You know, if I found out that the woman I loved and was going to marry, who I thought had left me for another man and didn't give damn about me, was actually being brainwashed and raped on a regular basis by someone I thought was my friend, I would have a bit more urgency in trying to free her...
If the queen originally took 30 years and he got 10 of those back, she should still have 20. She should have only aged 10 years at the end. Why is she even older than she was before getting the 30?