With Director Anlos on the carriage, the group of four indeed was not searched for weapons. Director Anlos had other matters to attend to, and after entering Yordel Palace, he separated from Shard. Unless there was something else, Shard probably wouldn't see his superior at the banquet tonight.
It was now six fifty in the evening, and in Tobesk during late summer, one could only see the last remnants of the sunset at this time. The courtyard of Yordel Palace was adorned with streamers and decorations. Well-dressed men and women greeted each other and, under the illumination of the gas lamps in the courtyard, walked on the red carpet laid down the central axis towards the main building of Yordel Palace.
The banquet was about to start.
