The sudden change of events came too soon for many to possibly predict what would have happened.
Jester was left in disbelief to the point that his once always smiling face had crumbled becoming a wide variety of emotions being displayed openly.
The citizens of Mercy Kingdom were just as shocked before becoming overjoyed or uncertain about what the return of the princess could mean for the kingdom.
If the princess forgave the king and younger princess at such an important moment then it could greatly shake up everything that had happened so far.
Many feared for their lives as retribution would surely come for them if the king was able to live on.
He was never the sort of person to forget anything and was always swift to take revenge on those he had been wronged by or held a grudge against.
Even the king and the princess were frozen with shock and disbelief as they tried to identify if it really was the princess that had come back from the dead.
Jester regained his calm before bowing before the princess who was once known as Zero. "Princess, you must be the mysterious Zero who was working with the White Storm correct?"
Zero who was otherwise known as the first Princess Alice Mercy nodded in agreement. "It seems that we both survived and both brought back some unique company along with us."
Jester put on a wry smile. "My allies are a little bit weird but I guess I fit in with them."
He did not even seem to realize that there had been some change within him after achieving what he had set out to do so that he could avenge himself and the princess while learning that she had survived too.
His protective walls and all of his past trauma that built up his usual smiling facade crumbled causing genuine emotions to show for the first time since he was a very young boy.
Some thuggish-looking people dressed in colorful clothing and with face paints or masks over their faces were in the crowd and were just as shocked by everything that took place as they called out.
"Huh? Boss Zero is a princess?!"
"Hahaha, so we all have been spending our days with nobility!"
"I wonder what will happen to us now?"
"Perhaps she will not need us anymore?"
As if sensing the tension and unease being built up, Alice could not leave it alone as she stepped in front of the crowd. "I will talk later Jester. It is good that we have been reunited like this."
Jester smiled bowing before stepping back. "The stage is all yours Princess."
Princess Alice sighed. "Just call me Alice. No need to be so formal, you are the hero of our kingdom now."
She stood on the platform with an air of authority as she waved her hand. "As the first princess of the Mercy Kingdom, I, Alice Mercy will pass down my announcement to all who are here to bear witness!
My father and sister plotted with outside forces for a long time causing great damage to our once great kingdom. They were involved in the plot to kill me which I barely made it back from so there will be no mercy in this kingdom again!
Those who are taken under me will be given my protection and will be given a chance to make a life for themselves while those who continue to harm will receive swift punishment! The criminals will all die at the hands of the one who made all of this possible today!
Without the assistance of the White Storm and Jester who had a large role to play in getting their assistance, this day may have not been possible so he has the right to carry out the final act!"
Jester grinned as he stepped forward. "With pleasure Alice. Clear the stage, everyone! Time for the closing act!"
Many large crates full of weapons were wheeled up near the platform within view of him as he reached out his hand breaking out into dance. "Snatch."
His every step was full of elegance and unpredictability as he moved across the platform. "Snatch!"
One weapon disappeared from the crate before another did followed up with them being in his hands.
They were tossed up into the air and before long, more than a hundred blades were being juggled all over the stage.
Just as they were becoming dangerously close to reaching the ground or someone on the stage, they disappeared and were thrown up again. "Snatch!"
A cold eerie voice came from Jester as he appeared behind the king who was still restrained. "Remember those nights? When did you ask me to juggle those blades? This is just like that time but now? Kekekekeke! I will not be the one bleeding and holding back my tears."
The king suddenly felt something fall onto their shoulder piercing it. "GUAAA!"
The nearby princess was facing the same situation as she let out screams of pain.
One small blade pierced their bodies in a less lethal location before another fell onto them.
Another followed with another causing a new wound to appear on their bodies.
The scene was shocking for all to see as the king and the second princess were torn apart by the falling blades and were turned into a completely bloodied appearance full of various-sized weapons that pierced through their bodies and remained there sticking out from them.
As their cries grew louder and the scene was becoming repetitive, he decided to end things. "Farewell."
His figure disappeared from the platform causing all of the remaining hundreds of blades in the air to fall without anyone to catch them.
All that remained was silence after the final thud of the falling weapons had been heard leaving behind the mangled and destroyed remains of the king and the second princess.