As Roland walked up to the path leading to the North Slope Mountain, Nightingale's remarks were still ringing in his ears.
He was suddenly enlightened. "That's right," he thought. "I'm no longer just a regular man who only interacts with blueprints all day, and this is no longer the world I used to live in. Now, I'm a lord of a great territory, and I might become a king one day, so if my situation ever changes, I can't use my old approaches to hold myself back."
"I just have to follow my heart," he told himself. "If I force anything because of some insignificant 'principles', it could only result in continuing to hurt Anna and Nightingale."
At this thought, Roland felt a weight had been lifted off his heart. He inhaled deeply and pushed open the backyard door.
Opening the steel door was just like opening his heart and he instantly saw a whole new world.
"Oh... Here comes His Highness!" Hummingbird and Lucia ran up to greet him.