The Daughter of Evil - Volume 2 - Chapter 5.2

✤CHAPTER 5, SCENE 2✤
✤Gumillia～Asmodin country“Inn”～

My name is Gumillia, I was once a spirit, and I am now apprentice to the Sorceress Elluka.

Here, I will make a simple record of what Elluka and I did after leaving Lucifenia Palace.

First, we worked together to bring down rain to extinguish the fire in the Bewilderment Forest- unfortunately, at the expense of the octopus.

At that time, even though we encountered the Lucifenian army tracking us, we still found a way to escape.

We went to the Freesis mansion located in Elphegort, but the residence had already been burned down. We then infiltrated the nearby barracks to retrieve Keel’s collectibles, but the Venom Sword was not in their midst. After a short rest, we rushed to Michaela, but we didn’t expect that she was already murdered.

After the Marlon king, who was facing her body, expressed moderate violence such as kicking and punching, we retrieved her body.

Just then, an incredible thing happened: Michaela’s body changed into a sapling.

No one knew why; we went to see Eldoh . Subsequently, he got into a heated argument with Elluka. I told Eldoh about what I wished to do, and after listening, he looked rather lonely, but he still accepted it. Afterwards, he fell into a deep slumber again.

The revolution had ended, and the world is starting to calm down. Once again, we head towards the Freesis mansion. When he saw what had become of Michaela, he wasn’t short on surprise. After some negotiations, Elluka returned his Collectibles to him, and he gave us the Venom Sword.

Keel’s children were very cute, but I didn’t understand why Elluka was so surprised upon seeing Mr Keel’s wife.

We returned to Lucifenia again, and entrusted Michaela’s sapling to Clarith. She didn’t look too happy, but she shouldn’t be doing anything absurd any time soon. I still felt a little worried and snuck back to check not long after. I was shocked when I went to check, for Riliane was there as well. After Elluka’s observations, she decided to leave it alone, because there shouldn’t be ay demons around her now.

On hindsight, we couldn’t stop Lucifenia’s revolution, and we never did figure out why Riliane would be possessed once again, or why the demon had inexplicably vanished. However, Elluka didn’t mind.

“I’m used to it.”

She said. It seems that to her, getting the Venom Sword was the greatest victory.

That being said, Elluka would have a pained expression on her face whenever she hears the church bells ring. Although she didn’t say it out loud, but I understand that Elluka was grieving for her lost friends.

At the moment, we are on our way to the eastern kingdoms, and are currently staying in an inn in Asmodin to prepare. A vessel of sin might exist in the east. I wonder what kind of country it is, and I’m a little excited.

“Aaaah!”

Elluka, who was observing the Venom Sword, seems to have discovered something which made her shout, and soon started tearing away at the seal on the sword.

“……No wonder… I was wondering why its magic was so weak…”

A disappointed Elluka vented her anger by flinging the Venom Sword onto the ground.

“We were cheated.”

“It’s a fake?”

“No, this is the real deal, but it’s empty. The vessel doesn’t contain a demon, so it’s all pointless…ah, could it be that!”

Elluka retrieved another vessel of sin from her luggage- a hand mirror- and ripped out the same seal. Before long, she slumped onto the ground.

“How can it be…… I remember that the last time I made the seals it was still inside… the demon in the mirror has vanished…”

“There’s such a thing as demons disappearing from the vessels?”

“Generally speaking, it’s impossible. Even if the demon is attached to a human body, its original body will remain in the mirror. So it is necessary to seal it into the vessel if you had to drive the demon away from the body. Despite that, the demon actually vanished into thin air…”

Perhaps for the sake of being shocked, Elluka sat motionlessly for a while, but she soon stood up and started packing the luggage.

“Gumillia, I’m sorry, but I’m afraid we can’t move east yet. We have to tie up a few loose ends first.”

Sigh; there goes my eagerly anticipated Grand Tour of the new world.

But having said that, this is nothing.