"This guy is a moron. I'll just look at Aria." ... her attitude is just perfect.
It seems suspicious that he wants the sword moved. That's of course pretty much the perfect time to steal it - assuming it's save where it is now, and it seems to be? So. On the other hand I'd be surprised if he were really "evil". Maybe playing both sides (as fitting with whom he has sex with ^^)? Authors always let off those type of characters.