The meme at the end is so fucking real, Elaina be like "Scale bad, u no touch", but King be like "Oh ho~, so you planned to make me touch it, therefore killing me, you a witch!", bruh moment.
Honestly, I just blame the author for bad writing, as we saw, Chris is fully capable of using magic even with restraints, so, what's stopping him from break'em loose and going for the heroine's rescue? I don't the character is dumb, I just think the author rather use that moment to deepen the...
Does that guy have something against either of them? Or... Is he being an asshole? Or... Is he really just thinking about protecting the kingdom?
His actions are fucking ruthless, goddamn.
@IbisV3 Before Eliana, I swear this creed. My Castle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is Eliana's and there is no enemy, but peace!