I think I'm dropping this series, watching Keios being frustratingly dense for no reason other than to force the plot to happen is miserable. You cannot tell me that any normal functioning human would act this way, even worse, what the heck are the other 3 doing? Do they no see him literally making grimacing faces after trying literally trying to dip? Is it really that beyond human courtesy to ask "what's wrong?". I get Nicole not giving a shit, but the crown prince and the princess should at least have some modicum of interest to this important person in front of them acting weird. It feels extremely convoluted and not in a way which makes an engaging story, quite the opposite, all it makes me think is that no matter how much things improve, forced conflict like this will tear them apart.