They all headed to the guest house, where the cousins had slept so peacefully the night before. The servants stayed in the kitchen, away from the family members. As tensions rose, some of the more hot-headed members of their party had the idea of hunting for the culprit themselves. Of course, with the maelstrom swirling over the island, this was ill-advised, but eventually tensions reached a boiling point. Jessica had insisted that it must have been the work of the Servants, because master keys don’t simply go missing. To that end, they decided that the servants would leave, and instructed Genji to take them and return to the main house.
Several hours later, Jessica began to feel bad about her outburst and, as a collective, they decided to go to the main house and apologise as a family. The time was about 3pm.
As they entered the kitchen, they smelt the scent of iron. Sure enough, both Gohda and Kumasawa were dead.
Jessica - “N-no… nooooooo!”
Battler - “Dammit! Dammit!”
Kyrie - “To think it would be Genji…”
George - “Genji? Why him?”
Battler - “
We all have alibis. No one left the room. The only one who could have done this is…”
Maria - “I’ve been telling you. It’s Beatrice!”
Jessica - “Shut up, just shut up! Why do you have to be so creepy!”
Maria - “Kihihihihihi! Creepy? That’s not right, Jessica. You should respect Beatrice, otherwise you might be next!”
Jessica - “What did you…!”
George - “Jessica! You too, Maria!”
Jessica - “Tch. Why does she have to be so… so… weird?”
Maria - “Uuu! I’m not weird at all. Actually, you’re the weird ones. Uuu!”
Jessica - “Really?!”
Maria - “Uuu. You haven’t figured it out, have you Jessica?”
Battler - “Maria…?”
Maria - “
As servants, they could be considered close, right?”
George - “You mean…”
Maria - “
Uuu! These murders are following the epitaph.”
Jessica - “You mean to tell me… some sick bastard is killing us all, and treating it like some make-believe Witch is doing it?!”
Maria - “You really are stupid, Jessica. Beatrice is real. Look, she’s here right now.”
Battler - “That’s enough. Let’s establish the facts here.
These bodies are absolutely Gohda and Kumasawa. They are dead.”
Kyrie - “Correct.
The door was locked, too.”
Maria - “
Yup, they sure are dead.”
George - “
Genji is missing. It has to be him, but…”
Maria - “Why don’t you just believe, George? It’s Beatrice.”
Jessica - “You don’t seem too concerned, Maria. You lost your mother too, right?”
Maria - “I don’t care about that. I’ll see her in the Golden Land, anyway.”
Battler - “
As before, we sealed the room. No one could enter or leave.”
Kyrie - “
With the room completely sealed, we left the corpses to rest.”
They searched the house looking for Genji, and of course, found nobody. During their search, they found that the door to Kinzo’s study was open. Deciding it would be the safest place, they rested there for a few hours.
Battler - “
Grandfather is missing too. He’s surely already dead.”
Kyrie - “
Actually, we, the adults, have suspected that he died years ago.”
George - “What…?”
Kyrie - “
In the absence of proof of life, we can assume he was dead before we ever arrived here.”
The clock struck 7pm. Growing restless, they decided to explore a little more, though with the light fading, Kyrie and the cousins agreed to meet back up in one hour's time, at the Head’s Study. The cousins decided to stick together, and one hour later, when the clock struck 8pm, they went to their meeting point. Of course, Kyrie was nowhere to be seen.
Searching the house as a group, they found two bedrooms were locked. The first was the VIP room, and the second was Natushi’s bedroom. They broke into Natsuhi’s room first, destroying the door.
There, they found the body of Genji, sprawled over the bed. He had a stake through his chest.
Battler - “
Genji is dead.”
Maria - “
Genji is dead.”
George - “
Could perhaps… Kyrie have done this?”
Battler - “It’s possible.
Both this room and the VIP room have their own keys - Master Keys do not work on these locks.”
Battler - “
I found the key to the VIP room on Genji’s body.”
Maria - “Uuu. If the chest is staked, then that means…”
George - “We should check the VIP room.”