The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio of Blue

The Daughter of Evil: Praefacio 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, covering the events of Handbeat Clocktower, as King Kyle confronts his mother and helps Yukina unravel the conspiracy behind The Daughter of Evil.

Publisher Summary
"Yes. For that, you must live."

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?

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

Plot Summary
Note: This summary is incomplete; improved summary pending until full translations are acquired.

Keel's letter to Kyle invites the king back to Marlon for a future dinner party along with Germaine and Gumillia, adding to bring Yukina along.

Kyle soon arrives at the Right Palace and returns to his throne room with Arkatoir. Keel arrives soon after, along with Shaw and Gerda; the king greets them all before the two attendants, along with Arkatoir, are sent away, Gerda leaving a package behind. Keel soon discusses Ney and Prim's current location with Kyle, as well as his belief that Prim has masterminded the demonic possession and manipulation of politics over the last five years. After Kyle questions Keel about reaching Castle Hedgehog, Keel brings up Gerda's package, Kyle's last surviving painting. He then relates how, twenty three years ago, Prim faked her stillbirth, giving birth to the girl in Kyle's painting.

On further questioning, Keel implicates that the child is Ney Futapie; after recovering from the shock, Kyle visits the Freesis mansion to consult with the others on reaching Castle Hedgehog. After debating his attack plan with Elluka, Kyle convinces Germaine to help him by promising to withdraw Marlon from Lucifenia. Gumillia also lends her aid, convincing Elluka with the benefits of furthering their quest for the vessels of sin. Yukina bursts in, begging to come with Kyle, but he convinces her to stay behind to write of what happens. Afterwards, Kyle leaves the Freesis mansion and greets Mikina on his way out, seeing her play with Abyss I.R.'s red cat.

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 had given him, although Ma insists that the book is the truth.

Gallerian then reveals that after Lucifenia gained its independence, his ancestor, Kyle Marlon, 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 is 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)
 * Gretel (mentioned only)
 * Held
 * Keel Freesis
 * Lemy Abelard (mentioned only)
 * Ma
 * Mariam Futapie (mentioned only)
 * Margaret (mentioned only)
 * Michaela (mentioned only)
 * Michelle (mentioned only)
 * Mikina Freesis
 * Presi Rogzé (mentioned only)
 * Rin
 * Shaw Freesis
 * Thorny Elphen

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Conceptualization and Origin

 * The word praefacio 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".

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