Original Work by 70864
Translation by Nadeor


[The First Day (October 4th)]

[Morning 10:40]

“Ah…so it’s gone now…that shrine…”
It’s been a while since the last visit: Rokkenjima, the private property of Ushiromiya family.
Nothing changed much since he had last come here. Battler, starring into the coastline, feeling the warm sea breeze on his face, but there’s just something weird about it. The shrine was not at where it was supposed to be, it’s gone.
“Yeah, you’re right…”
Said George, he then turned to Jessica, who had stayed on this island for the longest.
“…I remembered it was here the last time I visited.”
“Yeah, about that-“
“-That’s enough on this topic, Jessica…”
Just when Jessica was about to say something, she was interrupted by her mother, Natsuhi.
What happened one year ago? Looking at the face-making Jessica, Battler decided that he should stop thinking by now. On the other hand, Aunt Natsuhi’s family ran a shrine, but why didn’t her say anything when such a spiritual object was removed? Guess it’s not very polite to talk about this matter in front of her, thought Battler. Anyways, today is the big day of the family meeting; wouldn’t it be nice to get to see some old faces, right?

[Lunch 12:00]

“Hmm…This is just delicious!”
Everyone enjoyed their lunch in the main dinning hall. Although Kinzo insisted not to come out from his room and share the time, it didn’t seem to have much of an impact on everyone’s appetite. Gohda, who was just hired after last year’s meeting, seems to have gained everyone’s compliment through his awesome cooking skill.
“No wonder you are the chef of a fancy restaurant!”
Laughed Hideyoshi, he turned to Natsuhi
“So how’s that, Natsuhi-san? Will it be possible for me to hire Gohda over to my place?”
“…Something like that, you can ask the person himself.”
It seems like Natsuhi’s headache had made a surprise attack, she pressed her temple and smiled forcefully.
“Thank you for your kind invitation, master Hideyoshi, but it’s just a bit…”
Said Gohda nervously, he turned and looked at Natsuhi
“After all, mistress Natsuhi had helped me at the time which I had struggled the most and therefore I can cook this wonderful meal for everyone here today. So Mistress Natsuhi is like my savior, I wanted to stay here and serve her as long as I could.”
“Ahaha~ you are indeed truly a loyal one, I’m just kidding there, don’t take it seriously. Natsuhi-san, you sure got yourself a good chef and a loyal servant!”
“Thanks…Gohda....”
Natsuhi, who didn’t have much of a power inside the family and seldom speaks during the family meeting, now lifts her head and smiles at Gohda. But all of a sudden, as if she had been struck by a bullet, Natsuhi shivered and the headache struck again. She lifts herself up using every single bit of strength left inside her.
“I’m sorry…I’m just not feeling well…may I please retire to my room?”
“Are you alright, mom?”
“I’m fine.”
Natsuhi forced a smile to Jessica, and then turned to Kruass.
“Please forgive my absence…do take care of the guests for me.”
“Of course, go rest yourself.”
“…Thank you.”
As Natsuhi leaves the room, Eva stares at her, smiling mysteriously.
For Gohda, maybe since his mistress will not be able to try his new dish anymore, he was somewhat saddened. Upon noticing this, Kyrie tapped his shoulder gently, telling him to cheer up.
“The next dish is here~”
Gumasawa, who was followed by Shannon and Kanon, pushed the meal cart into the dining hall. The smell of something tasty immediately filled the room.
“Everyone, please have as much as you can!”
“Alright then~”
Battler scooped a plateful of pasta onto Maria’s plate
“Maria, be sure to eat as much as you can! Make your breast grow bigger and let me rub it in the future~!”
“Uu~ Maria will eat a lot! Maria will make her breasts grow as fast as possible!”
“Maria! You shouldn’t agree to such a promise!”
“Uu…”
Meanwhile, Genji was serving Kinzo at his bookroom.
“This is really ok with you, my lord?”
“Hmhm… that’s alright, I doubt that they wanted to see this old fool anyways.”
Said Kinzo, he coughed and lifted his pen, writing something down on a piece of paper.
“Cough…! Let’s just wait and see what happens…tomorrow…”

[Afternoon 14:00]

The children went to play on the beach, and the servants stayed in the main building cleaning up the dishes. Gohda still seemed down because of Natsuhi’s absence, he’s washing the dishes spiritlessly with Kanon and Shannon.
“Hey, you two, move it!”
Gohda suddenly stopped and yelled at the two.
“If it wasn’t because you two were so slow back there, mistress Natsuhi would have enjoyed a few more dishes of mine! Darn it, if you are really that slow, why still bother being here? Hurry up and get lost already…”
“……”
Kanon clenched his teeth, and was about to argue with Gohda, but he was stopped by Shannon. Upon seeing all these, Gumasawa only shook her head and sighed in grief.
Meanwhile, back to the living room, it seems like everyone’s getting ready for the formal gathering of the family meeting. Except for Natsuhi, who was absent, every other adult in the family were there. Nanjo, who thought it would be inconvenient to be at that place at that time as someone who’s not from the family, made up an excuse of Kinzo’s sickness had worsen and quickly retreats.
Eva appeared of been polite, accompanied Nanjo to the hallway. Then, when they were somewhat distanced from the living room, she whispered to Nanjo. Upon hearing this, Nanjo frowned and shook his head nervously.
“This…This is not something which I can comment on…”
“It’s alright. I’m only concerning about Natsuhi-san’s health, so please go ahead and tell me, Dr. Nanjo.”
“Alright…It seems like mistress Natsuhi’s headache is getting more and more frequent now, her hands and feet are quite cold from time to time. Metaphorically speaking, it’s as if something within her body had sucked all the health away from her. Also…”
Nanjo stopped there, and then whispered something into Eva’s ears. Eva first appeared to be shocked, and then a mysterious smile appeared on her face.
“Are you sure of this, Dr. Nanjo?”
“Ah, I’m quite sure of this… But mistress Natsuhi never asked me to give her a check-up; therefore I can’t be sure of what is actually going on.”
“…Alright, that’s all I needed to know. Thank you, Dr. Nanjo.”

[Dinner 18:00]

Right about an hour before dinner, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and rain started to downpour.
Typhoon seems to have arrived, and before it leaves, looks like nobody can get in or out of this island.
The adults had just concluded a pointless afternoon meeting about the division of money, with nothing had done, they gathered the kids up and began the dinner. The meal was still hosted in the dining hall of the main building. Natsuhi still did not show up. According to Gumasawa, who claimed have been to her room after Lunch that Natsuhi’s headache seems to have worsen as the rain had brought in with humid air.
Genji appeared downstairs and announced that Kinzo still refuses to dine with the family, and the dinner continued in the adults’ complains and whines. But thanks to Gohda’s awesome cooking skill, and Kanon and Shannon for speeding up their paces, the dinner went fine. When the dinner is half done, Genji received a meal for Kinzo and a meal for himself, and then went upstairs to Kinzo’s room.
Right before everyone departs, George secretly hands Shannon a piece of paper. Shannon, who appears to have realized something, immediately hides the paper inside her hand and leaves the room with the meal cart, blushing. Upon seeing all this, Kanon, who was beside the door, sighed.

[Post-Dinner 20:00]

After the meal has concluded, Eva caught up with Krauss without anyone noticing.
“What is it now, Eva?”
Said Kruass impatiently, he thought this is something about the afternoon’s meeting of money-division again.
“If you are still thinking about the money, then too bad, cause there’s no way I’m going to share any single bit of that with you people. As the next head of the Ushiromiya Family, I think it’s only my right to inherit the entire legacy.”
“Hehehe, but Krauss-san, I’ve got something here which well definitely suit your flavor though.”
Eva started to laugh in a sinister fashion all of a sudden. She whispered into Krauss’ ears and no later did she finish, Krauss’ facial expression changed dramatically from proud to a stunned.
“You…You witch! Are you planning on blackmailing me, by using this?”
“Although I wouldn’t call it ‘blackmail’, but you can try if you dare to oppose my suggestion again, Krauss-san.”
Eva replied in a strong tone.
“But, if you are really going to do so, I’m afraid that poor little Jessica will be the one in vain then, hehehe…”
“You…”
“Now listen up! Sometime later this evening, you are going to declare another meeting for the division of money in your name. You will have to accept my suggestion there and immediately pay me a portion of the money promised. If you don’t wish this matter to be discussed elsewhere…Oh right, just so maybe if you’re interested, I’ve heard about an interesting little fact about Natsuhi-san as well.”
“………………”
Looking at Krauss all nervous and in rage, Eva smiled triumphantly. Right now, she is enjoying every single bit of torturing she had done to Krauss, to pay back for those scars done and tears shed back in her childhood.
And for Krauss, it was as if he got himself tangled up in a pile of thorns and is no way out, he was trapped by his own sister who is standing in front of him.
Meanwhile, in the little look-out shed near the main building, George placed the ring on Shannon’s finger. He only told Shannon to come out on that piece of paper, but Shannon had known this is coming.
“Thank you for accepting my proposal…Shannon…”
“…hm…”
Shannon’s face was all red, and she could not make a single sound without summoning what’s all left of strength in her body. Then, George gently warped his arm around Shannon, and then they noticed the blooming roses beside them.
“It’s as if the god himself blessed us of this moment, just like this…”
George lifted Shannon’s head gently
“I didn’t see such beautiful roses last year, it must be a gift from the above…”
“Hehe, it’s just-”
Before Shannon can finish, George gently sealed her lip with his.

[Post-Dinner 21:30]

George and Shannon split right after and went in different directions so nobody can notice them on their way back to the main building. Nobody saw the ring in Shannon’s hand.
Or as they thought, but except for Kanon.
“What is this whole thing...? Sis”
“Ka…Kanon-kun, you scared me there… Say, please don’t tell anyone else about this, especially Mistress Eva, ok?”
Realizing about something, Shannon carefully unequipped herself with the ring, and begged Kanon.
“This is something really important to me right now, and if Mistress Eva saw this…”
“Did you forget, sis? We are furniture, and… I don’t like George-san, I don’t like the fact that he’s taking the positive and always-smiling sister away from me.”
“Kanon, you shouldn’t be saying things like that…”
Upon hearing something bad about George, Shannon lifted her tone up a little bit.
“Now that’s just selfish…”
“Sis, you are the one…that’s selfish…”
As if he had lost an idol whom he had admired a long time ago, Kanon turned around sadly, and disappeared in the end of the hallway. Shannon felt like as if she had done something horrible, sighed and shook her head, and then stared into the ring which symbolized happiness.
Meanwhile, Natsuhi’s headache doesn’t seem like it was getting better. Worried about her mother, Jessica, went back to Natsuhi’s room and see what she can do to comfort her.

[Night 22:00]

Back to the living room, Krauss summoned the other adults of the family and hosted another meeting regarding to the division of the money. But apparently, he doesn’t seem very well. Beside him, Eva laughed without noticing herself.
Then, Rosa, who seems to be quite bored of this whole pointless discussion, decides to quit. She knew from her heart that there was absolutely no way of snatching even a cent from those greedy kin of hers, especially Krauss. She thought, even if she teamed up with Rudolf and Eva, the chance will still be quite pitiful.
If there is no point in this, then why bother joining? Rosa departed with Maria and went directly for the guest hotel nearby the main building, Nanjo decided to tag along because there was nothing of his interest there either. Krauss suggested that for the sake of safety, Kanon and Shannon should go with them as well in case if they need any help, Eva then argued that everyone who was not involved, that includes all of the servants, should depart to the guest hotel immediately.
So Genji, Gumasawa, Gohda, Shannon and Kanon, Rosa, Maria, and Nanjo, five servants and 3 guests, in a total of 8, left the main building and headed towards the guest hotel.
Krauss, Eva, Hideyoshi, Rudolf, Kyrie, George and Battler, in a total of 7, stayed and carried on the meeting. George and Battler originally wanted to leave with the other 8, but Eva insisted them to stay, and with a taunting scent, winked at the nervous-looking Krauss.


[The Second Day (October 5th)]

[Morning 6:00]

Krauss, Eva and Rudolf woke up, and found themselves sleeping on the couch of the living room, and the other four who were with them the night before are nowhere to be found. Recall what happened last night, it seems like they were still in the meeting, and all of a sudden, as if sandman had made a surprise attack, they fell asleep one by one.
They slept all the way until now…could it be!? Could it be that someone had drugged them?
“Arrrgh... Kruass, you were the one who got us the tea last night, right?”
Said Eva furiously, pointing at Krauss
“Why did you drug us, and, what the hell did you do to Hideyoshi and George…Where are they!?”
“Idiot! Do you honestly think that I am stupid enough to drug even my own self!?”
“Wait…If we are all unconscious…then where are Kyrie and Battler!?”
Rudolf was starting to get worried. He dashed out the living room, ran down the hallway, shouting Kyrie and Battler’s names the loudest he could. Eva and Krauss followed him, the three searched every single inch of the main building, yet it seems like the only one’s who are there, is them.
Now it seems not only Battler, Kyrie, George and Hideyoshi are missing, but also Natsuhi and Jessica, of whom were supposed to be in Natsuhi’s bedroom. This time, both Rudolf and Krauss were truly worried. The three of them decided to check the guest hotel, and see what they can find; maybe the six of them had something urgent and had to go back to the guest hotel.
But, metaphorically quoting, to their surprise, the six of them are not in the guest hotel, the only one’s who were there are Rosa, Maria, Nanjo and the five servants: Kanon, Shannon, Gohda, Gumasawa and Genji, who were about to depart to the main building to make breakfast. As they were about to take their leave, they bumped into the three who rushed into the building like maniacs. As Rudolf and Eva explained the situation to them, they were as surprised and nervous as the three were before, and the eight of them started the search in the guest hotel. Soon, the guest hotel building was searched thoroughly as well, and still, the six of them were nowhere to be found. As the adults sat on the floor with their heads between their arms, Maria only stared quietly outside the window, as if she was waiting for her cousins to come and play with her.
The servants said that they stayed in the guest hotel last night, nobody left and nobody entered, which they can say surely for each other, since all five of them were patrolling downstairs on the first floor, while Rosa, Maria and Nanjo rested on the second floor in two separate rooms. The three of them stated that they didn’t leave their rooms as well.
“…Hey, wait!”
Suddenly, Krauss cried out and pointed towards a little path going uphill outside the window.
“…What is it, bro?”
“Jessica! IS THAT YOU, JESSICA!?”
Krauss dashed out of the building before he could even finish his sentence. Everybody else immediately realized that something’s going on, and it can’t be good. They followed Krauss and ran towards the path towards the woods uphill. Rosa declared that she has to take care of Maria and to make sure she doesn’t sneak out while nobody’s watching, and stayed with her daughter in the building.
“Krauss-san, are you sure whoever you saw was Jessica?”
Asked Eva
“Are you saying that I can’t even trust my own eyes!?”
Krauss roared furiously
“It’s definitely her! Who else on this damn deserted island has blonde hair other than you and Rosa!? Be Rational already! But I don’t know why, when she noticed that I saw her, it was as if she was trying to avoid me, and ran up this path. Darn! What the hell is she thinking!? Can it be that Natsuhi is with her too?!”
“Great! What now, the weather is god-damn f**ked and we are here doing this bloody search. Hey, let’s split up and look for them!”
Rudolf suggested, because he was worried about Battler and Kyrie as well; everyone then split up and looked for them in the woods. Still, it all came down to nothing.
“…It’s no use, where could they be…?”
Said Kanon anxiously, upon realizing that his Mistress Jessica was missing as well, he seemed to be somewhat troubled.
“…George-san…”
Shannon whispered to herself.
Contradicting to everyone else, Gohda suggested that everyone should return to the main building and have breakfast first.
“There’s nothing we can do here, how about let’s go back and have something to eat first? After all there’s still a chance that they were just taking a walk, and are all starved and waiting for us in the main building by now.”
“…Tsk”
Krauss made a pitiful sound, and then smashed his fist against a tree, rain water immediately drops on him like a downpour, and he then calmed down and walked back with the others. On their way back, Genji turned back, as if he had noticed something. He stared into the woods for a while, and then started to catch up with the others.
Meanwhile, after everyone had left for the search, Maria started to cry because she could not withstand the pain of hunger. Rosa took an umbrella and returned to the main building with her, and to see whether they can find something to eat. She remembered that Gohda made some cake for desert yesterday at dinner, so she went to the fridge in the kitchen and got a piece of cake from inside the fridge. Just when she’s about to take the cake to the dining hall where Maria had waited, Rosa noticed something on the floor; the carpet which was clean and tidy before, now had some dirt and mud smudged on it.
“…What…Can it be…?”

[Morning 8:00]

After making a few useless trips around the island, the gang returned to the guest hotel, only to find that Rosa and Maria are gone.
“They are probably hungry and went back to the main building…”
Gohda scratched his head
“…How careless of me. I should have prepared the meal sooner.”
“It’s not your fault”
Said Nanjo compassionately
“Speaking about which, what happened to you three last night?”
“We don’t know what happened, but somehow, we fell asleep in the middle of the meeting. When we came back to consciousness, the other four were nowhere to be found.”
Rudolf said in a plain tune, he turned and looked at Krauss, who was beside the door and tapping his toe anxiously.
“Then, we found that Natsuhi-san and Jessica were not in their room either.”
“…Did you search every single room?”
“Of course we did, why else-wait! Dad’s room! That’s it! We didn’t check dad’s room yet!”
Eva cried dramatically. This struck Rudolf and Krauss as well, the three of them dashed towards the main building, followed by the others. When Nanjo was about to leave from his room, he stared at the ash tray beside his bed weirdly. Somehow, at sometime which he does not know, some cigarette ashes were left in there, and he never smoke.
“What is it, Dr. Nanjo?”
Asked Gumasawa
“Say Gumasawa-san…Do Mistress Rosa smoke?”
“Smoke? You must be joking; I’ve never seen her smoking before.”
“…Is that so”
Not able to tell which part is odd, Nanjo followed up with the others anyways.

[Morning 8:15]

At the moment when the door to the main building was opened, a weird yet repulsive scent was immediately noticed by the gang.
The next thing they noticed was that the door to the living room, which had been open for the most of the time, was locked up and sealed tightly at this moment. Genji suggested that they use the master keys which were carried by the servants; each of the servants carries one set with them. Once the door has opened, what displayed in front of them was something far too horrible for words to describe…

Natsuhi, Jessica, Battler, Kyrie, George, Hideyoshi.
-----The six mentioned above, were hanged on the ceiling.

As if this was a welcome ceremony to hell, the six of them displayed their corpses to the living the most horrifying way possible, even to the point by just looking at them will be enough to make you throw up. After a while of awkward silence, the sad cries of Eva broke out and stuck everyone into pain and fear. She dares not to look at the corpses of her beloved husband and son, only to kneel on the floor and cries to her heart’s content without caring for what everyone around was thinking of her. Then, not wanting anyone to see them at their worst, Rudolf and Kruass turned their heads; both had shed their tears of sadness. Shannon stood by the doorway, staring at George, who was hanging in mid air, not knowing what to do. Then, the ring which she held in her hand slipped loose from her grip and dropped on the floor. Kanon stared at Jessica’s body sorrowfully, not letting out a single word.
Also, Nanjo and Gumasawa noticed that, at the bottom of Natsuhi’s long dress, there were bits of bread crumbs on it.
Gohda and Genji helped letting the bodies down, and then Nanjo confirmed their deaths. They found several pieces of white linens and covered the corpses of the six. Then, Eva noticed that a letter envelope was placed on the table, with a page of letter inside it, and it contains a copy of the epitaph underneath the painting of the witch, word by word.

“At the first twilight, present the six chosen as sacrifices…”
This line seems to be somewhat a connection between the deaths of the six and the epitaph.

What was also in the envelope, a chain of keys…
“…! The servants room, NOW!”
Krauss seems to have noticed something, he shouted, and then Kanon and Shannon went to check. When they came back, they each have a shocked look on their face.
“The keys are… all gone!”
Since the master keys can unlock the living room and even other rooms, the servants only need one of them to carry on their daily duties. Aside from the master keys which the servants carry, the other individual keys were all chained up and left inside the servants’ room. Krauss cursed while trying each key to the lock of the living room, and finally, one of them fitted the hole and the lock sprang.
-------This means that this chain of keys, which were left locked inside with the six, IS THE ONE THAT WAS MISSING IN THE SERVANT’S ROOM!
If the servants did not lie, then that means they never left the guest hotel before this morning, and the master keys were with them, which means the only possible way to lock the living room’s door is through this chain of keys! And now, this only possibility was locked inside the room, with all the windows and doors locked as well.
“Which…Which means…”
Eva said surprisingly, covering her mouth
“This…chamber murder…was the one mentioned on the witch’s epitaph…THE chamber murder!?”

[Morning 9:00]

The result form the search of the main building uncovered something more surprising to the gang.
Genji unlocked Kinzo’s room with the golden key which only he caries and entered, but only to find his master missing from the empty room. Plus, Rosa and Maria, who were supposed to be in the guest hotel, were nowhere to be found in the main building neither. Also, the foods which were stored inside the fridge disappeared without leaving anything behind.
Rudolf, Eva and Kruass decided to leave the six bodies inside the living room, so that it would be easier for the investigation when the police arrive. After locking up all the windows and doors which goes into the living room, the gang left the main building and returned to the guest hotel, trying to recover from seeing such a horrible scene.
Krauss kept the chain of keys found inside the living room under his watch.

Eva, Rudolf, Krauss, Shannon, Kanon, Genji, Gumasawa, Gohda and Nanjo
-------The Nine mentioned above stayed in the guest hotel to rest. Then, Genji suddenly told Krauss to come outside alone.

[Morning 9:40]

“Hmm…So, that’s how it is…”
Main building, Kinzo’s room
Here, Kruass is talking to Kinzo, who was supposed to be missing. He seems to be nervous, really nervous indeed. Krauss held a rifle which belonged in his collection in his hand, and pointed it to Kinzo.
“What the hell is this!? You are telling me this now!? How the hell…How the hell do you expect me to believe such blasphemy at a time like this!”
“Krauss, my son…I acknowledge your idea of investment plan.”
Said Kinzo, shaking his head
“But, what the Ushiromiya family needs the most right now, and also what you are lacking of, is the ability to think carefully before acting. I guess, you have no one else to blame but yourself for it all comes down to this…”
“Shut up, you crazy old fool! What do you know other than beating me up since childhood!?”
“…Master Krauss…”
Genji only murmured Krauss’ name and watched, yet he did not do anything to stop him.
Krauss applied more pressure onto the trigger, and more, and more…

[Morning 10:30]

It had been almost one hour since Krauss and Genji departed, and they are still not back. The gang began to get worried, and then all of a sudden, knocks were been heard coming from the door. As they opened the door, they found Genji with the umbrella and the serious-looking Rosa with Maria sleeping in her arms outside.
Rosa then tucked Maria back to bed, and dried herself. Maria seems to be traveling through her own land of dreams.
“Maria urged me to take her to the rose garden, even though I told her it was raining outside. We walked all the way and then found ourselves already by the beach. We returned right away, but you guys were no where to be found inside the main building…”
Rosa seems still shocked from earlier, she had to stop several times as she explained what she saw earlier in the main building: After Maria fell asleep, she wanted to take her back to the guest hotel, and suddenly she heard two gunshots came from upstairs, hurrying upstairs, only to find the shocked-looking Genji standing beside the door to Kinzo’s room.
Then she saw Krauss and Kinzo, both lying in a pool of blood with a rifle in each of their hands, seems to have been shot right on the left chest.
Rosa then hurried back to the guest hotel with Genji, on their way she heard about the deaths of her relatives, and confirmed it with her own eyes through the key Genji carries. Unable to withstand the horrifying truth and reality of so many relatives died within such a short time, she seems to be losing herself a bit.
“Is that right, Genji?”
Rudolf and Eva calmed Rosa, and then turned to ask Genji cautiously. Genji thought for a bit and then nodded with a calm and normal face.
“Yes, it is exactly as Mistress Rosa had said.”
Everyone then decided to go back and check the main building again. They left Maria sleeping in her room, and all departed back.

[Morning 11:00]

The gang went back to the main building.
The six bodies were still perfectly fine in the living room, and the door seemed to be unlocked for Rosa by Genji earlier, was left opened the whole time. They lifted the white blanket to check the bodies, and then requested Genji to lock up the room again. Immediately after they went upstairs, only to find the door to Kinzo’s room was unlocked and wide open, but the bodies of Kinzo and Krauss were nowhere to be seen.
“It’s…It’s gone, but how!? It was here just a while ago!!”
Rosa could not believe what she had seen. Not only were the bodies gone, there weren’t even a single drop of blood on the floor! Two rifles lied on the carpet motionlessly, as if it had been there for the whole time. Eva then noticed an envelope and another piece of paper lying on the desk.
What seems to be written on the paper was a will, but to be exact, a will from Kinzo. It declared that the money shall be equally divided to the four: Krauss, Eva, Rudolf and Rosa.
Then they opened the envelope, it was another piece of letter, and not surprisingly, it was another copy of the epitaph under the witch’s portrait. Eva compared it with the other one left in the living room earlier. Although someone intentionally wrote this letter in a way so that nobody can tell who had written it from the handwriting, there were still similarities that suggests the two are written by the same person.
Plus, the chain of key which was supposed to be carried with Krauss, magically appeared inside the envelope with the second copy of the epitaph.
“…Hey, you two, are you sure you saw the two dead?”
“Their breathing stopped, that’s for sure. If that doesn’t mean they are dead…”
Rosa roughed her head hastily.
“Plus, who in the right mind would touch a dead body without the approval from a professional, if only Dr. Nanjo were there…”

------At the second twilight, torn the two who were closed apart…

It seems like it was Kinzo and Krauss this time, but…where are the bodies!?
Is this really something done by the witch…?

“Speaking of which…Why must the father and the son kill each other…Say Genji, you were there when it happened right? Did you know what’s the cause of all these?”
Rudolf said gently as he turned towards Nanjo. This time, an expression saying ‘please don’t ask me about any of these…’ appeared on the doctor’s face. Knowing how Nanjo would react on normal bases, Rudolf and Eva stopped questioning.
“…Although Kinzo’s health was pretty bad already. But if this…incident really did take place, it would still be a pity for him.”
Upon realizing an old friend had left him forever, Nanjo was somewhat saddened. He gently touched the books on Kinzo’s bookshelves one by one, reminding himself of all those good times the two spent together playing chess. Then, all of a sudden, as if he had noticed something, his eyes stopped immediately.
“I…Impossible…But…But how…Can this be…?”
Shannon and Kanon, who remained on the side, noticed something wrong about Nanjo, and both of them had a different look on their faces.
Sometime unnoticed, a murderous scent was delivered by somebody.
Then, when everyone started thinking, a shadow secretly moved behind Nanjo, and whispered something into his ears without anyone noticing. Nanjo immediately froze, and unable to speak another word due to the fear that pressed against him.

[Noon 12:00]

It seems that everyone is pretty hungry by now, but nobody has the appetite. The chain of keys retrieved from Kinzo’s room was returned by Eva to the servants’ room.
Except for Rosa and Genji, the seven in the main building claimed that they have stayed in the guest hotel the whole time and did not take a single step outside. Nanjo, Eva and Rudolf stayed together on the second floor; therefore they can prove each other’s presence. The four servants stayed together on the first floor and therefore not a problem with them as well.
Then, Eva and Rudolf secretly discussed the possibility of “Wolf and Sheep”; they then forced Rosa and Genji, of who were suspected of being the ‘wolf’ back to the guest hotel, along with the other four servants whose movements remained unknown during that time. Before they left, Eva took away the master keys on them as well, and kept them under her own watch. Except for Rosa and Gohda, the rest all had no objections to this decision and therefore proceeded towards the guest hotel. After they had left, the three of them locked the doors and windows of the main building for safety purpose.

So, Eva, Rudolf and Nanjo remained in the main building.
Genji, Rosa, Gumasawa, Shannon, Kanon, and Gohda returned to the guest hotel.
Also, Maria was sound asleep inside the guest hotel.

[Afternoon 13:30]

Someone knocked on the door of the main building hastily. The three went downstairs and opened the door carefully, to their surprise, outside stood Rosa, who got a nervous look on her face, and Maria, who was crying.
“Wha…What’s all the fuss about?”
“Uu…Maria wants to watch TV! Maria wants to watch TV!!! Uuu…”
“If you are looking for a television, wasn’t there one on the first floor of the main building?”
Said Eva impatiently
“You can watch it in the guest hotel…”
“Uuu! Shannon and Kanon won’t open up the door! They won’t let Maria in! Maria can’t watch the TV! Uuu…”
“?!!”
Rudolf and Eva turned and stared at Rosa, with an ‘Is this true?’ look on their faces.
“What’s this all about, Rosa?”
“The…The Servants locked the door to the meeting room inside the guest hotel, Maria could not get in.”
Said Rosa, she was now more nervous than ever.
“Then Maria and I knocked on the door together, but no one answered.”
“Uu!!! Maria wants to watch TV! TV!!!”
Even if they cannot trust Rosa, Maria didn’t seem to be lying either. The two of them hesitated, and then, as if she had remembered something, Eva took out the two copies of the epitaph and looked at them closely…

At the fourth twilight, Gouge the head and kill.
At the fifth twilight, Gouge the chest and kill.
At the sixth twilight, Gouge the stomach and kill.
At the seventh twilight, Gouge the knee and kill.
At the eighth twilight, Gouge the foot and kill.

……
Eva, Rudolf and Nanjo turned and looked at each other, all feeling pretty nervous by now, and then left with Rosa and Maria to the guest hotel. Before they left the main building, they checked the doors and rooms and made sure they were locked.

[Afternoon 14:00]

The five returned from the main building bashed open the door to the guest hotel’s meeting room, it was completely silent inside. On the floor laid Genji, Gohda, Gumasawa, Kanon and Shannon, each with a fruit knife in their hand. Genji’s neck, Kanon’s chest, Shannon’s stomach, Gumasawa’s knee, and Gohda’s foot, all seemed to be gouged by something sharp and deeply. In Shannon’s hand placed the ring which George gave to her last night.
“Death by…Obvious…!”
Unable to take another look, Nanjo turned around from the horrible sight.
Then Rudolf noticed, another envelope was placed on the desk of the living room, with another copy of the epitaph inside it. Plus, unbelievably, the chain of keys which was supposed to be in the servants’ room of the main building appeared, once again.
“But…But how!?”
Eva, Rudolf and Rosa were in deep shock.
Can it be…? Can it be that these are all witch’s doing, killing us one by one following the order of the epitaph?
Quit joking…Quit joking already!!!
Once again, the guest hotel was completely silent. The only sound that was there, were the heavy breathings of the four adults, and young Maria’s cries. The storm outside still hasn’t stopped, but when will…?

“At the time when Seagulls Cry, None survived.”

As for the result-

Natsuhi, Jessica, Hideyoshi, George, Kyrie, Battler, Genji, Shannon, Gumasawa, Kanon, and Gohda
---The Eleven mentioned above, dead.

Krauss and Kinzo
---The Two mentioned above, missing.

Eva, Rudolf, Rosa, Maria and Nanjo
---The Five mentioned above, survived.






Hey, let me ask you.
Have you, by now figured out the truth?


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Translator's note:

-Shrine: The shrine Battler mentions is the same shrine which contains the mirror that Shannon broke in the beginning of EP2
-Guest Hotel: The Hotel of which the kids stayed during the night of October 4th in both EP1 and EP2
-"Wolf and Sheep": The theory which came up by Rosa in EP2
-Since I don't know about the correct English translations of the Epitaph, I just typed in whichever I thought might fit.
-"At the time when Seagulls Cry, None Survived" was supposed to be the line that was in both EP1 and EP2's endings. So what if five survived in this EPX =_=||| Quit been so picky

-Rosa didn't kill anyone
-Someone had lied about their encounters over the course of Oct.4th, 1986 and Oct.5th, 1986 on Rokkenjima

-The First Six Victims' faces are perfectly fine.
-Face-Shaving did not happen in this EPX
-All the windows of the servants room were locked
-Rudolf, Nanjo and Eva were together when the 4th to 8th twilight took place.
-Krauss loved Natsuhi and Jessica
-There are NO Beatrice or any form of witch exist in this EPX
-There are more than 1 gun.

-Rosa had knowledge of narcotics.
-Rosa hated krauss nii-san and her other siblings.
-All of the servants are victims
- There are only 18 people (alive or dead, doesn't matter, long as they're humans) in the island during this EPX.
- There are no characters who are homossexual in this EPX.

-There is only one murderer
-Krauss hated some of his siblings
-The hidden gold mentioned in the umineko episodes, is not related to any events in the EPX.
-The Blonde Person Krauss saw running was not the culprit, the murderer, or the accomplice

-Jessica was killed at her mother´s room.
-Between 4-8th twilight all the servants were together.
-There are only 5 master keys in the island.

- Kinzo died of a natural death, by natural meant nothing like from a gun
- The windows of the living room can't be locked from outside.
- The windows of the living room were not locked when the hanged six were found.
- The person Krauss saw was Jessica.
- Kinzo cares alot for his children and their well-being, but not all of his children
- Rosa loves Maria.
- At least one of the servants is the culprit, or the murderer, or the accomplice.

- The six found hanged in the living room, are definitly dead when they are found.

-Krauss was unconscious for a while in the first day(Oct. 4th, 1986)
-Hideyoshi likes to smoke
-Eva was planning on something which is not stated clearly in the story
-Not all of the victims in the first twilight died of the same reason.

Natsuhi and Gohda never had an affair, they are normal friends, relationship will be master and servant
Krauss disliked Gohda before
No wig of any form exists on the island before or after

-Rudolf is a smoker, so are Hideyoshi and Krauss
-Nanjo knows Who the culprit is
-The Bread Crumbs on Natsuhi's dress were NOT from the cake Rosa fetched for Maria
-The shadow that whispered something chocking to Nanjo could be the accomplice, culprit or the Murderer

Someone on the island, other than Kinzo, has their own gun.
Nanjo did not lie about anyone's death, but he is not always sure.
At least one Of the First six victims died naturally.

All of the survivors of the incident are perfectly alive and well in the current day. The 'well' here refers to both physically and mentally.

-The culprit is currently alive and well in the present day.
-If someone had faked his/her death, then there's still a chance of he/she been perfectly well and fine today.
The Culprit did not physically kill anyone during the event.
*May I hint about customs when you go on a plane? =_=||| Guns...*
If a person has a gun on the island, then at least one other will know
The Culprit's Motive is related to Kinzo's money
At least One of the accomplice(s) were used by the culprit on the island
Eva and Rudolf loves their siblings, but this doesn't mean anything in this EPX, since they are ONLY HUMAN.
The servants respects Kinzo
Ange has no significance in this mystery (Pardon me if I spelled anything wrong)

- Shannon loves George, likes Kanon and doesn't like Gohda.
- Kanon cares alot for Shannon, dislikes George and Gohda; possibly likes Jessica.
- Gohda hates both Shannon and Kanon, and has a NORMAL RELATIONSHIP with Natsuhi.
- Krauss loves Jessica, and doesn't care too much for Natsuhi; hates Eva and and has a grudge against Kinzo; has a normal relationship with Rudolf.
- Eva hates Krauss, and loves George and possibly Hideyoshi.
- Rudolf cares for Kyrie and Battler.
- Rosa hates all her siblings, and at least cares for Maria.
- Kumasawa supposedly cares for both Shannon and Kanon, also Genji.
- Nanjo is friends with Kinzo.
- Genji is close to Kinzo.
- Kinzo cares for some of his children; is close to Nanjo and Genji (trusts them.)

-Kumazawa knew the ushiromiya children when they were children.
-Gohda cares a lot for natsuhi.
-Money is related to the killer/ culprit / accomplice motive.
-There are killer, culprit and accomplice and the number may vary.

-All the windows of the servants room were locked
-Rosa and Maria were always together
-The Carpet in Kinzo's study can be changed
-The keys chain is totally complete with the keys of all the doors except master keys.
-There were no traces of blood in the place the servants died.
-Any servant could have locked the door and placed the keys inside before dying.
-No one is faking his/her death.
-Krauss loved his father.
-Krauss didn't have a mistress.
-All of the sacrifices of the first twilight were victims
-Jessica met the killer at her mother's room
-The only golden key was under Genji's watch the whole time
-Rosa didn't take Maria to the beach due to the rain
-Rosa took Kinzo and Krauss' bodies into an unknown location

-Rosa did it
-Rosa feared the witch, so she wanted to cause fear on others with the witch.
-Genji is rosa´s accomplice.
-The cigarrete ashes found by nanjo are drugs.
- There is more than one culprit.
- There is at least one accomplice (of the culprit).
- The servants died of other wounds than the ones mentioned.

-The powder nanjo found was drug.
-Natsuhi fakes some headaches.
-The blonde girl Krauss saw was his imagination.

- All the deaths are part of the same culprit's plan.
- There is only one culprit.
- The culprit has accomplices.
- All the deaths happened according to the culrpit's plan.
- The ones that fell asleep in the living room in the first night, were drugged by Rosa and Gohda.
- No one suffers from any kind of mental disease.

-The first six victims had their faces smashed.
-The servants had their faces smashed.
-All the windows of the servants room were locked.
-Rudolf, Nanjo and Eva were all together the whole time meanwhile the 4-8 twilight occurs.
-Rosa and Maria were always together.
-The carpet in kinzo´s study can be changed.
-The keys chain is totally complete with the keys of all the doors except master keys.
-There were no traces of blood in the place the servants died.
-Any servant could have locked the door and placed the keys inside before dying.
-No one is faking his/her death.
-Krauss loved Natsuhi and Jessica.
-Krauss loved his father.
-Krauss didnt had a mistress.
-All of the sacrifices of the first twilight were victims.
-Jessica met the killer at her mothers room.
-The only golden key was under Genji´s watch all time.
-Rosa and Genji locked kinzo´s study before leaving.
-Again the key was under Genji´s watch all time.
-There is hardly any mention of beatrice in this EP.
-Rosa didnt take maria to the beach because of the rain.
-Rosa took Kinzo and Krauss´s bodies to an unknown location.
-There are more guns than 1


まったね！

-The First Six Victims' faces are perfectly fine.
-Face-Shaving did not happen in this EPX
-All the windows of the servants room were locked
-Rudolf, Nanjo and Eva were together when the 4th to 8th twilight took place.
-Krauss loved Natsuhi and Jessica
-There are NO Beatrice or any form of witch exist in this EPX
-There are more guns than 1

Some points to notice
- Who was the blonde person Krauss saw?
- About the death of the first six, notice how in the text it is said that Genji LOCKED all the doors and windows after they saw the bodies. So, this means that it was possible for anyone to enter though the window?
- Eva plans to blackmail Krauss. Can this be a motive for anything?


Just recite the following while I think about any kind of theories, please:

- There are only 18 people (alive or dead, doesn't matter, long as they're humans) in the island during this EPX.
- No one suffers from any kind of mental disease.
- There is more than one culprit.
- There is at least one accomplice (of the culprit).
- Someone commited suicide before the end of EPX and after the begining of EPX. (:P)
- The servants died of other wounds than the ones mentioned. (this one should be obvious, but still...)
And just because it is me, I ask you to also recite the following: - There are no characters who are homossexual in this EPX. (Sorry, I just had to... xD)

also, I'm a little confused... what does face-shaving mean?

-Rosa had knowledge of narcotics.
-Rosa hated krauss nii-san and her other siblings.
-All of the servants are victims
- There are only 18 people (alive or dead, doesn't matter, long as they're humans) in the island during this EPX.
- There are no characters who are homossexual in this EPX.

If Rosa didnt kill anyone then she most likely made them kill each other.Its the same like amuck-drugs leading to a high violence-grade and no suffering from pain.Its almost same like Higurashi lvl-5.
Since from episode 1(as i only know from it) rosa brought some tea for natsuhi.Maybe same case here.While Krauss went for the Tea Natsuhi joined with Jessica the meeting and therefore Natsuhi suggested to take Rosa´s tea.Same event maybe occured to the servants, still its doubtful, however i cant believe.
not much and maybe this conclusion might sound clear after the red statement but somehow i am not much sure anything else yet.

I consider that the division this time is important... in the other years it was not... why? krauss hoped that kinzo died before they could conclude on anything because as being the head of the family he could slip the herency between his siblings as he wants...

I DUNNO AND HAVE NO IDEA... but from my no red recitals krauss had a mistress and he didnt wanted jessica to find out because she would be heartbroken:uhoh: and he did it because he couldnt ******* with natsuhi because of her headaches or he was bored...
Eva had nothing to do, she cried too much to be the killer... And as my "no one is faking his death" isnt in red, and the police autopsy could have mentioned that the death were not the corpses, krauss and kinzo are mising so anyone of them could be the culprit/commplice.

Now rosa I remember that she had drugged maria once in ep 1:twitch: yes i know and any adult could have knowledge of sleep medications for stress.

So genji isnt rosa´s accomplice... and he respected his master.

If the adults were always together when the other twilights took place, and rosa didnt do anything, then someone of the servants is an accomplice AND the one who is faking his death had some keys from the key chain : no one could check thorougly the keys of TWO manors.... Here are the things i want in red:

-The powder nanjo found was drug.
-Natsuhi fakes some headaches.
-The blonde girl Krauss saw was his imagination.

First, even though Rosa didn't kill anyone, she can be the one behind any plans, and she could have sparked someone into doing something drastic, which means she might not be the murderer, but the mastermind. I like Larrave's theory and we can start by that for now. (Even though I don't know if there are drugs that can make anyone more aggressive without some secondary visible effects).

Krauss is also pretty suspicious.
also, we might be dealing with two different plans here. someone planned the first murder and then some other person continued the chain. but this a little advanced for now, so let's just keep with the "one person planned everyone else's deaths" theory.

So I'm going to extend the asked for recital with this:

- There is more than one murderer.
- All the deaths are part of the same culprit's plan.
- There is only one culprit.
- The culprit has accomplices. -- (Well, this one should be quite obvious.)
- All the deaths happened according to the culrpit's plan.
- The ones that fell asleep in the living room in the first night, were drugged by Rosa and Gohda.
- Krauss hated his siblings.
- The hidden gold mentioned in the umineko episodes, is not related to any events in this EPX. -- (just to make sure that the hidden gold exists or not, so we cna clear that out of the way.)
- The blonde person Krauss saw running was not the culprit, the murderer, or the accomplice.

-There is only one murderer
-Krauss hated some of his siblings
-The hidden gold mentioned in the umineko episodes, is not related to any events in the EPX.
-The Blonde Person Krauss saw running was not the culprit, the murderer, or the accomplice

Define:
-Kill
-Narcotics
-Eighteen
-Person

Request for Reciting:
-Natsuhi and Gohda were having an affair.
-Krauss disliked Gohda.
-All that were murdered were killed in the rooms their bodies were found in.
-There are no wigs on the island.
-Kinzo and Krauss are dead.
-Every person that was murdered was killed in a way that the corpse would suggest was the way they are killed.

I was thinking that maybe Ganji and Rosa lied about having seen Krauss and Kinzo "fighting" each other. I also think it is safe to assume Rosa is somehow connected to what happened, and that possibly the person Krauss saw running was really Jessica. They spent some time in the woods, which is enough time for anyone to return to the living room, seal the doors from inside (after hanging everyone) and leaving (or not) through the window.

I think genji didnt had a part because he loved his master, and as far i deduct these are not culprits:
-Battler
-George
-Shannon
-Kanon ( i like them )
-Eva
-Hideyoshi

so the others who remain are probably culprits, as i said before, the corpses could remain there so krauss/ kinzo ( they are both with k :p) are culprits... genji probably left away the golden key at a time when the killer found it and "snatched the body... LOW BATTERY CANT TYPE MORE

you are beatrice, so:
- Genji didnt said anything about losing the key from pity...
-Kyrie seducted the killer ( the tie/breasts thing)...
-Jessica was killed at her mother´s room.
-Between 4-8th twilight all the servants were together.
-There are only 5 master keys in the island.

With lied... you refer as lying when telling the story to the police?

[The First Day (October 4th)]

[Morning 10:40]

The missing shrine most likely has some sort of significance. We should see if it's mentioned again.

[Lunch 12:00]

Kinzo's character change almost makes me sad. Whatever he is writing it will no doubt hold significance.

POI:Genji is the only other person to know that Kinzo has writen something. Perhaps it is the will?

RECITE: Kinzo was one who wrote the will.

[Afternoon 14:00]

I think Natsuhi is probably dying, she may have amneia. Regardless I'm sure that it is a fact that can be used against Krauss.

RECITE: Natsuhi is suffering from an illness.

[Dinner 18:00]

Nothing too interesting there. We know that all the adults should be in that room discussing.

[Post-Dinner 20:00]

George's proposal is likely useless, and he'll be dead anyways.

So the problem would affect Jessica. So there's alot of things that could mean.

RECITE: The item that Eva is threatening Krauss with is directly about Natsuhi.

[Post-Dinner 21:30]

This gets interesting.

POI: Jessica is the "first" one to go to Natsuhi's room or atleast to our knowledge. But to be safe;

RECITE: Jessica was the first to go to Natsuhi's room after Natsuhi entered it.
RECITE: Natsuhi was still alive when Jessica went into her room.
RECITE: Jessica discovered Natsuhi's body.

Anymore and I might offend the witch-sama!

[Night 22:00]

People leaving the living room. Not very interesting.

POI: Why was Nanjo "waiting" for a reason to leave? I'd say his self dismissal is rather suspicious.

[Morning 6:00]

Everyone wakes up, Rosa from the previous red text seem to be the most supicious.

RECITE: One of the servants was the person who made the tea.

Also the thing about Jessica, there's a nice tidbit our Witch gave to us, do you remember?

The person Krauss saw was Jessica.

It must be her corpse.

But there's a slight contradiction, please clarify!

CLARIFY: The Blonde Person Krauss saw running was not the culprit, the murderer, or the accomplice and The person Krauss saw was Jessica., of this is the thing / person with the blonde hair a person or a thing.

RECITE: Krauss saw Jessica's body.

Rosa's discovery is no big deal. It MAY mean that someone in the guest house had something to do with it, but we can't be sure.

RECITE: The murderer, culprit or an accomplice had moved through the guest house during that time frame.

[Morning 8:00]

Smoking = doom? Who knows ;)

Ima stop right now and leave the rest for tomorrow.

Answer away Witch-sama!