Thanks for the update. I have to agree the general feeling and the portrayal seem incredibly sketchy but like someone said, they're probably trying to recruit him. A brief reminder to everyone (someone also commented this last chapter) but they're the same group of people alongside MC at Ch.1 cover so they're most likely safe given the fluffy setting of the plot.
Still... MCs main purpose is to find more about the Fallen, a way to go back home or find a place where he can belong and since the party has just been introduced, it still feels like this isn't the case of his last aim, a place to belong