I was only eleven years old when I saw him for the first time. I was eleven, and he was already past forty, but that didn't stop me from loving him, not as a man, not as a god, but only loving him with all my heart as a human being.
I was a commoner, and he was a noble, in every sense of the word, but because he held this high position in politic, it was his duty to attend this kind of massive event - the annointment of the knights, and I didn't know anything about him until my mother pointed to him with a discreet finger full of deference, him reverently seated in a place of honor away from the common people. He was too far away for me to see his face perfectly, but I guessed a figure so white, neither beautiful nor ugly, but of an extraordinary strength. I loved him at first sight, and since then this love never ended.