>>716432139
>And guess what? He isn't punished by the law for this insubordination!
Because he's friends with Undyne, but even so he lies to her face about Frisk merely "escaping" from him, rather than him letting her go. Because he knows that if she finds out he let her go, he will be punished. Papyrus is just lucky that Asgore either always dies and is replaced by a different monarch. Either Toriel or Mettaton, who abolished the human killing policy, or Undyne, who is his friend.