The Daughter of White

"I'm sorry for being alive."

- Clarith

The Daughter of White is a song released by Akuno-P on January 6, 2010. It is the fourth song in Story of Evil, its events coinciding with both The Daughter of Evil and Regret Message.

Plot
The song starts in the village of Yatski as a girl, Clarith, is ostracized by the Elphegorteans for having white hair. She prays to an old tree for friends. One day, she meets Michaela after finding her unconscious and they become close. Clarith becomes happy that someone wants to be friends with her. She explains how they left the village to work in the city under Mikina Freesis. One day, a blue-haired king visits the mansion and meets Michaela. He falls in love with her, and so rejects Riliane's proposal. Riliane thus orders the death of all the green-haired women in Elphegort, and Clarith once again becomes depressed as the princess's wish is acted out.

The song starts again by the harbor as Clarith relates how she became a nun in the church, in a monastery after the Lucifenian Revolution. One day she meets a mysterious girl, "Rin", whom she begins to grow closer to. Eventually, Clarith comes across a confession booth and by mistake overhears Rin's confession, realizing that Rin is actually Riliane, the Daughter of Evil. Later, Riliane is alone at the beach. From behind, Clarith approaches, preparing to kill her with a knife. She points it at her back.

However, Clarith reveals that she could not kill Riliane because she recognized herself in her, a lonely girl. She relates how Riliane is getting better at her cooking. In the final moments, Clarith recalls how she saw an illusion that stopped her at the harbor. She wonders who that boy she saw was.

Composition
The song features Yowane Haku and, by default, the voicebank for Hatsune Miku. Both the Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin Act2 vocals are also heard in their un-edited forms for at least one line each. Synthesized instruments are used for the song, notably piano and drums, but an acoustic guitar is used as well with a bass guitar, violin, and electric guitar.

The song begins with an opening instrumental, with the first verse at 0.33, lasting until 1.17. A brief instrumental break plays, preceding the continuation of the first verse at 1.37. By 2.22, the first pre-chorus begins, followed by the first chorus at 2.40. At 3.02, another instrumental break begins. At 3.24, the second verse begins, ending at 4.05 for the second pre-chorus. At 4.27, the second chorus begins. By 4.49, the second chorus ends, preceding a brief instrumental break. The third verse begins at 5.10, and ends before the bridge at 5.50. At 6.24, an instrumental break begins, followed by the remainder of the bridge at 6.36. At 6.58, the music stops, and the sounds of bells can be heard. At 7.03, the final verse begins, and lasts until 7.45.

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The Daughter of Evil
The Daughter of Evil recounts the actions of the tyrannical princess Riliane, in events occurring alongside The Daughter of White, before her repentance.

Wooden Girl ~Thousand Year Wiegenlied~
Wooden Girl ~Thousand Year Wiegenlied~ details the life and death of Clarith's friend Michaela, in events that occur alongside The Daughter of White; as well as containing a reference to The Daughter of White in its lyrics.

Regret Message
Regret Message establishes the efforts of Riliane to repent for her sins as alluded to in The Daughter of White, showing events that occur alongside the song itself.

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Conceptualization and Origin

 * The song's title is a reference to The Daughter of Evil and Riliane, connecting the similarity between "Rin" and Clarith: their loneliness.
 * The song's English title, "Bystander", refers to Clarith's outside perspective of the main events in Story of Evil, not directly involved or apart of them and only watching.
 * Originally, Clarith's line said at the beginning of the song was planned to be "I am sorry to have been born" but was later changed to "I am sorry to be alive" to better suit the song lyrics.

Curiosities

 * At the song's climax, when Clarith is about to stab Rin, a bell rings three times, signaling three o'clock; Allen's execution occurred at the same time, alluding to his intervention at that time during the song.
 * Similarly, both situations involve Allen's actions to prevent Riliane's death.
 * Clarith's discovery of Michaela is echoed later in the song with her discovery of Rin, although she was different from either girl for very different reasons.
 * Ironically, the white hair that Clarith hated saved her from Elphegort's genocide, as the Lucifenian soldiers killed everyone around her, leaving her alone again and wishing she had died.
 * Her words after meeting Michaela are paralleled in Wooden Girl ~Thousand Year Wiegenlied~ by Michaela and can be heard during the final chorus of the song; similarly, both songs begin with the same line: "I am sorry for being alive".

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