The banquet was held behind the palace, in a large hall that was built specifically for such events. There were tables both outside and inside, which meant that people were free to choose where they wanted to sit.
Keith walked in with his group and while he was pretty early, there were a few people that had arrived before him.
He could see most of them point towards his group as they whispered amongst each other, but he knew that it wasn't his group that they were talking about. It was mostly Amelia, the daughter of the duke who was kicked out of her house.
The person who was once considered the flower of the empire, was back in person. Most of them had never expected to see her once again and most of the ladies gave her cautious looks.
Though, that was only until the third prince rushed over to greet them.
"You guys came too early..." he complained as he made sure that his hair wasn't disheveled.
