The Daughter of Evil - Volume 1 - Chapter 3.15

Chapter 3: Section 1: Scene 5 
♠Germaine~Lucifenian Royal Palace’s “Forest of Bewilderment”~

The base built for the resistance movement.

Today is the last time we will use it.

I knocked on the door in accordance to the code we use.

“Who are you?”

A voice from inside

“Germaine Avadonia”

The door opened slightly. York took a glimpse first to confirm before opening the door.

“Thanks for hard work, York”

“Well, everyone is here. How about it? Want a drink?”

“……Let’s not talk about it. Wait until we have finished everything”

Besides me, there are five other men and women.  York, Minage, Sekka, and Mark, as well as … a blue haired, masked man.

“Let’s make our final confirmation. Firstly, the number of people”

Minage replied:

“We built-up a large amount of people; Not just from Lucifenia but also from Elphegort. And… soldiers from the masked man”

“That is the question”

York interrupted.

“Hey, masked man! Can we really trust you? Not only are you guys outsiders, you’re all armed with elite swords! And also that mask of yours; a suspicious guy like you joining this operation is not reassuring”

The masked man looked at York and quietly replied:

“…… Is there a problem? We have the same interest of overthrowing the royal palace, is it not?”

“I can’t believe what you say!”

“Hmph. Stubborn man”

“…… This guy!”

“Both of you! Shut up!”

Seeing the two men fight, Sekka was quick to stop them.

This masked man… It seems I’m vaguely of him. I’m afraid I’ve seen him before. According to the intelligence given by the cloaked woman… we have to correspond with each other; I understand his motive for his participation in the resistance movement and about why he hides his true identity with a mask.

His aim… just like mine… is revenge.

“Germaine! Isn’t this a problem? Are you not discontented with this guy?”

I can’t keep up with this. York pointed his finger at me.

“Yes… I don’t have any special discontent. It’s hard to say…”

I approached the masked man. Gently touching his mask.

“This mask and your face are not proportional, Mr masked man”

After hearing this, he stepped back with a surprised face:

“…… You found out? You discovered my identity?”

“Probably, but never mind. Whatever your purpose is, for as long as you are helping us, is not a bad thing. York, do you understand?”

“Well, if Germaine says so, then I’ll forget about it”

York had an unconvinced face, but he accepted it.

“Ah, right. At least tell us your name. We can’t just call you “masked man””

“…… Please call me Kachess”

“Is that your real name? Never mind…… Back to the topic. How about our materials?”

Sekka stretched her side(?) then said:

“Keel Freesis has given us a lot of things. All of the members of the revolutionary army has been given a weapon. But…”

Suddenly, a knock on the door.

“It’s me. Open the door”

York opened the door. It was the blacksmith who housed our materials.

“It is done; the weapons and armour you need”

We took the prop from his hand.

“This… This is great”

The masked man… Kachess gave a sigh.

This blacksmith was the one responsible for making the weapons of the three great heroes. He expresses his hope by dedicating himself to forging weapons for the revolutionary army.

I took the weapons from his hands. One was a small decorative sword, at a glance; I knew it was much sharper to date. The other one was armour. The chest and shoulder part had bright red lion decorated patterns. This is……

“I processed LeonHart’s armour to your fitting. His sword is too heavy for a girl so I replaced it with a lighter one and I placed his swords heraldry to your amour near your neck. Is it too much?”

“… No. Thank you, old man. I am very pleased”

I hold tight unto the red armour. Father, we will always be together.

“Oh right”

The old man brought out a large object wrapped with cloth. He untied the cloth.

“Hey old man! What is it?”

Mark shouted. It was very large and rugged sword.

“This is a ridiculously large sword, even York can’t use it. Did you get the wrong model?”

“This is not for you… at least not today. Germaine, I will give it to you in the future… That’s about it, I pray for your victory”

The old man headed for the door. I stopped him:

“Hold on old man! – The child, can I really?”

“— A-Ah, I’ve already made up my mind”

The old man looked around the room, and then nodded with satisfaction then he left.

We are now complete and ready. Next is… I’m a little concerned about some things.

“York, I asked you before, about Allen…”

“Ah, your righteous brother?”

“Is there no way to bring him out of the royal palace? I really don’t want him to get involved in this”

York gave a little consideration but he somewhat regrets it:

“… No, I can’t. Intelligence should not be leaked to the royal palace”

“Allen’s strong sense of justice will surely help us…”

“According to the report… The intelligence given to use by the cloaked woman is that the relationship between Allen and the princess is very intimate. Moreover, Allen and the princess, being identical, and are man and woman of the same age, is impossible to separate”

“Allen and that “Daughter of Evil”……?! Even though he knows father’s situation, but still… Why is that?”

No, think about it, Allen wouldn’t lose to anyone even to father’s sword. If that’s the case, he should be able to escape the palace on his own right? I will choose to believe in him.