The Daughter of Evil - Volume 4 - Chapter 3.291

chapter 3, section 2-a heartbeat in the rain; scene 10
Praefacio of Blue, page 222-223

✥ Kyle Marlon ~Once More, “The Town of Lioness”~

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It was there that I opened my eyes.

The "Demon of Gluttony” was holding me in her arms, shaking me.

“Are you alright!? Are you alive!?”

“Ugh…Agh, you damned demon…”

“What an awful remark. It’s me, Germaine.”

When I looked more closely I could tell that she was not wearing a dress, but rather red armor.

While I shook my head to wake myself up, I asked her, “Is everyone else alright…?”

“Master Gumillia, Elluka, and Yukina are all alright. They lost consciousness from that flash, but there doesn’t seem to be anything else amiss with them now. Everyone’s getting some treatment in the next room to be safe. But…”

And at that, she clammed up.

“What is it? Just tell it to me straight.”

“…There’s several bits of bad news. First is that Keel’s gravely injured. It seems his head was struck with a blunt instrument. Although apparently it’s not life-threatening, if the doctor’s opinion is to be believed…”

“…What else?”

“All of the ‘Vessels of Deadly Sin’ were stolen. By the time I came to everything on top of the closet except the knife was gone.”

So the intruder’s goal was the 'Vessels of Deadly Sin’.

Germaine continued with her report.

“Lastly…This is the worst of it, but–”

“…You don’t have to say any more.”

I didn’t need to hear it. The sight before me told me everything.

Or rather–I was able to guess from when I was dreaming before.

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The sheets on the bed were stained a deep red.

Perhaps it was a small favor that at Ney’s death her face had not been filled with anguish, but rather an expression of sleeping peacefully.