After a few introductions, the music and the boisterous atmosphere returned to the hall and Sylvia also found herself a bit less confined.
Though this was probably because the King had walked away from her in the midst of his conversation with a bunch of people, taking along with him half the crowd.
Sylvia sighed softly and decided to use this chance to slip to a corner of the hall.
She walked gracefully, gently nodding to whoever greeted her on the way and her eyes scanned the crowd searching for the patriarch.
Surprisingly, she still was not able to see him, making her wonder if he was not actually ignoring her on purpose and if he had gone somewhere on a trip or to someplace away from the palace.
A thought came to her mind as she remembered him telling her about how he would search for treasures for her, but she quickly brushed away that thought.
