[Hunter] Flowers and Hymns

When Veronica woke up, she saw a pure white ceiling.

The black cross radiated warmth on her chest, and as always, it sent vigorous vitality into her body, soothing the pain in her internal organs.

Mind power is life force, and this kind of energy extracted from life can naturally be returned to life.And the cross given to her by the cruel god contained incomparably rich thought power, which she used to maintain her life.It was also because of this thought that she was able to have the power to fight against the Phantom Troupe when her internal organs were damaged.

Mind power silently repaired her body that had almost completely collapsed during that battle.Veronica lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling quietly, and didn't close her eyes until her eyes were sore.

The last scene of the revenge drama, after all, was a complete failure because of the sudden intrusion of characters outside the script.

The moment they appeared in front of her, Veronica understood that she could no longer play the puppet.

Veronica can ignore irrelevant people, and the moment she decides to take revenge, she is already determined to be a demon like them.Otherwise, she would not have chosen Astasia as the venue, would not have chosen the day to be held at the Marianne Museum, and would not have tied the rose of the poor to her heart.She gave up all her compassion, sense of responsibility, and kindness as a human being.He also sold his soul to the devil, turning this body into a tool for revenge.Before killing her enemies, she kills her own heart.

But even if she becomes a demon doll, she still has things she can't give up.

The depth of hate comes from the degree of love.Love for Cosette drives her mad with hatred.The love for Qiya and Xiaojie made her so painful that she couldn't give up.If she could have buried those two boys who had given her tenderness and friendship so easily, she would not have been so crazy for Cosette in the first place.

Weighing the lives of those two people and Cosette's resentment on the balance, in fact, it is not who weighs more that plays a decisive role.

It's who Veronica wants to put off the scales.

She made a decision.

Kuroro did too.

So, on September 2003, 9, in the darkness of Astasia, Veronica let the spiders go, and the spiders let them go.Then, Kiya and Gon took away the seriously injured Veronica, and with the help of Leorio, they hid in Hetemla, which is Kurapika's territory.Here Veronica received proper treatment, and the collapse of her body was temporarily contained.

Veronica chose Kiya and Gon, and Chrollo Rusil chose the remaining companions.

They all made a choice.Yet they all know this is not the end.

Absolutely not.

Veronica will take revenge on the spider for her dead sister, and the spider will definitely take revenge on her for her dead companion.It was just a temporary compromise that they let each other go in Astasia.

The poisonous fire that burns one's own body will never be extinguished until it burns the other party to ashes.

This is clear to all of them.

Veronica turned her head to the side, quietly watching the sunny day outside the window.

Her body has been damaged beyond repair.No one can save her with medical skills alone.Since this collapse is the price of mind ability, even the breath of the archangel can't do anything - even if her sick body is cured temporarily, the restriction will tear her apart from the inside again.

Therefore, there is only one way left.

The bright sun shone into the snow-white ward, golden dust was dancing in the air, and the bouquet of roses on the bedside table exuded a sweet fragrance.Everything is so bright and hopeful.

However, Veronica looked out of the window with a gloomy gaze.

Qi Ya has been away for four days.

Soon, he will be back.

——Come back with "her".

She closed her eyes.

"If that day ends..."

Veronica smiled to herself.

"... How wonderful that would be."

That way, she would never have to choose that plan.

——The plan for Veronica to get close to Kija Beat the Enemy in the first place.

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When Kiya returned to the villa with Alluka, Veronica was basking in the garden in the company of Leorio. With all kinds of snacks and black tea, it seemed that she was planning to have afternoon tea with them.

She wore a white dress today, revealing the beautiful lines of her shoulders and neck, and her snow-white arms seemed to be shining in the sun.The long flaxen hair slid down her shoulders as she raised her head. She looked at Kiya and Alluka, and slowly smiled. Her amber eyes faced the sunlight without a trace of haze. Make a gentle arc.

"Welcome back, Kiya." She turned her head and looked at Alluka with just the right amount of doubt on her face, "Who is this?"

"It's my sister, Alluka." Kiya gently touched the head of the child beside him, then frowned and looked at Veronica, "Why did you come out? Don't you feel pain?"

Veronica paused when she heard the words, and stretched out her hand to Alluka, with a hint of tenderness in her smile.

"You are welcome, Alluka."

After shaking hands with the black-haired child, Veronica turned to wink at Kiya.

"It still hurts a little. But it doesn't matter." She picked up the cross on her chest and shook it. "As long as I have this, I won't die even if my heart is pulled out."

"...What the hell is that?" Qi Ya frowned even more deeply, "At that time, I saw two thoughts in your body, one of which came from that thing, right?"

"Yes."

Veronica took Alluka and sat down on the chair beside her, handed a plate of snacks to Alluka, watched the black-haired child happily accept it, and then gently patted the child's head, Tidy up Aluka's crooked hair accessories.After doing all this, she picked up the topic just now.

"Like I said, I made a deal with God to come to this world. When I made the deal, God gave me an ability. That ability is the cross."

She unconsciously stroked the cross on her chest, her long eyelashes drooping, covering the expression in her eyes.

"This cross is the mind ability itself. It not only includes the skill, but also the amount of mind required to use it—well, it includes the mind power required for the four elements of mind power to ensnare, master, practice, and develop."

The cross twirled around her fingertips, and she continued to speak leisurely.

"When I was in Astasia, I just abandoned all other uses, and simply extracted the power of mind on the cross and turned it into a mind bomb for attack."

It is also because of this that he loses the power to suppress internal organ injuries, causing the body to collapse from the inside.

"My sister has one of these things too." She raised her arm, watching the cross dangle in front of her eyes, casting dark reflections in her amber eyes, "It's a blue agate rosary. As long as you have that, who can use her ability 'A Doll's House'."

She smiled and handed the cross to Qi Ya: "Do you want to try it? Just wear this, and you can see the memory on it when you kiss anything."

"No need." Chi Ya put his hands in his trouser pockets and tilted his head at her, "So, that's why Kuroro killed your sister?"

He thought of the rosary beads wrapped around the wrist of the leader of the Phantom Brigade, and how he skillfully commanded the doll's house belonging to the nightmare dollmaker, and suddenly he could understand why Veronica was so crazy.

"It's true that Chrollo Roussillo took my sister's rosary beads from her. But the reason why he killed my sister was not that."

Veronica gently wiped the crumbs from the corners of Alluka's lips, and then brought the child warm tea.Then, she spoke the cruel truth in a calm tone.

"He killed Cosette, but only conveniently."

The tone was so calm that the hairs on Qi Ya's back suddenly stood on end.She even looked up and smiled at him, as if it was really funny.A great chill rose up his spine, and in his eyes, Veronica's smiling face was filled with unspeakable darkness.

"Yes, he has no reason to kill Cosette at all." Probably because he really thought it was funny, Veronica giggled, "Cosette, after he took away his ability to read, has no reason at all. She's just an ordinary girl. Not to mention being an enemy of the head of the Phantom Brigade, even an ordinary thief, she probably can't fight against her. As the person who betrayed Meteor Street, she has no Power, can pose a threat to him later. When they were traveling together, she did not offend him, let alone do anything that would make him hold grudges so much that he had to kill her—I have been chasing my sister’s memory, about Of that, I am more sure than ever.”

The laughter stopped abruptly.Veronica looked at her hands, and the smile gradually faded from her face.

"He just casually killed my Cosette when he was grabbing something... that's all."

The eyes became scarlet again, and that scene appeared before Veronica's eyes again. Chrollo pulled his hand out of Cosette's chest, and crimson blood spurted out——he was like crushing a bug, killing dead her.He threw her away like a piece of trash.

No matter how many times I think about it...

He clenched his hands tightly, until all the veins popped out, trembling.

— can't forgive.

"..."

Qi Ya was silent for a long time, put his hands on her shoulders, turned his head away, and reluctantly opened his mouth after a while.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

Veronica gave him a surprised look, then laughed.

"Qi Ya doesn't need to apologize, you didn't do anything wrong." She patted his hand, "I'm really glad that you are willing to listen to me say these things. I have never said these things to anyone , somehow, I told you everything today."

Veronica continued in a brisk tone.

"Besides, it's not you who's wrong, it's Kurolo Lucilu. He's the one who started all this."

She gave a low, low laugh.

"So, I want him to pay the price."

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

The most precious thing must be exchanged for the most precious thing.

He took away her most precious sister, so she will destroy the most important phantom troupe to him.

"He stole it, my sister's most important treasure. I will take it back with my own hands."

Veronica patted Alluka's head, her movements couldn't be more gentle.She looked at the black-haired child as if she was looking at some precious treasure, her long eyelashes were vainly closed, and she hid the figure in her eyes, like guarding a fragile dream.

"Whether it's the rosary, or anything else, I'll take it back."

Take it all back with your own hands.

"At that moment, Cosette will stop crying."

——At that moment, you will no longer cry, you will be able to close your eyes, will you no longer howl in the poisonous fire of resentment?

- My dearest, my most precious, my most important girl.

—Would you smile at me if I gave you back all that you have lost?

The author has something to say: This chapter explains why Kuroro killed Cosette.The robbing of the rosary was just an inducement. In fact, he was used to robbing houses and killing people like hemp, and he was slaughtered very casually.

If I can finish writing before 12:30, I will do the third shift.If you can't finish writing, just wait for tomorrow's double update.This article should be over after two more updates.

I don't kill Kuroro, I feel that I am sorry for my heart that is so painful... My heart is going to die, I can only send the culprit away one step ahead of time in the fan. 【Tears】

BGM of this chapter: NeniaC'Alladhan-《AnDieSterne》

There is no automatic playback, so you need to click manually.

The lyrics and translation are as follows:

[Ichsehe Dich, Stern, dortam Himmel,

I see you, star, in that sky,

sokaltundsounendlichweit...-

So cold, so out of reach...

unddochhastDuTrostmirgegeben,

and you comforted me

warstmirimmer treues Geleit.

He has always been my faithful companion.

Deiner Schwester, der Mondin, entsagend,

I give up your sister, Moon,

gleichmeiner Hoffnungauf Licht,

And my hope for the light,

zieh'ichdurchdiekaltenWelten,

Lead me through this cold world,

dochdie Richtung, dieweissichnicht...

In that unknown direction...

Oh, silbernes Lichtmeiner Sterne,

O my star, thy silver light,

DuGlanzintrostloser Nacht,

Shine brightly in the night of despair,

geh'ichmeinen Wegauchalleine,

If I go on alone,

höltst Duübermichdochstets Wacht...

You will still protect me...

Ichhabemein Ziellöngstverloren

I've lost my way

undglaubenichtmehrdaran.

I also no longer trust myself.

Mein Platzinder Weltwardvergessen...-

My place in this world has been forgotten...

hab'ichmeinepflichtschongetan?

Have I done my duty?

Oh, Stern, könnt'ich Dichnurerreichen,

O star, if only I could come to you,

Deinesilbernen Strahlenbergühr'n;

touch your silver light,

Dukönntestmir Hoffnungneugeben,

You can give me new hope,

mirden Geistunddie Sinneverführ'n...

Lead my spirit my soul...

Oh, silbernes Lichtmeiner Sterne,

O my star, thy silver light,

DuGlanzintrostloser Nacht,

To shine brightly in this desperate night,

geh'ichmeinen Wegauchalleine,

If I go on alone,

höltst Duübermichdochstets Wacht...

You will still protect me...

Oh, Sterndortam Himmel, soglaubemir,

Oh, the stars of that day, I believe,

wennmein Körperaucheinmalvergeht,

If one day my body dies,

meine Seelewird Dichdochstetskennen,

My soul still recognizes you,

wennsiedie Verbindungbesteht,

If they come together,

Einen Tempelwirdsiesichweben

a temple will be built

aus Strahlen, demglönzenden Licht...-

With beams of shining light...

undortwerdeichauf Dichwarten,

I'll be right there waiting for you

dennvergessenkannichDichnicht...

because I can't forget you...

Oh, silbernes Lichtmeiner Sterne,

O my star, thy silver light,

DuGlanzintrostloser Nacht,

Shine brightly in the night of despair,

geh'ichmeinen Wegauchalleine,

If I go on alone,

höltst Duübermichdochstets Wacht...

You will still protect me...]

☆、September 2003, 9, Hytemla