Bonus Chapter 2 Hard Lesson 2-14 - Mammon's Dearest Treasure (Part 2)
"...Anyway, that's what I've been keepin' from ya." Mammon gave me a somewhat serious yet arrogant look. I gave him a look of suspicion. "Mammon, is this actually true? Is that REALLY what you do with your money?" As my look of suspicion grew into a glare of distrust, Mammon tries to defend himself. "HEY, COME ON! No fair! Don't give me that you're-so-terrible-and-I-don't-trust-you look!"
Seeing that I still didn't trust him, Mammon stops defending himself and started not caring. "Eh, whatever. I guess it doesn't matter whether you believe me or not." As Mammon drops the matter, Levi enters the classroom. "There you go lying again." Levi frowned upon Mammon's so-called sad story. "D'AAAH! Hey, what's the big idea?! Don't sneak up behind me like that!" Mammon almost jumped a mile because Levi spooked him so much. I started to giggle, realizing what a scaredy-cat Mammon was.
"Well, I wouldn't have to if you weren't such a liar. I have to say, I'm impressed. That was quite a story. Lying really comes naturally to you, doesn't it Mammon?" With Levi repeatedly making it clear that Mammon was lying, I looked at Mammon with disdain. "I'm not lying! It's the truth!" Again, Mammon tries to defend himself, and failing as Levi and I give him zero trust.
"Oh yes you are. You can't fool me. I know about what happened, Mammon. I know that ten witches were fighting over who got to make a pact with you. So, Lucifer persuaded them to cut you into ten pieces and divide you amongst themselves. He planted the idea by making it appear in the tea leaves when they were doing their divination." Levi began to laugh as he tells Mammon and me what was probably way more truthful than Mammon's story of lies. I was just a bit terrified of the thought of Lucifer suggesting to cut Mammon into pieces to TEN witches. 'Can a demon even survive that?!'
"HEY! Who told you about that?! Also, there WEREN'T ten witches! There were just three! Three witches were pressuring me for a pact! Get it right!" Mammon gets angry at Levi for assumingly getting details wrong, forgetting that he was trying to convince us that his "story" wasn't a lie. 'Man Mammon, you are utterly stupid ninety-nine percent of the time.' "What does it even matter? Whether they split you into tenths or thirds, it's all the same." Levi just brushed off Mammon's comment like it was nothing.
"Oh no it's not! Cutting me into tenths would be way different! The pieces would be all small and stuff!" Mammon starts to complain, when he realized something. "Wait though... You're telling me it was LUCIFER who gave them the idea to chop me up like that?!" Mammon looked angry yet terrified to find out that Lucifer somehow planted the idea of chopping him into pieces.
"Anyway Mammon, somehow you managed to wiggle your way out of making a pact with them, but I know they're still the boss of you. The truth is that those three witches still have you under their thumb. They make you buy things for them, don't they? They use you as their own personal piggy bank." Levi began to laugh, smiling as he reveals what was most likely the true reason for Mammon to spending money for others.
"Wha? That's crazy. Just who do you think you're talkin' to? I'm Mammon, the one and only Avatar of Greed. You think someone's using ME to buy them stuff? As if I'd ever let some puny witches tell me what to do! Pff, don't make me laugh! In fact, you could say they're the ones serving me, not the other way around-" As Mammon starts denying all that Levi said, Mammon's D.D.D. started ringing. Mammon, feeling irritated by this sudden interruption, start digging for his phone.
"Hold on. Ugh...I was just getting to the good part! Whoever this is, they've got a lotta nerve interrup-" As Mammon glances at name of the contactor, he freezes and turns ghostly pale. "*ulp*...!" Mammon just stares at his D.D.D. with a utterly horrified look on his face, letting it ring continuously as we just stood there for a moment.
"...You know your phone's ringing, Mammon. Aren't you going to answer it?" Levi looks at Mammon questioningly. "Sh-Shut up, Levi! O-Of course I'm gonna answer it!" Angry at Levi for even questioning him, Mammon finally answers the call. "Um, hello? ...Yeah, it's me. ...Oh, right...sorry. I mean, yes, it's me. It's Mammon." Nervously answering the call, Mammon tries to play it cool.
"...Hm? You want me to come to the club? Right now? In a limousine? ...Hold on a second. There's no way I'll be able to find a limousine on such short notice... 'Just shut up and do it'? ...Come on, it's straight-up impossible. I need more time to-" Mammon, looking quite upset, was beginning to lose his cool when the person, or persons from what it sound like, begin to threaten him.
"...R-Right! Understood! I'll be there in ten minutes... I promise! Just sit tight, okay? ...I mean, please wait there for me...if you would be so kind...ma'am!" After agreeing to what lady asked with an awkward smile on his face, Mammon ends the call, totally distraught. "...Mammon. Who was that on the phone?" Levi asked Mammon, looking just a bit concerned.
"OH NO! Something's wrong with my hearing! Suddenly I can't hear anything!" Mammon suddenly acts like he can't hear anything, putting his fingers in his ears and acting like a child. "That was the witches just now, wasn't it Mammon?" Levi laughs and smiles at Mammon's misfortune. 'Mammon either has bad luck or that was just a very odd coincidence.'
"...Ugh, I've had it with this. I mean, what's WRONG with them?! How long are they planning on usin' me as their slave?! You know somethin'? Women are scary! Real scary!!" Upset at being used as a "slave" and agreeing to do what the witches asked, Mammon acts all dramatic about "women being scary." 'Uh, you know that there is a woman standing right beside you, right? I resent that remark!' "Well, that settles it. I'm definitely sticking with two-dimensional girls." Levi started giggling, thinking about his favorite 2D girls.