"What I am to tell you now is what you shall not forget, Lady Marianne, for it is why this event brings; Not only this old man's delight... But the Empire's population's too. Although for different motives."
'... It must be something that happened once she died...' — I thought as I watched the Emperor recite his tale with admirable authority, completely absorbed in the interesting story behind our new Title.
"A fatidical day, the Empress found abrupt and untimely death. It is only known to the Royal family, how gruesome the sight of her pieces — If it may be called that... Spread at the chamber's door frame..."
–Thump.
'... S... Spread...?' — Hearing him, my blood froze along the sensation of my heart falling to the ground.
