Chapter 442 – A Greed Demon Doing Charity?
She looked up at him, eyes red-rimmed and glistening.
Lux reached into his robe, pulled out a handkerchief, and handed it to her.
Then he smiled again—wider this time. The kind of grin that made demons nervous and angels call meetings.
Miss Elly blinked. "What are you—"
"Go inside with the kids," Lux said.
She hesitated. "But—"
"This place?" He gestured around them. "It's the best place for you and them now. There's no pain here. No hunger. No sorrow. They'll laugh again. Run. Dream."
Her lips trembled. "But I could've—"
"You couldn't. And trying to undo it? That's not kindness. That's cruelty. They made it. They reached the light. Don't drag them back to the fire."
Miss Elly stood in stunned silence.
Lux stepped forward, lowering his voice.
"Believe me. I've seen the other side. I know what suffering looks like. This?" He swept his hand across the golden hallway. "This is not suffering."
He leaned closer.
Smiled.
