#wicked phase

okay technically its 2/3rds lovesick trio but i have two other illustrations planned where clara and iruma get to be flustered by their partners in their wicked phase so bear with me

But went and doodled them as well, since they all now have a wicked phase (that, and I always get inspired to draw whenever I read this series because I always love how their expressions are drawn (❁´◡`❁)(❁´◡`❁) )

Anyway, I guess I have to keep suffering from cliffhangers with the manga again until the arc is over 😞

I was thinking that it was unlike him to do that, and I know that the whole point of an evil cycle is to amplify a demon’s demonic behaviour, but then I realised again that Iruma was human. He doesn’t have demonic instincts or behaviours, and the only thing making him be wicked was Alikred.

Alikred was used a spell to make him a ‘bad boy’, and who’s the baddest boy in demon history that Alikred could base him off? Derkila. It would make sense that he would need to imagine an example of a ‘bad boy’ to turn Iruma into one, since that’s kind of how Iruma used a spell to give Alikred a form.

So, I think the reason why Iruma was so drawn to leading his class to transferring to the Royal One - and taking his place on Derkila’s throne - was because Alikred mixed in some of his Derkila mindset (leadership and being king) with Iruma’s personality (greedy for selfless reasons and helpful).

That’s probably also why Iruma had so many parallels with Derkila during this arc. Including the shadow of a cloak shown in that one scene with Kalego. I’m thinking now that it was some type of Demon King energy manifesting visually.

Iruma-kun has logged off of devilblr! Go send him a few asks in the meant- tt ti i ii imm mee wh hatt isss go oin ng onnn- ꁲ꒒꒐ꈵꌅꑀꀷ !? Waa ait a mi nut tee-

Okay, we're doing this now. Tomorrow morning is going to be interesting.....