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[[Kinzo Ushiromiya]], after the death of his lover, [[Beatrice Castiglioni]], became infatuated with his daughter, [[Beatrice Ushiromiya]]. Beatrice Ushiromiya strongly resembled her mother and Kinzo, in a state of madness, believed her to be the reincarnation of his dead lover. He forced himself on her and impregnated her. Beatrice Ushiromiya gave birth to Sayo Yasuda. In order to hide Kinzo's sin from the world, Kinzo and [[Genji Ronoue]] offered the child to [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya]], who had been having trouble conceiving a child of her own. Natsuhi, distressed and angry at the offer, pushed the servant carrying the child, resulting in both the servant and the infant Sayo falling off of a cliff. The servant died upon impact with the rocky bottom, however Sayo miraculously survived. Sayo was found by Genji, who contacted [[Terumasa Nanjo]] to ensure Sayo's survival. Unfortunately, Sayo sustained heavy injury to the abdominal and genital regions, resulting in severe mutilation. Following this, Sayo was taken into the [[Fukuin House]] and was given the name [[Shannon]]. Fearing that Kinzo would eventually assault Sayo as he did Beatrice Ushiromiya, Genji decided to avoid telling Kinzo the truth of the accident, leading Kinzo to believe that Sayo had died in the fall.

After several years, Sayo began working as a servant on [[Rokkenjima]]. Sayo was initially nervous about life on the island, which was completely different from the life in the Fukuin House. As the youngest servant to work for the [[Ushiromiya family]], Sayo was the only one who simultaneously worked and attended school. Though [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya|Natsuhi]] and [[Krauss Ushiromiya]] always thought there was something odd about this, neither the Fukuin House nor Genji would shed any light on the subject. Other servants similarly did not welcome Sayo's special treatment and frequently complained about it. The servants eventually gave Sayo the nickname "Yasu", which Sayo despised. Because of Sayo's age and sloppiness, the other servants grew to dislike Sayo even more. Older servants were annoyed by how often they had to help Sayo with chores as Sayo had difficulty doing many things independently. However, these problems were viewed by Sayo as tests from God to help one day grow into a wonderful person.

Basing on [[Chiyo Kumasawa|Kumasawa's]] stories of evil spirits of Rokkenjima, Sayo created the first incarnation of the witch Beatrice in the form of a demon that would later be known as [[Gaap]]. When Sayo's sloppiness resulted in incidents such as losing keys or cleaning implements, Sayo blamed it on Gaap's magic. Sayo and this Gaap-Beatrice eventually became friends.

To help avoid the witch's pranks, Kumasawa gave Sayo a spiderweb charm and taught Sayo a method to avoid losing things. Kumasawa's charms helped Sayo deal with forgetfulness and eventually regain confidence. As time progressed, the young servant formed a relationship with Kumasawa and started borrowing mystery novels from her. Sayo found discussions and theorizing as the most entertaining part of mystery novels. While Sayo is reading ''[[w:And Then There Were None|And Then There Were None]]'' Gaap-Beatrice posits that closed-room murders straddle the line between mystery and fantasy; once you read the answer, it becomes a mystery but if you remove that reveal, the story becomes a fantasy tale of witches. This idea sticks with Sayo, who begins to view mystery novels as fights between humans and witches.