"Of course, Your Majesty. If I were to be upset by such trivial matters, I wouldn't be fit to be a Hero. Please continue to give your orders as you see fit, Your Majesty. Under the name of Hero, I will show you my utmost sincerity."
With mere lip service, Sena used plausible words to dispel the anxieties nesting in His Majesty the King's heart. He had no intention of agreeing with his own statements, but it was necessary. He felt no guilt in telling such lies. As long as necessity remained, there would never be any hesitation in his heart.
Above all, he was a Devil. An upper species whose true nature was to cozy up to the hearts of the Human Child and control them with the wedge called the Contract. For someone like him, who had lived as such a being for many years, this was a simple task. Unlike a Human controlling another Human's heart, this required no special means or tools. It was as easy and involuntary as breathing.