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The rest of the Ushiromiya family is en route to the annual family conference; [[Eva Ushiromiya|Eva]], [[Hideyoshi Ushiromiya|Hideyoshi]], [[George Ushiromiya|George]], [[Rudolf Ushiromiya|Rudolf]], [[Kyrie Ushiromiya|Kyrie]], [[Rosa Ushiromiya|Rosa]], and [[Maria Ushiromiya]] all meet at an airport in order to make the initial flight to Niijima. In addition, [[Battler Ushiromiya]] meets at the airport to attend his first family conference in six years. After catching up, the family departs for Niijima. Upon arrival, the family boards a small ship that takes them to the conference area proper: Kinzo's private island, [[Rokkenjima]].

The family convenes with the other family members already on the island: [[Krauss Ushiromiya|Krauss]], [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya|Natsuhi]], and [[Jessica Ushiromiya]]. They also meet the many servants working on the island that day: [[Toshiro Gohda|Gohda]], [[Kanon]], [[Shannon]], [[Genji Ronoue|Genji]], and [[Chiyo Kumasawa|Kumasawa]]. After tea and lunch, the younger members of the family move to the [[guest house]] to play and talk among each other. The adults remain in the main building in order to discuss the issue of Kinzo's inheritance. Under the guise of being worried about Kinzo's health, the greedy adults bicker with each other over how to divide the inheritance after Kinzo dies. The conversation turns into accusations of embezzlement directed towards the eldest son, Krauss. As the argument gets increasingly heated, Krauss's wife Natsuhi flees the room.

The family convenes with the other family members already on the island: [[Krauss Ushiromiya|Krauss]], [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya|Natsuhi]], and [[Jessica Ushiromiya]]. They also meet the many servants working on the island that day: [[Toshiro Gohda|Gohda]], [[Kanon]], [[Shannon]], [[Genji Ronoue|Genji]], and [[Chiyo Kumasawa|Kumasawa]]. After tea and lunch, the younger members of the family move to the [[guest house]] to play and talk among each other. The adults remain in the main building in order to discuss the issue of Kinzo's inheritance. Under the guise of being worried about Kinzo's health, the greedy adults bicker with each other over how to divide the inheritance after Kinzo dies. The conversation turns into accusations of embezzlement directed towards the eldest son, Krauss. As the argument gets increasingly heated, Krauss's wife Natsuhi flees the room. The siblings continue to argue, throwing various accusations back and forth for some time. As Krauss regains control of the situation, he suggests that the siblings take a break of their arguments by trying their hand at solving [[the witch's epitaph]].

Meanwhile, Maria reveals to Jessica, George, Battler, and Shannon that she had copied the witch's epitaph into her notebook. Maria persuades the group to attempt to solve the epitaph while they relax on the beach. The group manages to make some progress by deducing that the epitaph's first few lines refer to various places surrounding [[w:Odawara|Odawara]], however their conversation veers towards the existence of magic. When Battler and Jessica begin to deny the existence of witches, Maria becomes increasingly upset, forcing George to intervene. After Maria is calmed, she offers Battler and Jessica [[scorpion charm|scorpion charms]] which she claims will help ward off any malevolent magic. Before the group can return to solving the epitaph, the storm begins to set on the island and the group retreat towards the [[guest house]].

== Characters ==