When the party arrives in Puerto Valor, Sylvando would constantly make excuses for his absence from the party, though he is eventually spotted and recognized by Servantes as the Salty Stallion sail through a canal he unlocked for the Luminary's party to access. Sylvando is later separated from the Luminary after Yggdrasil's power is consumed by Mordegon and cast down onto the world; when the Luminary encounters Sylvando next, he is revealed to be the leader of a group of men dressed in colourful outfits which he dubbed the "Soldiers of Smile". Following the conclusion of a story arc where the party rescues the father of a local boy in Phnom Nohn,Pucharao (プチャラオ村) in the Japanese version. Sylvando leads the party and his Soldiers of Smile troupe to Puerto Valor, where he reveals that he is Don Rodrigo's son Norberto. Sylvando reveals that he was raised to follow his father's footsteps as a knight, but eventually decided that he wanted to be an entertainer instead after being impressed by a circus troupe who arrived in Puerto Valor one day. Following a heated disagreement with Don Rodrigo, he left Puerto Valor to travel the world in pursuit of his passion as an itinerant performer. Both father and son experience reconciliation following their reunion, though Rodriogo is disappointed that Sylvando has yet to achieve his own goals of bringing a smile to everyone in the world, and beseeched him to carry on with his quest.
