Well, he's the Daywalker, Blade. With all of their strengths and none of their weaknesses.
And unless you're a child, you couldn't transport a noble person inside a barrel. Adult Humans barely fit inside a barrel, without life ending bends.
I see where you're going with it, but you end up with the trope of messy language to let people get away with stuff. And this doesn't seem that serious of a story.