For example, one afternoon.Nyx had been tattled on by his instructors to Ellis for secretly adding a transparent wing to himself with magic in the corridor and waving it around the academy, causing a number of cadets to gather around and watch.
When Ellis approached him, he was sitting on the window sill of the parlor wiggling his legs in an innocent and rightful manner.
Ellis clasped his arms and looked at his transparent wings."You were waving around the academy and the refraction of light from your wings turned the tiles of the entire corridor colored, and a few cadets almost stepped and fell."
Nyx raised an eyebrow, "They should be thanking me, it's a light and shadow effect of high level magic, the average person can't see it yet."
Ellis looked at him expressionlessly.
Nyx's smile gradually froze, then he coughed lightly, retracted his wings, and replaced them with a pitiful expression, his voice was aggravated for a few moments, "But Ellis, I was just trying to look a little more imposing ..."
He lowered his curtains, his long slender eyelashes casting a faint shadow, his tone soft, "Look at so many trainees in the academy, as soon as they heard that I'm your contracted demon, they're full of expectations for me.But I'm a minor demon, how can I be as scary as they imagine, I have to think of a way to make up for it ..."
"... "Ellis frowned, looking at Nyx's lowered head, and hesitated for a moment.He really was still going soft too easily.
But he eventually sobered up a bit and said in a deep voice, "If you're trying to be more imposing, you could have chosen a more stable way instead of creating a seven-colored slide for the corridor."
Nyx's eyes flickered, knowing that this time, playing pitiful didn't fool him, so he sighed, reached out and grabbed Ellis's sleeve, with a bit of pleasing meaning in his tone, "Okay, okay, okay, I'm sorry, I won't do it next time."
Ellis looked down at him for a moment before sighing.He didn't punish Nyx in the end, but instead reached out and rubbed his head, his tone helpless, "Next time you do that, I'll make you go and help the tutors copy the ancient texts."
Nyx immediately gave a heartfelt smile and quietly let go of Ellis' sleeve, replacing it with a playful expression.
Ellis knew he hadn't really reflected on it, but at least it would die down for a while.He was coming to realize, though, that the occasional punishment was more effective than a lecture.
Later, when Nyx went too far with another prank, Ellis slipped him a bunch of research materials from the Academy's subject matter team without saying a word and told him to transcribe them in his study.
Nyx clutched a thick pile of parchment and the smile on his face froze, "... Ellis?"
Ellis was expressionless, "Aren't you interested in magical antiquities?Just in time, help the tutors organize it."
The corner of Nyx's mouth twitched slightly, "That's different!What I like are those books that record forbidden spells, contract magic, and abyssal laws, not these boring papers that study 'magic flow and rune structure'!"
"Great."Ellis said faintly, "This will help you replenish your foundation."
Nyx finally realized that Ellis was really coming for real, and as he clutched the pile of parchment and looked at Ellis' unmoved expression, he instantly felt that he might have played it off this time.
He tried to sell it, "You're clearly trying to torture me by making me do such a dull and boring thing!"
Ellis glanced at him, his tone calm, "That's right."
"... "Nix was completely dumbfounded.
At this moment, he finally realized a truth - "Although Ellis is easily soft-hearted, if you really mess with him, you'll still get retribution."
In the end, Nix still had to honestly sit in his study and copy papers.However, he also learned an important survival skill - there is a limit to selling misery and pampering, and once in a while, it is still necessary to gauge Ellis's bottom line and not test it so easily.