Barnabas would never imagine himself to lay his interest in some maiden that happen to be one of his queen candidates. He wished for her to be the chosen queen for him but he never dared to admit such a thing so he just silently stare at her as she passed through the test

"Will the task be as hard as I heard recently?" Barnabas asks his loyal allies none other than Sleipnir

"Yes as you requested your majesty," Sleipnir said in a calm tone