DISCLAIMER : Following the word itself "fanfiction", I do not own anything in this fiction and credits belong to the rightful creators of the manga: TOGASHI YOSHIHIRO, the publisher, the broadcasting companies of the anime both 1999 original version and 2011 remake - Nippon Animation and Madhouse, respectively and etc.

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Infinityworlds : Killua will meet the younger Illumi on the next chapter xDDD And it's actually a part of the story xD Everything will be answered around the story or the ending xD

CHAPTER 4
- FINAL TEST -

"Bouya... There she is..." Tsubone pointed out to the pavillion. Mom was sitting in her pavilion some meters away from where we are standing. I can't see her face, but just her back but I'm VERY sure, that's her.

"Make sure to be courteous. She has a thing for courtesy..."

I nodded. I don't know why but I just suddenly felt nervous. I gulped on my own my spit before starting to move.

"Good luck... I'll be leaving you now... Till then..."

Noticeably, while we were on the dash, that aura following us suddenly disappeared. Possibly because it was too weak, it cannot keep up with mine and Tsubone's pace. NO. I should stop thinking about random stuff and focus at the current matter.

There she is. Chilling at her favorite hangout. I still hated her no matter what. She always blabber dramatic nonsense and her words mean no shit. I don't get how Dad fell for that kind of woman, but for sure, I'm not gonna...

"Hurry up! I'm waiting..." She called me out.

I sped up anyways. As I made it a meter before her back, I slowly walked around to finally face her. She was actually knitting a jacket. A small jacket, presumably for Aniki, I mean, Illumi. Hah, I'm older than him now so there's no need to address him that.

"Good evening, Madame..."

"Have a seat." Still busy on her knitting, without glancing at me, she stretched out a hand gesturing me to take a seat in front of her.

It feels strange to see Mom THAT young. She didn't change that much, only that she isn't wearing that gadget on her eyes yet. Hard to say, she is pretty attractive. She finally stopped knitting and placed her unfinished craft on her lap.

"So you're the new applicant?"

"Yes, Madame..."

She finally looked straight at me with those eyes... THOSE eyes. Those eyes I always have avoided to look at. Now I know where did Aniki get his eyes from. No! Rather, Aniki looked like an exact MALE VERSION of her. That long, slick black hair, that complexion, yep, no doubt. And by the looks of it, her tummy says, she's just a few months away from delivery. She is carrying Milluki inside her and that was a bit weird yet funny at the same time.

"I'll get it straight. I don't trust you. There are a lot of reasons not to hire you." She took a thin bunch of papers and flipped through it. Apparently that was my profile data collected the whole time I was on the estate.

"I'm sorry Madame..."

"Talking without my permission?" She raised a brow on me. "Continuing the topic. I actually prefer a grown-up, female butler for my beloved Illumi. A female knows better when it comes to raising and taking care of children. Not some unidentified young lad who don't seem to know a single thing about courtesy."

Tch... I never liked her, and I swear I will STILL never like her.

"Second, You're too strong. Even for a bodyguard. What would be the use of such ominous strength for raising a helpless, little child? Unless... you have 'intentions' on using it on my little one... Third, your origin is vague and unknown. I get that a huge percentage of our servants are from the Meteor City. To be honest, I MYSELF is from the same hometown. BUT, there are some things that don't fit your infos... shall I say some loopholes." She put the papers on the table.

"Fine then, regardless your intentions, you WON'T make it alive out anyways. No matter how you conceal your personal infos, we'll surely gonna figure them out. Well then, your turn to talk, go ahead and tell me about your skills..."

Again, I don't know why I'm nervous. Maybe because she can sense that I am lying. But to play safe, I can state everything about my skills, so I can finally say something honest and guilt-free.

"I am from the Transmutation Group, and my Hatsu is all about Electricity. I can zap my enemies to death, temporarily paralyze them and I can also dash at the speed of lightning."

"Hmm... Transmuter... Electricity?" She asked with curiosity. She rested her chin at the back of her hands. "Did you know that it takes a lot of painful torture to achieve such Hatsu?"

"Umm yeah?" I sheepishly chuckled. "Sort of. I didn't have a desirable and happy childhood. So yeah...?"

"My husband Silluva is also a Transmuter and has experienced a lot of torture. Name it from physical beating, electricity and even poison. That's how Zoldycks are being raised."

A butler came over to deliver 2 glasses of drinks. She took the goblet filled with wine and left the other glass filled with juice. "Thank you..." we both uttered in unison.

"Have some drink perhaps?" She offered me the glass of juice.

"Thank you very much." I took it and had a sip. Hah. I knew it. There's poison in it. A potent one. But not potent enough to kill me. She was looking at me probably waiting for me to react upon the poison. As I thought. She planned to kill me.

"So..." She was still staring at me, while taking a sip on her wine goblet. "What else can you do?"

"Well, I am good with automobiles. I can drive ANY vehicle, name it from bicycles to gigantic airships. I can stay up to a week without sleep, I am immune to pain and I can also assure that I am good with handling children. I used to have a childhood friend back in my hometown and I was the one taking care of her, unfortunately, something happened and..."

"Hmm..." She was chuckling. "Hahaha, you sure do impress me young lad. To be honest, I was instructed by my husband and my father-in-law to hire you right away. However, I still prioritize my beloved firstborn's safety above anything else and I secretly slipped a little amount of poison in your drink so I can dispose of you right away."

I looked back at her.

"You knew, didn't you? You're supposed to be dead right now. However you still made it unharmed. Maybe it's good to spare you for the meantime and let you occupy the said vacancy. We can always dispose of you anytime before you can even do something stupid anyways."

"Uhhh Thanks... Madame?"

"Of course, young lad you sure should be thankful. If you just didn't remind me of my husband during his early years, I would'nt find you interesting enough to somehow spare and hire you. No matter what, You are STILL suspicious and we'll still be keeping an eye on you."

"Thanks so much Madame..."

"You're welcome...!" I stood up and gave her a bow. Psssh, this was the first time I did this to her. And for sure, I WILL NEVER do this again in the present. NEVER.

"Uh-uh-uh... I didn't say you can start working yet. I still have a final test for you."

"Final... test?"

"That boy sure is very interesting..." Zeno spoke while dining inside a huge, grand hall decorated splendidly with Chinese ornaments. On the adjacent side was Silluva who was sitting down on the couch, still watching the transmitted video from the Pavilion.

"I wouldn't be convinced to hire him if he wasn't."

"You do believe in time travel huh?"

"Nonetheless. I have a strong intuition about it."

"Hahaha, You bet?" He chuckled. "His eyes, and everything about him is spot-on... Your wife is too overprotective huh, she had to put some poison on it thinking she needed to dispose of that threat at once..."

"She can put as much as she wants... she cannot kill him that easily anyways..."

"Do you plan to ask him?"

"No. I guess it's part of the technicalities and rules of time travel that one must not reveal or change anything in either the past, the future or the present. Otherwise it would cause chaos and destruction of the equilibrium..."

"And Kikyo?"

"She better not know also. And if she finds out, I'll make sure she must not have a single word about it."

"What if he actually traveled all the way back to the past just to fulfill a certain mission? Who knows? There's a huge possibility that his purpose was actually Illumi... or YOU?"

"He can do what he wants. If that's a part of the future, then we can't do anything about it. Its either Illumi dies or HIM."

"Hahaha... you take this matter too seriously..." Zeno cackled. "Why don't you just enjoy the show instead of presuming and over-thinking things that wouldn't essentially matter regardless if it would happen or not?"

Silluva just rolled his eyes, and went back to watching the video.

END OF CHAPTER 4