prof | Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 7 Scene 13: The Last Tale

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BGM: Golden Nocturne

Ah, where is this place?! And who am I?!

Then let me ask! Where do you want it to be? Who do you want to be?!

Any place, so long as it will wrap itself around me gently! Anyone, so long as I am treated kindly!

Yes, for us...

For us...

Correct. That is a very trivial thing for us. At least, until that day comes to pass. Why must we be thrown in the path of a new fate? Fate's pronouncement was sudden and abrupt.

That wasn't the fate I'd wished for.

But it did make your heart pound!

Where will the new fate take us?!

It doesn't matter where!

When we were brought to the temporary dwelling where sad, parent-less children gather, was that a sign of God's salvation, or a lure into the demon's game where the new fate would torment us? We have no way of knowing. And yet, we want to believe that it was God's salvation sent to us, a sign of the Gospel.

But what does that mean for me? I have no religious beliefs!

Then that wasn't the Gospel, but a demon's lure!

BGM: Far (Piano version)

Here, the servants from Fukuin house are paid well and gain influence to help them reach their next job.

Tomorrow, the new servants begin their work.

This is one of the older, more experienced servants. All of the servants are older, it seems.

The new servant is just starting elementary school.

Being able to go to school and still get paid makes the other servants fairly jealous. The new kid's not even any sort of genius.

Then if I thought it was fun, would it be fun?!

Yeah, it would be! So let's put on a smile and give it our all.

Shannon was my only friend in the Fukuin House. She was confident and popular. The complete opposite of me. I was embarrassingly dull-witted, and no one wanted to be my friend. I would never have made it through those days in the Fukuin House had it not been for her encouragement. So, I would probably make it through here too, with her by my side.

Well, isn't it about time we got ready for bed? I've got work early tomorrow morning, but you have a different job.

That's right. Unlike everyone else, I have to go to school. When I spend the night on Rokkenjima, I have to get ready for school and wait for Milady at the dock.

Milady looks like an energetic person. I hope you get along well!

D-Do you think I will? I'm scared of school! I'm nervous!

I had grown used to life in the Fukuin House, so the more relaxed rules at school made life easy, but until I grew used to it, everything was new, and everything made me nervous.

So begins the new servant's rushed, busy days at the Rokkenjima mansion.

This room houses only one other person - Shannon.

Our family would strictly discipline these children without relatives and support them on their path to adulthood, but I always viewed this as the rich Ushiromiya family's obligation to society.

What sort of kids came to serve the Ushiromiya family?

I'm sure they were serious, cute kids of irreproachable conduct!

It seemed to me that there were a lot of glaring hyenas among them.

Let us say they had high ambitions. They were determined to use this rare opportunity to launch their careers, so that they could take control of their lives.

Did all of them have to balance school and servant work?

That must be tough! You wouldn't be able to get much work done!

There has been no case of a servant going to school while they worked... except for that child.

To be honest, I was fairly surprised when that kid first game to greet me. So obviously young. The others were all around 16 to 18 years old, but that kid alone looked almost 10 years younger.

The extraordinarily young servant came to the family mainly for experience, so not much was expected of their ability as a servant.

Very true. Yo ucouldn't rely on that kid as much as you could an adult, seasoned servant.

Why would we accept a child who hadn't even started school? No knowledge of housework, no practical experience, and not even finished with mandatory education. I don't know what father was thinking, but I always thought there was something clearly odd about it.

I spoke to father about it. I asked if it might be better to wait for this servant to graduate middle school before having them serve here.

And what did Kinzo say?

Come on, we all know what he said.

Hahaha... By that time, he was already a complete shut-in inside his study, obsessed with the occult. If you tried to talk to him, he'd yell and tell you to stop interrupting the journey of his mind.

And father's decisions are absolute. However, the case with this particular child didn't make sense.

I even asked the Fukuin House about it. They said to ask Genji. I then asked Genji, and he said to ask the Master.

And then you asked the Master, and he said 'Beatriiiiice'!

Ahahahahaha! No one knows the truth!

Jessica was the only child on the island. The servants would often play with my daughter, but she wanted a friend of her own age. Someone she could play with at home, as well as at school.

I began to think that Father had felt pity for Jessica and employed this servant. But if that were the case, why wouldn't he talk about it before hand? We should be the ones to decide which friends are suitable for our daughter.

Scaaaary! Ahahahaha!

She must've really hated taking her kid out in public!

Are you feeling okay now?

...It was a really big shock, that's all... I just feel a bit dizzy now.

In this world, you're successor. But if we move to a different world, you're a servant... or maybe a witch. You have a troubled fate.

Seriously. I don't regret learning about it, but if I could forget it now, I would.

Isn't this fun? Even though you're a servant, you're actually an illegitimate child of the Head... Isn't it romantic, like some fairy tale?

Romantic? If you think about mom's feelings, it gets pretty complicated.

Eheheh, true. In Natsuhi's eyes, the Lion of this world is nothing more than the baby she hated and was told to raise. In some worlds, she does reject that child. Natsuhi must adore her natural child a lot more. A baby that doesn't share your blood is nothing more than a dirty, lukewarm sack of filth.

Have some decency. Next time, I'll be the one pinching your butt.

...Thank you, Will. I think I understand, more or less. That's just why I need to be grateful to my mother. She's raised me fairly all these years.

Though at a probability so low it'd take a miracle to happen. Animals are always brutal towards children that don't carry their blood. Lions do that too, don't they?

Genji's thinking must have gone something like this: 'This is a true member of the Ushiromiya family. I want this child to live on Rokkenjima if at all possible.' However, he couldn't suddenly bring Lion here and explain everything.

I agree. Maybe he wanted me to live on the island until I was used to it, and then reveal everything when the chance presented itself.

However, the Lion of this world was not given special treatment. The silver ring doesn't actually exist.

I wonder if that means grandfather never heard about me.

That might mean that Genji never found a good opportunity to reveal the truth...

Why wasn't it easy?!

Dummy, what would happen if Natsuhi found out?!

Oh, right, if Lion suddenly appeared, Jessica wouldn't be the successor any more!

The more one learns, the less simple this tale becomes. There were some who celebrated my birth, and some who did not. Genji could only wait in silence for the day of revelation to come.

Was it a tale hidden only within Genji's heart?

Lion and Kinzo and Natsuhi and Krauss and Jessica and everyone else! None of them knew of this tale!

However, it was not so for the other Fukuin servants, who were always close by and believed that everyone should be treated equally. Their small bits of discontent over my special treatment began to accumulate as time went on...

The 'on' character from Kanon and Shannon's names also appears with a different pronunciation in the name 'Fukuin'. It's a sign of their home.

Many of the children of Fukuin house resent and hate these assigned names, and come up with their own nicknames to use among each other.

Yasu is the new servant's nickname. They were given the last name 'Yasuda', so it comes from that.

Everyone considers Yasu's job to be the easiest out of all of them. Sometimes Yasu works in the mansion, but sometimes they just go to school with Jessica.

Yasu is still weak. They can't do any heavy lifting and have no experience. They just aren't very good at this job yet, and that causes some tension in the ranks.

Shannon will offer sympathy, but won't take over any of Yasu's work. You don't become strong by other people doing everything for you, after all.

Why did Yasu end up in this position?

A test from God to help Yasu grow into a wonderful person. After all, the fact that Yasu was chosen at such an early age can only mean that Yasu is special.

The present is dark, but the future is bright.

There might even be some truth to the rumor that Yasu is the secret child of someone in the family.

19 years ago, you heard from Natsuhi that a servant had fallen from a cliff holding a baby.

Didn't you go to the bottom of that cliff and realize that the baby was still alive?

...I was not qualified to determine whether it was alive or dead.

Then who was?

The doctor, of course!

What do you say, Doctor Nanjo?!

If you would be willing... then I ask it of you.

...Very well.

In secrecy?

Why?

Both the Beatrice of Kuwadorian and her child were unregistered people who weren't supposed to exist. It would lead to various problems if it went public.

I had started the procedures to have the baby registered, but they were not complete at that time. It was a very bad time for the baby to 'die'.

So, the servant who fell was treated as the only death?

Natsuhi wouldn't talk to anyone. It would've been easy to set up!

But that baby was alive, wasn't it?

Correct. Of course, the child was gravely injured. It was a miracle that it survived that wound. If the angle had been slightly different, or if Genji had been any slower in carrying the baby... That baby only managed to survive thanks to a series of miracles.

I had given up. I didn't believe the baby could survive.

But it did.

How strong and resilient is life!

No, this is fate.

Fate! So the baby was fated to live on and eventually accomplish something great?!

...Yes, I did think that it was fate. I thought the blood of the Kuwadorian Beatrice, whose life ended on Rokkenjima, must have imparted something onto this child to make them survive.

Ooh, Beatrice, why have you run away from me once more?!

Even though I swore I'd never make the same mistake again, why?!

There was one matter for which Genji did not trust the master he's so respected. That matter was whether Kinzo would be capable of accepting Beatrice's grandchild as his grandchild. Genji had served the Kuwadorian Beatrice for many years as well. He was very aware of what she had felt. He knew that she accepted Kinzo's affection and respected him as a father.

She thought he was her father, and he thought she was his wife!

Oh, what unmanageable, forbidden love!

...I did understand Kinzo's feelings to some degree. Kinzo did not decide to treat her as the late Beatrice at the time of her birth.

He... spoke to me about it a few times when we were drinking. I always thought he was just joking.

Was he surprised to find that the daughter grew to look more and more like the mother?

As the daughter grew, did he suffer from a forbidden emotion he could not suppress?

...I thought... that he might commit the same mistake again. Beatrice suffered much, and yet she never truly understood the difference between her feelings and Kinzo's. I spoke with Beatrice many times, listening to her deepest feelings. However, I could not bring myself to tell her the truth.

That would be hard to say!

Imagine telling her that the one she respects as a father wants to use her as a replacement for her dead mother!

Let me say this for the sake of Kinzo's honor. He also suffered greatly. It pained him when he found that he could no longer think of his daughter as a daughter. I told him to love her as a father. I think Kinzo followed his logic and his conscience and fought for some time...

Yes, Kinzo's sin started from the moment she received life. She was born, and Beatrice died. He passed the name down from mother to daughter. From the moment of her birth, Kinzo had already decided that she was Beatrice reborn...

Who would want to see something like that? Is it your job, mixing up the worst possible delusions and possibilities for every part of a person's life and sneering at them?!

Unfortunately, that's the sort of demon she is.

How rude. I'm a witch.

Right. Kinzo was a man so impulsive that he used his own daughter. Genji, who knew Beatrice's feelings and felt sympathy for her, couldn't trust Kinzo so easily.

Even Genji, Kinzo's most devoted servant?

Genji draws a clear line between the professional and the personal. While he served Kinzo faithfully, he also felt that the mistake Kinzo had made with his daughter was not one to be forgiven easily.

And to make sure that Lion wouldn't be found out easily, Genji lied about the kid's age, lowing it by three years.

Good point. In this world, I'm just entering elementary school in 1976. I was actually supposed to become a 4th year then.

If your frailness wasn't the reason, then Genji must have been careful to disguise the year of your birth. Not only Kinzo, but also Natsuhi... they wouldn't easily forget the baby from 19 years ago. If a suspiciously young servant of that age came to the island, Natsuhi's intuition would definitely have picked up on it.

Either way, we know that your age has been lowered by three in this world.

Correct. The age of this world's Lion has been altered by three. This is a small, feeble kid we're talking about. An underdeveloped kid. It should've been surprisingly easy to fake.

That way, they would surely regain their parent-child relationship, without anyone learning the truth. That's what he thought. When that happened, he could tell the truth to both father and child. Believing that this day would eventually come, Genji told nothing of this to anyone. He watched over Beatrice's child, waiting for the fated day...

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Let's Play Umineko Chiru, Episode 7 Scene 13: The Last Tale - A New Life