Chapter 1031 – The First Covenant [Part 1]
Lux leaned back in his chair, one leg crossed over the other, wings half-spread behind him like the shadow of a throne that had gotten bored and decided to grow claws.
"Yeah," he said. "I'm Greed."
The thing laughed. A low, amused sound that rolled through the nothingness and made the dream-space ripple beneath Lux's feet. It was the kind of laugh ancient beings used when they had seen empires declare themselves eternal, then watched the rats inherit their marble halls.
Lux hated that laugh immediately. Mostly because it sounded expensive.
"I heard," the demon said, "that you are searching for the legendary demon."
Lux paused.
Only for half a second.
But in a dream, half a second was enough to become a confession if the other person knew how to read silence.
His eyes sharpened.
How?
That was the first question.
Zehar had just left. Corvus had gone to assist him. Cyrinne had only spoken inside the mansion under a Greed brand.
