"Lady Maris is missing. The servants don't know where she's gone, but it's been over three weeks since anyone last saw her," Cielo said, her voice low. "I doubt she's traveling with Lisbeth."
The two of them had visited the royal palace just two weeks ago and had trained with Lisbeth that day. Lisbeth hadn't mentioned her mother's absence, which made it seem likely that she wasn't even aware Lady Maris had vanished before she herself disappeared.
"Where could she be?" Lumi muttered, her brow furrowing in concern.
They split up again, combing through every corner of the palace. Whenever they saw someone pass by, they'd stop and ask. If two or three servants were walking together, they'd question each one, hoping to catch some detail they hadn't noticed before.
After regrouping, they compared notes, but nothing concrete had come up. No one seemed to have any useful information about Lisbeth's whereabouts.