Knowing that it would quickly because a race against time to either find out where the well hidden arcaneist level mages were hiding with the Magica Originailis, or search for other clues to where the so called legendary City of Silver useing methods at his disposal, Elric had no choice but to spring into action at first light.
He wanted to admonish his daughter Luna and her Big Brother and accomplice in the mater for causing a huge commotion in the castle by dragging a young elven girl naked through it in brod daylight. Instead he was going to rely on her to get information out of the young mage she insisted on calling "Toy". If she knows the current location of her master, it would give him another angle to pursue reguarding the dusty old book and even older city, as well as allow him to ask the hard questions about why a mage was trying to worm his way into the inner circle of the kingdom the prince intending to marry his daughter was from.