Only to save his own! If those darn frogs hadn't messed everything up, his debt would've been paid off! [and then he would've added more--

she's had a very one-sided interpretation of events given to her]

As awful as they are, I don't think the Auradonians... meant to do that? I mean, I wasn't even sure they knew any of us existed 'til the fancy car showed up and carted some kids off to Princessland. But, 20 years is a pretty long time. Anything could happen.