Beware of Shady Couples Taking Advantage of the Situation

[Sequel to Beware the Spider Boss Who Takes Everything for Free, presale blurb dated 2025.07.31]

For those who are financially independent, this world is a playground.

For Lan Xi, who inherited her father's estate and got her Hunter License, even more so.

By comparison, Chrollo was remarkably busy.

The leader of the thieves wore many hats. One day he would go out and scam someone, another day he would steal something, all while gathering intelligence, carrying out a series of illegal activities involving threats, theft, and murder, and pushing ahead with plans to establish Meteor City as a nation.

Even so, he still found time to occasionally play the role of a wonderful partner at Lan Xi's home. It was truly admirable.

They maintained a relationship that seemed stable but was hard to sustain, until one day Lan Xi's disappearance shattered that fragile balance.

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His partner (though the two of them had apparently never officially defined their relationship, everyone else thought they were together) showed up at the wedding of a certain country's royal family, as the bride.

Chrollo crumpled the photo in his hand and threw it into the burning fireplace.

So what he was saying was, his partner suddenly disappeared because she went off to marry someone else?

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Lan Xi was enjoying the festive atmosphere beneath the sun in a foreign land, never expecting to run into Chrollo, who should have been at work.

Before she left, she remembered that Chrollo was supposed to be in Meteor City at this time.

Chrollo stood in the crowd wearing that jacket she had once called tacky, a long time ago.

Hadn't she thrown that jacket away? Where had he found another exactly like it?

The next second, their eyes met. In those dark eyes was a feeling Lan Xi found both familiar and strange.

"..."

Oh no. Was she seeing a ghost?

Sequel to Beware the Spider Boss Who Takes Everything for Free, set two or three years after the original story.

This timeline takes place after the Black Whale and the Dark Continent expedition. It contains no original canon content, and has a lot of original plot. The main story is probably also related to Lan Xi's mother.

Includes a Chrollo who transmigrates here before ever meeting Lan Xi.

Theme: Sincere feelings are the most worthwhile things to write about.