was very small.

Added to such a twisted environment, the child's body had also been abused and starved for half a year, almost like a skeletal ghost. It was strange from a while ago.

Nevertheless, the baby was still laughing.

When Sora waved his Finger in front of the child to comfort her, she rolled her eyes, her eyes following the movement of the Finger, swinging your hand left and right.

The strange thinness was not abuse, but the influence of some disease, and there was no shadow as much as the abuse on the baby, making you feel that the child's soul was not as healthy as her body.

Believing that everything in this world would make her suffer, she just smiled innocently, as if telling a lie that resentment and Curse were a lie.

……For the mother who loved her madly to protect her, to save her life, she gave everything and got the "future" she dreamed of.

The existence of this world is not just to torture you.

Knowing that she was so kind and warm, willing to give everything for her, she turned from a hateful beast into a human baby.

Sora stroked the smiling baby's cheek, smiling as if to say she was overjoyed.

"Then, now, I will take this child to the hospital."

"Okay, I see. I hope Sora won't find any more troublesome work."

"If you don't come quickly, I'll go to the top floor and go home without contacting you."

After the baby woke up, Sora tried to end the call, partly because she had nothing to say for the time being and the two had no special reason to continue the call, so Gon said. Regarding Sora, Killua clicked his tongue in disgust, hating him as usual, and then hung up the phone.

Sora finished the conversation alone, looked reluctantly at the hung-up phone, and put it into his suit pocket.

The baby, wanting to hand over the Mobile Phone, groaned "Uh~," so Sora stroked the baby's head while saying "Sorry, sorry," and then muttered to himself.

"……At first it was very similar, I hated it, but the outcome was completely different."

"Cormorant?"

Naturally unable to understand Sora's words, the baby looked at Sora with round eyes and tilted its head.

Even so, Sora continued to speak while stroking his own hair; it was too fine and too soft, typical of a baby.

"At first I thought it was about getting revenge for your mother; I knew it was too late for everything and would only hurt deeper, but if I got revenge, I would feel better, free. I was wondering if you were expecting it."

The "Inugami User" I was involved with eight years ago was just like that.

I was certain this was the same "revenge drama" as eight years ago, because that was the "her" that kept surfacing in my mind over and over again.

"But I'm glad it could be different.

This isn't something that ends in hurting, destroying, and losing everything, but ends in protecting you and saving you; I am truly relieved."

The dregs are similar, but the essence is completely different.

I felt relieved from the bottom of my heart, satisfied; it was not taking away, not destroying, but protecting, saving, and giving.

That is why a thought emerged from the bottom of the water like a bubble.

Unlike eight years ago, I don't regret that I should have acted sooner. There is no bad aftertaste.

Precisely because Sora could get the fastest and best result, and because of the satisfaction, it couldn't be hidden, couldn't be concealed, and helplessly bubbled up.

"——Kurapika. I am……"

Thinking this was a revenge drama, the beloved person and "her" surfaced in my mind at the same time.

A reason to live is never a reason to die.

Sora said again and again to his younger brother, who was still obsessed with revenge: "For the sake of your happiness, I will not refuse revenge."

There were no lies in these words. If he thought he couldn't make himself happy without revenge, then he thought he should take revenge; that was true.

However, Sora still thought this way.

Because I don't want to die, because I am too afraid to die, this is a contradictory desire, as contradictory as the desire to die quickly.

"――――――"

I did not express it in words.

If I said it, if I spoke it out, the brakes wouldn't work, so Sora locked the wish that had surfaced again and sank it deep into his chest.

Sora knew very well that besides that, there were many ways to be happy, even if from the outside, it looked like nothing but misfortune.

I also knew that when I looked at myself from the outside, I could only see unhappiness instead of happiness.

It is oneself who decides what is happy and what is unhappy, not other people.

So I decided never to speak this wish.

Even if Kurapika fulfilled Sora's wish, if he couldn't be happy, then this wish would be meaningless to Sora.

Sora's wish and the other prerequisites for making Kurapika happy were essential, so there was no need to say anything other than telling him "be happy."

Pondering these things, Sora sank deeply into his own desires.

Instead, he took out the baby, who had been curiously looking up at Sora's words—not quite understanding if he was talking to himself or just muttering—and picked her up to talk to her.

A child too light, whose weight was barely enough to survive.

Even so, he felt the weight of the happy child who was definitely still alive, and as if to comfort himself, he lifted her up.

"……From now on you will, others you will, you will work harder."

Although she was freed from the Inugami Curse, because she inherited the Inugami from her mother the moment she was born, this baby was already a Nen Ability user who had mastered "En."

This is why Sora could not leave this child in a regular hospital.

Although she lost the extremely troublesome ability of "Inugami," she did not lose the Nen Ability itself, so if she were entrusted to someone without that knowledge, her ability might go out of control for some reason. She is young, and harm would be caused as a result. Accept it first.

Young children cannot imagine a specific "ability," but as a vague "power," they can use their aura to exercise their ability.

When pranks or spontaneous combustion occur in a house with children, the children are almost always unconscious Psychics.

So Ren and Kaito told me I should send this baby to a hospital run by a Hunter, and Sora thought so too.

And even if this child recovered, for the same reason, she could not be placed in a normal baby home or orphanage.

Similarly, if you don't put her in an orphanage run by a Hunter who also knows what a Nen Ability is, or if a Hunter is involved in some way, the danger of running away will increase greatly. Of course, I can't even easily give up her adoption.

Although she is actually 2 years old, her intelligence and intellect are less than 1 year old; this is a terrible Obstacle. Continue to reduce the choices.

There is nothing wrong with this child; she was born to be used as a tool, her mother was killed and taken away, giving her pain that would be better than death; her happiness is too little, it can only be described as a pity.

But the baby will smile.

Smiling because she doesn't know how hard it is to be happy due to unreasonable reasons like having no choices in the future, but even so, being able to smile now is definitely happiness, it is proof.

Sora smiled and told this smiling baby that he believed the hands lifting her up would protect her.

Even if you don't know how to read, even if you don't understand the meaning, I gave you the words that should be conveyed, the words that must be conveyed.

"Even so…… you should be happy."

No matter how many choices you have, even if you know one day that you survived by eating your mother's life, do not give up on being happy.

Tell her you want her happiness.

The world is happy because of sobriety.

To Sora's prayer-like words, the thin child answered with the greatest joy, innocence, and happiness.

"Oh!"

The next time will be an episode, or a long story before or after.

After this short story ends, I will enter the Sky Arena arc.