What is wrong with the people and gods in this world? They literally manipulated and gave a four year old a love potion as entertainment.
in case you hadn't noticed... The entire world, as far as the Gods are concerned, exists for their entertainment.
And they're not playing nice...
Whether retcon or not, this "flashback" simply shows how they "selected" Raoul as their punching bag, and started the long, looooong train of contrived "misfortune" to make him break.
And the Gods are not
one team, they're loose and shifting alliances "preparing" Pet Projects to throw at Raoul. Vicky is one, the current not-sus-at-all prince is another, etc...
The gods are a bunch of bored sadists running on the "That'll never work... Hold my Beer...." type of bets running high stakes, including their own existence.. For Entertainment.
And ultimately Advancement if the result is Pleasing Unto the Chief God, who can breed any amount of new gods and can erase them at will, so they're in their
own Rat Race...
So a Goddess of Love preparing a Love Potion to further the Pet Project of Cattus Sadisticus to corrupt a 4 year old girl is par for the course for them.