And just as they were thinking, Nyx had braced himself to look at Ellis and asked with a smirk, "By the way, I flipped through an Abyssal Contracts book on your bookshelf yesterday, and the content inside is kind of interesting."
Ellis paused and frowned slightly, "You went through my book without authorization?"
"Don't say that, I was just looking."Nyx's tail wagged and he laughed with disinterest, "There is one item in particular in there that's worth noting, though."
Ellis closed his notebook, his tone light, "Speak."
A wry glint flashed in Nyx's eyes as he spoke slowly, "It is written in the contract that the contractual relationship between the demon and the summoner will be affected by 'prolonged coexistence', causing the demon to become dependent on the summoner."
Ellis: "..."
Mentors:"..."
Nyx stubs his chin and smiles wider and wider, "Ellis, would you say that we've counted as 'prolonged coexistence'?"
Ellis looked at him, his tone calm, "I think you ate a little too much today."
Nyx: "?"
In the next second, Ellis moved his fingers and cast a spell, vanishing the cake from Nyx's hand in an instant.
"You-" Nyx's eyes widened, looking at Ellis with shock, "You actually snatched my cake?!"
Ellis got up without a ripple and picked up his laptop, without looking back, "You're on the hook again for today's prank."
Nyx: "?"Heads can be broken, blood can be shed, but the only thing that can't be lost is the cake.He immediately messed with Ellis.
The mentors watched this scene and collectively fell into deep thought.
"These two people's mode of getting along ..."
"Isn't it a bit too natural?"
"How is this the way a contracted demon and a summoner get along, it's simply the way friends get along, right?!"
They had thought that Ellis was a strict and serious scholar, while Nix was a free-spirited demon, but it turned out that now it seemed - Ellis' life, had been completely taken over by Nix.
Ellis was not a man who would easily change his habits.
He lived a regular life, with a fixed, orderly routine, and never liked sudden changes.In the past, his daily routine had always been routine, going to the academy in the morning, dealing with academic research and grading papers, returning to his mentor's dormitory in the evening, continuing his research on magic, and occasionally exchanging academic questions with his colleagues-calm, sensible, and without waves.
However, at some point, there was a restless demon in his life.
At first, Nyx's presence was just a distraction.He wandered around the academy, pulling the occasional prank, getting sued, and then Ellis had to deal with the mess.But then, something subtle changed.
In the mornings, when Ellis woke up, he would always stop by and knock on the door of Nyx's room next door to remind him not to stay in bed.
If Nyx didn't respond, Ellis would simply open the door and lift the demon out from under the covers.
"Get up."Ellis said in a flat tone.
Nyx squinted his eyes, his tail wagging airily, and grumbled half-asleep, "Ellis ... I stayed up late last night researching the Abyssal Pact ... Let me sleep for another five minutes..."
"Your way of researching the pact is to go steal a snack?"Ellis looks at the leftover snack bag by the bedside and unmercifully exposes him.
Nyx: "..."
Eventually, he's dragged up to wash up.
For breakfast, Ellis habitually prepares portions for two.Nyx says he's not hungry, but whenever there's food on the table that matches his tastes, he unknowingly eats an entire plate.
Ellis didn't bother to say anything about it, and the food he made himself always ended up being wiped out anyway.
At the academy, Nyx would show up in Ellis's class from time to time, even if he wasn't really there to listen to the lecture, but to join in the fun.