He basically just said "He's a human. We're not devils or saints. We do both good and bad and have our reasons for each"The guard lore dropped and did double 180° on the shop keeper.
It's fine if he can't stay longer than it takes to get the gear finished. That town's not a nice place for him. Even if he's not walking on eggshells, it's not far from it. He needs to keep looking for a place where he can belong. Probably a much smaller town or village with some special circumstances.Met some cool people but I think the town gonna purge all the adventurers from there soon, hopefully he can stay a while a bit more since he does seem to have some powerful friends but then he pretty much got what he wanted (new armor) from here.