With Natsuhi out of the way, the rest of the siblings make a bunch of demands to Krauss to ensure what they see as a fair split of the fortune. When an argument breaks out between Krauss’s wife Natsuhi and Eva, with Eva insulting Natsuhi because she married into the family, Krauss makes her leave.
Kinzou now has only three months left to live, and his children – Battler’s parents, aunts, and uncles – have gathered to discuss the family fortune and their suspicions about the eldest son Krauss’s investments using the money. It turns out that Battler’s grandfather Kinzou was the one who revived the family’s fortunes after the devastating 1923 earthquake, and he supposedly got the capital to do so – 10 tons of gold – from the Golden Witch Beatrice in exchange for his soul. He also notices a large painting of a woman that apparently his grandfather had commissioned, and Maria identifies the woman as the witch Beatrice. Battler then meets some of the servants around the house, including the quiet Kanon and the pretty Shannon. George decides to tie a ribbon around it so that Maria can take care of it until they have to leave. The group then moves toward the main mansion, but they stop in the rose garden outside of it, and Maria finds a single sickly-looking rose. At the dock, George notices that there oddly aren’t any seagulls around, and Maria further notices that a shrine that was once on some nearby rocks is now gone, which she treats as an ominous sign. With him are his cousins George and Maria, his aunts Rosa and Eva, his uncle Hideyoshi, and his parents Rudolf and Kyrie, and Battler is soon reunited with his other cousin Jessica. It is the year 1986, and a teen named Ushiromiya Battler arrives on an island owned by his family for an annual gathering.
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