Ok, here's the bit of the bomb explanation from
Our Confessions I had but didn't translate earlier. It's not very long, but I decided to release it now since there's not really a reason not to as it's unrelated to the epilogue.
The epilogue will be done soon. Maybe a day, maybe a week.
Just a reminder: This is when Beatrice had taken Krauss and Natsuhi down to the VIP room at gunpoint to show them the gold and had just claimed that she had control of the bomb device.
Spoiler for Bomb talk:
"Th, that's...! W, why would father set up such a bomb device on the island he lives on...!? (Natsuhi)
"Rokkenjima once had a secret naval base, and it had an enormous amount of explosives stored on it for the last-ditch war effort...... or so I've heard many times. And I vaguely remember that long ago father said he would, when his luck came to an end, cleanly erase himself along with the island... or something like that..."
"Precisely. And that device is... a device inherited by the true head of the Ushiromiya family. In other words, only I can control it."
By activating it, the device can at any time cause a giant explosion...
Beato's explanation may not be convincing enough.
In that case, Genji will be there too.
If the same story also comes from Genji's mouth, it's credibility will solidly rise.
"...Yes. The time bomb device created by the former head-sama now belongs to a new master, Beatrice-sama."
"Th... that's..."
Hearing the same story from Genji, Natsuhi is at a loss for words.
And understandably so.
On the island she had spent so many years... was buried an enormous amount of explosives. They could have, at Kinzo's slightest whim...... or by some kind of coincidental accident, massively exploded.
Natsuhi was petrified at the reality... that she was still living on such an island even now.
"...I, I see. It's a frightening story. But, aren't those explosives from the war era? I don't think they'd explode now..."
"There are no problems. The head-sama had periodic inspections carried out."
"Kukkukku. We also tested them, of course. They demonstrated their power. At the very least, easily everything within several hundred meters of the mansion will be completely blown away."
"An explosives test...?"
"Indeed. To assess the power of the explosives, I blew up a certain object...
It's something you two are quite familiar with."
Krauss and Natsuhi look at each other.
They don't remember there being any kind of big explosion anywhere nearby.
Shrugging her shoulders with a smile, Beato signals to Genji to explain it to them.
"......Master, milady. Have you forgotten? ...About the local shrine?"
"The local... shrine...?"
The local shrine built on the reef just a little ways out from Rokkenjima's port.
Last year it was demolished by some large wave or lightning or something......
...They hadn't really thought about it much.
But, there's no way some large wave would wash away the whole shrine, let alone the reef.
There was a group among the servants who said purple lightning fell from the sky and smashed the shrine... or some such rumor. But there's no such thing as purple lightning, much less lightning that could smash a shrine and even destroy the reef.
"......You don't mean...... no........."
"Kukkukku! Yes, that's how it is. To celebrate my resurrection I had that shrine and the reef blown away! But to think they'd have that much power! I thought it would be great if they blew up the shrine, but I never imagined they would blow up the reef as well! The weapons of humans are truly dreadful."
"......Ok. We understand the situation. ...So...? You invited us here and had us listen to year story. I'm trying to think of what you seek to get out of that. With all that gold piled there... I can't fathom you having want for money. ......I'm thinking that... you couldn't be telling us Rokkenjima's secret from a change of heart, could you...?"
Following is the remainder of this so-called "omitted" section that I really have no source for...
I find the whole thing where Genji just kind of magically appears there because it's convenient for the author pretty amusing.