Chapter 187: The King’s Palace
While Kim wasn't one to spend much time in concert halls for symphony orchestras, she didn't mind listening to Samantha play the hard. Maybe it was the fact that this was a different world and so, the cultures were different, which in turn would have an effect on the songs that would have been written, but Kim found herself enraptured by the haunting melody that played off the strings of the harp under Samantha's fingers.
Samantha had played at least three songs, that Kim could distinguish, though as far as she knew, they were all part of a single piece. It was just that there were significant pauses in between each of them, so she couldn't be sure of her assessment.
She even almost didn't notice Elmo when he appeared in the room. It almost had felt like he'd merely appeared right next to her. Though, she took a deep breath so the sensation of being startled wouldn't affect her enjoyment of the music.
She still didn't like Elmo, but she could tell that he hadn't intentionally startled her. It happened because she'd allowed her entire focus to be on the music, so her senses didn't pick up on the door opening like they would have under normal circumstances.
Kim couldn't say for how long Samantha played, but it felt like an eternity and five minutes at the same time. So, when Samantha stopped playing after a while later, it took Kim a while to even realize that the music had completely stopped. She kept waiting for it to start again.
When she was able to reboot her brain and realized that Samantha had stopped playing, and had even walked away from her harp. The king, the king's son, and even Elin had already gone up to talk with Samantha. Likely to compliment her on her playing and the like. Which wasn't something Kim would do.
Although, she had wondered where the king's son had been, since she hadn't seen the kid since the night before. As such, she'd assumed he'd gone back to the palace, but now it was clear he hadn't quite done that. Not that she probably would know unless she asked. Which she knew she wasn't likely to do, since she really didn't care enough to do that.
Instead, she remained where she was, content to just replay the music in her mind. If nothing else, this was a welcome distraction from what she'd been doing with the competition they were stuck in. Which Kim couldn't help but wonder if the others in her group also felt the same, or if some were even aware they probably needed such a distraction.
As Kim heard the door open, she glance in the direction of it to see Jonas entering the room. He wasn't moving fast, so Kim merely assumed that he'd gotten bored of following the duchess around. She couldn't imagine how entertaining following that hag around would be, but she did accept each person would find different things interesting, so she didn't plan on trying to talk with him about it. Besides, it wasn't like it really was any of her business.