@Darudius cause that meant he went out of his way just to help her even though it's "not normal" to help her with just "the father of her friend" as that as their relationship, that he was genuine to her
actually if the demons have no access to the mines and humans are shit at using mythril then that only means the balance is still maintained, less casualty cause less op weapons in the battlefield if neither can mass produce the mythril weapon
a broken pedestal is a valid excuse for acting like that, some people can crumble knowing their idealized person aren't up to par, it's cliched but a common character development is a person accepting the flaws of an idealized person