nah the prince is js pathetic. It's a pretty common trope too where the prince has an inferiority complex and the isekai'd villainess who genuinely tries her best to not meet her bad end ends up somehow making it worse bc she's independent and/or even being the target of his complex??? And then bcs some random "saintess" or some shit shows up and acts all meek and dependent on him he's all like "omg she's the only one who blablabla" or some other pathetic garbage like that andddd she (the villainess who's honestly better than the other shit chars) still meets her bad end cuz of em so nah it was def bcs he's js SO FUCKING PATHETIC OMG HE the prince SUCKS
for anyone who feels bad for the prince and his friends read chapter 3 and 14. chapter 3 explains that while the poition can make affection for the person out of thin air it CAN'T brainwash people or make them lose their minds they willingly went along with the star maidens plans and quickly turned over to her side because they felt inferior to emi thats where chapter 14 comes in with the prince reflecting on all that happened and showing how delulu he really is because those are his real thoughts not the result of brainwashing sane for those other guys she helped them all and they fucked her over