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Alright. For anyone who has been to that point in the game, or for the other half who doesn't care about spoilers, I feel like getting deeper into the internal conflict that Lucifer faces around the end of this lesson, because it is definitely worth talking about.

So, lesson 48. We have the end of the whole karaoke game ordeal, with Levi saving the day, and Diavolo finally gets to have a private talk with MC. Then, he eventually departs, but there are so much stuff happening with Lucifer in this chapter, while him not being directly a central character.

You have Lucifer who, since lesson 20, has made it very clear to MC that as soon as their relationship started, they weren't going to get out of it easily. Or at least without him having a say in it. He's a possessive demon, mostly due to his pride, but also because he truly cares for MC.

And then you have probably the most horrible thing that could happen to him in this lesson. After learning that Diavolo wants to have a private conversation with MC outside of the house, we can see the struggle he faces to keep them away from him. Just as MC is about to join Diavolo, he almost stops them (or was he about to let them know what Diavolo might say? Was Lucifer going to remind them of the feelings he has for MC?), but drops it right away.

Lucifer actually listens in on the conversation. Diavolo reveals some part of his feelings for MC, saying that he adores them. Just as he is about to straight up say he loves them, Barbatos arrives, and so Diavolo is forced to go back to the Devildom. And suddenly, Lucifer starts playing ignorant with MC when they ask how long he's been outside and listening on them. MC can choose to hold his hand, a gesture to which Lucifer responds with a very blurry "honesty", saying that he wasn't actually eavesdropping, but rather waiting for the right moment to cut in. Aka, he was going to butt in at the exact moment Diavolo was about to reveal his feelings for MC.

It's such a horrible situation. Lucifer actually realizes that his boss, the demon he has pledged loyalty to all those thousands of years ago, loves the same person that he does. Internally, Lucifer cannot accept it. Because, Diavolo is not only the most powerful demon after his father, but he is also the future king. Lucifer suddenly becomes terrified of the idea of losing the human he loves to Diavolo, because Diavolo has the actual means to actually take them away from him. He's the prince. He's his boss. If Diavolo were to ever say "MC has to live with me now", Lucifer wouldn't be able to say no.

We then see through Lucifer in this lesson, not only in the silence he gives to MC and Diavolo in the story, but the way he responds to Barbatos in this chat by acting like he doesn't know why Diavolo is feeling down, that he does not know how to deal with his emotions about all this.

He probably hates it. There's a real emotional struggle inside his mind during this lesson, the kind where he doesn't know what to make of his loyalty to the prince when it comes to MC. Should he risk having MC and Diavolo talk, and fear that they might gain feelings for him and leave Lucifer and the brothers behind? Or does he have the strength to face Diavolo for the first time as they fight over who would gain MC's companionship?

It's a bit funny in the sense that it sounds like two animals about to fight over territory, except that one of them is the alpha male that nobody can say no to. But to me, I actually ache for Lucifer. He already had to share MC with his brothers for what, a year and a half, two years ever since they first arrived in the Devildom? And now he learns that the prince himself might snatch them away from him completely (let's be honest, as much as we enjoy their interactions/friendship, it's clear that Lucifer is not about to share MC with him. Diavolo has felt lonely for so many years, the entire concept of "hogging" would have to be rewritten if he ever got ahold of MC on a romantic level).

MC doesn't want Mammon to see their reaction to him being on the cover of a magazine and Mammon gave immediate chase to witness it.