Merli Teaches Lily to be Evil

**Merli Teaches Lily to be Evil** is the forty-eighth installment in *Silylily - The Story* and the opening of the third season.

## Summary

A masked Lily robs Miku, Luka, Kaito, and Meiko for money. She returns to Merli's lair to receive praise for stealing from rich celebrities. Merli then tasks Lily with building an army to fight Lapis with, so Lily fetches the murderous Sukone Tei and MAYU. Merli observes that they are too murderous and she prefers for villains to be rebels against society. Lily mentions that her friend Iroha fits the bill, but she is in jail. Merli decides to bring Lily to the AHS household to seek help from Iroha's housemates to break her out of prison.

At the AHS household, Lily and Merli ask Kiyoteru to use his demon powers to help them. He refuses, recounting the story of how he was possessed by an Indefinable Shadow Beast while walking through the Execrated Forest. He explains that his glasses are blessed by the goddess LUMi and the demon will take control of him if they are removed. He ultimately refuses to help Lily and Merli, causing them to leave in search of the "girls from Gotham." Yuki sees them leave and asks Kiyoteru what they had come for.

The next night, Lily, Merli, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy meet up outside the prison. Merli notes that the prison has a magic block on it, preventing her from using any powers. She restates the plan for Harley and Ivy to distract the guards while she and Lily find the key to Iroha's cell. When they head inside, Officer Yukari sees Harley and Ivy on a monitor and sends a "superhero" after them. After killing the male and female security guards, Harley and Ivy are confronted by Batman. Elsewhere, Lily and Merli find a room that contains the cell keys, but they are caught by Officer Yukari.

Before Yukari can take Lily and Merli away, she is attacked by Kiyoteru, who has unleashed the demon inside him. Merli observes that demons are not magical, therefore nothing is stopping his power. While Kiyoteru takes care of Yukari, Lily and Merli go to rescue Iroha. Once they break her out of her cell, they escape the prison while Kiyoteru leaves everything ablaze. A flashback shows Yuki convincing him to help his friends in need. Merli, Lily, and Iroha regroup with the injured Harley and Ivy and they all flee together.

Back at Merli's evil lair, Lily writes a letter to Gumi in her diary, talking about Iroha and committing evil in the name of good. She and Iroha share a hammock, but they are not shown to get along very well. Back at the AHS household, Kiyoteru sits at his desk when he receives a visitor. Aoki Lapis approaches him, claiming to know about his actions at the prison. Declaring there is only one way to be rid of an ISB, Lapis shoots Kiyoteru with a spell and kills him.

## Characters

* Lily from anim.o.v.e
* Megurine Luka
* Hatsune Miku
* Kaito *(Debut)*
* Meiko
* Aoki Lapis
* Sukone Tei
* MAYU *(Debut)*
* Nekomura Iroha
* Hiyama Kiyoteru *(Death)*
* Kaai Yuki
* Gumi *(Mentioned)*
* Indefinable Shadow Beasts
* LUMi *(Mentioned)*
* Harley Quinn
* Poison Ivy
* Yuzuki Yukari
* Female Security Guard *(Death)*
* Male Security Guard *(Death)*
* Batman

## Trivia

* Merli mentions that LUMi is the same goddess who crafted VY2, the katana seen in Lily Needs a Date.
* The comic received 17 likes and four retweets, a record low for a silylily comic. This is possibly due to the comic being posted shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
* The rotten apple Lily gave Kiyoteru on his birthday can be seen on his desk.