In the final month of year 3874 of the continent calendar, the situation in the Lampari Kingdom took another astonishing turn.
On December 3, Duke Stark suddenly issued a public declaration of submission to Princess Royal Servini, acknowledging her right to inherit the throne and supporting her accession as the next queen of the Lampari Kingdom.
On December 8, Princess Royal Servini led her Private Guard into the Stark Family's private territory and accepted Duke Stark's surrender.
On December 9, Duke Stark was found dead in his bedroom, having committed suicide by poison.
On December 10, Princess Royal Servini issued a statement declaring that Duke Starr's crimes were unforgivable, and that the Stark Family had likewise committed grave crimes by participating in the rebellion. However, in recognition of the Stark Family's outstanding contributions to the kingdom since its founding, she had decided to pardon some of their offenses.
After half a month of trials, the Kingdom Parliament ultimately convicted eleven leading members of the Stark Family, including Duke Stark, along with several other nobles involved in the rebellion, of high treason and sentenced them to death.
The Kingdom Parliament also confiscated most of the lands belonging to the rebellious nobles led by the Stark Family. To everyone's surprise, however, it did not wipe out these families, instead sparing some of their descendants so that their bloodlines could continue.
The Kingdom Parliament even left these families some lands and businesses, ensuring that although they could no longer enjoy their former glory within the kingdom, they would still live comfortably, with living conditions far better than those of ordinary commoners.
For families guilty of participating in a rebellion, this was an extraordinarily lenient outcome.
Consequently, many people throughout the Lampari Kingdom lavished praise on Princess Royal Servini's mercy. Some newspapers even proclaimed