The Cosmos' Journey (Obey Me! x OC)

Chapter 68: Belphegor's Troubles

I apologize for being on hiatus for a long time with this book, but I'm back, baby! It's time to start with Lesson 17!

Leviathan yawned as he entered the dining hall. Mammon perked up. "Yo! Levi, you're late!"

Ivy's violet eye focused on him as Asmo spoke. "Yeah, you really are, Levi. You were up all night playing games again, weren't you?"

Ivy gave Levi a concerned look. "You know that's bad for your skin, right? You shouldn't stay up so late all the time."

Levi glared at her. "Hey, stop! You sound like Asmo!"

Ivy gave him a challenging look back. She wasn't afraid of Levi. Satan noticed the tension and piped up. "Complaining won't help anything, Levi. You'll end up having to repeat a year if you're late too often. Now hurry up and eat."

Mammon looked at the table sheepishly. "Though, uh, there isn't much food left at this point..."

Levi looked at his plate, eyes going wide. "That's weird. I haven't eaten anything, but my plate is already empty... Hey, what's going on? There was food on my plate earlier... Where'd it go?"

Ivy huffed, thinking of Beel. However, she decided to say something that didn't incriminate the gluttonous cinnamon roll (We love Beel in this house.). "Somebody's playing a prank on you, Levi."

"A prank... right, yeah! This does seem like a prank! So I was right, then? Because I totally thought that might be it."

Beel was indulging himself in food. "... Mmm, so good."

Levi then turned to glare at Beel. "Wait, what am I even thinking?! It was totally Beel! Give me back my breakfast!"

"Sorry, I already ate it. And throwing it back up would just be wasteful."

Ivy sighed as Beel went back to eating. Well, this would end well. Levi continued glaring at Beel. "Whatever, I don't care! Spit it out, now!"

Mammon immediately piped up. "Whoa, no! YOU might not care, but I do! Don't you DARE throw up, Beel!"

Ivy rolled her eyes, shot her amused sisters an apologetic glance, and then held her own plate out. "Would you like my food instead, Beel?"

Levi gave Ivy an awed look. "Are you some sort of angel...?"

Satan sighed as he observed them. "Forget it, Ivy. Ignore them. Their stupidity's contagious, and you don't want what they've got."

Asmo smiled sweetly at Ivy. "Ivy, you can have this mango-flavored Little Devil's Gelatin Parfait if you want. What do you say? It's really gooood."

Just as Ivy was about to accept, the doors opened and in walked Belphegor. He let out a yawn. "Man, I'm tired..."

Both Levi and Asmo noticed him. "Oh..."

Mammon and Satan did too and chose to remain solemnly silent. Beel looked at his twin. "Belphie..."

When Satan finally spoke, he was very brief and only said a single word. "... Morning."

Mammon decided to greet him as well, albeit nervously. "Y-Yo, Belphie. You sure are up early, aren't ya?!"

Ivy noticed Satan's curtness and Mammon's nervousness. Beel shook his head at Mammon's words. "No. He's barely got time to eat before heading to class."

"W-Well, that's all right! Not like anyone's gonna make a fuss over it!"

Levi went quiet and the three sisters noticed the unusually tense atmosphere. That was kind of expected. After all, it wasn't too long ago that Ivy had "died" due to him. Ivy didn't like the silence and decided to say something. "Good morning, Belphie."