The Cosmos' Journey (Obey Me! x OC)

Chapter 3: Mammon, Avatar of Greed

Lucifer turned to the doors of the assembly hall. "Well, you've got that done now, and it seems the idiot has arrived as well."

Ivy swung her head to the doors just as Mammon busted in. "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 your money now! And anything else of value, too! Otherwise I'll wipe that stupid, happy-go-lucky look right off of your face... by eatin' you! Startin' at your head and working my way down, until--"

Lucifer glared at his brother. "Mammon, shut up or I'll punch you!"

Ivy had been laughing while Mammon was talking and the Avatar of Greed glanced over. Lucifer punched him in the gut. Mammon doubled over. "GAH, OWW! Hey, what's the big idea?! I thought you were actually going to give me a chance to shut up before punching me!"

Mammon glanced over at the now calm dryad/banshee mix. Ivy then turned her eyes to Satan, sensing his want to speak. He gladly took the chance. "Ivy, 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."

Asmo then leaned over Ivy and decided to do a stage whisper. "And he's also a masochist. That part's important."

Ivy giggled. Lucifer had clearly heard them. "Indeed. And it just so happens I have a job for my masochist of a brother."

Mammon seemed disgruntled. "Y'all, stop telling lies! I ain't asked for that punch, and I AIN'T a masochist!"

'Another thing to test Cosmos Ivy.'
'Leo, I swear by my title that I'm not going to test that theory.'
'Dangit!'

Lucifer turned to Mammon. "Mammon, you are going to be in charge of seeing to this human's needs during the whole exchange. I expect your full cooperation."

Mammon seemed startled. "What?! Why me?!"

Asmo pouted. "Aww, lucky you, Mammon! I'm so jealous..."

"All right, then why don't YOU do it, Asmodeus?!"

"What? Hell no, too lazy."

"I thought you said you were jealous of me?!"

Satan shook his head. "Just give up, Mammon. There's no getting out of this. You know you can't refuse a direct command from Lucifer, correct?"

Mammon still hadn't recognized her. "But why does it have to be me?! What about Beel? Why can't he do it?!"

Asmo shook his head. "This isn't a job we can entrust to Beel. We might as well ask him to eat this human."

Beel hummed. "Mm, yeah. I can't promise I wouldn't."

Mammon seemed furious. "You're useless, you know that?!"

Ivy turned to Lucifer. He gave his brother a questioning look. "... Mammon?"

"... Wh-What?"

"Surely you're not going to tell me you object to this arrangement, are you?"

"...! Ugh... I hate you guys! Every last one of ya! Fine... FINE! I'll do it, okay?! 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 my 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?!"

Ivy flicked some of her bang just enough for only Mammon to see the damage on her skin. "All right, deal."

Mammon had sucked in a breath after seeing the scar. He couldn't let the others know. "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 boss here."

Lucifer smiled at the arrangement. "We have decided who will take care of you, so on to the next subject: your tasks."

Ivy hummed. "Tasks?"

"Good question... Your task is to polish up your soul nicely and to acquire the power to resist demons."

"My soul?"

"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 of 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."

"What happens if I win?"

"Let's see... I will prepare some rewards to make sure you give it your all. There, there, don't give me that look (Ivy's visible eye is twitching). Don't take it so seriously. You won't have to do these tasks on your own. After all, you don't have any magic in you unlike the other exchange student from the human world... so my brothers and I will lend our power to you and you alone. To see is to believe, so why don't you go and give those tasks a try, Ivy?"

Ivy was prepared.