"Ahem, no, Cherri and I will put our efforts into guarding the hotel, both from outside forces and inside... such as spies. After all, you can never be to careful~."

"Oh dear, no, I wouldn't dream of it," Pentious replied with a dismissive wave of his hand, "No, her highness will be very safe and looked after, as will her hotel."

He cleared his throat.

"Oh... well... I do hope the babe comes out... smaller then their father. Good luck."

I came to see if Cherri and I could assist and, by extension, you, it seems."

It was... kind of Alastor to help Charlie and even if it was due to a deal, Pentious could admire him for it.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, good sir," he smiled, all sharp teeth and fangs, "The Vees hate the hotel and I hate the Vees. The math is simple, as they say.

"Mm... congratulations?"

impress heathens like them?

The serpent nodded.

"I see, that is what I assumed you were doing. You of all people wouldn't entertain the idea of redemption," he said, laughing a little, "I'm sure you'd jump off the first cloud to get back here if you ever were redeemed."

Pentious' calm expression doesn't change, but the tip of his tail twitches and his hat gives him away a bit, a look of happiness in the single eye.

Oh, Alastor remembered him! Guess it helped that they weren't fighting. After all, why would an Overlord that matched the Vees in power want to

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the scales there too.

He knew she missed Lucifer and he was only the temporary replacement, but it was nice to be given attention.

"Ah, well," he began, pressing his hands together, "That is sort of the opposite of clean but... oh, I'll just take care of them myself. It's fine."