The king is cool.
I also won't beat his ass to the ground like MC so I also would lost since my will to fight vanish.
But the soldiers and minister are of a different story altogether and I hoped MC will request for them to be his "sparring buddies" from the king as compensation.
@patiel considering Wilhelm have a perfect speechcraft and haven't drink the wine (yet), it's plausible that he's a good deceiver that wanted to kill Mr. Transmigrator in another way. (We know that brute force aren't capable of defeating him.)
Nothing wrong with being a monarchist is there? Especially for when writing an isekai? (and in a country that only took on democracy like 70 years ago)
I bet the king has more than just a cool beard and a silver tongue going for him.
And there’s nothing wrong with monarchy aside from it being a crapshoot whether the person is competent or not.