[Hunter Doujin] Journey

Gorgeous crystal lamps are hung on the roof, people in formal attire are chatting, and beautiful music is always lingering here. This is a banquet for the upper class.

Xiaojie hooked Yaer's arm, and only after several hints from Yar's eyes did he replace the sad face with a blank expression, although her appearance was still very unnatural.

"Can't you behave a little better?" After pretending to be nonchalant and bringing Xiaojie to a dining table, Yaer picked up the plate and put the food between them. "If you look like this, let alone get close, most people will treat you differently."

"I see." After taking a few deep breaths, Xiaojie mustered up the courage to stand up straight. "where are we going?"

"Don't you want to eat something to fill your stomach first? Didn't you have dinner?"

"The way I am now, how can I eat?" As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaojie's stomach rumbled. "Ah..." She blushed in embarrassment.

"Let's eat something first." Yaer was really speechless to her, so he handed the plate in his hand to Xiaojie.

When the two were eating, the surrounding lights dimmed, and the king of Kading on the stage was delivering a speech on the trip, while the remaining seven princes also stood behind him.

When the lights came on again, it was very close for the princes to leave the stage one by one.Yaer grabbed Xiaojie and walked aside.

Because Xiaojie was wearing high-heeled shoes, and Yaer walked very fast, after walking a dozen steps, Xiaojie couldn't keep up and fell down.But without paying too much attention to the pain in his ankle, Xiaojie prepared to stand up.

"Are you okay?" A tall man in a white uniform happened to pass by her.

"Ah, it's okay." Xiaojie stood up quickly, and then Yaer bent over to the other side and gave Xiaojie a wink.

"His Royal Highness Benjamin."

"Ah." Xiaojie reacted immediately, and bent down together, saying "Hello."

The man didn't stay too long, just glanced at them casually and left. He had more important things to do.

"That's the first prince. Next time you meet the princes, remember not to forget the etiquette I mentioned."

"I see."

Then Yaer took Xiaojie to the side of a mature man, and the two bent down to the man again.

"His Royal Highness Prince Celidonish." Yar straightened up and smiled at him.

"Long time no see, Yar, why are you at such a banquet?"

Obviously, Yar had met Chelidonish before this.

"My younger sister wants to visit the New World in May, so I brought her here." Speaking of this, Yar cast his eyes on Xiaojie, and Chelidonish also looked over.

The two had discussed the issue of the name before, and Xiaojie could not continue to use the previous name, so he changed to use his birthday in May as the new name.

"I didn't expect you to have a younger sister." Chelidonish looked at Xiaojie and then at Yar. There was no similarity between the two of them in appearance.Yar's blond hair and clothes are very neat and neat, while Xiaojie has curly black hair and is dressed in a lace dress. He is dressed like a walking doll.

To be honest, Cellidoni was a little uncomfortable when he first saw this outfit, it was disgusting.

"It's cousins." Yar's gaze once again met Xiaojie's.

"Hello, I'm May." Xiaojie looked at Celidonish, who looked like a character in a medieval oil painting, and the feeling brought by face-to-face in reality was different from seeing photos.

Cellidoni looked into Xiaojie's eyes, he watched Xiaojie looking at him, and Xiaojie also looked directly into his eyes without retreating.

"May!" Yaer pushed his sister, and then Xiaojie looked at him. "I'm sorry, my sister is too rude. This is the first time for her to face the future king, and she may be in a daze." Yar rounded up the situation with a smile.

[The future king? ]

Celidonish smiled.He didn't care much about Yar's flattery, anyway, he heard a lot of such things at the banquet.

"It's okay." He turned and left without paying too much attention.He still has a bit of guts, after all, who would care about the ignorant 'repellent'.

At this time, Xiaojie received Yar's prompting gaze, and said to Yar:

"Where are the hunters you mentioned? Do they really have superpowers?" Xiaojie pretended to be ignorant, and asked him according to what Yar had told him in advance.

"I told you not to be so rude, why can't you teach me?" The two sang together, hoping to portray Xiaojie as a little girl who just saw the world in front of the prince.

After saying these two sentences, Yar took Xiaojie and left. He was sure that Celidonish must have heard these two conversations.In this case, Xiaojie will have a bad impression in his heart, and this is his purpose.

First let Xiaojie give him a kind of 'disgusting' (similar to wearing a complicated lace dress, the type of woman that Celidonish hates the most), 'ignorance' (the conversation just now), and a disqualification that lacks even etiquette' Deworming'.

Al knew very well that Celidonish didn't treat others as human beings, that's why Xiaojie fell into the "disqualified garbage" that didn't matter if he trampled to death casually in Celidonish's heart.Although in this way it is likely to lose the qualification of being a 'work of art', at least the next time I see it, I might dispose of it by the way, when Yar is not around.

"Today's task is considered complete, and it may be a while before we meet again."

After all, with Yar's status in society, he couldn't just go to the floors where the princes were. What he was looking forward to was the time when the ship docked after the succession station.

When the two were about to leave, Xiaojie accidentally saw Kurapika's figure, which made her pause, but when Kurapika felt that someone was watching him, Xiaojie had already disappeared.

……

A few days later, Xiaojie learned from Adam that the second prince had escaped from prison.

Xiaojie stayed alone in the restaurant outside. She was still wearing a girly dress with a lace skirt, and she looked youthful and beautiful with twin ponytails on her head.

What was surprising was that in a certain private room of this restaurant, the fourth prince and the ninth prince were discussing something in the room. After some conversation, the ninth prince stood up and left.

"It seems that you have to live for a while." Looking at the direction where the ninth prince left, Chelidonish remembered the conversation between the two just now.

At the suggestion of Harley Kemble (9th Prince), they form an alliance temporarily, and the main goal of the two is to remove Jolly (3rd Prince) first.

Because keeping Benjamin (the first prince) is to let Camilla (the second prince) who escaped from prison volunteer to assassinate Benjamin.Regardless of whether Camilla succeeds or not, it is in their interest to let them kill each other.After all, for Celidonish, the idiot Benjamin would definitely leave him at the end, so he didn't have to do anything, just wait and see how Benjamin cleared the way to become king for him.

After removing the third prince, there are the 3th prince and the 13th prince.The former disappeared as a whole on the ship before, and it seems to be a space-formed spirit beast. This is not beneficial for them to get rid of him later, so they must get rid of him as soon as possible.The 14th prince was put on the removal target after the 14th prince because of the hunter named Kurapika.

Picking up the wine glass in his hand, the bright red color of the red wine made the corners of Celidonish's lips twitch.Speaking of which, he hasn't 'created' art for a long time, during this time he only studied [reading] and [jue].

After drinking the red wine, Celidonish stood up and walked outside.Now even in the large Kading ship, their princes can still go to the lower cabin. After all, their respective forces are under the cabin, especially he still needs to find a way to find Molianna's stronghold.

As for Molianna herself, she probably won't live long after using that method, but she must find her stronghold and remove all those who accepted the ceremony.

When he first came to the outer hall, his gaze skipped over a woman in a disgusting pink lace dress under the escort room of the guards.

This stopped Celidonish in his tracks.

He frowned in disgust after seeing the other party with double ponytails and vulgar attire.But at this time, the other party turned his face away, as if he had met at the banquet a few days ago, Yaer's younger sister.

Seeing Celidonish staring at her, the girl trotted towards him instead. The lace dress that was getting closer and closer made the smile on the corner of Celidonish's mouth deepen.

"His Royal Highness Prince Celidonish." The girl bent over him.

"You are Yar's sister, right?" Celidonish had a kind expression on his face.

"Yes, I didn't expect to meet you, Prince, here."

"Yes." Chelidonish was full of contempt and disdain in his heart, but he said, "Meeting is fate, do you want to come and sit with me?"

"Eh?"

"It just so happens that I'm free, and I hope to chat with you more." Although it was just a rotten bug, Chelidonish felt that since the rotten bug had seen it, it should add some 'value' to her life.

This kind of 'ignorant', 'vulgar' and 'no self-knowledge' looks like a useless woman, let him shape it into a work of art with connotation.

"Okay." The smile on the girl's face made Celidonish smile more and more kindly.

Enter his room later... What kind of pattern can she get on to make her look better?But if Yaer asks him for someone, he will say that she is missing, after all, he is a prince, who dares to ask himself?

Today Xiaojie ran out to eat by himself, but he didn't expect to meet Chelidonish.Although Yar said that the plan was to be implemented after landing in the New World, Xiaojie immediately ran to greet Celidonish on impulse, and took the elevator with the other party up after he realized it.

[It's too bad, why am I so impulsive! ]

It was obvious that Celidonish had murderous intentions towards her, and Xiaojie felt regretful.In addition to being self-willed, I also have an impulsive personality, and now I am causing trouble for myself.Forget it, let’s think about what happened in Celidonish’s room next.This is the key to determining the future development of the situation.

"What's your usual hobby?" Sitting in the elevator, Celidonish asked casually.

"Hobby? Fishing."

[Fishing?It's not a bad idea to have a fishhook cut through the skin, hang from the ceiling and spin, and then blood splashes all over the room like a bathroom shower.No, how can this kind of rubbish be worthy of such art. ]

"It's unexpected that you like fishing at your age."

"Really? I feel that when the fishing rod is thrown out, I feel the mood of the fish, making them think that the bait is delicious, and at the same time pull it up at the moment the fish takes the bait. The feeling of setting a trap and being stepped on is very artistic. Woolen cloth."

[Artistic sense?It's ridiculous to be ignorant.Just such a woman sitting in the same elevator as me may be the only thing you can be proud of. ]

"It seems that you are very good at fishing."

"Then what is Celidonish's hobby?"

"Art." Cellidonish smiled mysteriously at Xiaojie.

"A work of art?"

"Including those. Even, there is... the human body." Chelidonish looked at Xiaojie tentatively.

"Human body?" Xiaojie didn't show too much surprise or surprise. "Is that art too?"

"what happened?"

It was different from the expected yelling, so Celidonish was a little surprised why Xiaojie reacted like this.But at the same time, I also hate that she doesn't even have such a basic taste.

"I was just thinking about the variety of art forms."

[Yes, later your voice will be permanently preserved as an inferior work of art. ]

"right."

"It's true that those athletes have shown good looks in various competitions, and they can convey the mood of cheering for the audience."

[Heh, it's a little closer.It is in this way that art has the value of being preserved. ]Celidonich believes that art is to be destroyed when it is most valuable, so that life can be frozen and preserved.For the picture Xiaojie mentioned, he also has a collection of wax figures like that, using human bodies.

"But what I like are dead works of art." Chelidonish said maliciously again.

"But I prefer living things."

"A living thing?"

[Deliberately contradicting yourself? ]

If it wasn't for the monitoring in the elevator, Celidonish might have done something.

"Yeah, it's like that kind of scene, for example, the way athletes reach the finish line in order to get No.1 during the competition. The tense muscles of the whole body, the expression of betting everything seriously, these are not human body collections. The ultimate beauty of life preserved, right? Regarding post-processed things, how can it be more vivid than the feelings expressed when alive?"

"..."

Xiaojie's words inspired Chelidonish again.He has been looking for some young women as collections before, but the ultimate art of life is still looking for this kind of person with a future, but how to retain this moment?How can the work be fiddled with like this?

"Or take a butterfly as an example. Although a butterfly spreads its wings beautifully, its wings are beautiful, and keeping it in a photo frame is an art, but what is truly beautiful is not its wings, but the fact that it spreads its wings to break out of the cocoon. The high-flying moment. That pivotal moment where you break free and start another journey, I think it’s great.”

"...Then how do you think we can preserve these arts forever?" Celidonish's question is crucial, because it determines whether he will kill Xiaojie directly or later.Once Xiaojie said anything other than "destroy" that was different from what he thought and did not approve of, he would think it was an insult to art, and then those words would be Xiaojie's last words.

"Permanent? Shouldn't this be the word farthest from art?"

"Oh?" Chelidonish still had a smile on his face, just quietly waiting for Xiaojie's next words.

"Life is precious because it has a time limit. People need to grasp it well, but if it becomes a permanent existence, wouldn't it be a pity?" Xiaojie kept recalling what Yaer said to himself at that time.

"pity?"

"The beginning of struggle and the end of decay are always at the two ends of life, but they constitute a complete law of life. Only one stage can not be well interpreted and expressed."

"Then what if it is preserved when you are youngest and have a future? Life has not yet begun but has been frozen by death. Doesn't this explain the theme of life?" Isn't this art?

"But that would just be a pity."

"Well, that's why I like to save women of different ages." Chelidonish said maliciously again. "Because I feel pity and feel that they have an infinite future, I will understand the preciousness of life better."

"So His Highness Celidonish really likes art?"

"Go to my room in a while, and I will show you my artwork."

As they said that, the two had already stepped out of the elevator and went to the door of Celidonish's room.