Episode 09

**Mission: Daughter Dearest II** (MISSION《愛娘》II, *Mission "Manamusume" II*) is the 9th episode of Spy Classroom anime series.

## Synopsis

When you're a spy, sometimes being stealthy is not enough. You also have to be well fed!

## Summary

Olivia, the head maid at Uwe Mansion, welcomes the new maids Lily, Grete and Sybilla.

A day earlier, Klaus tells the girls that they next Impossible Mission is to hunt an assassin who infiltrated the Din Republic borders. However as he cannot take all the girls, he will be selecting the strongest four of them and take them with him on the mission tomorrow. Lily and Sybilla start to wonder who would be chosen and guess that Monika will be one of them. They end up seeing Sara cooking dinner and Sara explains that Klaus usually cooks for himself, however he is busy right now thinking of a plan with Grete and she is helping with the food. Lily and Sybilla then see that as a chance to poison Klaus and prove that they are strong and be chosen. As the others overheard them, Sybilla explains that while normally Klaus isn't eating what they make, if they make it super delicious, he will eat it. She then reveals she has a recipe. One day she saw Klaus preparing a meal for himself and they will replicate it. They will get him to lower his guard with delicious food and launch an ambush, while also finishing him with a poisoned tea. Later, they make the food and serve Klaus, who likes it, but shows them that if they add a few more ingredients, it will become more tasty. As he adds them, the girls try the food and love it. However as they eat too fast, they end up choking and Klaus gives them some tea so they can swallow the food. As a result, Sybilla gets poisoned and ends up on bed.

At present, Sybilla can't believe she, Lily, Sara and Grete were chosen, which made Monika angry. As maids, they clean up the mansion which impresses the head maid. Their intel suggest that the assassin's next target is Uwe Appel, which is why they pose as maids in order to be able to protect him. Uwe then returns wondering who the girls are and Olivia explains they are the new maids she told him about. He then requests his gun, explaining that two of his friends had died and he doesn't know when someone will come at him. He points the rifle at the girls, stating that if they do something suspicious, he will shoot. Uwe then asks Sybilla to cook him dinner. She prepares him dinner, but he finds it awful, stating she is just a waste of space if she can't cook.

Grete finds the mansion a bit off. Usually such places are more extravagant, but this is quite barren. Additionally there are only five people living here: Uwe, his wife, his mother, Olivia and his live-in personal secretary. As Uwe seems to hate wastefulness, he may also fire the entire maid staff at any time. Grete also reveals that except Klaus, when she needs to talk to men, she gets stomachache. Sybilla then states she will be the one handling Uwe, which makes Grete happy. The girls continue working there, but Uwe keeps complaining, telling them to not throw stuff and telling Sybilla that she is wasting food with her cooking.

Sybilla is annoyed and asks Klaus if they can tell Uwe that they are his bodyguards. However Klaus states its better to not do it as he may end up leaking that info. Additionally Corpse may already be close with Uwe and he will find out about them. Later, after the live-in personal assistant leaves, Sybilla steals his keep and enters his office, trying to find something to blackmail Uwe and keep him in check. She finds a book with pictures of Uwe and kids from orphanages and recalls that Grete told her that Uwe specializes in exposing the rich and powerful. In that moment Uwe catches her and Sybilla tries to explain that she is doing this to educate herself. Seeing what book she holds, Uwe decides to tell her a story he heard while he was visiting orphanages. About 8 years ago, gangs took advantage of the postwar chaos and run rampant, and the Cannibals were the worst of them. One day, they ringleader got arrested, after his daughter tipped the police and the gang fell apart. The daughter had suffered a lot of abuse from him, however she did it to protect her younger brother and sister. The three of them ended in an orphanage, but soon the older girl ran off. Sybilla wonders why is he telling her that and Uwe states that the daughter also had a white hair like her and she should be her age right now. Uwe will overlook her trespass, however the three maids are all fired. He hired them as a favor to a politician friend, but he just can't abide the waste of it. Sybilla wonders why he isn't selling the house, considering how much he hates waste. Uwe states they are in the middle of nowhere, so the house isn't worth much, however Sybilla believes that it would be easier to spot an assassin in the countryside. Uwe states he can't die yet, as the social service still needs him and leaves.

Sybilla tells the rest that they are fired, but explains that she and Uwe have a lot in common and she wants to keep him safe. She asks the girl to help her and they agree. Lily wonders how they will make him change his mind and Sybilla states she will cook him a meal that he will love. At night, Sybilla asks Sara for help and they go steal something from a state hospital.

In the morning, Sybilla presents the dish that they made Klaus with Klaus' additional ingredients. Uwe wonders why is she still there and Sybilla explains she wanted to thank him for last night before she leaves. Uwe tries the food, and states its better but its still bad. Sybilla isn't surprised, last night she saw that he took a physical and shows him the results of the physical. His red blood cells are below average, which is a symptom of vitamin deficiency and that is giving him a taste disorder. He may have even started to notice it himself. After the war, he started to economize on everything, and was even giving his own food to orphanages. Sybilla explains that this food didn't taste better for him, but he sensed the spices and he had started to prefer food that is heavily seasoned as that was giving him some "taste". He needs to hire them back and they will prepare nutritious food every day and in time he will get his taste back. Uwe gets angry as she acts like she knows everything.

Sybilla reports to Klaus and states that at least the other two kept their jobs. Klaus wonders why she volunteered to quit and Sybilla explains that Uwe stated that they are still lots of people who can't eat properly, yet he is hiring three maids. The two then compromised of having let go of one of the maids and Sybilla volunteered to be her. Sybilla explains that she copied Klaus. She knows that the other day, Klaus seasoned their food with spices that would fit their tastes, which is why they liked it that much. Klaus wonders if Uwe had only one symptom from malnutrition. Recalling that Uwe couldn't see well in dark, Sybilla then wonders if he has nyctalopia, night blindness, where his vision declines dramatically in the dark, which is also caused by lack of vitamins. Klaus states that Uwe shouldn't be driving and needs to hire a driver. Sybilla then is hired as such and Uwe complains about her driving. As Uwe comes out of the car, a shot is fired, but misses him and breaks the car's window. Uwe shoots back, but Sybilla tells him to get inside with Olivia and call the cops.

Sybilla and Lily then head towards the forest after the shooter. They get caught in a trap, but Klaus frees them. Klaus states that the assassin finally made his move and tells the two girls to prepare themselves.

## Characters

* Olivia
* Flower Garden
* Daughter Dearest
* Meadow
* Pandemonium
* Klaus
* Glint
* Dreamspeaker
* Forgetter
* Fool
* Corpse