Tragic Backstory™ Unlocked

anyway Mai Nominata is not his mother but she had a definite hand in making him who he was, up to and including flat out cursing him to not be able to feel emotions

Samah’s love for him broke that spell so I guess he’s a normal dude again?

EYYYY
at least it’s the prince who’s useless and hurt/swooning I guess?

I can say that which person is swooning/injured and who helps them does switch a lot in this series

so it’s not always the guys protecting the girls, even though when it comes to fight scenes she usually forgets how badass her ladies are and puts the action on all the menfolk (BAD WRITING, TEA, BAD WRITING)