Harem Startup : The Demon Billionaire is on Vacation

Chapter 940: Sin to Sin

The living room became quieter.Not tense yet.

But close.

Lux walked to the table, picked up a small plate filled with chocolate candies from the side tray, and held it out toward Gula with flawless hospitality.

"I agree."

Gula stared at the chocolates.

Then at Lux.

He was answering and feeding her at the same time.

Lux smiled. "But almost two hundred years is more than temporary."

His voice stayed smooth.

No anger.

No bitterness.

Just fact.

"Now it’s in my blood."

Gula reached for one chocolate.

Lux let her take it.

She popped it into her mouth and hummed softly. "Mmm. Good."

"Imported."

"From where?"

"Some mortal chocolatier who charges rich humans too much and therefore earned my respect."

Gula smiled. "You have taste."

"I have budgets."

"Same thing."

Lux’s smile thinned slightly. "So..."

He looked at her fully now.

The pleasant CFO mask remained, but the playfulness dropped by one degree. "Why are you here..."

The pause was deliberate.

His smile disappeared.

His face turned serious.

"...Gluttony?"

There it was.

Not Gula.

Gluttony.

House to House.

Sin to Sin.

A conversation under the softness.

Gula’s smirk deepened, but her eyes became more alert. She took another chocolate from the plate. "You’re scary when you switch like that."

"I get that a lot."

Lux kept the plate offered.

Gula took another chocolate.

That was diplomacy too.

A very Gluttony kind of diplomacy.

Gula rolled the candy against her cheek, then said, "Lullaby should have already told you. I decided to join your doomed entourage."

Lux blinked. Then smiled. "Nice."

A pause.

"But maybe don’t call it that."

Gula took another chocolate.

"We aren’t doomed," Lux said.

Gula’s smirk grew. "A Greed acting like Lust is already doomed for me."

Lux opened his mouth.

Closed it.

Sira immediately pointed at him. "She got you."

Lux looked offended.

"I am not really acting like Lust."

Sira stared.

Lullaby stared.

Gula stared.

The room stared spiritually.

Lux slowly lowered the chocolate plate. "I am acting like myself."

Sira smiled wickedly. "That didn’t help."

Gula laughed around the lollipop.

Lux placed the plate on the table with quiet dignity.

"Besides," Gula continued, "I guess your cousin from the Lust House already moved too."

Lux’s brows pulled together.

"Eros," Sira announced.

Lux turned to Sira. "Eros?"

Sira nodded, looking far too amused. "Eros is taking back his position as Crown Prince of Lust."

Lux stared at her.

Then blinked.

Once.

Twice.

"Wait..."

His voice flattened.

"What? Eros? That Eros?"

Lullaby tilted her head cutely, cotton-soft hair falling against her cheek. "Are there other Eros?"

Lux looked at her. "No."

"Then yes. Eros."

"No, I understand linguistically. I am struggling conceptually."

Gula sucked on the lollipop, eyes sparkling.

Lux slowly sat down.

Not because he was weak.

Because the information deserved seated processing.

"Are we talking about the same Eros?"

Sira looked delighted.

"The one who threw away all his responsibility and almost made the Lust House fall into despair just because he wanted to stay in the mortal realm for his single bride?"

And yeah, that part still annoyed Lux on a professional level. Because when Eros abandoned his duties, someone had to keep Lust House from collapsing under romantic stupidity and administrative neglect. That someone had been Lux. Half-Lust, half-Greed, quietly supporting his grandpa from the shadows while everyone else pretended the house wasn’t catching fire.

"Yes."

Lux pointed vaguely at nothing. "Eros? Taking responsibility?"

Gula giggled.

Lullaby looked thoughtful, hugging her pillow closer. "Maybe he decided to help you after you helped him last time."

Lux opened one eye.

Lullaby tilted her head cutely. "You woke up his bride, remember?"

The room went quiet for half a second.

Lux stared at her.

Then slowly leaned back, processing that.

"...That could change him," he admitted, though his tone sounded like he didn’t enjoy admitting it.

Sira lifted a finger. "Or maybe that warning you gave him worked."

Lux glanced at her.

Sira smiled, but there was a sharper edge beneath it now. "You warned him that the king might move against Lust House, didn’t you?"

Lux’s expression shifted.

Not surprise.

"I told him to stay on guard."

Gula swirled her lollipop lazily. "And now he’s taking back the crown prince position."

Lux rubbed his forehead. "Maybe I did it."

Sira grinned.

Lux sighed. "I meant to make him careful, not responsible."

Lullaby blinked slowly. "Isn’t that good?"

Lux looked horrified. "That’s the concerning part."

Gula laughed softly.

Lux leaned back, eyes narrowing in thought. "But... yeah. If he believes Kaelmor might target Lust House, then taking back his position makes sense."

Sira’s smile widened. "So he grew up."

Lux stared into the distance like that sentence had caused spiritual damage. "Please don’t say that. It makes the universe feel unstable."

Gula laughed harder, her cotton-candy hair bouncing around her shoulders.

Sira waved one hand dramatically. "Even your grandpa, Lord Asmo, almost got a heart attack from happiness."

Lux deadpanned.

Flat.

Dead.

The expression of a man whose entire bloodline had just committed absurdity in public.

Sin Lords couldn’t get heart attacks.

Lux knew that.

Everyone knew that.

It was just a joke. A stupid, dramatic, very infernal joke. Still, the image was something. Lord Asmo clutching his chest in exaggerated happiness because Eros finally touched responsibility? Yeah. That mental picture was going to haunt Lux professionally.

Lux leaned back and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Wonderful."

Gula’s playful expression softened slightly.

Not gone.

Just sharpened under the sugar.

"Anyway... everyone is choosing sides now."

The candy coating cracked.

The daughter of Gluttony leaned forward, lollipop resting between her fingers. "The king moved. The Shadow Corridor is moving. Ancient rumors are moving. Lust House is rearranging." Gula’s eyes stayed on Lux.

"And Gluttony?" Lux asked.

Gula put the lollipop back into her mouth. "Hungry."

Lux’s gaze sharpened. "For what?"

Gula smiled around the candy. "Depends on what you’re serving."

Sira laughed softly.

Lullaby looked confused for half a second, then smiled because everyone else seemed amused.

Lux looked at Gula for a long moment.

Then he smiled too.

Slow.

Professional.

Greed.

"Careful, Gula."

His voice lowered.

"Sit at my table, and I’ll expect you to pay."

Gula’s eyes gleamed. She reached for another chocolate. "I expect nothing less from Greed."