Man, I saw this part on the novel and I still think it is forced.
Oh, I'm trying to avoid death so what should I do? Let's meet the most unstable and dangerous character, maybe I can reset with a death threat. Let's get his attention and expect everything will go well.
What the hell. This goes against the premise the manhwa sold at the start, it just feels like the author didn't know where to put the prince and decided to make this mess of interaction with the mc by a whim.