Questions about Dies Irae (route Kasumi, Kei)

[Erlkonig]

Well, I planned to play this VN a long time ago but keep postponing it more than a year cuz’ I heard it is a 60-hour+ full of German words and incomprehensible plot.

But the score & review rate it so high that it tempt me to play many times. Now that my heart is ready so I gave it a shot.

And…, in the first playthrough (Kasumi route), seriously, it was one of the most painful VN experience I almost drop it; very boring and the ending is extremely a letdown.

I felt like I was hexed by a sleep spell when I heard ton of German chant. So I skipped a lot of it and now I cursed myself that did that. Because from 2nd play onwards,

it has become more and more interesting as the whole thing start to come together, making more senses and most importantly I start remembering characters’ names

(1character has about 3-4 names in this VN). And at the ending of Kei route, I am in love with this VN. I find the world, the setting and many characters are very charming.

But, basically, I skipped almost the 2-6 chapters so many things is unclear for me. So here are my questions:

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• Does Shamballa refer to Castle(城)?
  
• What the heck is Getto?
  
• Around chapter 3-5, there was a scene of Kasumi standing there shocked. What is it about?
  
• Why Torifa (the priest) want to kill Beatrice? Is it related to 5 colors things?
  
• Risa had done something very bad in the past. What exactly is it? About the Thoroughbred thing…
  
• Why Makina say he is a ‘stalking horse’ of MC?
  
• If the Black Round Table’s objective is to open all 8 Suwasuchika in order to resurrect Reinhard, then why he can come back to the world by himself many times before opening all 8?
  
• The time skip thing is created by the Creation of Reinhard or Izaac?
  
• Why the Black Round Table gone for 60 years? Can’t they just escape to that castle for like 1-3 year and then come back to continue the war?
  Or is it uncontrollable? (IMO, 60 years is kind of pointless as things are pretty much settle down...)
  
• And in Kei ending, why they come back after just 20 years, why not 60?
  

I will start Mary route tmr but I think it might be better if I understand more about the story first. Q_Q.

P.s. the version I play is Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~.