At far away, a duo of sinners was simply their time together, a black woman with white her was nobody other than Clara who was enjoying her time playing with her guitar, using the way that she would play like her sister. And talking about the said sinner, the oldest sister was using her castanets as the duo seemed to be practicing some type of music, but then both of the girls seemed to be interrupted.

"DE NUEVO." A powerful shout said, as the duo saw an imp getting up from his hooves, his face was blooded, showing a bit of anger and also fear towards the woman staring down at him. From seeing that his face was covered in blood, and his body in cuts from such agile woman… He could comprehend why she was feared… And the woman beside him was almost trashed just like him. A grey woman who was with her spear craved on the floor, as her face was staring at the same person with anger on her eyes. The bow she had on her hair was on the floor, and her only eye narrowed on the woman who just trashed them both. "If you think that's good enough to fight me, then you are mistaken. Now, again."

The imp raised both his arms above him, as the woman beside him got up with her spear in her hands… And the imp closed his eyes, as his own hands decided to start the combat once again.

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap Clap Clap* *Clap* *Clap Clap Clap* *Clap Clap Clap*.

The hands of the imp clapped into such a strong and quick rhythm, as the woman beside him spun her spear as both of them were with their eyes closed. Still, at the time both opened to the overlord in front of them, they quickly moved to the speed of the claps, making the grey-haired Overlord smirk viciously, as they started once again to stand against the Overlord in front of them.

Clara and Odette glanced at each other, before nodding and started using their instruments.

Slowly her ballet shoes tipped on the floor, showing the sparkles of celestial weapon, glimmering menacingly towards the duo. Moxxie was still clapping his hands to make sure to catch the good tempo, as Vaggie cracked her neck. And with a good time to glance at each other, not just before Carmilla jumped and used her legs to try to strike both fallen angel and imp, but with Vaggie evading such strike, and Moxxie taking a Desert Eagle Pistol from his back and using his tail to bring his Falcon Nighthawk Pistol from the floor, he made it clear to point in the direction of the sinner overlord who jumped away from him.

*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang Bang Bang* *Bang* *Bang Bang Bang* *Bang Bang Bang*

And like the rhythm of the claps, he pointed at the Carmilla and shot, without thinking twice, using his best to move his body in accord with the dance she brought upon them. Carmilla gave a double jump spinning her body to make sure that nothing would hit her. Including the Spear who was launched in her direction from Vaggie who came with a kick after seeing her spear failing to hit the Overlord.

Carmilla enjoyed seeing the potential of them both. Different from the other demons, both of them asked to be trained by her. She gladly accepted… because she knew that deep in their hearts, each of them didn't fight for the sake of killing the others… But for the sake of protecting them, just like she wanted to do for her daughters…

But that doesn't mean she would go easy on them. The weapon dealer Overlord, used her right leg, and instead of cutting Vaggie's stomach, she used her knee to hurt the fallen angel's stomach, making her vomit on the floor. Exposing the imp who jumped in her direction, and with his leg and hooves sparkling white lines, she smiled and used her left leg to intercept the attack from the imp.

And that didn't mean anything to Moxxie, since he pointed his pistols at her face, and both moved in accord with the flamenco, she used her leg to hit the imp, but he was small and agile to use everything he could to protect himself, using his legs, or even pointed in the guns he had to shot on the celestial blades from Carmilla's legs.

Claps, Castnets, and Gunshots. Lines on the floor craved from the blades of their own dance. And the smell of gunpowder remained in the air… The overlord of weapons could say that she was getting excited… To see what both of them could become in the future… She was happy, to finally reach to see the potential of them both in the future.

And with a clap, Carmilla also started to follow the steps of the flamenco, as Moxxie and Vaggie prepared themselves, as the trio clapped to follow the castanets, and with their eyes closed… IT WAS JUST THE BEGGING.

"COME. VAMO-NOS." Carmilla grinned, as both imp and fallen angel worked together to try to attack to hurt the overlord. To make sure that they were ready for the future… As it always should have been...

Moxxie opened his eyes… and saw that he was sleeping on his bed, with his lover's arm nearby him… He couldn't help but glance once again at his hooves… The time he has practiced with Carmilla was done years ago… but at the time he stopped doing that and just focused on using his weapons to kill humans… It seems that the last time of primal challenges of the Wrath-Ring made him second guess his abilities to use weapons…

"Since when did I stop doing that?" Moxxie mumbled to himself, as he could feel part of his body sore. And the possibility of his coworker also breaking an arm because of a demon born? It made him mad… from the fact that he may have become rusty… The tempo was always something that he was grateful to the family who just accepted him as part of their family… And yet he could have killed the serpentine imp so easily… But he couldn't…

He felt a bit of worry coming from his mind, but then he felt a strong pull from his body, and he felt the warm body of his lover who was hugging him like a teddy bear… Feeling that he felt so nice, the worries inside of his mind became less and less…

"Good night, mi corazón." Moxxie whispered as he felt the grip become softer like the person who had him felt more relaxed with him nearby her.

The red colors of the sky showed how beautiful morning appeared on Pentagram City once again. Showing the peaceful time in Pride Ring. And even the devious city could have a great time of peace and silence sometimes...

Moxxie was sleeping peacefully with the white sinner beauty hugging him. The lovely couple enjoyed between their arms as it sounded like another honeymoon experience, a dark brown bedroom covered with golden yellow sheets and scarlet curtains.

Slowly the eyes of the palled sinner opened, and staring at the face of her love... The same imp who was just groaning at the time she was kissing his face to wake up.

"No Odette, this caramel macchiato is mine... You can't have it." Moxxie grumbled which made the sinner giggle with a mocked offense.

"Oh, my? Even in his dreams, I cannot have it?" Odette smiled as she was topless in her lingerie, a good way to tease her husband. And seeing her curtains seemed a bit more odd than the usual, Odette yawned as she glanced at the chandelier. "Good morning Blitzo."

"Whoa" The slander imp lost his grip and went down as he had his face on the carpet from the fall... Recovering himself quickly he dusted off his clothes. "Morning Odette."

"How many attempts did you try this time?" Odette went to the bathroom, Blitzo waiting outside with his arms crossed, had some time to think.

"Well, I think at least 12 times... It's getting harder and harder to get in here."Blitzo commented as he looked at his arms which were bleeding from the attempts. "Also you should check Kirara, I don't know if she is laying more eggs, but I found it surprising that she didn't try to devour me the 3 times I got stuck on her web... Maybe you should check with Zestial."

"Okay, I will check if she is laying her eggs, but once again thanks for testing the security system. From the times you have been doing that the tower where my mom works hasn't been attacked by idiots for a long time." Odette said as she finished to clean up her face... She wasn't going to take a shower with her husband's boss around. And while that imp was annoying, ridiculous, and a joke of imp... She saw why Moxxie respects him, she saw the loyalty Blitzo had to offer to her husband, to even the time he was loyal to even at her mother... But still...

The door opened revealing the morning securities, two bulky Baphomets wearing police caps, and holding taser guns aiming at Blitzo...

"Oh... It's you Blitzo." One of the security guards said in surprise while others got annoyed. "Heh, I knew you would pass the security... Now pay up."

"Ughhh." The second Baphomet rolled his eyes angrily, taking from his pocket a 100 soul note and giving at the smiling devil born.

"Oh hey, Yugo... Mortimer... Are these new?" Blitzo greeted both security until he saw the taser guns aimed directly at him.

"Yep, just got them a few days ago from the last time you came here," Odette said as she could taste the fear Blitzo was having at that moment... "Since I'm in such a good mood... You have 2 minutes of headstart."

"Thanks, bitch, now I'm on the way." Blitzo quickly jumped away from the window, but immediately realized that Moxxie and Odette lived on the fourth floor... "FUUUUUUUUUUCKKK."

"Oh... I forgot to tell him Mother and I will be going to visit his office." Odette smiled as she could see her employees sweating from her cruelty...

"Ugh...what just happened?" The patriarch of the house just woke up from the loud sounds around his bedroom, and they just found 2 of the securities inside his bedroom... And his wife smiling with cruelty when she was going to avenge herself... "Please don't tell me my boss got here."

"He just got away. Jumped through the window." Odette shrugged, making Moxxie place both his hands on his face.

"Ugh... How many times have I told him not to do that? It seems that he doesn't listen. How many attempts he did this time?" Moxxie sighed as he couldn't comprehend why his boss always enjoyed doing something like that.

"12 at least, he told Kirara must be checked, maybe she is laying her eggs and she couldn't focus on killing invaders." The white scientist sinner commented as she used her iconic lab coat on her and started placing makeup.

"Oh...okay, I will ask your mom if she can call Zestial to check on her..." Moxxie jumped from his bed, and giving a nod to his guards, they nodded their heads and went back to their places. "Want me to drive you to work?"

"Actually, I need you to catch Mother, she said she wants to visit you at work and to talk about the possibility of who would be the one who bought the sniper," Odette explained while Moxxie stared at his wife in surprise and in semi-horror.

"Did you tell Blitzo that you are going to bring her?" Moxxie asked, but he found his wife scratching her head and showing her tongue.

"Ops, I forgot to tell him," Odette replied in fake concern which made her husband jump on her and start kissing her.

"Oh you are a cruel mistress and I love it when you do that with my boss." The smothering kiss and the lovely touch from the imp, made the sinner melt as she also came back and hugged her lover...

"Let's take a bath together." Odette offered but Moxxie stared at her confused.

"But you already dressed and makeup yourself." Moxxie said in concern, but then he saw his wife slowly taking off her lab coat and undressing in front of the imp... "I'm already on there."

Moxxie said as he quickly went to the bathroom... Which left the giggling sinner ready for a good morning time with her love...Like every morning.

"Alright, have we packed everything up?" Moxxie got inside the car, sitting in the driver seat, followed by his wife who was holding two Stanley cups.

"Alright, we have coffee for the rest of the day, brought some muffins as well... Are you sure that you don't want to go to that cafe to make it a special order?" Odette said as she was drinking her own cup, which Moxxie took the muffing and started to munch, and after a few minutes, he wouldn't drive, not before cleaning his face with his napkin.

"Negative, we have everything we need, and I made sure to make more coffee for us since we bought a very good stock from Gluttony Ring, so I think it would be a waste if we don't finish all the good grains we have," Moxxie replied as he finished to drink his own cup, and seeing his wife pouting at him, he chuckled from knowing what was on her mind on that moment. "And no, we are not going to hire a barista to make coffee for us."

"Oh come on, we already have a lot of servants, you know that a good barista would have made our day even better," Odette said as her husband rolled his eyes. And with the car already passing the gates of their propriety, the couple once again came to their iconic talk about what would be the best coffee time and best way to drink it… Sometimes it's just a silly talk which would become a very heated argument… But it always ended up with them making up hotly in their bedroom. So it was a victory for them in the end.

At the time their SUV passed through the gates, both Moxxie smiled with his wife who was typing on her hellphone… Which possibly would be a meaningful time to warn the matriarch that they are coming to get her…

And passing through a few miles away… The SUV crossed what would be a few houses away... Some apartments, and then when they crossed a light pole...

A few years ago:

Passing the light pole, the SUV drove in the opposite direction, which inside on the driver's seat, was Clara who was still giving a drive to the group inside of the car...

Driving around the remains of destruction and even some closed stores...
Odette was talking on her hellphone, Carmilla was with her clipboard in her hands, and with a good smile on her face, she was marking checks to all proprieties who have been closed and that way doing a personal report for checking the places...

And if her friend Zestial decided to nag at her for overworking... She would say that she was helping a benefactor to find a new home...Speaking of the said benefactor.

"If you find a propriety you are interested in, just tell the word that I will be sure to help you to settle in." The overlord commented as she received from the honesty of the imp, that her daughters counted the souls and it was proved to be indeed the quantity Moxxie had told them. So she appreciated the honesty...

"Thank you, ma'am, but you shouldn't have... It's really too much." Moxxie commented as the implications of Carmilla made him nervous... Not imagine why such a person was that generous.

"That's the minimum for the person who saved our lives," Carmilla said the half-truth, knowing the distraction made them do something they wouldn't regret. But that also made her explain to Moxxie. "Also you had to trash your groceries to distract the Executor."

"It was just a few eggs and a grenade," Moxxie commented as he felt uncomfortable from such a prize. "I knew that if I used my pistol, it wouldn't work and I would have been an easy target."

"Well, you shouldn't... Since Angels have a rule to never kill a demon born in here. They only would focus on sinners, and my daughters were very far away, and I wouldn't know what would happen if something happened to them." Carmilla told with all her heart... She could see Moxxie smiling weakly from that statement.

"Well...you care very much for your daughters..." Moxxie said with a tone of nostalgia... And the overlord didn't miss it...

"You say as if you were proud to have someone like that..." Carmilla asked and Moxxie looked away sadenned.

"Yeah, she was my protector... She always did her best to protect me..." That was the only thing Moxxie said, and the implication in his voice was an immediate flag to the trio inside of the car...

"You have my condolences..." Carmilla was polite, knowing for someone who could have lost his mother, she must have been someone he cared about...

"That's not a problem," Moxxie said with a fake smile and tried to change the subject... And thankfully Odette was the first to step in...

"You said you have a pistol, which kind do you use?" Odette asked as she moved her red glasses, and the reflection of them showed the imp having a slightly relieved expression on his face.

"Oh, I have them right here," Moxxie replied as he gave both his personal pistols he brought with him after the prison break in Greed Ring... Usually, he would have bought another kind of weapon, but since he left Greed Ring, having some handguns would be useful in combat. Especially since he took it from a gun shop, which didn't know the value of guns, and bought some good quality for cheap.

Carmilla looked in surprise as she saw Moxxie taking out the guns from his back, never imagining that the little imp would be armed... A grenade maybe, but handguns? And the posture of him holding them? He was holding like a mob from the mafia but with experience in sharpshooter...

"Oh, let me see..." The white-skinned sinner took a look from the handguns and had her eyes wide open in surprise to see a falcon and a .357 Magnum Taurus with him. "Wow a .357 Taurus, never thought I would see one like this again."

"Yeah, the man who was taking care of the shop didn't know how to clean it right, so I got it for 1/3 of the price...he had no idea on how to deal with it," Moxxie commented as he himself showed a bit of experience. "Having also a Falcon Knighthawk and not knowing its true value, I got this as fish price."

Clara raised her eyes wide open and stopped due to the traffic, just to see the eyes of recognition from her sister, and the surprise look from her mother...

An imp like him knowing how about weapons is rare...

"So Moxxie, do you have some hobbies? From the way you talk, it seems that you are an expert on the subject." Clara asked since she could see that her madre was with another type of look on her face... One as recognition but also in suspicion...

"Oh," Moxxie stopped as he touched his chin thinking about a way to reply. "I'm a sharpshooter, so I guess knowing about guns and weapons is a hobby of mine... But also I like to play guitar...I love classical music and also I'm a big fan of theatre."

"Oh, do you play guitar too?" Clara commented as she decided to make a good conversation to distract Moxxie from the glances of her mother and sister.

Carmilla listened to the imp and had her head nodding from the way the imp talked... But somehow inside of her, she knew that he had been a bit evasive on some personal questions... His knowledge of weapons came from someone... And she would find out about his background...

She understood what her youngest daughter was doing, a preliminary interrogation... But while the information was both cute and interesting to see a well-cultured imp...There were secrets he must be ridding, and while she knew that it would be too intrusive, knowing the imp was in the right place and at the right time, would be too good to be true. And she didn't like to use it, but she must have to use the little flask inside her purse...

Years later:

The mariachi song played inside the car, and Moxxie nodded at the song of the good rhythm and the nice voice of the man who was singing, a nice song of mariachi, Odette was enjoying the good time as she gave some views on the reports she talked with the assistant of the company, related of their future around the weapon factory, and who would be the newest project of weapons in their hands on the next semester.

The SUV had to stop as they were in front of the mansion of Pentagram City 20 minutes away from their home, which had a good view of the woman who seemed to be waiting for her carriage to appear... Carmila was with her iconic hairstyle and this time with sunglasses on her eyes... This showed another good intimidation factor to the owner of IMP company since the glares in her eyes could make Blitzo so scared that he would jump from far away, or cowardly find some excuse while crying like a girl... Since being the matriarch of the family but also their weapons supplier, she had the satisfaction of making fun of the imp but also supported him in cases when he proved her right. It was their little game.

"Hola mother." Odette greeted the overlord who appeared using her sunglasses. And staring at the SUV which came to pick her up... And with a good smile on her face, seing the imp who she took like a son, even if he was the son-in-law, she was happy to see the imp once again.

"Odette, Moxxie." Carmilla sat in the back seat. And seeing the imp didn't say something, she cleared her throat.

"Hey Madre Carmilla." Moxxie quickly replied after snapping from his thoughts.

The overlord chuckled at seeing her son-in-law acting silly every time she addressed him... Seeing that it was a good time to turn off the radio, she did it the same way she hugged him from behind his driver's seat.

"Nice to see you again mi hijo, now how was Wrath- Ring?" Carmilla already asked which made Moxxie roll his eyes.

"Had a mission to escort and protect Prince Stolas, someone attempted to kill him by passing himself as the worker of Millie's family farm... Had some bullshit family issues of them, earned their respect which I never wanted. And I hope to never go there again."Moxxie gave a summary to his mother-in-law since he didn't need to have secrets about his member of the family, since the family had helped him in so many ways... As it was if he was happy with the changes that appeared in his life... "Now, I'm surprised that you want to visit me at work."

"Well, I have my suspicion on who would be the person to try to sabotage the festival like you said. But it isn't concrete, Zestial made sure to bring more info around just to be sure... But now... can you tell me more about the serpentine imp you were fighting?" Carmilla dismissed his thoughts, and then with that sharp question, made Moxxie bite his tongue... And from the looks of the overlord who seemed to be having her good eyes on him, she noticed him doing a slight flinch. "Ohh... you have a story that you are not telling me? Male Moxxie, now you got me curious, and I want to hear about the whole event."

"Mierda," Moxxie said as he gasped but then gave a slight jump since his wife and mother-in-law pinched him.

"Language," Carmilla commented as she smirked to see her daughter also curious about what happened in Wrath-Ring.

"Oh come on... That event wasn't even that great... Do I have to tell everything that happened?" Moxxie asked in disbelief, and seeing that her mother-in-law and his wife didn't seem to be quitting the idea... he couldn't help but confess... "Alright, I admit, I got rusty, he escaped because I wasn't fast enough. He launched Millie in my direction with her arm broken, and I couldn't cut his neck... but that's it... Alright, done, you made me say it."

The tsk from the matriarch hurt him, since he promised that he would keep his legs sharp, and his eyes and mind sharper than before, but it seems that everything on Wrath-Ring was unlucky for him, unknown ground, unknown creatures, and even people who didn't trust his word... he felt he was alone on that place... and he hated for that...

"Later we will talk about it," Carmilla commented which made Moxxie flinches... As she then glanced at her daughter who nodded her head in approval. "But now we have a meeting to do, and I have an imp to scare shitless off."

And with that quote... Moxxie felt that this was going to be a good day.