Speculation is all we can do at the moment. Even if we cannot confirm either way, it's better to keep theorizing than to sit idly. Eventually, we will be able to piece everything together.

[He picks up one of the cranes and turns it over idly in his hands, clearly mulling things over. You can all but see the gears turning inside his head as he tries to piece things together. Then, something seems to click and he looks up suddenly, vaguely distressed.]

I did not offend you with my comments on contracts, did I? [Demon king...belatedly it hits him that maybe saying something like "beings such as these sins" might have been a little offensive.] It was not my intent to imply anything negative about such bonds or about the beings with which they are formed.