Yukiko Sakuradani's Memoirs of the Actual Rape
While waiting for a reply from Tokyo, Hinami was reading through the management diary that Ran had collected for her in the study of the detached room.
The writer of the management diary is Hinami's Father, Saemon Sakuradani.
It describes the daily life that happened at the inn. One of the diaries she collected was sent to Tokyo to be used for handwriting analysis, but more than ten years' worth of records were piled up in a wooden box.
(Father's diary... If I know the past of Sengatake Village, I will definitely understand why it turned out like this. I will catch the man who raped Mother and make sure he is brought to justice...!)
She doesn't know when her mother will wake up. She would rather take action than waste her time.
She would read through the management diary and unravel past information. There must be clues in her late father's notes.
(It says that Hokuwakai's threats started at the beginning of 1974. Father was burned to death in a forest fire at Oni Tengu Shrine on July 7... There seems to be no journal for July.)
Saemon's management journal was written only up to the end of June two years ago. At first, she reads only the entries from 1974. However, she found a management journal written much earlier mixed in with the wooden box.
Ran seems to have packed in everything that caught her eye.
Intrigued, Hinami digs deeper into the past. As she goes back ten years into the past, Hinami realizes something.
(There's something scribbled in the margins. Sengatake Village's tradition...? It's about shrine maidens holing up in the mountains at the Oni Tengu Shrine, but the writing is so crushed that I can't really read it.)
Hinami thinks of the Oni Tengu Shrine, which was destroyed by fire. Her mother took her to visit the shrine several times. The grounds of the Oni Tengu Shrine had a sacred tree and torii gate on the top of a small mountain, and the main shrine was set up so that people could stay overnight.
The mother explained to her young daughter that the lodging was not for anyone to actually stay there, but for the gods who came to Sakuradani Inn.
(Men are not allowed in the main shrine of Oni Tengu Shrine... Mother used to clean the main shrine. I was also asked to help. I wonder where in Oni Tengu Shrine my father died. But... Since the work was to repair the old main shrine, I wonder if men were allowed in as an exception...?)
The villagers of Sengatake Village are hiding something. A major incident in which nine people were burned to death. However, it seems that they did not want to cause a big uproar.
The place called Oni Tengu Shrine has some kind of great meaning. That's how she felt.
If she recalls, her father and mother were trying to keep Hinami away from Oni Tengu Shrine. The mother and daughter cleaned the main shrine because her grandfather, Yoshiharu, had ordered them to do so.
After her grandfather passed away, her mother cleaned the shrine by herself.
(On the night of Tanabata, the burnt bodies of nine people were found in the burnt ruins of Oni Tengu Shrine. All of them were men... Then, the next day, Adashino-san, a police officer stationed here, was found dead. Adashino-san, who was familiar with the village, killed himself with a pistol... The more I think about it, the more my head hurts. But something definitely happened...)
Hinami unfolds the paper and sorts out the incidents that occurred in Sengatake Village. It all started with a feud between the Sakuradani family and the Isaka family.
(It is written that my grandfather and the village chief, Taisuke Isaka, had been fighting over the plan of a ski resort to Sengatake Village since before I was born. The Sakuradani family and the Isaka family have a relationship that goes back decades.)
Scribbles scribbled in the margins of a management journal. It seems that he had a habit of venting his complaints and complaints on paper. Hinami was surprised by the sentence Saemon left behind.
(Sixteen years ago, Mother and Sousuke-san had an arranged marriage, but my grandfather was angry and did not approve of the marriage proposal, so it was decided that she would marry Father, Saemon.)
If the marriage agreement with the Isaka family had gone well, there might have been a future where Yukiko and Sousuke were married. However, from Saemon's perspective, the relationship between the Isaka family and the Sakuradani family did not seem to have had much of an impact on the marriage.
Saemon and Yukiko, it is said that they had already promised to marry before the marriage arrangement.
(I don't really know the truth, but it seems Father didn't want to think that it was because of Grandfather that they got married.)
It is said that Yukiko and Saemon were in love and there was no chance for Sousuke to intervene. She wonders if the reason for the rift between Saemon and Sousuke was due to their dispute over Yukiko.
(I wonder what Grandfather thought. He was kind to me, but I heard that he used to be very strict.)
Her grandfather Yoshiharu Sakuradani passed away ten years ago in the winter of 1966. After Yoshiharu's death, his only daughter, Yukiko, and son-in-law, Saemon, became the managers of the [Sakuradani-kan] hot spring inn.
Following their predecessor's will, the couple continued to oppose the construction of a ski resort in Sengatake Village. However. Hinami finds a strange description.
"Eh?"
In his later years, Yoshiharu Sakuradani wanted to apologize to the Isaka family.
(Grandfather was trying to reconcile with the Isaka family before he died...? It is said that he asked Adashino-san, a police officer stationed here, to mediate. His condition worsened and that was not possible. At the time, Father hated Sousuke-san, so he was reluctant to reconcile with the Isaka family. I don't really understand this either. Why...?)
The relationship between the Sakuradani family and the Isaka family was strange. It is unknown why her grandfather Yoshiharu tried to reconcile with Taisuke Isaka in his later years.
His son-in-law, Saemon, also felt suspicious. However, something similar was happening now.
(Sousuke-san of the Isaka family and Father are like cats and dogs, recognized by everyone in the village. Even as a young child, I realized that those two had a grim relationship. And yet, Father, who felt like he was in danger, entrusted the will to Sousuke-san...?)
Hinami tilts her head at her grandfather and father's change of heart.
Was the Sakuradani family's tradition of making up with someone they had a bad relationship with right before their death?
(Did Father really want to reconcile with the Isaka family? Just like Grandfather in his later years...? However, I still don't know if the will written by Father is genuine...)
She has to confirm the authenticity of the will that Sousuke had. However, if it was real, why did Saemon rely on Sousuke?
(What did Father say to Mother? There must have been someone else he could talk to. They quit now, but back then there were old employees he could talk to. Two years ago... What was Sousuke-san's reason for running away from Sengatake Village...?)
There must have been more reliable people in the village. She doesn't understand why he went out of his way to send a letter to Sousuke.
(Two years ago, there were many old employees that he could trust.)
Saemon and Sousuke. Even though they were best friends in their childhood, they never stopped arguing when they became adults. It would be unnatural for him to entrust his beloved wife Yukiko, only daughter Hinami, and precious Sakuradani-kan to Sousuke.
(In the first place, why was Father so sure that the Isaka family had no connection with the Hokuwakai? I'm a little suspicious of the Isaka family. Taisuke, the village chief, is only thinking about making money, and he would help Hokuwakai to get rid of the Sakuradani family......)
There is one more thing that Hinami is confused about.
Sousuke returned to Sengatake Village about a year after receiving Saemon's letter.
(Sousuke-san's actions are also a big mystery. It was around June of 1974 that Father wrote the letter, wasn't it? But I heard that Sosuke returned to Sengatake Village after July of 1975. He acted too late. He didn't come back to the village for nearly a year after he received the letter......)
Hinami reads further into her father's journal. If he sent the will to Sousuke, wouldn't it be written in his journal? Once her father's true intentions are revealed, all mysteries will be solved. She had that feeling.
"Huh...? August's management journal?"
Ran said that she had collected the journals in the study of the detached room. After her father's death, her mother seems to have sorted it out, but there were some management journals from that period that were missing in some places. There was no management journal for July. However, for some reason, a management journal that seemed to have been written in August was mixed in.
"Father is no longer in this world. Who wrote this...? Is this Mother's handwriting?"
It seems that only one journal of Yukiko was mixed in.
The date on the cover of the journal is written as a certain date in August, 1974.
"Eh? Wha!? What... is this...!?"
A single photograph fluttered down onto the table.
An L-sized color photo, slightly smaller than official postcards, were tucked between the gaps in the journal.
"Why is this...!"
From 1965 to 1975, demand for photography increased in Japan, and color film cameras began to become popular. Photography at school events and other events was also shifting almost exclusively to color, and Polaroid cameras made overseas that could be developed on the spot became a popular choice.
"Is this Mother in this picture?"
The tools of civilization provide a vivid picture of the obscene past. Hinami was so surprised that she covered her mouth.
――The mother was shown in a lewd manner with her whole body tied up.
She was tied up in a tortoise shell and hung from a pillar in the [detached building]. The location of the shooting was the Japanese-style room used as a bedroom by the Sakuradani family's Oshidori Couple.
The mother's expression was twisted in agony as the rough rope penetrated her bewitching flesh, her huge breasts and vulva were exposed, and she was in a humiliating prison. She looks like a slutty porn actress from an adult magazine. However, it would not be possible to publish such radical content.
A sewing needle was stuck in the nipple sticking out of the rope, and blood was dripping from it. That is not all. There were numerous bite marks. It sucked her breasts as much as it wanted, leaving traces of bites. The rape demon was playing with the proprietress' ripe body.
"Who is it…! Who would do such a horrible thing…!!"
All that can be seen within the angle of view is Yukiko's bound naked body. There was no sign of the other person. However, the scumbag who probably took this photo was actually the one humiliating her mother. The traces are reflected directly in front of her.
"Mother...!"
Her genitals, covered with black curly hair, were tainted with the semen of the rape demon. Seed juice drips from the slit in her p*ssy, creating a sticky, cloudy string.
There's a stain on the tatami mat below her crotch. She can tell that this isn't the first or second time it ejaculated.
――Yukiko's baby pot was filled with rich seeds.
The date printed on the photo is August 24, 1974. It was taken just after the 49th memorial service for Saemon, who had burned to death on July 7.
If you look carefully at the background, you can see that the mourning clothes Yukiko was wearing have been taken off.
"⋯⋯⋯⋯"
With trepidation, Hinami opens the journal with the photo inside.
She has to read on to find out what happened to her mother. Her fingertips couldn't stop shaking.
She felt so uncomfortable that her stomach felt like it was going to burst. Her mother's actual rape ripped out Hinami's mind.
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[Introduction of characters]
▼ Yukiko Sakuradani
The young proprietress of Sakuradani-kan, a long-established hot spring inn.
She lost her husband and became a widow. She is raped by someone from Sengatake Village and she becomes pregnant.
▼ Saemon Sakuradani (deceased)
Yukiko's late husband. Burn to death in a fire. He has a severed relationship with Sousuke.
▼ Hinami Sakuradani
Yukiko and Saemon's only daughter. She left Sengatake Village and entered a girls' school in Tokyo. Until recently, she was studying abroad.
She reunites with her mother for the first time in two years and is told that she is pregnant.
▼ Sousuke Isaka
The prodigal son of the Isaka family, who monopolizes the position of village chief in Sengatake Village.
He was an old friend of Yukiko and Saemon, but they had a rift over a certain incident and their relationship became strained.
He takes out [Saemon's will] and claims that he got Yukiko pregnant.
▼ Koshiro Himura
A bank employee at Yamatoku Mujin Bank. An obese, ugly middle-aged man.
Although he is the exclusive representative of the Sakuradani family, he was despised by Saemon when he was alive.
He brings out [Yukiko's love letter] and claims that he got her pregnant.
▼ Motonobu Matsudaira
Self-proclaimed novelist. A guest staying at Sakuradani-kan for a long time.
He claims that Yukiko approached him and they had a physical relationship.
▼ Misaki Reiko
A female doctor who works at a clinic in Sengatake Village. She diagnoses that Yukiko is pregnant.
▼ Ran
An apprentice who works at Sakuradani-kan. She is a twelve-year-old girl, but she does not go to school.
▼ Yoshiharu Sakuradani (deceased)
Yukiko's father. He doted on his granddaughter, Hinami. He trusted Koshiro and valued him.
He and the Isaka family are bitter enemies. He opposed the plan of a ski resort.
▼ Taisuke Isaka
The village chief of Sengatake Village. His son is Sousuke.
He has been at odds with the Sakuradani family for several decades over a plan to build a ski resort.
He has a grudge against the Sakuradani family, the large landowners who are hindering the development of the village.
▼ Ayumu Higashiyama
A police officer stationed in Sengatake Village. He is a beautiful young man with fair skin and an androgynous face.
Although he keeps his distance from the people in the village, he is liked by Ran.
▼ Adashino (deceased)
Former police officer. He was familiar with Sengatake Village, but committed suicide with a pistol two years ago.
There is a rumor that he was guiding the Hokuwakai.
[Records of Sengatake Village]
▽ 1966
Winter: Grandfather Yoshiharu Sakuradani dies of illness
▽ 1974
One day in April: Hinami enters a girls' school in Tokyo and leaves Sengatake Village.
July 7th: Saemon was burned to death in a fire.
July 8th: Adashino's corpse is found at the police post.
August 24th: Saemon's 49th memorial service, rape photo taken of Yukiko
Late August: Yukiko's emotions become disturbed and she begins to kick out the old employees.
▽ 1975
A certain day in July: Sousuke returns to Sengatake Village.
A certain day in September: Yukiko becomes pregnant by the rape demon's seed (♥︎)
September 25th: Yukiko and Koshiro's marriage registration is submitted(?)
▽ 1976
February 24th: Hinami returns home and is told that her mother, Yukiko, is pregnant.
February 25th: Influential people from Sengatake Village gather for discussion.
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