Well! This demon was turning out to be quite the spoil sport, wasn’t it? Had he not been the one to suggest using proper demon manners in the first place? Just because things had not turned out according to his plan, that was no reason to turn sour. Why, Genie had been nothing but polite! At least, he thought he was. He frowned and tsked at the boy once again.

“You’re not a very nice demon, are you?” he asked. “Or rather, you’re not a very bad demon. I understand all the flattery might be getting to your head but there’s no need to get upset… Unless that’s another demon custom, is it? Shouting at others as another form of flattery?”