Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - V4 Chapter 53: Interlude– "Hiring, Maybe?"

Chapter 53.5: Interlude– “Hiring, Maybe?”

“Mamooon, mamamamamamamamon-mon~♪”

Dressed in a gray suit, rubber boots, and a cooking apron, Mammon—the Demon of Greed from the Seven Deadly Sins—was happily skipping across his recently expanded farmland.

“…That weird humming—are you waiting for someone to comment on it, or should I just ignore it?”

“Samael-sama… Did I hear you say I look like I’m having a great time, mammon-mammon?”

“I definitely didn’t say that.”

Samael instantly regretted speaking up.

Mammon looked like he was just bursting to talk about something good that had happened.

“Sigh… Alright. If something nice happened, spill it. I’ll listen while taking a break.”

“Mammon-mammon! If you insist that much, Samatan-sama—then this Mammon shall graciously share his grand tale, mammon-mammon!”

“…I wanna punch you so bad right now.”

Even Samael, who had known him since before recorded history, found it unsettling to see Mammon grinning so widely.

“Actually! To deliver even more amazing videos to the human masses, I’ve decided to hire staff, so I put out a job listing, mammon-mammon!”

“Wait—which channel is this for?!”

“Both, mammon-mammon!”

Samael had never imagined that Mammon had secretly been recruiting staff behind the scenes.

“Just so you know—there’s no budget. I’m already looking for workers to help expand the farm too, but…”

“Indeed, being a farmer is tough work, mammon-mammon. However! Since video editing can be done remotely, we actually got quite a few applications, mammon-mammon!”

“…Wait, seriously? No, hold on—we’re technically hiding the fact that we’re demons. Regular people are gonna be in serious danger!”

“Mammon. No worries, mammon-mammon.”

Mammon pulled a notebook from inside his suit and flipped through the pages.

“Mammon. Let’s see here—oh! From Asgard, we have Loki.”

“ABSOLUTELY NOT. That trickster god will either get the videos canceled or the whole channel banned!”

“…True, he has been somewhat influenced by Satan, so he’s a bit… mammon-mammon. Alright, next…”

Loki, the Norse trickster god, was known for being close to Thor.

Though famous for his pranks, his antics often went too far—like the time he cut off Thor’s wife’s hair.

Samael could already see the future where their entire account got wiped off the internet.

“From Japanese mythology, we have—Susa-Susa himself, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, mammon-mammon!”

“…Have you ever actually heard anyone call him ‘Susa-Susa’?”

“It says so right here on his resume, mammon-mammon.”

“Yeah, self-proclaimed. Nope, rejected! That guy’s way too unpredictable! No telling what kind of chaos he’d bring!”

Susanoo might be a famous figure in Japanese mythology, but given his reputation for causing trouble, Samael rejected him without hesitation.

“Alright then, next up, mammon-mammon— we have a duo from Kyoto: Seimei and Doman. Apparently, they’ve already been trying their hand at video production, but since their channel isn’t growing, they want to learn from the pros, mammon-mammon.”

“…Sounds like a pain. They reek of trouble. And Kyoto’s full of yokai running wild and clashing with humans—bringing someone from there is just asking for problems.”

“Mammon. Samatan-sama, you’re so picky.”

“Like you wouldn’t rather hire someone who can actually do their job properly?!”

“That’s true, mammon-mammon… Ah! We just got an application from one of the newly emerging gods—apparently, they’re the God of Cinematography, mammon-mammon!”

“What the hell is a ‘God of Cinematography’?! That’s way too vague! Just send their address to Tsukuyomi and let him deal with it!”

Samael had already seen enough to know this was going nowhere. Predicting that no decent applicants would show up, she gave up with a sigh.

“Yeah, whatever. I’m done. Just handle it yourself.”

Mammon, surprisingly, didn’t argue and got back to his own tasks as well.

—And then, a few days later—

“Ako Mamon here! I’ll do my best at work!”

“…This bastard actually brought his girlfriend to the workplace.”

Samael felt deeply, deeply betrayed by her longtime subordinate.

〜〜Afterword〜〜

NG Scene.

The Greatest Hero of Indian Mythology, Rama-sama: “—Are you familiar with ●―○△?”

Natsuki, who had completely dominated in another world: “Of course I am!”

The Greatest Hero of Indian Mythology, Rama-sama: “Then let us dance!”

…I figured this might get me in trouble, so I decided to cut it.

Next time, the battle continues!

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