You can tell he's a real bastard of the 'Might makes right' style of thinking. If and when he goes down he's probably only gonna bitch about being defeated at worst, no begging for his life or anything.
Only kind of. More like they thought the protection rings might help the problem and then when they told her there was one she had the idea that she might be able to do a better solution.
Unfortunately, if she's close enough to hear them conversing fairly calmly, she's definitely close enough to be heard yelling out in shock. Also, I think she needs to actually see people to use her powers, not just hear them, hence the blindfold they used on her and wanted to use on his sister.
I appreciate her mom doesn't want her to not follow her dreams or anything, she just wants her to stop being such a slacker the rest of the time. Even if she's a bit harsh about it.
Honestly, I could see him coming to a similar conclusion even if he had listened, just as a way to get the rest of the maids to dislike him rather than her specifically.
Nah, I can see the logic. It's not about the range being short, it's about a rapier needing a lot of foot work for proper strikes, since you almost always want to be piercing with one.
The sports day equivalents some of my schools had were always a great time. Basically get a day off to just be out in the sun doing things or watching the other kids doing things.