@Mavorne: The arm that goes the bow just holds it for aiming, no force or anything. The arm that draw the bowstring is the one that does the heavylift of the weapon. Thus when you grip a bow like you grip a bike handle or gun it messes up big time the arrow release.
How i read this one out:
Emperor lackeys
"Hey look remember that princess that was thrown out by the emperor? Yea we want her back..."
Patriarch
"Boys rough them up, bunch of unpolite kids trying to coerce ME!"
@ninjadork is near the half of the LN IIRC, he didnt enter the Magic School/Uni yet. I think it will take more 30-50 chapters till we get into the grinder where the good stuff is. Not that it will be a weak arc but since almost every LN has a Magic School arc its a bit hard to not roll your eyes...
I just hope this harem wont grow. It will get real weird and boring adding more and more girls just because they liked his mother or because of his "gentle" character.