The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio of Blue

The Daughter of Evil: Praefatio of Blue is the fourth The Daughter of Evil light novel, released on March 23, 2012. The novel was written by Akuno-P and primarily illustrated by Ichika. It concludes the events of the previous installments, taking place five years after The Daughter of Evil, and covers the events of Handbeat Clocktower.

Publisher Summary
With Kyle freed from the Demon, Yukina boarded the waving ship headed back to Marlon. The Daughter of Evil——After the Lucifenian Revolution, various incidents became the fuss of the Evillious region. No, the uncomfortable feeling had been there before that. The whereabouts of Elluka and Ney disappeared, the fate of the Lucifenia and Marlon countries, the true aims of Marlon's Queen Dowager, Prim——And, what exactly are the "vessels of sin". In order to learn the truth, Kyle and Yukina, with those feelings in each of their hearts, set foot on the western sea island nation of Marlon. Are they awaited by their dear old family, or——?

And then, "that girl" nestled on the beach, what role will she play in this story?

Plot Summary
Note: Improved summary pending until full translations are acquired. 473 years later, while waiting for his wife and daughter to return home, Gallerian Marlon has just finished reading a book called "Daughter of Evil", given by the mysterious playwright named Ma. Gallerian tells Ma that the whole story that he remembers is quite dramatically different than the one Ma given him, although Ma insisted that the book was telling the truth.

Gallerian then reveals that after Lucifenia gained its independence, his ancestor, Kyle Marlon, has ceded his throne to one of his brothers. Elluka Clockworker and Gumillia were involved in an incident with Lemy the Ripper, affiliated with Julia Abelard and the criminal organization known as Père Noël. Germaine Avadonia and Chartette Langley traveled eastward and Gallerian suspects that Germaine may be connected to Julia somehow.

Gallerian asks Ma why Abyss I.R. is collecting the vessels of sin. Ma merely replies that if all of them were collected, a wish will come true. Seeing that he is wealthy already, Gallerian had no use for them. Ma then leaves and while Gallerian was taking a nap, one of his servants informs him that his wife and daughter were killed in a shipwreck by a giant octopus while crossing the sea.

Appearances
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Principal

 * Yukina Freesis
 * Kyle Marlon
 * Ney Futapie
 * Prim Marlon
 * Gumillia
 * Germaine Avadonia

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 * Abyss I.R.
 * Adam Moonlit (indirect mention only)
 * Aile Freesis
 * Allen Avadonia
 * Anne Lucifen d'Autriche
 * Arkatoir Marlon
 * Arth Lucifen d'Autriche (mentioned only)
 * Chartette Langley (mentioned only)
 * Clarith
 * Demon of Gluttony
 * Dylan
 * Elluka Clockworker
 * Eve Moonlit (indirect mention only)
 * Gallerian Marlon
 * Gast Venom (mentioned only)
 * Germaine Avadonia
 * Gretel (mentioned only)
 * Held
 * Keel Freesis
 * Lemy Abelard (mentioned only)
 * Ma
 * Margaret (mentioned only)
 * Michaela (mentioned only)
 * Michelle (mentioned only)
 * Mikina Freesis
 * Rin
 * Shaw Freesis
 * Sohni Elphen

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Conceptualization and Origin

 * The word praefatio is Latin, meaning "preface" or "prologue", an introduction to the main story or event.

Curiosities

 * With 320 pages, it is the largest Evillious novel released.
 * While writing the novel, mothy was elated, particularly when writing the second portion; in an interview, he explains that is because he has the most fun writing the "bad guys".
 * This is the only light novel in The Daughter of Evil series to feature characters not from the main story's era.

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