prof | Let's Play Umineko, Episode 2 Scene 14: The Chapel Key

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Hoh. Very well. It is your turn, after all.

I was making the mistake of thinking that this rule you made was your own weapon. However, I've realized that it can also become a weapon for me. It all comes down to this.

Try it.

I've spent the whole time focused on how they entered the closed room of the chapel... that way of thinking was useless. Aaah, it's useless, it's all useless. Turn the board around.

Here it is. The thinking technique that humans have given birth to after a century. Give it a try!

Say this in red for me. If it's impossible, then refuse. Here I go.

The only way to enter the chapel is through that door, and there's only one key. But wait: Was that key really handed over to Maria yesterday?

Interesting. So you reason not about the door, but the key.

Yesterday, Maria received an envelope from you. She didn't open it, but she might have felt it and known there was a key inside... but there's no way she could be sure it was definitely the key to the chapel. There was a fake inside the envelope that was handed to Maria!

If you think about what you're saying, it's ridiculous. This morning, Rosa definitely took an envelope out of Maria's handbag, and thereby obtained the genuine key to the chapel. It wasn't a fake.

I know that much. I'll continue. When Maria received the envelope, inside it, was there definitely that same key to the chapel?

It's something like this: Midday yesterday, you gave Maria an envelope with a key inside. And you told her that she must not open it. Maria probably realized that there was a key inside. And then later on, Rosa used what was inside the envelope to open the door to the chapel, so we thought that was the key to the chapel. This is the suspicious part!

So is this what you're trying to say? That when I entrusted Maria with a key, that key was a fake? And then, by the time Rosa obtained it, it had been switched with the real thing?

Yeah, that's it. What's wrong, Beatrice? Looks like you haven't been feeling good for a while now.

Very well. The key to the chapel truly was the object inside the envelope I gave to Maria.

I'll chase you. Can you repeat it in red? That envelope was completely under Maria's supervision until Rosa opened it.

Now I've turned it over with just one move. Now it's time for your king to run, Beato.

Hmph, I have a reason for refusing: The definition of the phase "under her supervision". In its purest meaning, Maria would need to have her eyes on it around the clock. But Maria didn't go that far. It was probably completely under her supervision during the time she had it outside her handbag, but after she put it into her handbag, it disappeared from her field of vision. The phrase is inappropriate, so I couldn't use red.

BGM: Dread of the Grave

...I will also... refuse this. I won't explain the reason.

That's wrong. It's not that you won't explain, it's that you can't explain it! With this move, have we reached checkmate?

However! Maria didn't have the handbag under her complete supervision! There's no need for magic. It's a closed room trick that's possible for a human! The human culprit handed Maria the key, and by making Rosa use it next morning, they created the illusion that there was a closed room during that time. You can't deny the possibility that during that time, the culprit took the key from Maria's handbag, used it, and returned it by morning!

N... Not yet. I remove the check... the envelope with the key in it should have been sealed with wax! Rosa took it from an unopened envelope...

Then try saying it! Repeat it! 'The envelope handed over midday yesterday and the envelope that Rosa opened are the same thing'!

Th-That I can repeat. The envelope that I handed over to Maria and the one Rosa opened are the same thing!

Hah! It's useless, it's all useless. I expected that. I thought that if you had resigned here, you might be pretty good at reading between the lines, so I'm disappointed. You've betrayed my expectations.

Wh... wha... at...!

It isn't important whether the envelopes are the same thing, because envelopes can be sealed with wax over and over! The key inside is the important thing.

K... Kuh...

It's over, Golden Witch, it's a real checkmate. I'll ask one more time: If you can say it, try saying it!

...Kuh... how...! How... could I... to a lowly human...!

If you're gonna yell, then say it, you resign! It's decided! This is the truth!

This is a trick with a cheap loophole - the assumption that the key wasn't used just because the sealing wax wasn't opened! There's no magic, it's nothing more than a trick that's possible for humans!

I-In that case... who do you say stole the key?! Try answering! This time, you try repeating it...!

That's right, I'm making you repeat things all the time, I probably have to answer every once in a while...

I've smashed your closed room with something possible even for humans. However, I won't specifically investigate who the culprit is. Because I believe in humans! I won't accept that there's a person among us who would steal the key from Maria, use it, and do something so horrible!

Parting remarks are a loser's privilege. Say as many as you want.

Kuh...! Since you continue to deny my existence, you will eventually be cornered... After all, since you deny me, you will have to suspect those relatives that you can't stop loving...! In the last moment, when you have to suspect one who is beloved to you, then you will definitely accept my existence...!

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