Harem Startup : The Demon Billionaire is on Vacation-Chapter 123: You Saw Nothing

Chapter 123 – You Saw Nothing

Lux stopped just before it.

He turned back.

Just once.

Glanced behind him.

The courtyard wasn’t visible anymore—too many layers of barrier and space-folding rooms between here and there. But he still looked. Like he could feel her presence lingering in the walls.

"Mess up your mind, huh..." he murmured.

The words hit again.

He didn’t know whether to laugh or scream.

Because the truth was—she messed up his too.

Not with just the kiss.

But with the way she looked at him.

That expression. The one that was soft and conflicted and brave all at once.

The kind of look people gave before they did something reckless. Or honest.

And he’d seen a lot of reckless looks in his life.

But never one like that.

Never from her.

He turned back to the gate and reached out. The golden wires responded to his touch, recognizing the infernal signature in his blood. The system flickered once.

[Outbound Gate Stabilizing – Target Realm: Mortal]

"Good," he muttered. "I need a stiff drink, a warm bed, and at least three hours of pretending this realm doesn’t exist."

The gate pulsed with warm energy.

He paused.

One more second.

And then he stepped through the light—leaving the celestial realm behind.

But not her.

The shift from glowing serenity to humid mortal chaos was immediate.

Lux landed in the emergency stairwell of the Sovereign Grand Hotel with a low grunt and the soft hiss of infernal magic dispersing behind his heels. The faint smell of ozone and scorched linen still clung to his jacket as he straightened, rolled his shoulders, and adjusted his collar with one smooth motion.

"...Stairwell," he muttered to himself. "Figures."

The same glowing runes he used to bypass mortal surveillance flickered out behind him. He flicked his fingers, dismissing any residual divine scent with a wave of minor glamor. No use setting off ward sensors or triggering another diplomatic incident.

As he opened the stairwell door to the main hallway, two staff members wheeling a golden tray of oysters and matcha-infused tarts screeched to a halt.

One of them blinked. The other slowly whispered, "Sir... did you just come out of—?"

Lux raised a brow. "No."

"But we saw—"

"You saw nothing," he said smoothly, walking past them like he owned the building. Which, technically, he almost did. Or at least the suite floor.

"Carry on," Lux added, giving the tart tray a sniff as he passed. "Smells overpriced."

The doors to his penthouse suite unlocked with a flick of his fingers. ƒreewebɳovel.com

The moment he stepped in, everything felt heavier.

"I need another coffee..." he mumbled.

He cracked one eye toward the digital clock on the nightstand. 3:14 PM.

A few hours more until the sun dipped and the skyline started getting photogenic again.

"Guess... I could drop to sleep for a while," he muttered, flipping over lazily onto his back. "Until the evening..."

He stretched, fingers curling against the sheets, body slowly relaxing.

"...Corvus," he whispered.

A crackle answered him. Shadows gathered near the air vent like smoke coalescing. Feathers burst outward, and with a shimmer of glitch-pixel light, his personal raven hacker emerged.

Corvus hovered, fluttering with disapproval.

"You rang, boss?" he drawled, voice sharp and sarcastic like a caffeinated crow with a doctorate in snark.

"Spy mode," Lux muttered, not even opening his eyes.

The bird clicked his tongue, the sound weirdly human. "Of course. Sleep while the chaos brews. Classic sin lord strategy."

"I’m not a sin lord yet," Lux grumbled into the pillow.

Corvus gave him a look.

"Yeah, right. Your power is almost the same as theirs. The only problem is your lack of offensive skills since you sat down behind that cursed work desk 24/7."

The bird turned to the ceiling, and spiraled upward—his body flattening into a mess of corrupted code and black mist. He pierced through the wall and stretched into the security cameras, infecting the hotel’s surveillance like a gentle parasite with a VPN.

[Spy Mode Enabled – Perimeter Surveillance Active. Passive Threat Detection Set to Sassy Alert.]

Lux groaned again, tugging the blanket over his face like a moody teenager after a breakup.

But within a minute—maybe two—he was out.

Lux could sleep anywhere, anytime, under any conditions. That was the result of demonic training, years of work battlefield naps, and a particular brand of emotional detachment only devils could cultivate.

Breathing slowed.

Body went limp.

Mind drifted into dreams layered with too many blond angels and too many unsaid things.

Until five minutes later—

A pulse.

A soft whum in the air.

Like the sound of a sigh from a dimension away.

In the corner of the suite, a rift opened. Not the aggressive kind. Not the lightning-split reality tears demons normally made when they were pissed or making an entrance. This one was different.

Black. Velvet-soft. Edged in pastel blue.

From it peeked—

A head. Like a bunny.

Not just a head.

A girl’s head.

Wide red eyes.

Soft silver-lavender hair spilling over her cheeks.

She blinked.

Then peeked left.

Then right.

Her hand gripped the edge of the rift like she wasn’t quite sure how portals worked.

Then she spotted Lux.

"Oh," she whispered, a soft breathy sound.

Her cheeks pinked.

"There you are," she said, more to herself than anyone else. "Sira’s right... he really is in the mortal realm."

She stepped out like she’d just hopped off a cloud, her toes barely making a sound on the marble floor. The rift closed behind her with a quiet hum, folding neatly into air like a polite afterthought.

The demoness didn’t walk fast.

She tiptoed.

Clumsy, almost.

Her skirt caught on the couch as she passed, and she squeaked, untangling it with a little hop.

Her hands stayed curled at her chest as she approached the bed.

Lux was still asleep.

Mouth parted slightly. One arm over his eyes. His chest rising and falling with a rhythmic ease she didn’t want to disturb.

She knelt beside the bed, tilting her head.

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