Chapter 484 – What's with The Confusion?
It wasn't relief. Not exactly.
More like… the sigh a lion gives after walking out of a zoo enclosure it never belonged in.
The lobby was quieter now. Just murmurs. Scattered guests lingered like the aftermath of a performance they didn't fully understand—some clutching their heels, others whispering to their companions, trying to make sense of the scene they'd just witnessed.
A few dared to glance Lux's way. Most looked away immediately.
He didn't even notice them.
His stride was smooth. Steady. Not rushed. Like the floor obeyed him.
Next to him, Sira moved like a storm in heels. Controlled chaos in a silk dress.
"What do you think?" he asked softly, not breaking his gaze from the dark marble ahead.
Sira didn't blink. "I still want to kill him."
He tilted his head. "I meant the Lamia."
"Oh." She frowned for half a second. "Right. Her."
