prof | Let's Play Umineko, Episode 3 Scene 3: The Butler

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Beelzebub of Gluttony

Advanced-level furniture created by Beatrice.

Beelzebub is the gourmet of the sisters and is known for being a big and picky eater.

Her personality is similar to Mammon's, and the two sisters often fight over the same thing.

She's always talking about food, which makes her a calming influence among the sisters.

However, she also has that disturbing desire to kidnap pretty boys and store them in the food cellar...

BGM: Organ Short No. 600 Million in C Minor

Sorry to keep you waiting. I've finally made preparations for a new game. Come, let us begin this tale of tragedy! Come to me, winds, rain, typhoon! Cut this island off from the real world! Throw Rokkenjima into another world, into the spirit world, into a world of fantasy!

Rokkenjima

The typhoon consumes Rokkenjima, sealing it away from the real world.

Maria cries in anguish at her lost rose.

Beatrice arrives, umbrella in hand.

Searching for the rose with her eyes will do no good. Maria must search for it using magic.

Beatrice closes her eyes, listening for something through the rain.

Unfortunately...

Maria's rose is no longer a part of this world. The wind claimed it.

However, the witch's apprentice refuses to accept this. She wants to revive the rose using magic.

Such a feat is far beyond Maria's meager power. Once again, Beatrice deigns to lend her a little magic.

Maria closes her eyes and concentrates. Remember what it looked like.

The golden magic coalesces into the form of a single seed. The seed sprouts, and a flower grows.

Maria doesn't look. As an apprentice, she is not qualified to see it.

As a final service, Beatrice conjures a golden lace to mark the rose.

Having finished her magic, Beatrice gives Maria an envelope to deliver to the family.

Kinzo flings his ring out into the storm. Lightning strikes it, and golden magic carries the ring to Beatrice.

However, the ring is caught in mid-air before it reaches her.

BGM: Fishy Aroma

Ronove
Furniture of the Golden Witch

With a theatrical bow, Ronove hands the ring to his mistress.

With this, the game is afoot. Shall he begin the roulette, or prepare tea first?

Purgatorio

See? His mouth's hanging open and he can't shut it, right? Hahahahaha!

Isn't that obvious? Another incomprehensible guy's just appeared! Back when I was grumbling that goat-headed people would start dancing, goat-heads started showing up in swarms and since then, not only have those seven chicks appeared, but now even a butler has shown up! It doesn't make sense, cut it out!

By the way, Battler, did you notice? Did you realize that meeting him is a true Devil's Proof?

Devil's Proof?! What do you mean...?

He may not look like it, but this guy's name is amongst the 72, and he's a genuine demon. In other words, I've brought a demon right in front of you, which truly proves they exist. Hahahahahahaha! Ronove holds a noble rank in hell, the 27th-highest-ranked great demon. He's a pretty useful man. I summoned him at high cost and made him serve me.

It is an honor to be introduced to you. While my name is amongst those of the nobles in hell, I now serve as the head furniture of Beatrice, the Great Witch with the standing of a vulgar human, from whom even demons can escape barefooted.

Ha! He's a very useful man, but he is impudent with his words. It's slightly frustrating that he sometimes forgets to respect his master.

There is nothing in my contract regarding the way in which I must speak. Would you like to change that contract?

It doesn't bore me, so it's fine. Hahahaha!

Wh... What is this supposed to be?

I am also one who has been subjected to Milady's whims. In that sense, I am sure that we could become good friends. This is a handshake of friendship... of course, it doesn't mean that you will be entered into a demon's contract, so rest assured.

Sorry, but I'm right in the middle of a big fight with your master. I only shake hands with an enemy after we've beaten each other up in a rainy schoolyard and are all worn out, like one of those situations in adolescent dramas. Remember that.

I see. To shake hands with you, Battler, I must create a fitting atmosphere in a suitable location, and exchange sweet words and physical language with you that rings true to your heart. When the opportunity arrives, I will prepare that location. You know, I also love those kinds of situations. Pukuku!

Y-You're a creepy bastard... I see, just right for Beato's butler...

It is an honor to receive such words of praise. I'm very confident in my tea-brewing abilities, so please look forward to tea time. Baking cookies is one of my hobbies, so please feel free to request teacakes and such.

Just what I would expect from a pair of the same gender. You've started to get along well very quickly. I'm jealous.

My, my. I apologize for making you jealous, Milady. I will not stealthily snatch your guest away from you. I will leave for now to retake my post as head of the furniture and to greet the rest of the furniture. Please forgive my short absence.

Hmm. Only the common goats and the seven sisters used for the ceremony have manifested themselves. You will be able to finish up greeting them with ease.

Oh? Those seven lively sisters are here? I wonder whether those naughty girls have grown a little more graceful.

If that's graceful, I'd have to doubt the definition of graceful.

Is that so? It seems that those seven sisters are still playing around. Judging by your expression, it seems that they are just as naughty as they were before. Even though I am always telling them to act more fitting as a group of those who serve Beatrice. What troublesome kids...

If that's your problem, don't worry. They act perfectly fitting for their master.

That's because, even if the sun starts rising from the west, I will definitely, definitely, definitely never accept that you're a witch. You might want to consider a slightly more positive approach, like crying and kissing my toes.

BGM: Golden Sneer

It is truly pleasing when everything gets so lively. How boring were the days when I was trapped alone on this island, unable to regain my power and without anyone to talk to...

I get how that unpleasant guy is fitting as your butler, but tell me: Why has he only appeared now? You said something about how only the goats and the girls of the seven stakes had manifested themselves. What did that mean...?

You resist, but I am a fully-fledged witch. I am in contact with several nonhuman entities in the spirit world.

I'm sure. No worthy people would relate with you. First some goat monsters, then those chicks, and this time a demon butler's shown up... I hate to think about it, but the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if there were even more weird people waiting in the wings...

Hahahaha! Among the furniture that works at my great golden mansion, how many demons do you think want to come over and play?? They will keep coming. Many of them will appear. When the door to the Golden Land is opened, I will call back all of my furniture, and build my new castle here on Rokkenjima. Then I play to invite all of my old friends, and we will drink and dance together for three days and three nights.

Of course, I also plan to invite Kinzo's family! You too, if you wish. Hahahahahaha!

So since you lost your power for a long time, you couldn't summon them And since your power gradually increased, you became able to summon more and more monsters, is that what you're saying?

You barely stumbled at the very end, but your heart is already wavering, and you are unable to deny that I am a witch. That wavering in your heart has slightly restored my power as a witch.

So are you saying that creepy butler appeared... because I started to surrender?

That's right. Bit by bit, you are surrendering to me...! Didn't you submit to me in the last game so much that you recieved all of that humiliation? Wasn't it great when you had to sacrifice your back for my feet? Hahahahahahaha!

Dammit... I thought that as long as I didn't accept you, I'd be able to keep on going, but apparently I was mistaken somehow.

The closer you get to surrendering, the more the game will swing in my favor. Isn't chess the same? In the process of cornering each other's kings, we trade several pieces. Of course, I still haven't cornered your king. And furthermore, you're giving everything you've got just to help your king escape, so you've lost several pieces to me, giving me a large advantage. It is only natural that further advances will lean in my favor.

Damn...

You will probably be frantic as you try to avoid my checkmate... however, as you do, I will steal your pieces from you one by one. In the end, you'll have lost everything but your king, and you won't be able to escape no matter how much you try. Then you will receive a true checkmate.

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