"Toot..."
With a loud and prolonged whistle, two sets of gigantic steam-emitting winches operate in unison, opening the night gate of the Kingdom's canal. Dozens of cargo ships from the outer rivers, along with the dawn's glow on the horizon, sail into the Kingdom's port.
As the sun breaks through the dawn and leaps off the ground, its unstoppable radiance dispels the remnants of the dim night sky, and the Kingdom, having slept under a million nightmare corpses, finally begins to awaken bit by bit.
"Hmm..."
As the sunlight crosses the tower bridge over the canal, sweeps past the spire of the clock tower, and slips into the palace's windows, the woman lying on the desk trembles lightly, gently drawn out of her slumber by the warm sunlight.
Did I... fall asleep?
Awakening from sleep, the princess stretches her slightly stiff body, then sits hugging her knees on the spacious chair, gazing somewhat dazedly at the desk in front of her.
