Oh, he just casually becomes a friend. No over the top schlock, just "Screw it, I'll hang out with you" and that's it? Refreshing. It's also refreshing to see an MC have more than one male friend for once, rather than a harem of bimbos. I'm not fully on the boat with Gumbo here, but he could be a good character. He's a fairly blank slate of a character outside of "I WANNA BE A KNIGHT", so there's room to improve on him at least.
And then the edge kicks in at the end. Nobody saw him destroy the hallway either, unless that's just a misleading thought in his head. Wonder how that's gonna be handled next chapter.