[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati":3,"chapter-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-100":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Harem Startup : The Demon Billionaire is on Vacation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1410861,1864,"Chapter 100: Loopholes are My Bread and Butter","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-100",100,"\u003Cp>Chapter 100 – Loopholes are My Bread and Butter\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her, expression dry. \"Or maybe it was a smart Upper Realm move to make sure I wasn’t going to use this power to rip open a hole in your skies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave him a perfectly unbothered smile. \"That too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both laughed this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension faded—not completely, but enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Lux leaned forward, elbows on knees, and looked her right in the eyes. \"But yeah,\" he said softly, \"I’m kinda... glad for this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her smile shifted, a bit more human now. \"You are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess this is the first time we talked freely. Like this. Outside the council tables. Outside negotiations. Outside your—what was it?\" He squinted dramatically. \"High Goddess formal mode.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria gave him a deadpan stare. \"You’re the one who wore a suit made from stitched infernal law scrolls to that one summit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was dramatic flair,\" he said, mock-defensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The scrolls bled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And they got the message across, didn’t they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolled her eyes, and he chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway,\" he said, setting his glass down. \"I need more milk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She snapped her fingers, and the glowing assistant appeared like a caffeinated ghost with an extra tray. The milk floated into a crystal glass, warm and perfectly frothy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux accepted it like a man who’d just received a second chance at existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she said, with a faint smile, \"Also... I’m surprised.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surprised?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That you didn’t try to charm me again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sipped his milk, then shrugged. \"I know it won’t work on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You prefer this kind of approach. Not seduction. Not flirty mind games. Just...\" He made a vague gesture with his free hand. \"Actual talking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria looked almost amused. \"You’re saying you respect me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m saying I respect that you’re not easily manipulated. Which is rare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tilted her head, examining him. \"You’re changing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, the glass half raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or,\" she added, \"you’re just finally showing who you are when you’re not busy playing diplomat or devil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Don’t get used to it,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence this time was comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft lights. Warm tea. Almond milk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No realms trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time in what felt like an eternity...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux let himself just sit there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stretched, letting his limbs spill over the couch like he belonged there. His eyes flicked lazily toward the ceiling—gilded, domed, enchanted—and for a brief moment, he felt like a spoiled housecat parked in the living room of the divine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know,\" he said slowly, sipping his milk like it was wine, \"I could stay here for the rest of the day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria raised an eyebrow without looking up from her teacup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean it,\" Lux went on. \"I’ve got nothing else to do. Might as well loiter in divine therapy space until evening. As long as lunch is free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That earned a full stare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know you can’t do that,\" she said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The coupon,\" she said, \"doesn’t include provisions for extended stays, or lunch benefits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clicked his tongue. \"Seriously? That’s false advertising.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lucky it includes emotional validation and spiritual decontamination. We debated charging extra for those.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux sighed, theatrically. \"Fine. I’ll buy my own lunch. I’m rich, after all. Just saying, the therapy chairs here hit different. That cloud-sofa thing near the bookcase? It’s whispering comfort to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s because it’s alive,\" Celestaria muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused. \"...Noted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She closed her notepad and gave him a pointed look. \"You still can’t stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed a finger at her like a lawyer on caffeine. \"The coupon doesn’t say I can’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It says it’s valid for one session.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly. One session,\" Lux said, grinning. \"But nowhere does it define how long that session is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She narrowed her eyes. \"Are you seriously arguing divine fine print with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know who I am?\" he said, raising both hands. \"Loopholes are my bread and butter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria exhaled sharply through her nose. \"You are a menace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine,\" she muttered. \"You can stay until evening. But you know the Upper Realm rules still apply.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a casual salute. \"No threatening angels. No infernal summoning. No mass seduction spells within a fifty-meter radius. I read the brochure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She got up from her seat, grabbing her files with an air of tired amusement. \"I’ll have your assistant accompany you then. Try not to turn her into an accomplice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which assistant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria paused. Smiled. A little too wickedly for someone made of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or maybe,\" she said, \"you’d rather visit Archon Vizreel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux froze mid-sip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria continued, all innocent. \"He did give you a couple compliments last time. You know. When you consumed the artifact. Shirtless. On the mortal realm balcony. Monologuing like a devil-king from a tragic opera.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He choked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Milk went up his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed, wheezed, pounded his chest. \"Wait—you know about that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded serenely, sipping her tea like nothing was wrong. \"We watched the whole thing. The very dramatic hand motions and the cringe monologue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still coughing. \"Y-you what—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria set her cup down. \"You were shirtless. The balcony view? Gorgeous. Very final boss of the realm arc aesthetic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux groaned and curled into himself like a vampire reacting to sunlight. \"I was alone! That was a private moment of triumph and possibly mild insanity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Apparently not,\" she said. \"You even said about that raise the devil thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cringed. So hard he almost fell off the couch. \"Oh Holy Hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh yes,\" she said cheerfully. \"I have the recording if you’d like to—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you dare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestaria gave him a look like she was already uploading it to the Celestial Cloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lux dragged his hands down his face. \"So... you guys were watching me. Like... the whole time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tilted her head. \"The messenger told you, didn’t they? That we’d be monitoring you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought ’monitoring’ meant checking my vitals! Not streaming my life like a reality show!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave him a very straight-faced nod. \"It kind of is a reality show. We get weekly reports. The mortal realm chaos rating spikes every time you monologue shirtless or flirt with billionaires.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t flirt with them—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lux,\" she said.\u003C\u002Fp>",1043,"2026-06-05T23:57:11.778Z",1,"novelbin.me","7b04e97867791d6431381edce5ee3de6ac965dbfb0f18ee8d0be1fd45c9dafe4","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-101","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-99",878,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fharem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-cover.jpg"]