God, how Howl hated this palace and all these prim people. If it were up to him, he would have run away long ago, but he couldn’t. As a wizard, he had to serve the king for at least five years.

But now, he was assigned to the young princess as a nanny. He, a talentil wizard, was forced to watch her. Howl's indignation knew no bounds. And now Howl looked at the princess before him and wished that these five years would end quickly.