Oni no Ou to Chigire - Chapter 6 Pg 109

At that time, Tokimori, who had just entered the third grade, wore the Japanese coat his parents had ordered with their family coat of arms on it and hakama, as directed and arranged for by Katsumoto, with Yato riding on his shoulder. He was more nervous meeting the head of the household than he was at the ceremony. It was because he knew very well that despite being the clans long awaited demon master to be born in ten years, he was unable to employ any demon other than a small ten centimeter one. Even though the number of demon masters were declining, the amount of requests coming into the Yase family were increasing. They needed demon masters and demon servants that could take on the bigger jobs, but Tokimori and Yato were of no use to them. The head of the household was disappointed in them. Thats why he never came to the contract ceremony or to the jobs he was told he would normally be present at. That was the reason he assumed even as child.

Tokimori remembered very little about the actual meeting with the head of the household. Their conversation had been set up to be thirty minutes, but he never questioned him even once, and was lectured one-sided about devoting himself whole-heartedly to the Yase family, and to cherish his demon servant, and was done in less than ten minutes. More than disappointed, it was like he was indifferent to them. Tokimori figured later in life that was a good thing. If he would have yelled zealously at him, possibly the most cowardly demon master in the history of the Yase family, to work hard, do your best, were counting on you, he would have been so shaken up he would have done nothing but cry.