Crossing Dimensions

getting Goldie

DAY 5, 7: 23 AM

This time, you bumped into Lucifer. "Good morning, Rubina." You didn't see him at the breakfast table, so this is your first time seeing him today. "You've become quite the celebrity here, haven't you?" You nodded. Solomon said the same thing yesterday. You shook him out of your mind. He's clogging up your brain space, after all.

"Good morning, sir," You replied politely. He frowned. "Was that Solomon I saw you talking with yesterday?" 

"He was there when it happened?" Chara said, her hands sassily placed on her hips. "Why didn't he help then?" 

"Yes, he handed me my D.D.D. when it fell," You explained, seeing no point in describing how you felt and ignoring Chara's statement. 

"Since you're both humans, it's fine if you associate with him, but know that he is  untrustable."  Lucifer quickly recapped what Solomon himself told me. "He's the type of man who will try to subjugate even a powerful, greater demon if he gets the chance." 

You recalled Levi's instruction and wondered if you had another way of getting information without forcing Mammon into a pact. There doesn't seem like it, you thought and rolled with what you got.  "What is it, Rubina? Is there something you want to ask me?" 

"Nice! He's giving you an opening!" Chara encouraged. "Shoot!"

"I'd like to know about Mammon."

His eyes widened in surprise. "Mammon? Well, he is the one assigned to look after you, so it's only natural." He coughed. "Mammon is my brother, so I'll try to be sparing in my criticism." 

"He's pure scum." You groveled at his words to his sibling. "The scummiest sort of scum. Pure, unfiltered, disgusting scum to the doubt that I'm embarrassed to call him a fellow demon, much less my brother. Any particular reason why you asked?" 

"What's the one thing that is most important to Mammon?" You questioned, crossing your fingers behind your back. 

"Smooth, Rubina! High-five!" She lowered her arm to your thighs so you could tap her hand without looking suspicious. "Good job!" 

"That would have to be money. There are no limits to how much he spends, so to impose those limits, there's a certain form of money that I've frozen in his case..." He smiled mischievously, something you haven't seen. 

Of course, the bell decides to ring. Right at this moment. Lucifer said goodbye and goes gracefully.

"Frozen...?" Chara uttered his words. " 'Certain form of money that I've frozen...' " You left her to puzzle over his words as you walked to your first class of the day. 

* After school (BEDROOM; 5: 32 PM) *

You pushed your bangs out of your eyes as you stared out of the window, the constant-night sky and thousands of stars stared back, unobstructed by roofs, unlike home. 

As you absentmindedly stare at the sky, a question struck through your head.

Mhmm... There are 7 brothers, but I've only seen 6 so far...

Lucifer, the eldest...

Mammon, the second oldest...

Leviathan, the third oldest...

Satan, the fourth oldest...

Asmodeus, the fifth oldest...

and Beelzebub, the sixth oldest...

Where's the seventh oldest?

You compelled this thought onto Chara and she agreed that it was odd. "I wonder where the seventh oldest is. It's been a week, and we haven't seen him. Ooh!" She gasped, and her ruby eyes lit up. "Try searching for him on Devilgram! There's an app called that, right?"