Christmas Market Event,

Day 4

Group three: Mammon, Levi, Satan and Belphie

This little story belongs to my Christmas project, a series of stories leading up to Christmas Eve! Check my Event Masterlist for more information, and have fun!

Diavolo, Solomon, Beel and Clover made their way to the market first. Asmo dragged Barbatos away soon after, and Satan and Belphie excused themselves as they had an “important investigation” to make.

So, Mammon turned towards the avatar of Envy. “Come on, let´s get going, too.”

“Eh?!” Levi furrowed his brows. “Why should I go with YOU?” He said, but as Mammon was already heading out of the alley, Levi subconsciously hurried after him.

“Ya always want me to give you your money back, right?” Mammon started. “Well, if ya help me find some rare, human world goods at the market, we´ll make some big cash, and I might actually give you some of that…”

Thus, they ended up wandering through the market together, until Mammon was too unsatisfied with their hunt so far.

“This won´t cut it…” he mumbled. “I get the feeling those humans are hiding the really good stuff from us.”

“What are you on about, Mammon” Levi shook his head. “This is a Christmas market, not a black mark… Hey, you´re not allowed to go behind the stalls!”

Mammon turned around and froze for a second,

But then he simply mumbled a “nah” and waved it off, proceeding to sneak into the “staff only” area.

Letting out the greatest sigh, Leviathan was waiting. And waiting. And waiting more.

Until, a few stalls ahead, Mammon´s head popped up, waving for his brother to come over all agitated.

“What is it?” Levi hissed, however approaching him. “Mammon, if you steal from these innocent people, I will tell Lucifer, and then-“

He stopped all his actions the moment he saw what it was his brother had found.

Or, better, who it was.

“M… Mammon… What´cha… got there…?” Levi crouched down to get a better look.

Mammon threw him a stressed glance. “Look, I was minding my business, and suddenly I hear this weird sound coming from the corne-“

He got interrupted by a sudden motion. And the moment after, Mammon´s newfound “treasure” was clinging onto Leviathan, wailing loudly into his chest.

Levi´s face contorted into the weirdest grimaces.

“T…T-T-T…” He trembled. “TAKE IT AWAAAAAAYYY‼”

————-

Mammon rubbed his temples in hopes of easing his throbbing headache. Levi on the other hand had his eyes squished together, doing the ruthless act of praying that all of this was nothing but a bad, bad dream.

And with them, there was this human child, still clinging onto Leviathan´s leg while playing around with Mammon´s glasses.

Satan and Belphie couldn´t believe their eyes when they spotted them. They were guided to them as Mammon was spam-calling them minutes ago. But of course, both Satan and Belphie were wearing the widest grins, watching the miserable state their elder brothers were in.

“… Just how did you two end up in that situation?” Satan asked.

“It’s Mammon´s fault!” Levi grunted immediately. But as he raised his voice, the little girl started whining. “Aaahh, no, don´t cry, Anna… H-here, look at these cool, uh…” Quickly he ripped off the accessories Mammon had attached to his belt. “…Feathers I have! Th—there fun to play with, right?!”

“Oi!” Mammon huffed, but the child was already equipped with his next possession. “I´ll be naked in a minute if you continue to give her all my stuff!”

“Well, what am I supposed to do?!”

Belphie and Satan were pondering on whether they should continue watching this silly scene, but in the end, Belphie decided to speak up.

“So, uhm, you guys left off to the Christmas market and decided to get yourself a child?”

“Very funny” Mammon grumbled. “No, we found her behind one of the stalls, all to herself and crying n stuff…”

“Why am I not surprised to hear you were wandering around behind the shops, Mammon?” Satan grinned, enjoying this way too much.

“Look, are ya guys here to help or what?!” the avatar of Greed hissed. “If not then ya can get screwed and continue to bully Lucifer:”

“We´re not bullying him” Satan corrected.

“Yeah, we´re just making preparations for our next coup…” Belphie shrugged.

But eventually, Satan crouched down to greet the girl with a gentle smile.

“So, you´re Anna, hm?” The girl hid behind the end of Levi´s coat, but gave a small nod in response. So Satan continued: “It looks like you found quite the liking on my brother Levi.”

“I don´t know why, but she won´t leave me alone…!” Levi whispered in distress. “This is horrible, she´s been leaving her snot all over my clothes, and whenever I try to peel her off me she looks at me with these puppy eyes and aaarrghhh…!”

Belphie looked at him with a smirk. “You should be grateful that finally someone fell for you” he teased, immediately feeling how he was this close to having Lotan summoned right in front of him.

“Well, Mammon” Satan started as he got back up. “You found her, so you have to take responsibility and bring her back to her parents.”

The second-born let out an annoyed groan. “But I don’t wannaaa…‼”

“You say that, but if you really didn´t care, you wouldn´t have called us to help you out” Belphie noticed.

“Sh-Shaddup” Mammon mumbled.

“Guys, can we please get going” Levi asked, looking more on the edge of crying than the lost, little girl.

“Yeah, yeah, let´s find her parents” Satan nodded. Then he beamed the child another smile. “Hey, Anna! Don´t you want to sit on Levi´s shoulders?! You´ll be suuuper tall!”

“Satan you-“ Levi began, but his fate has already been decided. So, now with a child wrapped around his head, the four brothers started to search through the market.

———–

After walking around for a while, the group decided to split up into pairs again. Anna had described her parents to the demons, so Satan and Belphie went to scan another part of the market.

While searching, the Anti-Lucifer League members spotted a police officer and where about to ask him for help. But somehow, that officer seemed really busy already, hurrying through the plaza with Barbatos and Asmodeus right behind them.

“Oh, hello, Satan!” Asmo babbled in a wide grin before disappearing in the crowd again.

“Were… Were they drunk?” Belphie asked. “Like, both of them?”

Satan gave a shrug. “Looked like it. Man, I also wish we could enjoy the market more… But we have to find those parents first.”

Continuing their walk, Belphie gave a sigh. “Mammon and Levi are too soft at heart, really…”

“True” his brother chuckled. “They´d never admit it, but that kid most likely has them wrapped around her tiny finger by now…”

———-

Yes, yes the kid had them wrapped around their finger.

“Uncle Wevi!” Anna called out. “Go faster!”

Sighing, Levi tightened his grip to keep her steady on his shoulders and did a cute gallop through the crowd.

“Uncle Mwammon, I want cotton candy!”

“W-well… Fine, but only a small one, ya hear?!”

They´ve been wandering around the place for a while now, cycling through the area where they met Anna, but they haven´t come across a pair of concerned parents yet. And as time flew by, this random kid had found such a liking to the two rulers of hell that she ended up, let´s say “kindly asking” for stuff to get her.

“You know…” Mammon spoke up as they made a cotton candy break. “She´s kinda cute.”

“Try saying that when it´s YOUR hair she´s grabbing her sticky hands with” Levi huffed, munching down his treat in a pout.

A mischievous grin spread on Mammon´s face, but soon he´d muster his brother in a thoughtful manner. “… Never thought you´d be good with kids” he said.

“ME?” Levi repeated. “GOOD WITH KIDS?? I feel like having a seizure the whole time, how in the three realms is that supposed to be good?!”

“I mean, she likes you” Mammon shrugged. “You´ve been keeping her from crying this whole time.”

Startled, Levi averted his eyes. They waited for Anna to finish her cotton candy and continued their search.

Making another few stops here and there, the two noticed how it was soon time for them to head back to the meeting point again.

“Seriously, how didn´t we find her parents ye-“ Mammon started, then his DDD started buzzing.

“Mammon?” Satan´s voice rang through from the other end. “We´ve found her parents. Meet us at the Ferris wheel.”

———–

A short walk later, Levi was finally able to let Anna down again. The girl ran towards her parents, being engulfed in their hug immediately. It turned out Anna´s parents weren´t at the Christmas market to begin with, as Anna had snuck out of their nearby home to go visit the market herself.

“We want to visit the market tomorrow, but apparently, our girl got impatient” the father explained.

“Thank you so much for taking care of her” The mother smiled. “How could we possibly express our gratitude?”

“I take payment in cash-OW!“ Mammon said but Satan´s elbow prevented him from saying more.

“Seeing her back with her family is rewarding enough” Satan smiled politely.

A couple more thank you´s later, the family excused themselves. As they turned around to leave, Anna turned in her mother´s arms to wave the demons goodbye.

“Bye, Uncle Mwammon! Bye, Unlce Wevi!”

And of course, it hurt a tiny bit to say goodbye now.

Mammon and Levi kept waving back for awkwardly long, fighting the frown forming on their faces.

“Don´t cry, you two” Belphie chuckled.

“We´re not! I have cotton candy in my hair, how could I be sad over her leaving?!” Levi hissed, however, while pouting.

“Yeah! She destroyed my precious glasses, there´s no way I could be sad, either!” Mammon said, however, also pouting.

Smiling, Satan and Belphie shook their heads.

“Let´s go now” Belphie said. “We should head back to our family now, too.”

“He´s right” Satan nodded, and they got going.

“After all” the blond added, “I´m curious to see what Lucifer thought of the little surprise we organized for him…”

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