At her own request, Battler utterly shattered Beatrice's very spirit, leaving her lifeless. Though she remains physically present at the chessboard, she is but a ghost of her former self - the merry and impulsive sorceress she once was. With Battler gone to gather his thoughts, Bernkastel fills his spot while Lambdadelta gleefully presides over the fifth game. Once two witches of their caliber are given free rein, particularly one who flouts regulations as Lambdadelta does, the kind of mischief they may instigate is anyone's guess.
