For an old man, he is quite naive like a child to carelessly show himself like that without a sense of danger. The least you could do to protect yourself is to wear a mask. Idiot MC.
@MrEd
For someone as powerful as him, mere thugs is of no danger to him. Besides that, he is mostly unaware of the dark side of the world (almost lost Ravi to a child trafficker, almost got swindled in the stagecoach, etc.) if all he has been doing for most of his life is hunt monsters.
Look at those bright, shining eyes while innocently asking, "Red Light District (question mark)"...
When time comes to explain, MC will die a little inside.