I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was thinking like this like she's strong and she's powerful he doesn't need to be that protective of her if anything he should just be watching from far away to make sure that nobody's trying to sneak up on her or something and even then I think she would know that herself
it's 'cause she's the Empress, the leader of the nation. They do the same to male leaders that are considered OP as well in various other manga/manwa (currently reading They say I was born a King's daughter, and the OP king is constantly being told not to do stuff and they try to protect him). If you're the head of the guard and the person you're supposed to follow/protect says "Oh I'll just go to this place without protection" and you're like "hmm'kay C ya!" you're kinna not doing your job. Disclaimer: I'm a woman
but most have them on guard somewhere watching so it's just frustrating when he keeps butting into everything and doing everything for her like he's making it obvious that she's the empress "let me check that bread for you" like uh what? Lmao idrc if you think it's fine or not I'm just saying if it was me I'd be annoyed and I'd want him to go somewhere else for awhile so I could actually enjoy it.
I know he's trying to be protective but that shit is annoying asf she can handle and protect herself you don't need to keep butting in don't get me wrong I like his character but that annoys me so much lmao