QT: The Secondary Character Counterattacks (Obey Me! characters x Reader)

Arc 5. The Unfavored Daughter Chooses an Unlikely Backer (Mammon x Reader) 2

Chapter 2: All That Glitters is Not Gold

Trigger warning: sexual harassment

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You didn't encounter the stepmother or stepsiblings on the way out the mansion, though you could feel the judgmental stares of the maids on you and their barely suppressed comments about today's ensemble.

Even the footman, an elderly man who has served the Rosewaters since the current earl was a boy, had done a double take before bowing his head in apology.

"Will you not be taking a maid with you, milady?" he asked, offering his hand to help you into the carriage.

"I have no need for one." Your trusted attendants have been replaced, anyway.

"I understand."

You made yourself comfortable on the cushioned seat and pulled back your hood.

"You know how I know this isn't a real place?"

The system flashed a question mark on its screen.

"There's barely any odor."

It's not that the early humans were dirty, after all, an animal that doesn't clean itself is either sick or dying, but they had a different idea of cleanliness. In the century that inspired the birth of this world, people didn't bathe regularly, especially those in nobility. Yet the people who have made appearances in the webcomic, in other words, every minor or major character, didn't smell or had ugly teeth, unless they were intentionally drawn to appear unhygienic. (Curiously, and thankfully, there were modern toilets here. But the indoor plumbing was restricted to that only. Considering the comedic nature of "They Call Me Prudence," there must've been a scene that involved some toilet humor.)

Speaking of dentistry, there was no proper toothbrush here, or toothpaste for that matter, and while it seemed effective, you refuse to use a brandy-soaked sponge on your teeth as everybody else did. (Well, not everyone, according to your memories, others used water or vinegar. Fun.) So you decided to do what you did for the emergency mission:

"Uwak, open the catalogue."

"For the system store?"

"No, for tonight's pretty boy auction—yes, the system store."

The system sourly presented the catalogue and you pressed the category "hygiene," revealing a whole new menu of products.

You have learned that the For that Forever Fresh Smell Mints, literally meant "fresh smell," and never actually felt fresh to you, but the "forever" part was bogus. The minty scent would only last for a day. A single piece was worth 25 reward points, which was too much for your budget.

You could purchase the dental set you bought before, the Like the Pearly Jaws of the Great White Shark set, which consisted of an "electric" toothbrush and a toothpaste that polished your teeth until they shined like, well, pearls. It also came with a working sink which could be summoned and returned at will.

But that was too expensive, so you settled on the 50-points-worth Bare Minimum Care for Your Barely Clean Mouth set, which also came with a working sink, but it couldn't clean your teeth into shark-levels of shining beauty.

After brushing your teeth, the system opened its monitor so you could play gin rummy to pass the time and distract yourself from the biting morning air.

About three hours of cards and Uwak crying for only winning five times, you heard a cacophony of sounds outside the coach and snuck a peek through the window.