As you can imagine , the news of the forensic findings related to the ashes of the Black Village had been made know via a statement released by the officials . It had caused quite a stir within the royal committee and a meeting was called up that very afternoon as no one saw the need for a delay in discussing this matter and the necessary ways to brace ourselves for it . The open space of the conference hall at the back of the palace was nothing like I had remembered it . As a child , whenever I would run into the empty conference room , I would look up at the ceiling that felt like it was as far up as the blue sky . The walls were painted a stark , concentrated shade of white that reflected whatever light it got from the double panelled windows that was situated to the on the left hand