[Hunter X Hunter] The Radiant Lydia

For Lydia, being born into this world is both her constraint and her covenant.

Rowena said Lydia was her precious treasure.

Rowena said the Lydia she had spent her whole life creating was the perfect killing machine.

Now Rowena was dead, her eyes closed forever, carrying with her an endless longing for Lydia and a deep sense of guilt.

Rowena's last words were that from now on, Lydia could live however she wanted.

Even though Lydia had been created as a weapon, she was still a living, breathing person.

The programmed instructions written into her genes would ultimately yield to the personality she developed as she grew.

There was no doubt about it: Lydia was human, too.

Following Rowena's instructions, she takes the Hunter Exam. And so begins the story of this human weapon's growth.

Only much later does Lydia understand that this encounter was the most beautiful gift Rowena had left her.

This is probably the result of the author's deep, deep love for Hunter x Hunter, along with a fair bit of pent-up resentment.

The story begins with the exam arc and uses flashbacks. It doesn't follow the original plot completely, and the Dark Continent contains a lot of original worldbuilding.

The pairing is set: Killua is the male lead.

I occasionally fix typos in earlier chapters, so please don't mind them.