"By earning the name "Beatrice" said human gained the tile of witch! It doesn't matter if she could or not do magic! She was a human made witch! But only in title! The golden witch Beatrice exists! But it is a human, with the witche's title! BUT SHE CAN'T PERFORM MAGIC!

"And how you deduce that she can't perform magic, Erika?" Maria says. "Beatrice exists and can perform magic. By conclusion, she can perfom magic."

"Well..." George says, choosing his words carefully. "Maria-chan is right. If she is a witch, then she can perform magic. You said you are a detective, right? If you really are a detective, you have to prove it. Since you don't have any proof of Beatrice's magic right now, you can't prove nothing.

For now, accept the mystery of magic, ok?"

George grins, cheering for his strategy works.

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Beatrice exists and can perform magic.*

Erika summons a scythe that can only be seen by members of the world of magic. She chose Maria as her first victim.

"Well then Maria-san, George-san...all you have to do is tell me how the magic was done, and i will crush it to pieces. Describe to me the miracle of magic! Tell me how the lies of an old fake witch deceived you all! I, the detective, and the enemy of illusions will crush this pathetic illusion of the witch right here! SO! MARIA-SHAAAAWWWNNNNN TELL ME! HOW DID THE MAGIC OCCUR?!"

Maria looks at you.

"......." She smiles. Smiles like a creepy doll. "Twillights."

Maria points to the marble plate in front of Beatrice's portrait.

"Beatrice will execute her Twillights and you will see what true magic is! Kihihihi~!"

"How are you so sure, Maria-onee?" Ange asks.

"Because Beatrice is my best friend! She would never abandon me! Never!"

And then, you remmember about Bernkastel, when she abandoned you in the end of [DAWN], when you more needed her help.

Erika glared at Maria, with utmost malice, but something was wrong, she wasn't using her scythe anymore.

"We will see Maria-san. You will learn in the hard way how the ones you trust abandon you in the end! You will suffer in the darkest dephts of oblivion, praying that your "friend" saves you, AND THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN! I will crush the illusion of the witch in the twilights,and i will be HAPPY to see your little face twist in agony as your witch is defeated! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHIHIHIHEHEEHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

Erika laughed like a maniac. Then, she turned her back, and begun to explore the first floor of the mansion, going in the direction of the dining hall.

Erika e Belial arrive at Dining Hall. No one's here yet.

"I do not feel the presence of any scroll here, Erika-sama", Belial says immediately.

What Erika will do now?

"Booooring. Let's go to the boiler room now."

Erika Dashes to the boiler room

Kanon was in the boiler room, doing his Kanon/Furniture things.

"May I help you, Erika-sama?"

"Ah yes, you can. Have you seen some piece of paper with funny writings in this place? Something like a scroll. I found some of them in my room, and was wondering if you saw more of them."

"Yes, I saw. It is inside the furnace. Why?"

"Can i see it? Please? I think it would be cool to attempt to translate them. I see you're busy as ever, so i can take it myself, if you don't mind."

"I'm sorry, but I lit the furnace just now."

Kanon apologizes.

"..........I see. Thank you very much."

Erika leaves the boiler room, going to the hall once again, to the portrait of Beatrice."

Erika's thoughts: "I HATE THOSE GODDAMN FURNITURE! WHY DON'T THEY JUT FALL AND DIE, LIKE THAT CRAZY-ASS EVA SAYS?"

Genji stares at portrait in the Hall with disgusting, and leaves before Erika could say something.

No one is in the hall now.

"I sense trolling a scroll here, Erika-sama. If you want to examine the hall, do it, but be quick. If someone appears, you will be in trouble."

"Now then, let's search for yet another scroll. And let's make it quick."

Erika do the followings:

She searchs around the portrait and the epitaph, looking behind, around and in the sides.

She looks in the windows, inside and outside.

She crawls under the carpet, to look under the carpet.

She searches in the fireplace, examining everything carefully.

She examines the old clock, opening the small door and looking inside it. She also examines the upper part of the clock.

Erika looks in the vase plant near the clock, looking inside and under the said vase.

Erika concludes her search.

You try to look behind the portrait, but it didn't move. You try sometimes more, but you don't succed. It seems it's too heavy for you. You decide, then, to look around it, but nothing. You go to the windows and spent sometime trying to look in the high areas, since you are very short.

Then, you go to the carpet: It's very big. You roll it until you find the scroll.

You roll half of it and you finally made it! You can see a tip of the scroll, when...

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY CARPET!?" Krauss screams, surprized, confused and nervous. He walks until you and steps onto the tip of the scroll.

"Krauss-san...what a pleseant surprise....you see, i was just looking for a piece of paper that i lost....that piece of paper underneath your feet. It is a manuscript of mine, i was admiring this BEAUTIFUL hall and probably lost it. And i thought it might have entered under the carpet....So, can you please allow me to get this? I swear i will not do anything strange again."

Erika's sace was mixture of poker face and rage.

"Uhn...?" Krauss take a step back a look on the floor. "This... paper?"

He catches the paper and look at it. He smiles. "Ohohoho! This paper! This is from my father's book! You know, he has a weird intersting about magic and those stuff. Some days ago, he lost a book.

Do you have more of those papers?"

"....No, i haven't I just found this one. Nee, Krauss-san, i am a BIG fan of the occult, althought i am a non-beliver. This kind of literature is precious to me....Let's make a deal? You allow me to read this tiny little page in my room, and i will give it to Kinzo-san in person, during dinner, with my sincerest apology. What do you think?"

"I have a better deal: I'll copy this magic spell of something to another paper and give to you.

As long as you promisse to not torment Maria-chan anymore: My daughter told me what you did to her. I could simply get away and don't give this paper to you, but Natsuhi saw something into you that makes her like you.

So, for her, I'll allow you to have a copy of this paper, following my conditions. Alright?"

"Very well, i accept your conditions! Thank you very much, Krauss-san! And do not worry, i will not bother Maria anymore."

Erika seemed relived.

"Great. Now, please, follow me until my room."

You follow him to his room and he makes a copy of that scroll to you. "Here it is. If you excuse me, I need to do some stuffs."

He goes away, letting you alone in his room. You look at his clock on the desk: It's now 20:20.

What will you do now?
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"You found the scroll that can summoms Dlanor A. Knox." Eriko says, smiling.

Erika leaves the room and perform her routine of unlocking and locking her room and drawer. She copies the information in the scroll to her grimoire. After she was done, Erika stored her grimoire once again."

"Now then, the last search for the day....."

Erika begun to search her own room for a scroll.

Erika searched the entire room, whithout making a mess. She:

Undid the bed, and moved the mattress, searching in the bed clothing and the bed itself. She re-arranged the bed once again, perfectly.

She entered the wardrobe and searched in the inside, moving everything that was inside.And re-arranging them later.

She looked in her drawer, searching for hidden places of all sorts.

She also looked under every spot she could. She also looked behind,under and in the top of the curtain.

Erika searched in the ceiling, arranging the chair as some sorte of ladder.

The she went to the bathroom, where she removed everything from place, searching in tha bathtub, the sink, the toilet, the place where she stored her medicines and bathroom stuff, the ceiling and the window.

She returned o the room and examined the sofas, removing the pillows and the seats, she also looked under and behind both sofas.

Erika Took the telephone and the clock and examined every part of them to see if there was some secret hiding place to store a scroll. She examined VERY carefully.

And finally, the table. She looked under,above,on the sides and in did the same with the chairs.

After doing that, she arranged everything so neatly that it seemed almost as if she didn't done any search at all.

When you search inside the drawer, you find a false bottom. Surprized, you take off this false bottom and find a beatiful doll holding a scroll.

You take the scroll and read it: "Claire Vaux Bernadus".

You copy the texto to your spellbook.

Erika yawns.

"I think i will take a nap while the dinner is not ready. I hope the food of that oaf is refined enought to satisfy my tastes. Belial, take a rest as well, if you so desire."

Erika jumped in her bed, closing her eyes.

You close your eyes and sleep a good and deep sleep.

.................. .............. .... .... ....

*knock**knock*

"Erika-san." You open your eyes automaticly. "Erika-san, it's dinner time."

You recognize that voice. Natsuhi's voice. You get up from your bed and unlock the door very carefully, so Natsuhi can't notice.

"Great, you are up. Let me lead you to the dinning room." She smiles and turns around. You advantages this oportunity and lockes your door.

You see everyone going to the dinning room too and try to see the sequence of people get into there.

Kyrie, Rudolf, Rosa, Ange, Maria, Eva, Hideyoshi, George, Nanjo, Krauss, Natsuhi, You and Jessica.

Now, who is sitting where.

Sit at the tip: Nobody.
Sit at tip's right side (near to far): Krauss, Natsuhi, You, Nanjo and Rosa. At Rosa's side, there is a empty sit. You deduce that is for her disappeared husband, Fang Qi.
Sit at tip's left side (near to far): Hideyoshi, Eva, Rudolf, Kyrie, Ange, Maria, George and Jessica.

Belial is floating above the dinning table, near to the lamp. Since there is a lot of anti-magic toxin, he can't be at your side, because those eyes could burn him to death.

Some minutes later, Shannon and Kanon arrive with two food carts.

"How odd..." Hideyoshi says. "Where is Gohda-san? He always be with us in the dinner, talking about his delicous plates."

"You are right, Hideyoshi-san." Rudolf says. "And Genji-san and Kumasawa aren't here too."

"Gohda-san is at the kitchen." Natsuhi says. "Also, I ordered to Genji-san help him there. Gohda-san said he will do a lot of food for us in this meeting."

"Kumasawa-san is with Gramps." Jessica says. "It seems she will--"

"Now that everything is cleared." Krauss says, while getting up from his chair, interrupting his daughter sentece. "Let's greet, everyone, our unexpected guest, Furudo Erika."

Everyone smile to you and *clap**clap*. To them, you are a survivor: Without parents and without any contact with your relatives for two days..... And still, you are calm and smilling.

You are a really good actress, don't you? *ahaha.wav*

Erika ADORED the clapping, after all, she was the main actor in this play. Ah, it is so <good> to see these fools clapping me, it's really soothing, Erika tought.

"Everyone, i am truly grateful for this incredible reception. I, Furudo Erika, will do my best to be an good guest in my short stay here. I pray that all of us can become really close friends. And, as a sign of proof for my words, at the end of the dinner, i will tell everyone a little more about myself, since you only know my name, and nothing else. Now, i will be delighted to taste this incredible food. Thank you all very much, Ushiromiya Family. Thank you all for saving me and then help me as you all have bell helping."

Erika rises and bows to the family.

Time passes and everyone looks at Gohda's delicious food. Particularly at that dinner, the meal is better than the other years. Kanon and Shannon places food on the table.

Then, Kumasawa enters. She sweats a lot.

"I... I am pleased to announce the coming of the Ushiromiya Family's Patriarch, Ushiromiya Kinzo."

"HOW ARE YOU, YOU FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS?", Kinzo screams happily.

Everyone in that room are surprised. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition Kinzo could came at dinner. Even Natsuhi and Krauss are speechless.

"What is the problem? You look as if you had seen a ghost!", he laughs, mocking everyone.

"N-No... father... We're just glad you're in good health", Eva tries to deny, hiding her face with the fan.

"Do not lie to me, Eva. I know everyone here wants to take my money. You bunch of useless sons!"

"...I told you...", Natsuhi says, "I told you all Father is fine..."

"SHUT UP, NATSUHI, NO ONE ASKED WHAT DID YOU SAID", Kinzo interrupts her.

"Sorry, Father..."

"WHOOOOOOOOAAAAAA!", Kinzo screams, "We have a guest! What is your name?"

Kinzo looks at Furudo Erika.

Erika quickly regained her composture, and talked to Kinzo, a creepy smile on her face.

"Pleased to meet you, Ushiromiya Kinzo-san, I'm Furudo Erika, the uninvited guest and the detective. I came here after i fell from my cruise, wich sank. I may be an uninvited guest, but please welcome me. I was very anxious to meet you in person."

Erika seemed somehow, happy.

Belial appears behind you, using you as a barrier, where the looks of everyone can't reach him and destroy him with their anti-magic toxin. Then, he whispers in your ear:

"With exception of Toshiro Gohda and Ronoue Genji, everyone in Rokkenjima is inside this dinning room. In other words, there is 19 people in this island."


"Hoh...? So you are welcome. But be careful, we have some snakes in this islands. And they bite."

He sits at his chair and looks to everyone.

"What you waiting for? EAT", he commands and starts to eat and drink.

"Father, about sucession...", Eva tries to start a conversation.

"No conversations at table, Eva! After the dinner, we can talk."

"But Father, this is important..."

"WHAT IS IMPORTANT, I DECIDE. EAT OR YOU WILL BE DESERTED!"

Eva starts to eat and no one tries to talk again.

Erika ate her dinner and dessert with utmost elegance, her manners were on par with Kinzo's. She was truly an lady, with an good smile, and cunning intelect. At the end of the dessert, she spoke to everyone, but looked at Kinzo.

"Now, as I promised, I would like to tell my tale, and say a few things, Ushiromiya family. Can I, Ushiromiya Kinzo-san?"

She wore an beautiful smile, but to someone with knowldge in body comunication, it would seem like an arrogant, and evil smile.

"Do as you wish, Erika-san. I am curious to her it." Kinzo smiles, waiting for her begin.

"Well then, as I said, my name is Furudo Erika. My hometown is Hinamizawa village, and i lived there with my parents until i was twelve.I can't really recall the year but, some people tried to construct something BIG in my village, and most of the town was against, with a few exceptions, my parents were those exceptions, among others. We were hunted, and i left my home, luckly, i was found by a man named Ooishi, a police officer. He took me and tried to find my parents, in vain. After a few years, he adopted me, the most powerful mind in the region. With my intellect, i solved many crimes and mysteries, helping the police. After a while, i was pretty famous. But the fame brought me more disgrace, and i begun to be hunted by criminals, and so, the police made a new family to me, the ones i told you about. Ooishi-san was worried for me, so he sent me to Tokyo, where i lived with my fake parents. But i continued to help the police, after all, i am the detective. Well, Ooishi-san recomended me a little vacation, to cool of my head, and so, i took that cruise, and you know the rest of the story."

Erika sighed.

"And that's my personal story. Ah, almost forgot to tell you all a few things."

Erika changed her tone, it became serious.

"I have red over 500 mysteries books, and solved them all, so, you can all see the extent of my abilities. I belive in rationalism and science, things i can touch and proove, and so, i don't belive in nothing coming from the occult, absolutly nothing, althought i am slightly interessed in ocuult literature. In that sense, no matter the mystery, i can solve it. NO matter the difficult of the closed room, i can solve it. NO matter how hard the trick, i can see it. And so, i welcome anyone who wants to cahllenge me to such a game, i just love to excercice my little gray cells. And, that is all, Ushiromiya family-san."

Shw bowed, and sitted in her chair. She seemed to direct that last part of the speech to someone, but to who i wonder? *giggle*

"It seems you are a good and smart girl, Erika-san." Kinzo says. "Maybe a miracle saved you from that cruise. Someone in skies probably wants you to live and continue solving more mysteries and helping everyone around you. Be grateful to this, Erika-san. We never know when we will get another oportunity. Now...."

Kinzo turned to his little granddaughters, Maria and Ange. "This dessert was delicious, my kids! Do you want more?" a big smile was drawn on his face.

""Yes, we want, please!""

"Then, Kanon, go get more sweeties for my little granddaughters! Ahahahaha!"

"As you wish, Kinzo-sama." Kanon bows and go to the dinning room's door and open it. "............"

Kanon stopped. He lowers himself, catching something on the floor.

"....? What happened, Kanon-kun?" Shannon asks.

"I found a letter." Kanon looks to the letter and then goes at Kinzo's side, handing to him.

Everyone approach from Kinzo, trying to see the letter.

"Father, what is this?" Krauss asks.

"How the hell I could know, you moron? Let me open this letter first." He says severely. He opens it and throw the envelope on the middle of table. You can see that this letter has an Ushiromiya crest in red wax on it.

"Good evening and welcome to Rokkenjima, Ushiromiya Family.

I am Witch in Gold, Beatrice. I am the famous Witch of the Legend upon Rokkenjima and Witch of the Portrait. I write this letter to all of you for one motive: Ushiromiya Kinzo-sama life.

As all we know, Kinzo-sama has only three months left and soon he will die. Unfortunatly, this is a fact that we can't ignore. Because of this, I decide to break our contract and grip everything is mine by right. All that Kinzo-sama has is mine: The gold, the island, and Kinzo-sama's family. Everything.

However, since I am a fair witch, I am going to give a chance to all of you. In fact, everyone that can read have this opportunity.

Solve my epitaph written in my marble plate inside main hall. If you do this, then I will give everything back to this person, including Ushiromiya Headship.

I expect this can be an ellegant yet intelectual night.

-- Witch of the Portrait, Beatrice."

"......." Kinzo finishes to read Beatrice's letter and gets up from his chair with a tremendous wrath. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PIECE OF CRAP!?"

He throw the paper on the middle of the table.

"Father, wait a moment!" Eva tries to calm him down, but Kinzo slap her in her face, making her falls on the floor.

"'WAIT A MOMENT' MY ASS, YOU RECKLESS WOMAN! HOW DARE YOU... HOW DARE YOOOOUU!!" Kinzo shouts at each one of his relatives. "MY OWN SONS AND DAUGHTERS.. TRYING TO INFECT MY BELOVED BEATORICHE'S MEMORY WITH THIS SHITTY LETTER! WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR HEADS? NOTHING!?

I HAD ENOUGH OF EACH ONE OF YOU! Jessica, go call Genji in the Kitchen. I want you both in my room as fast as you can! I need a private reunion with both of you."

"Yes, Gramps!" Jessica runs away from that place as fast as she can.

"Father." Krauss says. "Let me take part of this reunion too! I beg you!"

"WHAT!? MY EARS FOLLED ME!?" Kinzo gets his own son up from the floor and throws him away.

"Dear!" Natsuhi goes until him. "Are you okay?"

"YOU STUPID FETUS!" Kinzo continuing to shout at Krauss. "DON'T YOU EVEN TRY TO THINK, AM I RIGHT!? I SAID ONLY JESSICA, MY SUCCESOR, AND GENJI, MY LOYAL BUTLER AND FRIEND! OR... DON'T YOU TELL YOU HAVE AN ARGENTIUM RING AND YOU ARE NOW JESSICA?

DON'T TEST ME, KRAUSS!"

Kinzo goes away. But, before this, he turns to you and smiles.

"Have a good stay in my island, Erika-san." and then, Kinzo finally goes away.


Meanwhile, at Kinzo's studio, a woman with fashionable clothes and golden hair is sitting on Kinzo's chair. What she was doing? Just waiting.... Just waiting.

Some moments later, a cyclone of golden butterflies appears, revealing a woman identical to her, but with an old western century clothes.

"I am here, Onee-sama." the woman, but talking like a charming girl, says. "Did I did it..... Well?"

"Yes, my sister." the other woman smiles and, holding her bengal, makes a plate of cookies appear on the table. "Here, for you. You deserve it."

"Aahh!" the girl's eyes shines. "Cookies! Cookies from Onee-sama!"

She took one of them and ate. "*munch**much* It's delicious!"

"Really!? ..... I mean... Of course it is delicious! I am Bea.... I mean... WE are Beatrice! *ahaha.wav*"

"Ahaha!" the girl laughs, happly. "...... Hun! I can't do an ahaha like you!"

"Of course you can't. You are too much cute for do this."

"Hun! ...... Can you teach me?"

"Other hour, maybe. I am feeling Kinzo's presence. We need to disappear."

"Okay, Onee-sama!"

Both disappear in a wave of golden butterflies.

"Everyone, please listen."

Erika rose from her seat with an vicious smile on her face, she started talking to the whole Ushiromiya family in the dining hall.

"It seems that things have taken quite a turn...and i cannot keep myself quiet anymore. I will reveal a few things i learned today, and sugest an different approach to this awkward situation."

Erika sighed, and then she pointed to Ushiromiya Maria.

"Early this evening, i met with Ushiromiya Maria-san. We had an argument, but she revealed a few things to me...Things that will change this conevrsation. She said to me...."She does, she does, she does! I saw her! I saw Beatrice!". By this line, and the behavior she had in that conversation, i can only assume she saw beatrice today, and that cannot be ignored, since we have a life-threat situation here. I suggest someone,any of you, to place Maria-san in a corner and question ehr about this "witch" Beatrice. She, alongside Ange-chan saw beatrice! And furthermore...she preddicted that a horrible crime will occur, following the twilights of the epitaph! Maria-san knows who the culprit is! She must be questioned!

Erika glared at Maria as tough saying "revange"

While they listen to Erika, Hideyoshi helps Eva to get up and Natsuhi do the same with Krauss. Maria and Ange's parents were shocked. Rosa hits the table with her both hands, echoing the sound in all dinning room.

"How dare you! Making an accusation against MY daughter!" Rosa's eyes faced yours, raging like a volcano. "Maria can do a lot of weird things! Magic this... Magic that.... But she never - I repeat - NEVER would be involved in thing like THIS!"

"Ro... Rosa-sama.... " Shannon says, pondering her words. "Calm down, please."

"Shut up, Shannon!" Rosa yelled at her. "This girl is saying something very serious about a child... And, on top of it, MY DAUGHTER! Why should I come down!?"

"Hey, hey, Erika-chan..." Rudolf said, with a juvenile tone. He approached at you, facing you. He smiles, covering his face with a malicious propensity. "What are you implying is very serious."

"He is right, Erika-chan." Kyrie smiles gently, but with a malicious face covered but this gentle smile. She approached at you in Rudolf's opposite side. "An accusation like this, starting from a unknown person, is dangerous. This isn't the best way of thanks."

It seems you pierced a beehive and now the bees want to sting you until you die to poison.

"Well then, Ushiromiya Family. You have here an expert investigator who helped the police solve many mysterious cases. And this detective is telling you that she heard Maria-san saying that she MET with the culprit, and furthermore, she knows the culprit's plan. All of the facts have been thrown in your faces. But, if you all refuse to listen to LOGIC, i really can't do a thing. However, know this: Maria-san KNOW who the culprit is. And she KNOWS that all of you will be murdered according to that epitaph. Now, you can all discuss from who this mysterious letetr came from, resulting in an endless discussion, beacause everyone here has an alibi, OR, you can all question the ONLY person who talked to the killer, Ushiromiya Maria!"

Erika smiles to the Ushiromiya family, giving the poison back.

"Simply by the existence of said witness, this level of reasoning is possible for Furudo Erika. What do you think, everyone?"

"WHAT DO I THINK!?" Rosa walks with heavy and quick steps until you. She pushs Rudolf with her both arms, saying "Get out of my way!". She faces and catchs you by your neck. "THIS IS WHAT I THINK!"

*POW!*

You feel a slap... A powerfull and pain--

*POW!*

And other slap, but in the other ch--

*POW!*

*POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!**POW!*

*P O W ! ! !*

Your cheeks are bright red and you can't breath very well, because your neck is very tight by Rosa's hand. You feel dizzy, without air, no one is trying to help you.... This is way worse than drowning.

"THIS....." She throws you with all her force onto the table. However, you are so dizzy that you can't hold yourself on the table and hit your head on the coner, making your neck blow away and messing all dinning room with your filthy blood making your head bleed a little. You fell, finally, on the floor. "THIS.... IS WHAT I THINK!

Maria, let's go to the Guesthouse!"

"Kihihihi. Sure, Mama."

"Me and Rudolf will go with you, too." Kyrie says, while she catches Ange.

"................. I think I'll take care of her." Nanjo says, sweating. With his final words, everyone go away, letting you and Nanjo alone in dinning room.

".........Nanjo-sensei. May i ask you something?"

She syays those word, with her whole body trembling with hatred

"Shhhh... Wait a moment, Erika-san." Nanjo says while clean your head with a cloth napkin. "You can ask anything you want after you get well. We need to check your head first."

"It's a quick question....Has Kinzo-san lived in another country?"

"Why are you asking those irrelevant things? Please, be quiet for now. In my opinion, you caused a lot of trouble in short minutes. It's better for you to stay in your room for now."

Nanjo helps you to get up. "As I could see, you don't have any problem. The wound on your head will heal by itself. If you feel any pain, there is some painkillers on the table of your room.

Now, let's go."

He leads you to your room. "Here we are. Take care of yourself, Erika-san."

He left, letting you alone in front of your door.

"Stay in my rom MY ASS. Belial, come! I will most certainly do something BIG tonight"

Erika left her room, and headed to Natsuhi's room. She knocks on the door.

"Natsuhi-san, are in there?"

You have no answer. You tried once more, but nobody answered.

What will you do now?

"Booooooring. Now, let's try Krauss's room."

Erika went to Krauss's room and knocked on the door.

"Krauss-san, are you in there?"

No one answers in Krauss's Room too.
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"Finally, those stupid humans left. I hate so much those humans...", the witch in golden hair and western clothes spoke, reappearing in Kinzo's Room.

"Onee-sama... do you really think is right to us kill these humans according to the epitaph?", another witch arrives at Kinzo's. She is identical to the woman in the portrait of his room, but different from the woman in the parlor's portrait.

"WHO CARES? We need to sacrifice them to be the former Beatrice again. Being only half of me is annoying."

A thunder claps and a lightning strokes the ground. A voice echoes within the room.

"If this is annoying to you, why you just don't give up and die?"

Then, the witch from parlor's portrait arives.

"Ushiromiya Eva?! Did you solved the epitaph?!", the older sister exclaims.

"Of course yes. It's pretty simple. You just have to solve it literally, sacrificing people to became Beatrice and earn the gold!", EVA respond boldly.

"What? They are OUR sacrifices!"

"Not if I could kill them first."

"Hah... a run to see who will finish the Twilights first? Fine. You will perish in agony. BEHOLD THE MIGHT OF BEATRICE SISTERS!", the older sister and the new one leaves.

"That will be fun", EVA laughs and vanishes.

"....i've changed my mind. I think i will now reboot my strategy....*sigh* i actd like a fool. Now....let's try the easy path, and then, the hard path"

Erika went to Kinzo's study, and knocked on the door gently.

"Kinzo-san? My pardons, but may i speak with you for just a second? I promise on my honor that i'll be quick."

You knock the door, but no one answers again. Erika can hear Belial mocking her.

"<Good job>! The humans goes away, the witches goes away and you still try to see if someone is inside. Perhaps the furniture inside can unlock the door and answer 'you can enter, Detective'." *cackle*

"Do you want a tip? What about Guest House, since you suspect Maria and/or Ange? You can take a look on Servant's Room, too."

"Remember, you have NO allies here anymore - you waste all your new friendships to blame a child without proofs. So, you'll need to do something extremely cleaver or try to compensate the show in the dinner in a social way."

"To get worse, since you said that would happen murders here, you will be a suspect."

"Do not forget, Erika. Liking 'whydunnit' or not, you will need people's cooperation, since you don't have Detective's Authority."