Chapter 164
"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.
"The Palace became mayhem for the beloved Empress Calla’s demise. Kind and glamorous like the Flower she received as name, yet as fragile as any flower, the great Empress had met a horrible death; solely leaving her long white hair to remain untouched by her spilt blood.’
"..." — ’She was... Why... Why did that... Wasn’t she special?... Who could–’
"It was later that day that her daughter, the new owner of the Empress’s guardian, was led by it to the chambers."
"!!" — ’Oh my God! She went to see?!’
"The Princess knew what she was to find as the guardian had warned her, yet the spirit needed the child to take it there... So her previous owner’s pact with Fenrir could be sealed."
’... A pact?... Oh... Don’t tell me...’
"The guardian spirit took the Empress’s strands from the cold ground and once in its tiny ethereal hands, it announced: