It poured heavily for the next three days, which reduced potential damages. Since the fire spread so fast, some parts of the Sapphire Palace were destroyed, but they reported no major accidents or deaths since the castle was abandoned.
To calm everyone down, the crown prince told the mass it was purely an accident.
The fire in the eighth prince's quarters, although got buried with more rumors, resurfaced. Joaquin couldn't afford people to think the security and power of the royal family had gone downhill by using the Valiente Group once again. Therefore, he covered up the story by saying the castle had stored a few crates of unused gunpowders, which explained the explosion.
