The timing feels weird but I'm gonna assume the whole mom arc put the thought in his head.
Now asking are you crying instead of going for a hug. Yeah that's surprsijgly tactless
Always glad to see a story pass the basic isekai test of "Is being Isekai'd important or is the author just too lazy to write a backstory for MC" happens way too rarely
It's been a hot minute so I'm not 100% on this but from what I recall he does molded steel swords for the mass production models. And more traditional billet/hammering for the quality pieces.
Preach brother. Imo once your in your 30s who really cares if they are older. Like if you make her 20 it's more problematic but they are both fully mentally developed adults so no reason to stress about it.
The biggest issue is if you have a messy break up you still have to see them every day. And depending on how it happens might cause a rift between different coworkers who are closer to the individuals.
Second with positional power difference it could be abused.
If things go well though yeah it...
So assuming all the normal tropes he did something to help her out during that field trip and she now has feelings for him and it's all gonna magically work out fine.
Now the fact she is gonna keep dating the girl and him ruins any credibility her feelings has and MC cuck is gonna fold like a...
Earlier she straight up had 4 people disappear or die so we have seen she's more then happy to go to extremes. Overall the tone has been trending lighter though so I'm imagining it's all going be a misunderstanding and end well.
It definitely puts his revenge on the clock. If his human memories are going to continue to decay the weight of his hatred towards the demons will shrink and have to compete with ever growing positive memories or the demons.
If it wants to do a tragedy ending I imagine he gets his revenge but...