Chapter 924 – Disciplined
Sira smiled sweetly. "Which would be messy."
"Very messy," Lux agreed.
Yue's face tightened slightly. "And if he somehow did?"
Lux's smile thinned. "Then the Upper Realm might simply refuse to make another contract with the Infernal Realm."
The room fell quiet again.
That was the thing.
The brutal, ugly thing hidden under all the speeches and polite divine emails.
Lux wasn't just a representative.
He was collateral.
Bridge.
Signature.
Insurance.
A demon who had somehow become acceptable enough to gods and angels that they would deal with him instead of shutting the door and setting the bridge on fire.
Sira lifted her head. "Lux carries the Infernal Realm's reputation up there." Her tone was lighter than the topic deserved, but her eyes were serious. "Other demons tried. Believe me. We tried a lot."
She counted lazily on her fingers.
