He felt privileged that a friend of a god came to be with him.
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King Midas found Dionysus's friend, Silenus, was asleep in the flower gardens. Midas let him go without punishment.
Because King Midas had sheltered and hospitably entertained Bacchus's follower Silenus.
When Dionysus tells Midas that if he washes his hands under water, everything that he turned into gold would turn back to normal. The curse would go away too.
King Midas was a foolish king. He came across a little man asleep in his garden.it turned out to be a servant of god Dionysus so as Midas was cunning looked after the man and treated him as a king. After he returned the man to Dionysus and as a reward for treating his servant so well he was granted one wish . Midas wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. From then on, he was unable to sleep and unable to eat. He eventually turned his daughter to gold. He went to ask for the wish to be returned and Dionysus asked him to go and wash in a river and the gold will float away......
When the monster wouldn't let him go.