Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20130913170916/@comment-6192846-20140407021246

The DoG gives the implication that it could take Banica by force but didn't. Based on its words (as this translation indicates):

"I'm not arrogant enough to possess what was taken by force, nor lazy enough to not do or say anything about it either."

There seems to be some belief in its individuality. It isn't like Pride, where it will just take whatever it wants, it wants Banica to submit to it of her own accord. But unlike Sloth, it will do whatever it can to goad her into accepting him, such as leaving the tempting Blood Grave in its vessel for her to drink from.

Since it does whatever it wants with Banica after forging the contract, I get the impression the Demon was confident it could introduce Banica to its more awful world of food with promises of something grander, where it wouldn't need to force something but naturally bring that something into its possession, then proceed to (pun intended) devour it whole, so to speak.

With Kyle's case, I'm curious what triggers the Demon of Pride to transform him. That "boring" line definitely implies the Demon was getting bored of Kyle's pettiness with politics, which we don't see happen often with Riliane. That might have to do with how the Demon's influence manifested in each of them. Riliane's was more childish, capricious, and up front arrogance. Kyle's seemed to just flip his inferiority complex into an obsessive superiority complex. He tries to distance himself from Riliane in several instances by keeping up the front that he's more above such trivialities than he actually is.

Sloth just seems to lack motivation, while having a peculiar attraction to Eve Moonlit. It's method seems to be causing harm through its own negligence and let that develop on its own rather than actively trying to cause trouble (like any of the other Demons).

The purpose of a contract? Who knows. It might just be a method of getting some benefits to both parties. Venomania's actions couldn't have been done had he not been given the powers of Lust from the Demon, given his brainwashing and his demonic form were used as he saw fit to progress his harem. I doubt the Demon could have conjured up anything as complex on its own (look how the DoP was always in a position of absolute power; its host was already in a place where they didn't need any of its power on top of it, save for at the end with Kyle apparently). The Demon of Gluttony could also keep Banica

Contracts might also help keep limits to how the Demon affects its host. Both Kyle and Ney seem to have lost mental control when completely possessed. Both Venomania and Banica were able to remain logical and act largely independently, minus the demonic influences on their personalities; it wasn't until the Demon of Gluttony was weak and desperate that it tried overexerting its effect on Banica and that backfired badly for it.

That or mothy left a big plot hole he never found out how to explain. XD