"HEY BEATO WHAT KIND OF TEA IS THIS" ASKED BATTLER QUIZZICALLY WHILE STARING AT RONOVE, THE DEMON BUTLER. "IT'S HIMALAYAN CHIMPANZEE, PU KU KU KU" ANSWERED RONOVE IN HIS MASTER'S PLACE. "WHAT THE HELL KIND OF NAME IS THAT" BERNKASTEL SHOUTED IN AN ODDLY ENERGETIC WAY. HER TAIL WAS CONSTANTLY FLICKING A SWITCH TO A DEVICE THAT ALTERNATED BETWEEN STRETCHING AND SQUISHING ANGE, WHO ALWAYS SURVIVED THE TRAUMA THANKS TO A SERIES OF MIRACLES. "THAT'S A NICE HOBBY YOU HAVE THERE" LAMBDADELTA COMMENTED WHILE STUFFING HER FACE WITH SWEETS. EVERYONE ELSE SEEMED TO BE USED TO IT BY NOW, EVEN BATTLER.
AFTER A WHILE EVERYONE WANTED TO EAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN SUGAR, SO THEY DECIDED TO HAVE A BARBECUE. BERNKASTEL OFFERED TO DO THE COOKING, SO EVERYONE ELSE WENT TO GO WATCH TV. LAMBDA TOLD THE STAKES OF PURGATORY SEVERAL STORIES OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS SHE HAD DONE IN PAST GAMES, EARNING THEIR ADMIRATION. MEANWHILE, RONOVE WAS CHATTING WITH BATTLER IN A WAY THAT SKIRTED THE LINE BETWEEN CASUAL CONVERSATION AND OPEN FLIRTING.
WHEN BERNKASTEL CALLED EVERYONE BACK OUT, THERE WERE BURGERS SET OUT ON A TABLE, WHICH THEY ALL EAGERLY STARTED EATING. ANGE WAS MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE MEAL. NO ONE QUESTIONED THE GRIN ON BERN'S FACE.
"HEY GUYS WHERE IS BEATO" ASKED BATTLER. "WHAT BEATO" THEY ALL REPLIED IN UNISON. SUDDENLY, BATTLER REALIZED THAT BEATO WAS ALREADY DEAD.
AND THEN BATTLER WAS A WITCH.
