A palace maid saw in the midst of the flames a phoenix soaring into the sky, disappearing into the ether.
Oddly enough, the palace maid on guard duty later confessed, during interrogation, that only Princess Madeleine had entered the Grand Harmony Palace before the fire broke out. Yet, after a night of intense fire, no trace of Princess Madeleine's body was found among the ruins. She had simply vanished, never to be seen again.
After the death of Emperor, rebellions erupted across the land, plunging the world into thirty years of turmoil. People were unconcerned with the fate of the Emperor and Princess Madeleine, whose bodies had been fixed to the Pillar of Shame. Rather, tales of their misdeeds were grandly inscribed and widely disseminated, becoming the "trend" of that era.
As for how Dario Dankworth perished in the dungeon, transforming into a mummy that remained perfectly preserved for three centuries, perhaps that will always remain a mystery.
The audience fell silent.
