This was something that no one expected - after all, Ellis is not a man who bows down easily.
What was even more surprising was that every time Ellis was able to patiently listen to the accusations and then earnestly compensate or solve the problem.If the matter was serious, he would even use his personal connections or abilities to help the victim make up for the loss.
But when he went back, he was able to scold Nix, punish him for copying, confinement, or even just use magic to calm him down for a few days.
Nyx was initially unconvinced, feeling that Ellis was clearly protecting his shortcomings.He knew he wouldn't really tighten up, yet he still took the blame for himself over and over again, this behavior was simply stupid.
But gradually, he realized the truth - Ellis wasn't covering for him, but really taking the blame for him on himself.
"I was the one who didn't watch out."
"It was my fault."
He said this over and over again, calm, honest, and undeniable.
Nyx was smug at first, feeling that Ellis was always willing to clean up his messes.But after a while, he was a bit more annoyed than he could say.He was a demon, he should be taking the consequences himself, not letting Ellis take the blame for them.
But Ellis did it every time, and never even outwardly shirked his responsibilities.In that moment, Nyx suddenly realized - he was different from the others when it came to Ellis.He could be willful, make mistakes, and not have to care about the consequences because Ellis would be in charge of him.He'd rather have someone minding him like that than being locked up or banished, would rather have someone willing to stand up to him, even if their tone was cold, but still firm, and say, "I didn't teach you well."
Ellis had known for a long time that Nyx's magic would grow with age, but he hadn't expected the day to come so soon.
Nyx's pranks started with changing frogs and tampering with magic, and gradually became more "out of the ordinary" - one night, the sky above the academy was filled with scarlet light magic patterns, forming a huge eye that stared at all the students returning home at night with fear and trepidation;A certain tutor pushed open the door of his office, but found that the room had been transformed into an abyssal palace, with ghostly blue flames wavering in the air, and demonic murmurs faintly ringing in his ears; even more outrageously, a newly enrolled trainee accidentally opened a book, and then fell directly into a small subdimensional rift - if it wasn't for Ellis's timely arrival, I'm afraid that thechild would have been thrown directly into a half-dimension.
This was no longer a simple prank, but a complete and utter loss of control of Abyssal magic.For the first time, Ellis was wary of Nyx.He could feel that Nyx's magic power was gradually skyrocketing, far beyond his control.Sometimes, Nyx himself did not realize that when he simply "changed his mood", his magic power would subconsciously spread out, even affecting the space around him.
This makes Ellis have to think about a question - after Nyx becomes an adult, what will become of him?
The demons of the abyss, before they became adults, no matter how bad they were, there was still a trace of "immaturity", but once they crossed that line, it meant a complete transformation.
He could still use punishment, confinement, and reprimand to keep Nyx in peace, but when Nyx really came of age and his magical power stabilized, could he still suppress it?What was even more disturbing to him - Nyx himself hadn't noticed the change, and was even still reveling in the fun of the prank.He had to do something, Ellis thought.
Ellis grimaced and pushed open the door to Nyx's room.