Black Magic
"I think the master must have had romantic feelings for her. He surely loved her even more than he loved the late mistress."
"Who exactly was this Beatrice? What is she doing now?"
"As far as I know, she passed away before the mansion was completed."
"She was already dead."
"Yes. The master was deeply grieved. He devoted himself to researching black magic because he wanted to find a way to revive Lady Beatrice. The master loved Lady Beatrice from the bottom of his heart, loved her so madly."
As Genji spoke, he spread his hands, inviting us to look at this room filled with Kinzō Ushiromiya's madness. Everyone fell silent without prompting. When ordinary people heard the words black magic, they only felt uncomfortable. They simply could not understand what someone obsessed with black magic could possibly be thinking.
Everyone said that Kinzō Ushiromiya was an "eccentric" who had revived the Ushiromiya Family through sheer madness. No one had ever tried to understand him.
In Kinzō Ushiromiya's heart, there was only the sorrow of losing the person he loved and being unable to let go. The room, which had felt unsettling until just moments ago, became completely understandable in that instant.
These disturbing books, magic circles, and medicines—everything here existed for just one purpose: to revive a woman who had been dead for over thirty years.
"Once, when the master was thoroughly drunk, he spoke to me about Lady Beatrice. I have forgotten the details, but the master truly, truly loved Lady Beatrice. Even I, as a woman, felt so envious listening to him."
After Kumasawa finished, Nanjō spoke next.
"When Mr. Kinzō Ushiromiya inherited the position of head of the Ushiromiya Family, the few surviving elders of the family decided on his marriage to the late