thank you for checking it out! it could definitely use a longer version for more clarity. the hardest part was trying to fit such a big concept in such a small package.
to clarify the things you couldn't parse out: on the second day, Yder is drinking in the village and wallowing about how badly the wizard treats him—that's his rock bottom. and then on the third day, he is at the lakeshore telling Walkelin, the prince's childhood friend, about the plan to sabotage the princess because he knows full well that a knight like Walkelin will not sit idly by regardless of his closeness to the prince—hence the betrayal.