Best thing about your work is the frequent and incredibly long updates, seems like you never have a short update and that is a good thing. I liked the justification of why the character didn't care if his actions weren't like him near the end of this update, seems like realistic reason.
After risking one's life and being reunited with Ilmeni I can understand why he would act a bit differently. Anyways please continue, I'll be watching.

He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche