I- he literally could have went " shit now i know theres this curse i should be working with powerful people to help protect this kingdom" but nooooo instead he went " hey i know we got this curse and all but we, im sorry, I need to be powerful and more than rovel bc i have an inferiority complex "
like theres a quote i heard of thats smth like a good leader knows how to make use of people ( not in a bad way but just giving orders) to get things done but a stupid one would want to do it singlehandedly