Bernard sounded like a cliché scam e-mail towards the end.
"Dear Mr./Mrs. Anon, your [family member] has been badly injured in a [vague] accident and has been hospitalised, please send a large sum of money to [random bank account] and please hurry they may not last long."
It's made more stupid by the fact that this world has potions and healing magic, of which he has access to both.
So Bernard was aiding in a master plan up until MC came around, then he became a Saturday morning cartoon villain.