that sword broke in three, no way something wasn't wrong with the sword, swords shouldn't break into 3, tropey noble guy may have been extreme, but his complaint doesn't seem invalid
@Rhein11 it's actually possible that it broke in 3. The first point of breaking is the point of contact between the handle and the blade and the second one is the point where the blade hit when it was swinged. It's really rare for such a thing to happen but it's possible if the handle and the blade were not perfectly joint ( which is possible since it wasn't a sword meant for fighting). Swords that are meant for exposition need to be good to be looked at, not to be used.
I hope this gets better, because creating a gag past and an annoying, perverted friend who drags MC along everywhere sure doesn't bode well for the story.