Marylynn's Pov:
All the time he pulled my wrist toward his room, everything was silent. Appart from the weight of my shoes on the floor. He lets my Wrist go and He opens the door for me to go in.
This room is, so calming...
everything is in shades of blue, there is a gigantic aquarium, a bathtub in the middle of the room and above it, there is ornamentation resembling jellyfishes. A desk with, 4 computer screens?! I wish.. a bunch of figurines are scattered around and Books are on the ground sometimes.. I turn around to look quickly at him and get confused.Before closing the door, he looks around and finally closes it. He catches my confused stare.
Levi:....what's that now? You want to know why I looked around to see if anyone was watching before I closed the door?
Me: well, y-
Levi: Why do you THINK I did it?! Isn't it obvious?! imagine what would happen if someone saw me inviting you into my room! A human who doesn't even look like an otaku,but a Normie! You know what people would say, right?!
I cross my arms and lift an eyebrow at him.
A normie?
Did he also Suppose I wasn't An otaku by my looks?
Me: no. Because, I am an Otaku too.
He looks confused and smiles a little bit.
Levi: really? You are...?
I can see the reflection in his eyes. He's wondering how I could. His smile disappears and He shakes his head suddenly.
Levi: W-well,if you think That means I'll give you special treatment now, you've got another thing coming! Because I won't!!
I'm almost disappointed...
I look around again, and my eyes meet the bookcase. It's full of thick, hardcover books as big as encyclopaedias...
or the book I read. I lean over,knowing I should probably not, and read one of the titles.
The tales of the seven lords: The lord of the shadow awakens.
Hey I know that serie!
Levi: what is it human? What are you looking at.
Me: my name is Marylynn...
I look back at him.
Levi: wait,that looks like...the tales of the seven lords. Are you a fan of that too?
Me: yep, I read that serie.
I smile at him.
Levi: Hmph, is that so...okay then,can you tell me what the first lord is know as in the serie?
I purse my lips and think a little.
Me: The lord of corruption.
He seems taken aback that I got it right.
Levi: I- um.. uh-...
Me: come to think of it, the second lord makes me think of mammon....
He looks at me, confused.
Me: sorry I was talking to myself.
Leviathan lets a sigh leave his lips.
Levi: I wish I could be like the third lord. I may be, a recluse like him but we're totally different, because he's got an amazing friend like Henry. Check it out. See that goldfish in the fish tank there?
A hand on my shoulder and the other pointing toward the goldfish in the tank, I lean closer to look.
Levi: he's actually named Henry. I love TSL so much that I couldn't help naming him after the main character. But I can't really high-five a goldfish,can I?
Me: I can give you a high-five if you want.
I turn to look at him and I can see a faint blush dust his face.
Levi: th-that's not the point!
His hand leave my should quickly and I continue listening to him talking. I don't think he does have someone to talk a lot with...
Levi: the original writer Christopher Peugeot, he's actually a human.
Me: I knew that...
Levi: that's why I'm so jealous of you guys..
He sighs loudly and seems exasperated.
Levi: Humans are so lucky. You've got Subscription services that let you watch your favorite anime anytime, you can go to Akihabara whenever you want.... why do you guys get to experience all the good stuff? I mean, humans' whole concept of pleasure originally came from us demons, you know? We gave it to you. So, why can't we have a little of that back now huh? I mean, I want to be able to go to a Japanese maid café too. I want to hear the maids welcome me as if I'm master of the house, I-
Me: Maids uh?
I smile at him.
Predictable. He continues to rent about how envious he his, which was even more predictable since he his The avatar of envy.
me: right! Screw all the normies! Who needs 'em?
Levi: yeah screw them!!
I giggle slightly at how into it he was. He looks back at me. He stares at me for some time then behind me and back at me. He finally clears his throat and takes a deep breath.
Levi: all right enough of that. Anyways I didn't bring you here to talk About TSL. I don't think there's any harm in just coming out and saying what you already know that is true: Mammon is a complete and utter scumbag. It's very important that you understand this. So I'll say it one more time.
He grabs my shoulders and look at me straight in the eyes.
Levi: Mammon is a hopeless,worthless scumbag! I lent that scumbag money, and now I want him to pay me back.but being the scumbag that he is, he won't do it. I wish I could force him to, but despite a rotten waste of space he is, Mammon's still the second oldest. As the third oldest, no matter how hard I try, I don't stand a chance against him.
Me: how did you even become Enemies like that?
Levi: well, it's a long story,but sure. I'll tell you, human.
Me: Marylynn.
Levi: once, a long time ago, Mammon won a prize in a convenience store promotional campaign. If you bought something,they let you reach into a box and pull out a piece of papaws that told you what you had won. And the prize Mammon won was a Seraphina figurine, something I would've died to have. But, despite the fact that Mammon had no interest at interest in it at all, he refused to give it to me. Why, you ask? Because I wanted it...that's it. That was the only reason. I wanted it, and he said no just to torment me. I mean, how awful is that?! So, I got to thinking....Mammon's going to end up treating seraphina like some random piece of junk. That much is a given. I can maybe handle it if he at least leaves her in her original packaging. But what if he actually takes her out of the box?! He might just do it! And if he does,he'll get dust on her, won't he?! I decided I had to save Seraphina. So I snuck into mammon's room in the middle of the night. And what do you think I saw there?! Your not going to believe it. He didn't open the box....no, it's way worse than that.he hadn't even taken it out of the plastic convenience store bag, which he had tossed on the floor of his room. THE FLOOR! he actually left SERAPHINA on the FLOOR! The queen of the High Elves herself! Sure,she seems cold and prideful at first, but once you get her alone,you find out that she really wants affection, just she just doesn't know how to admit it, and it's soooooo cute! Yet mammon just threw her on the floor! And I don't think he had cleaned it in three months. It was covered in junk. Old empty ramen containers,tissus with dried snot and...and boogers in them. Stuff was strewn Everywhere. And there she was, lying there amongst all of the that! On the FLOOR! Tossed aside like so much junk! How COULD he?!
I listen to him, he really does need to rant...
and I think it will make him feel better if I just leave him do so...and mammon way of living doesn't seem healthy either....
.....
why am I being concerned for demons?
Levi: It was so awful that I just lost it,and I flew into a rage. I walked straight over to mammon, who was lying on his bed asleep. Then I raised my leg up in the air over him and brought my heel into his stomach as hard as I could. But the next thing I knew , he wasn't there on the bed anymore. It all happened so fast. He moved with incredible speed. He grabbed me,picked me up,and slammed me headfirst onto the floor in a pile of driver.
I wince. Ouch. That must hurt so bad.
Levi: and the worst part is that he was STARK NAKED!....as I started loosing consciousness, I remember thinking....why does he have to sleep in the nude? He could at least put on some underwear. I don't remember anything after that..you've seen just how fast he is yourself, haven't you? No one aside from lucifer or Beel has that kind of speed. But if, say, a human made a pact with mammon, and bound him to their service...
He looks at me with hope.
Levi:....then he'd have to do whatever that human told him to.Which means that if you make a pact with Mammon and then order him to give me back my money..he wouldn't have any choice but to do it. Plus having him under your control wouldn't be bad either, yeah sure he may be A handful but he's still one of the most powerful demons. So I don't think it would end up being a bad deal for you either. Don't you agree?
I..really want to help him...but...
Me: I....yeah I agree but.... I know I kinda just arrived....but....
I put my hands on Levi's, that are still on my shoulders and pray them off softly.
Me: I don't have a good impression him... he doesn't like me that much...so making a pact with him...I don't think would be the best...
Levi: what?!
Me: I'm sorry...but I know someone that could have a pact with him..
Levi: I'm going to explain you the plan, you'll say it to that person later.
Me: okay?
Levi: if you walk up to mammon and ask him to make a pact with him, he'll never agree.no, you need some leverage.....a bargaining chip. Your, or the person, is going to offer him something in exchange. Something he wants so badly he would do ANYTHING to get it...
~time skip~
I left Levi's room earlier, he had explained to me what his plan was...and I had talked to it about the one person I figured could do a pact with mammon.
Aoi...
she wasn't really Happy about me getting her into that story.
Actually she Slammed her door in my face.
I'm glad she missed my face..
but she feels like she doesn't have a choice now,
And it's perfect.
Aoi: tomorrow we have school you know?
Me: yeah I know I just wanted to tell you something.
Aoi: for what?
Me: Levi said we should talk about it to lucifer without mentioning the card..
Aoi: you do it. The only thing I'll do is do that idiotic pact.
...
Me: yeah and I'm grateful for that. Thanks you.
Aoi: yeah,yeah....now go away I want to sleep.
Me: oh...okay bye...
I get out of her room and start walking to my own. This house is so big...but I'm already used to it somehow.. I open the door to my room and prepare myself to bed. Laying on my bed, trying to find sleep, I wonder to myself..
Should I have told To Aoi how the pacts work...
She must know how it does if she accepted.
