The Daughter of Evil

"Oh ho ho ho ho. Now, kneel to me!"

- Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche

The Daughter of Evil is a song released by Akuno-P on April 6, 2008. It is part of the Seven Deadly Sins Series, depicting Pride, and is the first song in Story of Evil.

Plot
The song takes place in Lucifenia, a country stated to be of unspeakable inhumanity, and ruled by a fourteen year old princess, Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche. The song goes on to list how she has a servant that shares her face, a horse named Josephine, and all the treasures of the world. She acquired these treasures from stealing money from the peasants in her kingdom and she expresses an intent to destroy everyone in her way.

On top of this, the song reveals she loves Kyle, the blue haired king from another land. However, instead of her, he chooses Michaela. Fueled by rage, she orders the destruction of the girl's kingdom and all the women in it. Many houses are burned down and many people suffer, but Riliane is only concerned with snack time.

Finally, all the citizens of Lucifenia conspire to take down the princess, though it would be hard. They are led by a swordswoman wearing red armor, and are not stopped by the soldiers due to the tolls of the war with Elphegort. They finally surrounded the court, all the servants having, to all appearances, already fled. The "princess" does not put up a fight and is finally captured. She's scheduled to be executed at three o'clock. At that time, she looks upon the crowd and simply says "It's time for my snack" before the guillotine kills her.

Singing Roles
Kagamine Rin as Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche

Non-Singing Roles
Kagamine Len as Allen Avadonia

KAITO as Kyle Marlon

Hatsune Miku as Michaela

MEIKO as Germaine Avadonia

??? as Minis Stoup

Sweet ANN as Anne Lucifen d'Autriche (velvet mix ver.)

Yowane Haku as Clarith (velvet mix ver.)

Akita Neru as Ney Futapie (velvet mix ver.)

??? as Held (velvet mix ver.)

Miriam as Mariam Futapie (velvet mix ver.)

Megurina Luka as Elluka Clockworker (velvet mix ver.)

Composition
In its initial release, the song utilized Kagamine Rin and Len 's VOCALOID2 voicebank, but later updated the vocals with the ACT2 versions. The instruments used in the original song included an electronic organ, woodwinds, bass guitar, and electric mandolin along with claps, a hit hat, and a sound effect for the guillotine. When remade for the Velvet Mix, a piano and strings was used with cymbals, claps, a bass drum and a bass guitar, an electronic mandolin, along with different sound effects for the guillotine and added church bells.

The original version uses a scale of A minor, a tempo of 140 bpm, a meter of 4/4, and range from about G4-A6. The first chorus ranges between 0.05-0.19, the first verse ranging between 0.20 and 0.32 and the first bridge ranging betwen 0.47-1.00. The recitative maintains a 0.00-0.004 range. The song uses the following pattern:

R - C (instrumental) ; V - V - b - R - C ; V - V - b - R - C ; V - V - b - R - C; C (instrumental)

The song starts with a short introduction, which is composed of a short speaking portion (a.k.a. recitative) and the instrumental version of the chorus. Later, the songs repeats three times the sequence of two verses, short bridge, recitative and a chorus. The song ends with the instrumental chorus once again. The structure of repeating an exact sequence several times is wildly common in folk songs and ballads. The lyrics, too, are narrated like that of a fairy tale.

Kagamine Len supports as the back vocals which can be heard at a softer, lower octave during the song except at Rin's recitatives and solo lines. Then his voice mysteriously disappears after the end of the second chorus. Rin sings solo for the rest of the song.

The song was rearranged and named as a Velvet mix. Unlike the original song, it utilizes only Kagamine Rin ACT2 voicebankt. Though the basic pattern and the tempo remains similar, the choruses and bridge are rewritten in the scale of D# minor, and the verses are rewritten in the scale of G# minor. The mix range from about D#5 - D#6. Slight changes in the melody also appear. The falling guillotine changes to a harsher and bloodier sound. At the end of the mix, three bell strikes are heard, referring to Allen Avadonia's execution at three o'clock.

Lyrics
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The Servant of Evil
The Servant of Evil details the life of Riliane's servant Allen Avadonia, occurring alongside The Daughter of Evil, and shows his eventual death in saving her from the guillotine.

Twiright Prank
The song Twiright Prank details an event in Riliane's childhood before her separation from Alexiel; it shows how she encounters the Demon of Gluttony.

Regret Message
Regret Message recounts Riliane's actions after The Daughter of Evil, detailing her repentance and efforts to cope with what she has done by means of the titular message.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The Lucifenian Revolution is based on historical events of the French Revolution, as Lucifenia itself is based on France and Riliane on Marie Antoinette.
 * The phrase "of Evil" (aku no) is commonly used to characterize the songs' themes such as "Story of Evil" and "Deadly Sins of Evil"; the creator of the Evillious Chronicles, mothy, also uses the name "Akuno-P".
 * The song's English title, "The princess of lucifer", is a reference to Lucifer, the patron demon of Pride.
 * The song mentions The Daughter of Evil owning a horse; the horse is often the representative animal of pride.

Curiosities

 * Several of the lyrics during the song mirror that of The Servant of Evil.
 * Riliane's horse, Josephine, is referenced in The Lunacy of Duke Venomania, where one of Venomania's victims is "Josephine Francois", a woman who's age and occupation are censored.
 * Allen's pose in the original song PV is similar to the Evils Court depiction of the Master of the Heavenly Yard.
 * The song was rearranged by mothy shortly after the release of Kagamine Rin ACT 2,  titled "The Daughter of Evil (Modified Version)", a revised track to improve the smoothness of sound quality while keeping it close to the sound of the original ACT 1 song.
 * Another rearranged version of the song with an updated PV was released by mothy, titled "The Daughter of Evil ~velvet mix~" in celebration of Rin's second anniversary.
 * Both the song and its sequel were also rearranged as a single song titled "The Daughter and Servant of Evil",  an instrumental track included in Four Melodies of Evil ~The Daughter of Evil Novel Music Collection~.

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