Is he getting stupider?
"I don't wanna raise suspicion in the countryside, I'll just take rubia to a place she'll be attacked in the open and have guards mysteriously get beated up around her, good thing this local blacksmith just happens to be making them seem drunk but I don't really care lol."
I'm honestly more surprised by the fact that MC didn't warn her ahead of time, he knew the inkeeper abducted her in the past and drugging the food seems like the most obvious ploy.