Maou had no idea what he would do without his top two generals. If he had arrived alone, he doubted he would have made it. So, them, lucky?

"Yeah. Yeah, we are." Maou looked to Urushihara and smiled genuinely. He glanced away at once, however, brow drawn together. "Makes me feel kinda bad for Emi, though. Not that I want her hero buddies hangin' around, we got enough stalkers. But still."

Maou's eyes returned to Urushihara, his tone testing the waters that now churned between them. "We kinda got a family thing goin' on."