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[X] Excuse yourself and wander aimlessly around the grounds.
[X] Get your sword first before wandering.
[X] Discretely pass it to Youmu.

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"E-excuse me, but I think I'll have a quiet walk before dinner," Vincent says. "I need some time alone."

"Aww," Yuyuko says. She looks genuinely disappointed.

He walks over to Youmu and shoves the skull into her hands. Yuyuko looks puzzled.

"Here's what you needed," he says vaguely before heading back to the room. Technically, it isn't a lie.

"T-thanks!" Youmu manages. "I-I'll head to the kitchen to prepare dinner."

Vincent can feel Yuyuko staring at his back like a lost puppy, but he isn't going to be taken in by just that. The atmosphere is just too awkward right now, and Yuyuko might unintentionally make it worse. He feels that everyone could use some time to calm down and sort out their thoughts, especially himself.

As an afterthought, he picks up his longsword from the room before starting his walk. He doubts if he will meet any trouble around the mansion, but he feels safer carrying it around.

...

The walk around the mansion is uneventful, but he finds time to relax and think. The past week has been confusing. He isn't even sure how he found his way here, and he has no idea how to go back.

He vaguely remembers working for the Church as part of a special unit that specialized in exterminating undead. He travelled all over Europe to kill zombies, poltergeists, vampires, and other horrors. However, his last mission was unusual - he was sent alone without specific instructions.

Before he knew it, he was forced to take shelter in an old church to escape a horde of undead. If it weren't for the supplies in the basement and the escape tunnel, he would be rotting among their ranks right now. Somehow, he found himself in this strange new world.

"So, is this a second chance, then?" he asks aloud.

Vincent always believed that the undead were aberrations of nature, and that they must be destroyed. However, he finds himself staying in this mansion with ghostly beings. Was he wrong to slay all those creatures in the past?

He finds himself at the front entrance of the mansion. He spots a brown package left near the door. Looks like someone left this earlier. Perhaps neither Yuyuko nor Youmu noticed.

Vincent should head back to the dining room soon.
[ ] Open the package.
[ ] Take the package with you.
[ ] Leave the package.