The story, though not quite popular among the masses, soon gained weight by the constant propaganda of the government. The more the common people began to believe in the story concocted by the government, the more suspicion was lifted from Zach and people began to accept him in his new role as the Viscount.
The deaths of the Hunter family were ruled out as the result of a natural disaster and Zach and the Smith family were absolved of every crime that they had been accused of by the judicial system soon after.