The Daughter of Evil - Volume 1 - Chapter 2.17

Chapter 2: Section 1: Scene 7 
♠Germaine~Lucifenian Royal Palace’s “Forest of Bewilderment”~

Ever since that incident that happened during my childhood, I never went close to the Forest of Bewilderment.

But just recently, I come to this forest very often.

(I didn’t expect to use this house one day……)

An abandoned house, in the depths of the forest, serves as a lair for thieves.

Because it has long been in a deplorable state, it could collapse in any second. Even after fixing it up for several times, we could barely use it.

I knocked on the door in accordance to what we agreed in advance.

First, knock twice …… Pause for a moment, then knock five times …… Then, twice …… five times ……

“Who is it?”

A voice said; coming from the house.

“It’s me, Germaine. Open the door.”

 The person inside opened a crack on the door to confirm the identity of the knocker.

“………… Good, come in.”

As the door fully opened, a big one-eyed man stepped forward to greet me.

“Nice job, York.”

“Well, everybody’s here. Wanna have a drink first?”

“I’ll drink when you’re finished reporting. How’s the situation going?”

“…… Not very good I guess.”

Aside from me, there are four people that were in the house ——York, Minage, Sekka, and Mark. They are the core member of the Resistance organization; gathered for the crusade against the Queen ——the “Daughter of Evil”.

“Let’s start of with the new recruits. Minage, how many did you recruit?”

Hearing my inquiry, Minage scratched his head and replied:

“Many people are disgusted by the Royal Palace, so I was able to find a lot of people. But most of them don’t even know how to hold a sword. I was going to tell York to train them, but……”

“I can’t expect much from you…… can I? Sekka, how ‘bout the supplies?”

“The merchants over there didn’t know how to respond, especially those aristocratic merchants. In my opinion, it’s better to go to their boss.”

“The boss…… You mean the Great Keel Freesis?  I heard that that man is very smart. Okay, we should do deliberations in this regard. Moreover……”

Before I opened my mouth, Mark shrugged and said:

“Palace information, right? To accomplish that, we could take advantage of the opportunities. Germaine, isn’t your righteous younger brother in the Palace? Your father’s subordinates when he was still alive …… the Professional Guards; is it impossible for us to get any information from them?”

“Making a clean breast of it would definitely make people willing to help us…… But now’s not the right time.”

“Yes, if the Royal Palace knew about the Resistance, everything might come to an end.”

York sighed.

We lack too many things. So far, we have gained nothing.

But I will not give up.

An opportunity will fall upon us someday.