Chapter 308 – Would I Still Matter?
He looked down again.
"I guess…" he muttered, "sometimes I wonder if anyone would still want me if I wasn't the CFO of Hell. If I was just an incubus who liked to mess around. Would I still matter?"
The silence after that was heavy.
Thick.
Until—
"So…" Celestaria finally said. "You want to be… a normal incubus?"
Lux looked up, startled.
Then he laughed. "No. Hell no."
He straightened, voice regaining some of that familiar confidence—but it was tempered now. Realer.
"Don't get me wrong," he said, stepping back into the room. "I love being Greed. I love my status. My power. My wealth. My portfolio. I am who I am."
He paused. Looked each goddess in the eye.
"But I also want someone who sees me. All of me. Not just the aura. Or the title. Or the control I fake to hide how fucking hollow I sometimes feel."
Selena inhaled softly.
Solara didn't blink.
Celestaria's lips parted—but no sound came out.
Lux smiled.
