How to combine 2 such paths into 1 in Adobe Illustrator?

Question

Adobe Illustrator

When I apply Pathfinder-Unite, a group is simply created with these two objects, I also apply Object-Path-Join, but there are still 2 of them in the layers window. Is it possible to make them be 1 contour?

Answer 1

CTRL+8 (Object -> Compound path -> Make)

Answer 2

in any case it will be 2 ways. this is normal,