Chapter 29: The Murderer:
Ms. Mary's POV:
"I've been searching for you all this time," I said, "so you are the girl in the legend. The girl who died didn't go to afterlife and instead wandered this world as a spirit. The girl who lived was haunted by the spirit of the other girl and suffered the rest of her life."
"It's true, I've been suffering," says Headmistress Yasubaru, "I've been haunted by her spirit. No. It might just be a hallucination. A hallucination made by my memories. Her dead body... never... never faded away. Even if I became an adult, she's always there. I can't even have an ordinary romantic life. I just grow old. I suffered for years and years. And then one time... She told me to free her from the curse. I realized this. I have to free her from the curse. I have to give her a companion in the afterlife. One of them had to die. Patience offered herself, so I threw her into the water. Prudence tried to save her, but I stopped her as the mermaids devour Patience. I basically killed her. Ms. Saginomiya and her brother had nothing to do with it."
Chorus: White his shroud as the mountain snow
"It feels good that I get to hear Ophelia's song again this year."
"All was freed from the curse anyway," I said. I then walked away.
To Be Continued
In the next chapter, Prudence and Michi say their goodbyes.