Ugh. I hate this chapter and its dialogue so much. I think (one of) the worst type of creating a drama is just like in this chapter, where it's created purely from social standings, and how people "can't" say how they really feel, because of some bullshit reason, such as other person's authority, and public etiquette... -until it escalates somehow, like here when the main character is the one who decides to speak on behalf of Grace, because she's too timid and submissive, and her idiot father is an ignorant asshole, and he remains as so because King is all knowing and is hard to correct his mistakes without consequences, and without at the same time shaming/insulting him...
I think (for my taste at least) the only thing that would've saved this chapter, was if the MC had beaten all the guards easily, and had also made the King look like an idiot somehow.. Ofc it's still possible that something of sorts can happen in the upcoming chapter(s).