Sacrifice I: Necromancy
To most, the home of Professor Souichi Tomoe held little interest. It seemed merely another lavish mansion owned by yet another scientist trying to flaunt his wealth.
Had anyone known the truth about the household of Professor Tomoe, he and his daughter would surely have been shunned by the people of Tokyo. If not exiled. Panicked whispers of the professor's supposed practice of the occult in secret would spread and accusations of necromancy would cause discomfort amongst his colleagues.
It is because of this that the death of Hotaru Tomoe had to remain a well guarded secret. For though any father would claim that he would sell his soul to revive his daughter from the abyss of death, the truth is that every one of them would shun Souichi Tomoe for actually committing the act. All would be too wrapped up in hypocrisy to recognize the pain felt by a loving father who had to choose between keeping his very soul or being able to see his daughter alive again.
No, no one could know the truth of what had happened or how it had transformed life as the Tomoe family knew it.