Oof, that sword attached to his hand is gonna make it hard to "practice" wielding his other "sword"... then again, he's got someone with which to use his other "sword" in true "battle" daily, no longer needing solo "practice".
In the immortalized words of Zangief from Wreck-It-Ralph...
"Just because you are bad guy does not mean you are bad guy".
Just because you are deemed of the evil alignment, does not necessarily mean you are evil.
Gotta admit... I totally did not see the lich guy there bowing down and swearing allegience to the MC coming. Normally tropes you can see from a mile away, but that's a new one!