Chapter 848 – Fake Rumors [Part 4]
For a brief moment, the haze lingered, like a man waking from deep intoxication, unsure where the dream ended and reality began. Then it sharpened. Not completely, not cleanly, but enough.
Recognition flickered.
"…Your Majesty?" Lux muttered, voice still rough, still dipped in that careless drawl. His lips curved into something halfway between a grin and a smirk. "What are you doing here?"
Kaelmor didn't move.
Still seated. Still composed. One leg crossed over the other as if the chaos around them was nothing more than background noise to a far more interesting conversation.
His eyes rested on Lux.
Measured.
Amused.
"Wandering," Kaelmor replied lightly. "I was bored."
A small pause.
"So I decided to look around the mortal realm."
Lux blinked once… then laughed.
Not loudly.
Not wildly.
But with a loose, easy rhythm that fit far too well with the persona he was wearing.
