Global Misdirection!
*Why every time I want to kill someone there is something wrong with it and I have to keep my urges at bay! *
Eric wasn't the only person in Ouroboros currently thinking something similar to that.
He had to control his killing intent first with Cuck and now with the Golden Brat.
Knowing the reason behind the surname his father bought in the past, he hoped for the legend to become a reality.
The king turned everything he touched into gold.
From the most optimistic business perspective, it inspired the idea of power and abundance.
When his eyes had previously hovered on the golden hair of the harassing boy Eric thought about the finale of the original story.
A blessing turned into a curse.
Losing the daughter out of his desire for economic affluence and, finally dying of starvation after discovering that the food too became gold at his touch.