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Codename: Lillet

Note: Shinichi in the last chapter was six. 

Vermouth's pov. Meanwhile at one of the Organization's bases~

I was free today so I decided to come in and check on how the training of that girl is going.

I remember the day I brought her in as a baby as Boss ordered like it was yesterday.

She was a pretty quiet baby, it was easy to keep her calm and know when she actually needed something.

I suppress an amused giggle as I remember Gin's first time changing her diaper. His expression was hilarious, I wish I got it on camera.

And as she grew up. She was still quiet, observing everyone with the same look in her eyes as her father.

That was when everyone knew Boss made the right decision to want her.

We started training her at six years old, she didn't cry loudly as Gin expected, but she did get hurt a lot, and collapsed from blood loss or other things.

It was also around that time that she learned not to call anyone anything familial here.

We let her go to one of the schools secretly paid by us to keep her isolated as she didn't need to make friends.

She learns a lot faster than her peers, which made it better for us as we could make her skip grades quickly.

She's 11, but at the middle school level already.

But, on weekends and holidays, it's her training time, which is what is happening today. I usually also get my own lessons with her to teach her disguise and acting.

I walk into the training room, getting some members who notice me to bow and make room for me, as I see Gin and Vodka beating down a certain 11-year-old girl, who looks pretty bad but is still standing.

I smile impressed, well she improved fast, at least her endurance is getting better.

But that was only the combat part, now it was the harder one.

She's taken to the chamber room next. Right, since she's a member, she has to be ready for when she gets caught not to say anything, and to know how to get herself out no matter how hard.

I follow and give Gin a joking smile and wave in greeting as he scowls at me.

I would make a joke, but I was more focused on her right now.

We arrive and Vodka pushes her in with some members who failed and got exposed in public.

As they were already ordered to die, we can let her do it, if she fails, we will just kill them off ourselves.

The door closes and locks behind her and we see inside the room through the one-way window.

She's strapped to a chair before getting tortured with lots of different items.

She screams a bit at first before they gag her.

We watch, knowing that her injuries from the earlier battle training aren't even treated yet.

Gin looks bored already, expecting her to just collapse despite having done this for three years.

And then, more screaming is heard.

But it's not hers.

We watch with wide eyes as she spits out the gag and bites one of the men's arms hard.

She also kicks the other who's closer in the stomach.

It turns out that, while we were only paying attention to what the upper part of her body does, we didn't notice that she was busy breaking out of her leg shackles.

She can't kill them yet, but the fact that she finally fought back and got herself out is already an improvement.

We stop the session and get in as we unshackle her and Gin and Vodka take the failures out, with their guns.

I notice that she doesn't flinch much as they fire or react to the fact she saw them kill someone.

I smile, "I like her." I tell Gin.

Surprisingly, he smirks back, "She's good."

I then look at her and she looks back at me before bowing and saying, "I believe it is time for lessons from you, Vermouth-sensei." she says in a respectful, quiet, and empty voice.

I nod, "That's right. Well, let's get going." I reply before I walk out and she follows.

I notice that she's limping so I order one member to patch her up before we start.

~~~~~~

Years go by, and she gets better mentally, emotionally, and physically.

She can take down Gin in combat now, easily aim and fire a gun in the dark with her eyes closed, throw knives and stab with them, and beat one of those low-life failures to death when she's tortured.

And she gets better and better in disguise to the point that she's almost as perfect at it as I am.

And her IQ is even higher than before.

It's only when she's 19 that she's now a perfect assassin.

And that she finally is assigned her codename.

I smirk as I notice her doing the same. Probably my influence, though I'm happy about it.

We both walk out after hearing the boss assign her codename and she immediately goes to her room.

For me, I see Gin approaching as he asks, "So what's her codename?"

I smirk again as I reply, "Her codename... is Lillet. And she'll be assigned assassination missions from now on, even ones where she works with you, so you better be ready."

He's silent for a few seconds before he scoffs and smirks and says, "Lillet huh? Well, if it's with that brat, then it's bound to turn out interesting."

I chuckle in agreement.

Yes, it sure will be.