Naturally, the news of the Emperor's death reached Vanitas's ears as well. He had only been informed of it a week ago, during a briefing with the High Council of Nobles.
To his surprise, the news brought him a subconscious delight.
That wretched man, who had taken Julia Barielle as his Empress, who had fathered Franz, Irene, and Astrid, was finally gone. The very same woman who bore such an uncanny resemblance to Kim Minjeong that it wasn't even a joke anymore.
No… with the facts he now knew, it was more accurate to say Julia was most likely an incarnation of Kim Minjeong.
That truth alone made Vanitas deeply uncomfortable.
But that didn't matter anymore.
Had he still been alive, had he stood before Vanitas now, he couldn't even begin to imagine what he might've done. Something that would have been branded as an Imperial crime. most likely.
