No he probably didn't. Didn't he realized that Simon was sick when he met him while fighting with the monters? Chiharu
Yeh i thought so too that he realized the sickness AFTER. But why is the latest chap sounds like he intended to use the sickness of Simon so that he can use the doctor elf to bribe Celestine?
Wait. So that means the prince knew about Simon'ssickness all along? Otherwise he couldn't pulled that trick to force celestine...