Lesson One Chapter Three – Mammon, Avatar Of Greed
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After a few more minutes of me just awkwardly standing listening to the brothers talk about random topics I could hear quickly coming toward us.  Looking in the direction of the footsteps I saw an attractive dark skin male with messy white hair coming towards us.

 

  “Well, it seems like the idiot finally arrived.”  The male who I assume is Mammon finally stops near me, panting a bit with sweat on his face. When he finally got his breathing under control he straightened up and pointed a finger at me with a glare on his face. Seeing him closer now I could see that he had blue and yellow gradient eyes. I also noticed he had gold stud earrings and two silver rings on his ring and pinky finger. I could see that he also had his nail painted but as white.  ‘Is it a demon thing? Or is it a family thing?’  I was really curious about the painted fingernails not caring that I was being glared at.

 

  “HEY! Just who do you think you are, human? You’ve got a lotta nerve summoning the Great Mammon! Listen up, because I’m only gonna say this once. If you value your life, then you’ll hand over all of your money now! And anything else of value, too! Otherwise I’ll wipe that stupid, indifferent look right off your face. . .by eatin’ you! Startin’ at your head and working my way down, until-” Lucifer quickly went up to Mammon and punched him in the head which caused a loud sound to echo in the room.

 

  “Mammon, shut up or I’ll punch you!”  Mammon was holding his head while slowly moving away from a glaring Lucifer while I just stared at them with a blank expression. ‘But you already punch him! You are supposed to give him a chance before you do the thing you threaten to do!’  I was shouting that internally but the only reaction I gave was my eyebrow twitching. 

 

  “GAH, OWW! Hey, what’s the big idea?! I thought you were actually gonna give me a chance to shut up before punching me!” Mammon was glaring at Lucifer but quickly looked away when he made eye contact with him. ‘He kind of. . . pitiful’ I couldn’t help but notice that the rest of his brothers look at him with a look of indifference.  

 

  “Yuki, Mammon here is the Avatar of Greed. He governs and oversees all forms of it. Whenever he takes a liking to someone, they suddenly find themselves awash in money. But from what I hear, if he decides to break it off with someone, that wealth evaporates. They’re left without a Grimm to their name.”  Satan introduces Mammon who got mad about being ignored by his brothers. ‘So I shouldn’t trust him with any type of money.’ Keeping money away from him should be pretty easy since I am completely broke at the moment.

 

  “And he’s also a masochist. That part’s important.” Asmodeus chided in with that and all of his brothers nodded their head in agreement pretending they couldn’t hear Mammon shouts of disapproval while I just felt my eyebrow twitch trying not to react to the situation. 

 

 “Indeed. And it just so happens I have a job for my masochist brother”  Lucifer continued teasing Mammon who looked like he was going to start stomping his feet in frustration. ‘Hmmm. So he has a personality like my baby cousin. He may be easy to handle unlike his other brothers.

 

  “Y’all, stop telling lies! I ain’t asked for that punch, and I AIN’T a masochist!” Mammon actually started to stomp his feet which caused me to raise an eyebrow since I didn’t actually think he would start doing that. It kind of added a charm to him even with that personality of his.

 

  “Mammon, you are going to be in charge of seeing to this human’s needs during the whole exchange. I expect your full cooperation.” Lucifer continued talking ignoring a protesting Mammon who looked like he was going to start sulking. 

 

  “What?! Why me?!”  Mammon stops stomping his feet looking at Lucifer in shock then at me then back at Lucifer with his mouth hanging open. ‘You don’t have to look that shocked man. It making me feel self conscious’ I was frowning slightly at Mammon's reaction at having to watch over me worrying that there was something wrong with me. 

 

  “Aww, lucky you, Mammon! I’m so jealous. . .” I felt my face growing hot when Asmodeus started to look at me again with a pout on his face. I just slowly avoided looking at him worrying I will give in to his good looks again. 

 

  “All right, then why don’t YOU do it, Asmodeus?!” Mammon pointed at Asmodeus who just gave him a “Are you crazy?” look like what he suggested was strange. While my expression outside was still indifferent inside I was raging mad.

 

  “What? Hell no, too lazy.” I hated myself when I couldn’t help but notice how attractive he was when he put a hand to his cheek while refusing Mammon. ‘I want to be mad but I can’t just forget my weakness for attractive guys.’ 

 

  “I thought you said you were jealous of me?!”  Mammon looked like he was going to attack Asmodeus who just laughed at his frustrations. I could see Satan just standing watching them while shaking his head sighing.

 

  “Just give up, Mammon. There’s no getting out of this. You know you can’t refuse a direct command from Lucifer, correct?” Satan was giving a look to Mammon that someone would give to a young child refusing to cooperate.

 

  “But why does it have to be me?! What about Beel? Why can’t he do it?!” Mammon pointed to Beelzebub who was still holding his growling stomach while sulking. I perk up at that not minding if he were to watch over me during my stay. ‘I think I could handle him pretty well. He just has a big appetite which I can totally handle.

 

  “This isn’t a job we can entrust to Beel. We might as well ask him to eat this human.”  Asmodeus just shakes his head with a frown while I tilt my head as I try to process what he just said. I could see Beelzebub nodding his head in agreement with Asmodeus looking at me with a look I didn’t like at all.

 

  “Mm, yeah. I can’t promise I wouldn’t”  I could feel myself get cold when I fully process what was just said. I could feel my stomach get heavy as sweat started to gather on my back. ‘Holy fuck! He could fucking eat me. Like fully eating me without hesitation! I was wrong about not having to worry about him!’ 

 

“You’re useless, you know that?!”  Mammon raised both his arms up in exasperated fashion. I was just slowly inching myself closer to Mammon who I just realize is the safest demon to be around while making sure not to look at any of his brothers.

 

  “. . . Mammon?”  Lucifer looks at Mammon with a blank expression causing him to put his arms down stiffly and question him with a wary expression on his face. “Surely you’re not going to tell me that you object to this arrangement, are you?”  An menacing aura was surrounding Lucifer which caused me and Mammon to straighten up in fear. ‘Wait, why am I getting scared?. . .I’m just going to play it safe. . .’ 

 

  “Ugh. . . I hate you guys! Every last one of ya! Fine. . . FINE! I’ll do it, okay!?” When Mammon finally agreed, the menacing aura surrounding Lucifer disappeared which caused me to relax but I raised my eyebrows in surprise when Mammon turned around quickly and looked at me directly with a glare on his face.

 

  “All right, human, listen up. As much as I don’t want to look after you, I’ve got no choice. It’s a huge pain in the ass, and I’m too important for this kind of thing, but Lucifer told me to do it, so I will. But in return, you better make sure you don’t cause me any trouble, got it!?”  My hand tightened in a fist as my eyebrow started to twitch at Mammon, treating me like a child. ‘Well he is a demon so he is way older than me but still! With how his brothers treat him I have a feeling he has a troublesome personality! Okay Yuki plays it smart. . .’

 

  I closed my eyes for a second to keep my emotions under control and open them again to give Mammon a small nod. “All right, deal. I won’t cause you any trouble while you watch over me during the exchange.”

 

  “Good, that’s what I want to hear. As long as you do as I say, we won’t have any problems. Just be sure you don’t forget which one of us is the boss here.”  Mammon crossed his arms over his chest while looking at me with a smug look.  I was resisting the urge to suck punch him in the stomach and decided to count sheeps in my head to calm down. ‘Count the sheeps. The innocent sheeps who know nothing about the dark and ugly real world.’ 

 

  “We have decided who will take care of you, so on to the next subject: your tasks.” Lucifer gave me a smile that didn’t help me feel relaxed at all. I was thinking about the tasks I would have to do and wondering if it is something extreme.

 

  “So, is it like a test or something along that line?”  I awkwardly asked Lucifer who just chuckled at me with a smile still on his stupidly handsome face. ‘Why does he have to have such an stupid personality with such an handsome appearance! Making it really hard to fully hate him!’ 

 

  “Good question. . .Your task is to polish up your soul nicely and to acquire the power to resist demons.”  I tilt my head confused at what Lucifer just said about polishing up my soul and resisting demons. ‘Am I allowed to resist the demons here if they ask me for something?’

 

 “So, it is totally okay to resist? But how does that have to do with my soul?”  I was still pondering how me resisting demons relates to my soul. How is this a task I have to complete during my exchange here? 

 

  “Demons like humans with nice souls. Let me put it another way. Nice souls look like shiny jewels. Do you understand now? Demons will use their wisdom and abilities to tempt the humans so they can get their hands on their souls. Other demons at RAD also have tasks assigned to them just like you. In other words, either humans will be tempted by demons, or demons will lose against the shiny and noble soul of a human and make a run for it. You could say it is an experiment to find out who will win.” I could feel myself kind of understanding what I had to do for my task here in RAD and felt slightly better that I wasn’t the only one who had to do a task. 

 

  “What happens if I win against these demons? What will I get out of this?”  I wasn’t curious to know what will happen to me if I lose. I feel like it would involve me losing my soul and probably dying or something along that line. But I was curious to know what will happen if I were to win against the demons.

 

  “Let’s see. . . I will prepare some rewards to make sure you give it your all.”  I gave Lucifer an annoyed look which he just chuckled at. “There, there, don’t give me that look. Don’t take it so seriously. You won’t have to do those tasks on your own.  After all, you don’t have any magic in you unlike the other exchange students from the human world. . . so my brothers and I will lend our power to you and you alone. Seeing is believing, so why don’t you go ahead and give a task a try, Yuki. There are some demons nearby you can practice with.”  Lucifer pointed behind me and I noticed a group of demons who was coming near me.

 

  Then all of a sudden the setting in front of me changed from an assembly hall to a circus like area that had music playing. I was trying to understand what was happening when I noticed a meter near me that was basically marked “Dance-meter”. My head was slowly processing when it suddenly reached a conclusion. 

 

  ‘I have to fucking dance?! What type of bullshit is this?! I would have preferred doing tests and writing an essay for my fucking task! How the hell does this prove my soul is pure?!’ I was left with nothing but confusion as I went to complete this weird task of mine not fully understanding why I had to deal with this.

 

  I could only cry in my heart at this weird situation that I was going through at the moment realizing that this will be my life during my exchange at this school. ‘I will take this to my fucking grave. No one shall know about this dancing. . . No one. .’

Here is another chapter for the story and I am currently working on another chapter of the story so it will probably be done by Thursday. I hope that this chapter was enjoyed and that everyone is doing okay. Well bye bye for now (*●⁰ꈊ⁰●)ノ~☆

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