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Chapter 786: Do You Enjoy Competition? [Part 2] · Nov 13, 2026

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751 Chapter 751: You’re Full of Yourself 2026-11-13
752 Chapter 752: I’ll Let You Borrow My Shoulder 2026-11-13
753 Chapter 753: I Will Always be Your Bride 2026-11-13
754 Chapter 754: Two Mermaids 2026-11-13
755 Chapter 755: Where Are You? 2026-11-13
756 Chapter 756: Too Sentimental for My Taste 2026-11-13
757 Chapter 757: Tears are Tears 2026-11-13
758 Chapter 758: You Think too Small of Yourself 2026-11-13
759 Chapter 759: Panic-Buy, Panic-Sell 2026-11-13
760 Chapter 760: Illegal Levels of Cuteness 2026-11-13
761 Chapter 761: Conspirators 2026-11-13
762 Chapter 762: Instinct Overrides Logic 2026-11-13
763 Chapter 763: Barely Acceptable 2026-11-13
764 Chapter 764: Sensory Stimulation 2026-11-13
765 Chapter 765: Rising 2026-11-13
766 Chapter 766: Lust Sin 100% 2026-11-13
767 Chapter 767: Release 2026-11-13
768 Chapter 768: Lust Sigils 2026-11-13
769 Chapter 769: Don’t Stop Me 2026-11-13
770 Chapter 770: LUST EXCEEDS SAFE LIMITS 2026-11-13
771 Chapter 771: Instant Coffee 2026-11-13
772 Chapter 772: Lust Awakening 2026-11-13
773 Chapter 773: Ancestral Incubus Domain 2026-11-13
774 Chapter 774: Lust Sin Full Activation 2026-11-13
775 Chapter 775: Lust Activation Meter 2026-11-13
776 Chapter 776: Lust Demon Perk 2026-11-13
777 Chapter 777: The First Dual-sin Incubus 2026-11-13
778 Chapter 778: The Ancestral Incubus Chamber 2026-11-13
779 Chapter 779: Primordial Sin 2026-11-13
780 Chapter 780: Sovereign of Twin Sins 2026-11-13
781 Chapter 781: Stop Thinking Like a Paranoid Accountant for One Second 2026-11-13
782 Chapter 782: I Feel Like a Kid 2026-11-13
783 Chapter 783: Lust and Pride 2026-11-13
784 Chapter 784: Envy House 2026-11-13
785 Chapter 785: Do You Enjoy Competition? [Part 1] 2026-11-13
786 Chapter 786: Do You Enjoy Competition? [Part 2] 2026-11-13
787 Chapter 787: Do You Enjoy Competition? [Part 3] 2026-11-13
788 Chapter 788: Envy Garden 2026-11-13
789 Chapter 789: The Game Feel Incomplete 2026-11-13
790 Chapter 790: Who Raised You People? 2026-11-13
791 Chapter 791: Impulse [Part 1] 2026-11-13
792 Chapter 792: Impulse [Part 2] 2026-11-13
793 Chapter 793: Impulse [Part 3] 2026-11-13
794 Chapter 794: Unwanted Reward 2026-11-13
795 Chapter 795: I Insulted Your Personality 2026-11-13
796 Chapter 796: Envy VS Envy [Part 1] 2026-11-13
797 Chapter 797: Envy VS Envy [Part 2] 2026-11-13
798 Chapter 798: Envy VS Envy [Part 3] 2026-11-13
799 Chapter 799: Prank Call 2026-11-13
800 Chapter 800: The Heiress of Envy House 2026-11-13

It wasn’t the polite noble laugh she had been using all afternoon.

It was real.

Short.

Bright.

And that alone made three of the surrounding nobles visibly tense.

Lux watched her carefully.

A real reaction meant she had momentarily dropped the script.

Which meant she was recalculating.

Which meant he had disrupted the game.

Vira leaned forward slightly, chin resting against her fingers, eyes glinting with interest.

”You’re amusing.”

Lux smiled faintly.

”I try not to be boring.”

Internally, Lux was running two separate threads of thought.

Thread one: maintain her focus.

Thread two: keep the nobles engaged enough to amplify distraction.

Vira, meanwhile, was thinking something very different.

’He’s not chasing.’

That was the problem.

Every other demon here was subtly leaning in.

Adjusting posture.

Offering compliments disguised as commentary.

Trying to signal value.

Lux?

Lux looked like he was at a mildly interesting financial summit with good catering.

That would not do.

Vira lifted her glass again and took a slow sip, letting her eyes travel deliberately down Lux’s figure before returning to his face.

”You know,” she said lightly, ”most demons would consider this gathering… an opportunity.”

Lux tilted his head slightly.

”I see.”

She smiled sweetly.

”To build connections.”

One of the nobles beside her nodded eagerly.

”Yes, Lady Karess is very generous with her time.”

Lux nodded politely at him.

”How fortunate.”

The noble beamed like he’d just contributed something meaningful.

Vira’s eyes never left Lux.

”And yet,” she continued smoothly, ”you don’t seem eager.”

Lux shrugged lightly.

”I don’t like wasting opportunities.”

She smiled wider.

”Exactly.”

There it was.

The subtle hook.

Vira leaned closer, lowering her voice just enough to feel intimate.

”If you waste this one…”

Her eyes softened artificially.

”…then you are the one who loses.”

Classic.

Lux almost admired it.

Textbook manipulation.

Reframe the scenario so declining her becomes a personal failure.

Very elegant.

Very Envy.

Lux met her gaze calmly. ”I appreciate the warning.”

Her smile faltered by a millimeter. ”You appreciate it.”

”Yes.”

”And?”

”And I’ll consider it carefully.”

One of the nobles jumped in, sensing tension. ”Lady Karess rarely offers such… personal invitations.”

Lux glanced at him. ”That makes me fortunate.”

Vira tapped her finger lightly against her glass.

”You are fortunate.”

She tilted her head slightly, lashes lowering just a fraction.

”But you don’t look grateful.”

Lux blinked once.

Ah.

Escalation.

Now she was testing emotional reaction.

Trying to provoke insecurity.

Lux allowed a faint crease to form between his brows.

”Should I?”

The nobles exchanged glances.

Vira’s lips curved again.

”Perhaps.”

Lux exhaled softly, then leaned slightly closer, not enough to invade space, but enough to shift the dynamic.

”I don’t believe gratitude should be performed.”

The words landed gently.

But firmly.

Vira paused.

Because that answer did something she didn’t expect.

It removed the performance layer entirely.

She had been building a stage.

Lux just walked off it.

Inside her head, irritation flickered.

’He’s not playing along.’

But beneath that irritation…

Interest.

Lux continued smoothly.

”I came because you invited me.”

True.

”And I respect that.”

Also true.

”And because I was curious.”

Very true.

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

”Curious about what?”

Lux smiled faintly.

”You.”

Several nobles visibly stiffened.

Vira’s heart skipped just a little.

’Finally.’

But then Lux added calmly,

”And Envy House. I’m Hell’s CFO. I need to know.”

There it was.

Back to balance.

Vira exhaled slowly through her nose.

He wasn’t chasing her.

He was evaluating the entire House.

Which meant…

He wasn’t beneath her.

He was on her level.

And that was dangerous.

She shifted tactics.

Her voice softened further. ”You know… some demons mistake my gatherings.”

Lux raised a brow. ”Oh?”

”They think I enjoy watching them compete.”

Lux glanced casually at the nobles around them.

They were absolutely competing.

He returned his gaze to her. ”And do you?”

She smiled sweetly.

”I prefer sincerity.”

The nobles nodded eagerly. ”Lady Karess values authenticity.”

Lux almost laughed.

Authenticity.

In this garden.

Lux leaned back slightly. ”I value clarity.”

Vira tilted her head. ”And what would clarity look like to you?”

Lux met her gaze. ”A direct question.”

The air tightened.

Vira’s eyes sharpened. ”Very well.”

She set her glass down gently. ”Do you find me desirable, Lord Vaelthorn?”

There it was.

Direct.

The nobles went silent.

One of them nearly dropped his glass.

Lux didn’t react outwardly.

Inside, however…

His brain went.

’Oh, we are doing this now.’

He held her gaze calmly. ”You are extremely beautiful, powerful and intelligent.”

A noble beside him muttered, ”Obviously.”

Lux continued smoothly. ”But desirability depends on context.”

Vira blinked. ”…Context.”

”Yes.”

She leaned back slowly. ”And what context are you missing?”

Lux smiled faintly. ”Intent.”

The nobles looked confused.

Vira, however, understood exactly what he meant.

’Are you flirting because you want me? Or because you want something?’

Lux wasn’t accusing.

He was asking.

Which was infuriatingly mature.

Vira crossed one leg over the other, silk shifting elegantly. ”And if I said I wanted you?”

Lux felt six pairs of eyes snap toward him instantly.

Internally, he sighed.

’This is so dramatic.’

Outwardly, he smiled.

”Then I would ask why.”

One of the nobles looked scandalized.

Vira stared at him.

”…Why?”

”Yes.”

”You think I need a reason?”

Lux tilted his head.

”Everyone does.”

She held his gaze.

The tension in the garden shifted from playful to sharp.

Inside Vira’s mind, something complicated stirred.

He wasn’t dazzled.

He wasn’t intimidated.

He wasn’t chasing.

And he wasn’t intimidated by her trying to flip the frame.

That made her more curious than she wanted to admit.

She leaned closer again, lowering her voice just for him.

”Be careful, Lord Vaelthorn.”

Lux’s eyes softened slightly.

”Of what?”

”Of thinking too much.”

Her tone was sweet.

”Sometimes you miss what’s right in front of you.”

There it was again.

The pressure.

If you don’t take me, you’re blind.

If you hesitate, you’re foolish.

Lux considered that.

Then he gave her a small, slow smile.

”I rarely miss what’s important.”

The words were soft.

But deliberate.

Vira held his gaze.

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