Before the boy's horrified gaze, his father the Duke is stabbed to death by the royal bouteiller The servant then advances on the boy, who can hardly move for fear The only other living thing in the great hall is Sehtek, the Royal Golden Cat Suddenly the bouteiller seems to be wearing a golden fur cap Cat and boy escape together leaving the two corpses It is the great golden cats of the city, too, who help Cam to find the legendary Seroster