Iver did not leave the Silver and Tin Palace in the middle of the night. Instead, he stayed there.
Isabel had prepared a room for Iver long ago. The things he had burned while reading the Morning Crow Grimoire had also already been replaced.
After all, many people would likely come to mourn outside Griffin Bridge tonight. Some people from Round Table Hall would surely come here to lie in wait for him.
Iver did not want to run into the people outside, so it was better not to cause himself any trouble.
The next day, the early newspapers across the country reported the news of Her Majesty the Queen's death.
There were more than three hundred named newspapers in Avalon. Some were reputable, while others were less so. But regardless of their usual reporting styles, today they all obediently reported the news of Queen Sophia's death and Queen Isabel's succession.
Among these largely identical announcements, some newspapers also featured the magical painting drawn by Master Yanis.
Although the only newspaper in Avalon capable of carrying a magical painting was the Glass Staircase Newspaper, Master Yanis's painting skills were more than sufficient to serve as a photograph. Thus, these magical paintings were transcribed into negatives by specialists and distributed to the major newspapers on Glass Island.
As for newspapers in remote areas, they would arrive two days later at the earliest. Some might simply wait until the Day of National Funeral a week later and publish everything together.
At that moment, on a street in the Metropolitan District near Garden City, a young man in a yellow trench coat and brown beret was sitting in his Detective Watson Agency, seriously examining the newspapers spread across his desk. Some were old newspapers, of course, but they also included the Glass Staircase