アンデッドガール・マーダーファルス 12話

You piece of shit! Why’d you save me?! Your job is to exterminate, you moron! I presume he’s a member of the Banquet. Hello there, Victor. It’s been a while. I figured those insurance guys might be giving you some trouble. Are you alone for once? Aleister and Carmilla are here as well.

Well, you’re late. I thought you’d be here earlier. Anyway, we’ll be heading off now. Ow! Do you really think I saved you for free? Tell me where the werewolf village is. You all seem to say the same thing. Well, things are a bit complicated right now.

Our original motive was to fight you all, of course… I think your maid went downriver. I saw a commotion. Well, that’ll speed things up. We’d like some time to meet back up with Shizuku. Don’t worry. Carmilla is with us. We can’t do anything during the day. Tsugaru, tell him.

It’s at the base of the fourth mountain from the west. Hand over the diamond. Huh? I’ll take it as collateral in case your information is false. If I see you at the werewolf village, I’ll return it. Aren’t you the shrewd one? Well, bye now. Hey. You said something about us showing up late…

Did I? A birdbrain like me forgets things so quickly… You manipulated us to lose the insurance guys, didn’t you? Well, my mouth’s all I’ve got going for me… {blur2fad(381,1)an7pos(350,236)}Where the River’s Flow Changes {blur2fad(313,1)an7pos(333,35)}Episode Twelve Master, isn’t this Miss Shizuku’s nightgown? Oh, over here, too. See? I knew it was Miss Shizuku’s. Whoa.

I-It really worked. What should I do? Well, hello there! Lovely day, isn’t it? Blue hair… bird cage… severed head… Whoa, it really is a severed head! Are you Lady Aya? Indeed, I am Lady Aya. Um… I’m Vera. I’ve been waiting for you guys. I’ll lead you to the village.

Village? Um… do you mean the werewolf village? Yes, Wolphinhel. Here, wear this. It’ll mask your smell a little. Who told you we’d be coming? Shizuku. I’ll take you to her now. You… Lady Aya?! Hello there, Shizuku. Are you hurt? I’m fine. How are you, Lady Aya?

I’m perfectly fine, besides missing everything from the neck down. You were actually useful for once. Why, thank you. I’ll be waiting for my reward. Ow! Here you go, Miss Shizuku. We managed to find everything, even your shoes. Pretty impressive, wouldn’t you say? Where is my underwear? Oh, whoopsie! Guess I forgot. Now, then…

We heard most of the details on our way here. It appears you had quite the time. Tell me the results of your investigation. I smell something from the prison. It’s a bizarre smell. Could it be that woman’s companions? But we kept an eye on the forest… Let’s go. Well done. Thank you, Shizuku.

Of course. Miss Kaya, do you know a werewolf named Alma? She’s an artist. There’s no one by that name here. I figured not. Now, then… Would it be a bad idea for Shizuku to escape from here? What?! She can’t! The Blutkralle will come and check. They’ll notice. Are these Blutkralle strong?

They are. They’re our village’s elite. Very well. I’m terribly sorry, Shizuku, but you’ll have to stay in here a while longer. Tsugaru and I will investigate the scene of the crime. Couldn’t we rest a bit longer? They’ll notice us soon. This is a race against time. Tsugaru, do you have any candles?

I do have an oil lamp. Are you going to try to scare them with fire? Not exactly… They’re after us already. Now, now… Oh? Are we here? Is that the tree that was shot? I see… Tsugaru. Show me the bloodstains. And no other bloodstains in the area… Take me around that stone.

This is bad. They’re already here. Can you show me the bottom of this stone? Yes, exactly. Shifting a bit with each step… Try touching that spot. No, really. We should… No, more to the right. The spot that’s a slightly different color. Oh? The smell stops. Where did they go?

Did you know this would be down here, Master? If no one heard gunshots, that means the girls must’ve been killed somewhere enclosed. Also, the werewolves couldn’t track the culprit’s scent. A place where a gunshot wouldn’t be heard, which the werewolves couldn’t detect… It had to be underground. Whose blood is this?

We’ll have to follow it and find out. The victims were shot and killed here, then dragged out to the surface. That cloth was probably used to carry them, and that’s the murder weapon. A 20 bore shotgun. A worn old single-shot… Ah… This must be the gun that was stolen from Gustav.

It’s Gustav’s? What’s it doing here? I’m sure we’ll find out if we go deeper. Hey, hey, hey, hey… The victim from yesterday must have died here. The body must’ve been wet from soaking in this pond. Seems like the shape of the bloodstain is different.

It comes from shooting someone in a prone position from above. I see. But the gun was at the entrance. The culprit shot one round into the tree, meaning they brought the gun along with the body. Why go to so much trouble? Hey, Tsugaru. Shine the light over there. Illuminate the wall. Bewährung… Probation?

These are days. Five days in each grouping. There seem to be around 500 days here. Five hundred and fifty. Let’s move on. Louise? Well, hello. It’s been a while. There aren’t many bloodstains. She wasn’t killed here. I wonder who did it. It appears as though the two cases are now connected. Look.

We’re after a werewolf, right? Not a tanuki? Indeed. I just feel like someone’s putting one over on us. Oh, dear. It seemed unlikely that Rosa, who was severely injured, could have climbed a cliff, so I figured there had to be a different route somewhere. By the way, Tsugaru, you’re covered in moth scales.

Huh? We originally walked about eight hours to get to the village, but this way was much quicker. Probably less than two hours. You two. What are you doing here? This body is definitely Louise’s, correct? Yes, without a doubt, it’s Louise’s. There’s one thing I need to confirm. Then everything will be solved.

How did you treat Louise up until she was four years old? She was our town’s guardian angel. Everyone took good care of her. Yes, that’s how it was after the werewolves were slain. But how about before she was four years old? A little girl who couldn’t walk was a burden to Heulendorf.

Am I wrong? This is our punishment. It has to be! This is our punishment! Deborah… We tried to abandon our daughter! Eight years ago, the day before the festival… We took advantage of the flower picking and brought her to the northern forest. We took her out of her wheelchair and left her there.

We thought it would make our lives easier! But that evening, she came back with Jutte! And then we… We went to save her! We apologized to her and regretted our actions! But we really did abandon her first! She pretended not to notice… But I know she understood what happened.

And that was the night Louise exposed Jutte, wasn’t it? It’s the werewolves. This is all their fault. Go give your daughter a proper burial. So Jutte saved Louise, and Louise exposed Jutte? Correct. Louise likely found out about Jutte’s secret when she saved her. And if Jutte was around,

Everyone would’ve found out that Louise was almost abandoned. Louise was a very smart child. I’m sure she was working desperately on a strategy to survive. In order to survive, she would have to prove to everyone in the village that she was useful. Well, this case seems to be quite a mess.

No, it’s plain and simple. There’s only one important clue. And what’s that? The window in Louise’s room. Now, then… Let’s head back to Wolphinhel. Do you still think it’s simple? Of course. If they can come from the other side, we can head in from this side as well, right? Kyle.

Gather everyone from the village. It appears my venom works on your kind, too. Now… don’t go turning into a beast on me. I’ll lose my appetite. Dennis! There’s trouble! Shizuku’s gun is gone! What? I guess it was stolen from Bernt’s house! Hurry! I’ll stand guard here! All right.

The hell are you doing?! You’re too obvious, you moron! Hello there. H-Here. You need this too, right? Vera… I-I’m not doing this for you! I just want to know who the murderer is. Truly… thank you very much. I’d like to properly thank you, but I know you’re in a difficult position.

Let us conceal ourselves for now. Should we go hide in that hole again? No. We’ll look for the right time to return to the village again. Huh? There’s one last thing we must do. Oh, right, Vera. I’d like to confirm what Shizuku told us…

The villagers here fall asleep in the morning and wake up at night. Is that correct? Y-Yeah. And most villagers live on their own. Also correct? Y-Yeah. When we’re babies, everyone in the village helps raise us, but we start living on our own once we’re about five. What about it?

What are we going to do about that lot? I’d really prefer if they didn’t get in our way. Tsugaru, can you defeat them? Huh?! Defeat Gunter and the others?! That’s impossible! You’ll be killed! And no one would miss him. I-Is it the same killer who killed Nora?

But the way he was killed is different… They used some chemical to throw off their scent. The woman got away! What? I only took my eyes off of her briefly. It looks like Vera helped her. Bernt! I definitely smell something. The western forest. Several unfamiliar smells as well.

Gunter, what do you want to do? We’ll find the detectives and kill them. We are the claws of this village. Don’t forget that! Where’s Carmilla? She went off ahead. She said she wanted to grab a bite before everything started. Whatever. We should get going, too. One, two, three… Three of them, then.

Yup, this place seems good. Hup! One down. Dennis! That’s two. Hup! Up we go! And that’s three. It appears the howling has stopped. It looks like Tsugaru succeeded. I mean, they could’ve just stopped because they killed him. I certainly hope he’s dead. All right, let’s go. What’s the matter?

I smell something weird west of the village. We’re here, baby! Finish off any of ‘em that are still breathing. Aim for their eyes and mouths! Set their homes on fire. Don’t let a single one get away. God save us… Granny Regi! There are intruders from the north and the south!

They all smell dangerous! There are humans from the west, too! Dozens of them! Impossible! How could they even get here? Gather everyone to the square! As many as you can! We move in a pack. We’ll eradicate the ones atop the cliff! Th-This is really bad! There are dozens of voices I don’t recognize.

I smell a lot of humans. Royce must be here. They’ve brought everyone from Heulendorf. They must’ve found the underground tunnel. Shizuku. Go save Kaya. Vera and I will handle things here. No. I will protect you, Lady Aya. I’ll be fine.

We’re outside of the village, so the fighting won’t reach here for a while. And I have a very capable part-time assistant. But… This is an order. Go. Yes, ma’am… Take good care of her. Kaya is probably in the weaving house. It was her turn today. You’re pretty nice, huh, Lady Aya?

I know, right? People tell me that all the time. By the way, what’s a “part-time assistant”? Oh, Banquet. You’re here as well. Did you kill them? So unsightly… You’re so unsightly that I’m feeling nauseous. You seem rather confident in your strength, but you’ll be at a disadvantage going up against me. Miss Kaya?

Miss Kaya! You know… They weren’t a big deal. Shizuku… Wh-What the heck is this? Everything has been solved. Now, let us go.