she looks into his eyes and he goes soulless and acts not like himself
hmmmm I wonder what happened show me your true colors
in a world of magic you won't even GUESS it's brainwashing? I think part of the main character contract is "you will surrender all of your braincells"
edit: not only that but after witnessing it all, he lets her approach him AND DO IT ALL AGAIN
if plot armor was not a thing (obviously it's all miraculously going to work in his favour next chapter) that would absolutely be a game over, but it won't because of course