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The story opens on a bright March day in 1808, when the streets of Madrid explode with jubilant celebration. After the French have seized most of Spain, the people of Aranjuez rally under the banner “¡La libertad!” and turn the capital into a shimmering sea of lanterns, fireworks, and cheering crowds. Carriages roll through the illuminated avenues, banners flutter, and even humble fishermen’s cottages join the spectacle, while a luminous ship seems to hover on the river and a colossal, floating palace of light crowns the night sky.

Amid the revelry, a lone prisoner watches from his cell’s narrow window, his world reduced to the flicker of two candles he has lit in tribute to freedom. The thunderous chorus of “¡La libertad!” reaches his ears, a sound he cannot fully comprehend but feels tug at the core of his confinement. As the city’s euphoria floods his thoughts, he is left to wonder what the newfound liberty means for a man shackled by years of isolation.