"Deal with that fortune-teller?"
The demon immediately shook its head.
"No, no. I just can't believe you actually kept your promise and let me leave. In my eyes, you're even more... Ahem. I've meddled in enough troublesome matters here already. If you want to deal with him, you must be careful."
This was probably the most reasonable demon Shade had ever met.
However, seeing it shrink back into the bottle and genuinely prepare to leave, Shade called out to it again.
"Wait a moment!"
The demon, with half its body already inside the bottle, floated back out. It crossed its arms over its chest again and said in a tone of utter certainty:
"You really do still want to use me? Are you prepared to make a deal with a demon?"
"I only want to ask you a question. More precisely, I want to ask about other demons."
Doctor sat to the side listening in. Though he possessed a great deal of information on demons, he did not know every demon in existence. He only knew of those with some degree of fame.
"My Same Race? Ask away."
The blue djinn floated above the tea table.
"A mortal who signed a contract with a demon became a Demon Man capable of wielding demonic power. But one day, he regretted his decision and intended to summon demons again to kill the powerful demon that had turned him into a Demon Man."
This was, in fact, Stone Osenfott's story.
"His behavior was exceedingly foolish. The two entirely new demons he summoned did not seem to possess especially powerful abilities either. One took the form of a maid, while the other became a butler, caring for the Demon Man's estate. When that powerful demon faced an opponent, they provided useful information to the