Witch's epitaph: Difference between revisions

''Behold the sweetfish river running through my beloved hometown.'' refers to Kinzo's hometown in Taiwan, Taishou. During the occupation of Taiwan, the Japanese lived in Taipei. The Danshui Line is a railroad that goes frofrom Taipei to Danshui Harbor.

''On the first twilight, offer the six chosen by the key as sacrifices'' refers the same key as above. The Taiwanese pronunciation of Kirigan is Qilian which, when romanized, is six letters long. Those six letters are removed from a larger set of letters. This comes from the one discrepancy within the riddle, ''On the tenth twilight, the journey shall end, and you shall reach the capital where the gold dwells.'', in which the Golden Land is instead referred to as the capital. Golden Land, in romanized Japanese, is Ougon Kyou, which can also mean Golden Capital. The character for "kyou" in Golden Land can be read as "kei", which is a number equal to one quadrillion. When divided by ten (''tenth twilight''), only one quadrillion is left. By removing the letters of "Qilian" from quadrillion, you are left with the letters u,d,r,l, and o. What's important is that there are five letters left. The word "kill" is used five times over the course of the next section of the epitaph. On the relief adorning the [[chapel]] on Rokkenjima, on a relief, there is a statement written in English, "You will be blessed only at a probability of a quadrillion to one". Each letter of quadrillion has a key attached to the back and can be removed from the relief. For the first twilight, one must remove from the relief, the letters of Qilian.