A turning point came following Killua’s departure from the Zoldyck home. The family of assassins found themselves flooded with jobs as of late, leaving work to be divided rather unevenly.

Illumi is greeted with a comfortable and familiar silence as he enters the family mansion. He resists a rare wave of fatigue, but ultimately his eyes droop like those of a worn porcelain doll.

This moment would've been enjoyable if not for the stranger in the main hall. "Oh, what a pain. The butlers must be slacking off if they can't detect such an infiltration," Illumi thinks aloud, instinctively reaching for the pins fastened to his top.