Delphine managed to get them into the palace, despite the mess. Luckily, Burdock was not too much of a mess, and the guards were not willing to interfere with someone in league with Adykon. Normally, this wouldn't have happened, but the king was depending on Adykon to be the hero the legend had said he would be, although it could have been that history hadn't chosen him so much as it was sheer circumstance. Regardless, association with the warrior had positive consequences for Burdock, and by extension, Delphine, even if this benefit was the ability to go to the common areas of the palace, and from there, to Delphine's room again.