Worse - if Alicia just hadn't gone out at all - Lancelot would've come to her! Because Kai was hinting to Lancelot that he wanted Alicia to have some jewels, and there would have been no reason for George to prevent Lance from doing that. But you know, then we wouldn't have as much of a story, because I kind of enjoy our foul-mouthed blacksmith FL.
While I would absolutely hate Ares in real life and would consider him utter trash as a person he's kind funny in the context of the "hot hero I wanted my sister to write and now I'm stuck with".