On the other side of the portal, Li Wei had only just returned to Avernus when Bael followed close behind. Tilting his head, he winked and made a report against someone:
"Glasya got beaten up by Zariel right after you left!"
Li Wei raised his brows in surprise at that, then quickly returned to calm.
"I know."
In his view, although this established fact might bring some unforeseen trouble, given their equally forceful yet utterly incompatible natures, such an outcome was both unexpected and perfectly reasonable. Since it had already happened, all he could do was stay alert in advance against any contingency.
Seeing how composed their boss was, Bael became the one unable to remain composed.
"Hey! That's Asmodeus's only daughter! Don't you have any thoughts at all? Look at that face, then look at that figure."
Li Wei stopped in his tracks and gave this devil lackey a serious once-over, amusement in his voice.
"What? Do you think I share some peculiar fetish of yours?"
"What fetish?" Bael's scales immediately prickled beneath that look.
"For example... a masochistic fetish." Li Wei continued onward.
"How could that be!" Bael's scales stood on end in guilty alarm.
"It's good that you don't."
Li Wei's smile instead became somewhat teasing. At the same time, he thought to himself, So beneath Pallepheni's noble, icy exterior, there really is a blazing heart after all. No wonder she wielded that little whip so skillfully.
But after thinking it over, he still warned him:
"Unless necessary, don't take the initiative to 'provoke' her so casually in the future. She's a huge problem. Do you really think that harmless, docile act she puts on is without purpose?
"That Queen of Succubi merely saw that our strength was passable and wants to use us against Levistus.
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