Well, the other thing is that we aren't actually told what his decision was. The "had no appeal" part implies he might have refused, but then, who's to say that there weren't tribal gods who didn't want the girl to unite the country, and would argue if he'd said yes? The rest of this part of the story is pretty plainly cut and dry, so I think the point is that we're not supposed to know for sure.
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