The other men standing around Cadmus Akhekh also looked at Sylvia in puzzlement.
They had never seen her before today and had no idea who she was and how she had the authority to announce her arrival in the presence of the patriarch instead of simply waiting like everybody else.
"You have to excuse me, gentlemen. My granddaughter has requested my company."
Granddaughter???
Throwing a grenade and leaving the other guests in his chamber with their mouths wide agape, Cadmus Akhekh chuckled.
He locked his chubby arm with Sylvia's slender arm and walked away hand in hand with her.
"The royal family has another daughter?"
"Wasn't Ella the youngest daughter?"
"The King perhaps had a child out of wedlock?"
Murmurs and whispers slowly spread in the chamber and the group of men soon dispersed.
Not bothering about this, Grandpa Cadmus was happily chatting with Sylvia.
