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'''''Requiem of the Golden Witch''''' is the seventh arc in {{umineko}} and the third arc of {{chiru}}. The story follows [[Willard H. Wright]] and [[Lion Ushiromiya]] as they attempt to solve a new game designed by [[Bernkastel]]. The story is primarily focused on the history and parentage of [[Sayo Yasuda]].
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''Good morning. Scheduled for today is the funeral of the Golden Witch and her game.''
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''There is...a bit of difficulty to this one.''
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A deceased [[Beatrice]] is laid to rest in the [[chapel]] by [[BATTLER]] and [[Virgilia]]. [[Bernkastel]] invites a retired Inquisitor, [[Willard H. Wright]], to her funeral and asks him to serve as the role of challenger for her new game; His goal is to determine who killed Beatrice. He is also given an assistant: [[Lion Ushiromiya]], the eldest child of [[Krauss Ushiromiya|Krauss]] and [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya]]. In order to force them to participate, Bernkastel locks the chapel away in an isolated Fragment until they solve her mystery.
The two begin their investigation by interrogating members of the Ushiromiya family. They ask [[Rosa Ushiromiya]] to recount the day that she brought [[Beatrice Ushiromiya]] towards the ocean and watched her fall to death. Later on, Willard confronts [[Shannon]] about the strangeness of Lion's existence. He asks Shannon to call for [[Kanon]] so that the three of them can talk but Shannon is unable to do so.
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Willard claims that he has figured out who killed Beatrice. He says that there are, in truth, two culprits, in the same way that a Schrödinger's box contains two iterations of the same cat. Willard determines that Lion is the same person as the baby who fell to their death in the [[cliff incident]]. The truth is that the two culprits are different iterations of that same baby; if Natsuhi accepts the baby and never pushes it from a cliff, then the baby grows up to become Lion. If Natsuhi rejects the baby, the baby instead becomes an entirely different person. Furthermore, Willard determines that this baby is special to Kinzo because it is his own child; he impregnated his daughter, Beatrice Ushiromiya, who then gave birth to the baby in question. Bernkastel insists that, if Lion is one culprit, Willard should explain the other. Willard claims that the other culprit is one-in-the-same with Beatrice herself. Willard calls the other culprit forward and asks them to explain their story.
[[Clair Vaux Bernardus]] steps forward on a theater-like stage. Referring to herself as "one, yet many," she narrates a tale beginning in 1976. The story follows a young servant named [[Sayo Yasuda|Yasuda]], who is beginning their service to the Ushiromiya family in tandem with their education. The servant is given special treatment by the family despite their young age, which earns them the ire of their fellow servants with the exception of Shannon, whom Yasuda idolizes and considers to be their only friend. Yasuda struggles to keep up with the other servants and frequently loses things, something that they begin to blame on a mischievous witch (this witch is [[Gaap]], however they go by the name "Beatrice" during this story). Yasuda bonds with Beatrice and the two become friends.
After several servants retire and a new wave of servants
Meanwhile, Shannon befriends Jessica, George, and Battler during the family conferences. Shannon fell in love with Battler and, during the 1980 family conference, Battler promises to "take her away on a white horse" when she quits her position as servant. Shannon says that she'll quit after one year. However, Battler leaves the family register several months after this conversation and wouldn't return to Rokkenjima until 1986. Yasuda/Beatrice and the former Gaap-Beatrice visit Shannon and claim that this is a test of her love for him; for her love to blossom, she will have to be willing to wait until he returns to the island and fulfills his promise. They even posit that Battler may have left the family register to save Shannon from the trouble of being romantically involved with someone bearing the "Ushiromiya" name. When Battler doesn't return to the island in the years to follow, the three are forced to confront the permanent loss of Shannon's first love.
For the 1983 family conference, Kyrie asks Battler to write letters for his cousins, since he isn't attending the conference himself. He does so, however Shannon is upset that she did not receive a letter. Shannon comes to believe that Battler has forgotten about both her and the promise that he had made, causing immense sadness. Clair and Willard refer to this as "Battler's sin." Shannon's feelings of love towards Battler are transferred from
In 1984, Kinzo hangs the portrait of Beatrice in the [[Ushiromiya Main Building]]. Entranced, Yasuda/Beatrice attempts to solve the [[witch's epitaph]] posted beneath it with some encouragement from [[Maria Ushiromiya]]. Yasuda/Beatrice succeeds soon afterwards, discovering the [[underground VIP room]] and [[Kinzo's gold|the gold]]. Yasuda/Beatrice, Genji, Kumasawa, and Nanjo visit Kinzo to inform him of the news. Kinzo grovels before Yasuda/Beatrice, profusely apologizing for his actions towards Beatrice Ushiromiya. Genji, Kumasawa, and Nanjo tell Yasuda/Beatrice the truth of their heritage; like Lion, Yasuda/Beatrice was born from Kinzo's assault on Beatrice Ushiromiya. Immediately after this conversation, Kinzo announces he has no more regrets and dies. In the years to follow, Yasuda/Beatrice grew to hate the Ushiromiya family and plotted the [[Rokkenjima massacre]].
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Having concluded the tale of Yasuda, Clair declares that her role has been served. At her request, Willard cuts through her illusions, erasing her from existence. Bernkastel releases the barrier on the chapel, recognizing Willard and Lion as having solved the game as they now know the truth of the two culprits. Willard and Bernkastel leave the Fragment and Lion returns to the rest of the Ushiromiya family.
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{{charbox|u|Genji Ronoue}}
{{charbox|u|Toshiro Gohda}}
{{charbox|u|Chiyo Kumasawa}}
{{charbox|u|Shannon}}
{{charbox|u|Kanon}}
{{charbox|u|Asune}}
{{charbox|u|Berune}}
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{{charbox|u|BATTLER}}
{{charbox|u|Virgilia}}
{{charbox|u|Willard H. Wright|tag=debut}}
{{charbox|u|Bernkastel}}
{{charbox|u|MARIA}}
{{charbox|u|Clair Vaux Bernardus|tag=debut}}
{{charbox|u|Furfur}}
{{charbox|u|Zepar}}
{{charbox|u|Gaap}}
{{charbox|u|Ronove}}
{{charbox|u|Virgilia}}
{{charbox|u|Sakutarou}}
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{{charbox|u|Terumasa Nanjo}}
{{charbox|u|Beatrice Castiglioni|tag=debut}}
{{charbox|u|Captain Kawabata}}
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*As ''Requiem of the Golden Witch'' takes place entirely in a time-locked Fragment for the purposes of aiding Willard's investigation, it is the only arc in {{umineko }} wherein none of its chapters have associated dates or times other than the succeeding arc, {{twilight}}.
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*[[{{PAGENAME}}/TIPS|TIPS]]
*[[{{PAGENAME}}/Tea Party|Tea Party]]
*[[{{PAGENAME}}/????|????]]
*''[[Shinsou Kaimei Dokuhon Episode 7|Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru Episode 7 Shinsou Kaimei Dokuhon]]''
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