@chograss It was def an awkward way of solving the issue. The god from the beginning planned this tho since he has the power to remove her only once she's on the verge of death or if she's already caused a lot of damage...so basically he planned for that savior to nearly die, because there was no way Tsukina would allow her to do all that damage. The god visited Tsukina, but for some reason didn't visit the useless savior...couldn't he have threatened the savior to do her damn job? Or even manipulate her with his own looks/promises of power or wealth to leave without Tsukina needing to interfere?
Imo the prince shouldn't have stabbed her, but realizing he had been manipulated/blinded to shirk his own responsibilities and fawn on her, while making administrative changes that were not representative of an upstanding prince (the shit with the horses, firing maids/presumably other staff left and right) and seeing someone who has such great potential squander it while he has no power would be a breaking point. I imagine he was raised being taught all his responsibilities and his duties as a prince, so seeing someone complain about protecting the country he loves, and actively try to destroy it...honestly stabbing her is not a bad idea, if I were in a video game that would probably be the first choice I would choose as well lol. With or without her the citizens are at risk, so might as well stab her to try to stop her destruction magic from proccing.