I read that story about 10 years ago.
Will you believe me how much it DISTURBED the shit out of me???
This is the story. 17th century that's old af
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun,_Moon,_and_Talia
I never found this disturbing.
It's just a nice formulaic ending line which indicates that the story ends before the narrator comes to the point where they die. I mean everyone dies lol.