You might be wondering why there was an attempt on his life.
You see, he is a technomancer, who also hath a curse upon his bloodline. His enemies are fearful of his power and cunning, and so sent several assassins to besiege him over the years. He defeated them all through his cunning, sharp tongue, resilience and power.
They placed a spy into his harem several years ago however (its an ethical-non-ethical harem, his dad got it for him so he would become "manlier". So now he just has a harem full of hairless anime people, which is kinda counter-productive since his tastes lay in sweaty and pathetic men of the unwilling, unbending aether) and since he doesn't really pay much attention to it (too busy consulting his crystal spiderweb for raunchy yaoi) the assassin remained as is for several years up until recently, when his success grew so great that his enemies grew desperate and deployed all resources.
Due to the assassins long years there, the guards weren't paying much attention, and my dear technomancer was magnamious enough to allow for an audience. It rather devolved from there, but long story short, the cur was defeated, his master rooted out and the technomaster-mancer continues on, thriving and bringing great glory to the kingdom.