~Day 8 - Chiharu's Shadow~


Candles video - Night to Day

Takuto makes scratch number eight.

The second hallway

After having a small amount of breakfast, Takuto finds himself standing outside the wine cellar.

Veronica asks what he's doing. There's only wine here. Is there something he wants to drink?

The earring is in his pocket.

CHOICE #24
1. Show veronica the earring
2. Answer that you're searching for a drink.

Takuto shows veronica the earing. He asks if it's her's. It's not. He then asks about Alice. It's not her's either. He asks whose it is then. She doesn't say anything. Takuto says that he only thought her and Alice were the only woman here. Veronica stays quiet. Takuto tells her that an acquantance of his has been missing for a long time.

Veronica: "That's a pity."

Takuto: "Veronica! You're the housemaid in this pavilion! Don't you meet the guests? Tell me! Did Makita-san come here!?"

Veronica: "I do not know."

Takuto: "Veronica..."

Veronica: "I certainly am taking charge of the miscellaneous duties of this pavilion. I don't necessarily meet all that visit here."

Veronica: "You, who are not exposing what lurks on the other side of a person's mind, doesn't understand. Cannot your acquaintance's past been thrown away voluntarily?"

Takuto: "!? Veronica!? You must know something after all!?"

Veronica: "*chuckle* Are they better not to look for? Perhaps, Takuto-sama thinks it sorrowful."

Takuto asks what's that supposed to mean.

Veronica: "Then, I will must be going to prepare supper."

Takuto: "Hey!"

Veronica: "I will advise again. Do not look for her. I must be going."

Veronica bows and leaves.

'I was not able to move there as it had been bound by her word.'


Candles video - Day to Night

(Hallway - Night)

'Of course, it is not easy to say I came to hate Ryouta. However, keeping a secret plan in that way while being condined in this strange place made my mind heavy'

Takuto ate in his room tonight. Afterwards, he takes a walk down the hallway.

Takuto: "Eh?"

'The shadow like white was seen in the garden through the window.'

Takuto: "Makita-san!?"

'I ran in the entrance to run after Makita-san.'


Entrance door

Takuto shakes the door.

Takuto: "Makita-san!"

'I tried to open the door in the entrance desperately. There are people who have been confined here other than Ryouta and me. My haste has strengthened further by having seen her existence.'

Takuto: "It's useless. It won't open after all."

'If I say I have seen Makita-san, Haishima-san, who is the master of this pavilion, will not be able to evade it.'

*Takuto's running footsteps*

'At once I began to run, given up on opening the door and look for Haishima.'

Takuto: (After all, it only had to hear of Haishima's room from Veronica. )

'I ran desperately on the passage looking for Haishima. ...There is no door. There is no passage that was to have been connected.'

Takuto: (Certainly, the dining room must be here...)

Takuto wonders if he made a mistake somehwere. He remembers Veronica's smile the time she said it was impossible for him to go to the dining room alone.

Takuto: "Veronica...? Alice...? Where...? Where are they?"

Takuto runs frantically and calls Ryouta's name. He just wants to see anyone.

Takuto: (Someone...someone...!)

'Even though he ran, it was like running in place.'


Dark hallway

The flames on the candles suddenly go out, without any wind.

Takuto: "Someone? Isn't someone there?"

'I crouch in place shouting. I was not able to stand up for a while, and was shaking in the pitch-black passage.'