Meanwhile, Duke Seymour traveled towards the palace, bearing the harsh weather and the cold night. Like everyone else, he too, had been stunned to know that the King had finally found his Queen. But soon, it turned to joy. He was one of the few people who knew the King's identity and what kind of a man he was. Unlike how the subjects of Rothnia portrayed him to be, he was not a devil or a vicious man. On the contrary, he was a kind man who secretly looked after the entire kingdom.
But what made him a devil was that he was not a human. His identity made him a monster, and Seymour knew King Kieran did not mind being called a devil by his people. He preferred to be the King who the people feared so that they would never cross him, rather than a King who was kind and gentle towards them, lest they should try to take advantage of him.
