Paul's expectations on Rudy were ridiculous, but do make sense from a shattered, grief-stricken man's perspective. That's the kind of outburst that people make when they've suffered beyond their own level of reason. And Paul is mentally quite weak among the cast as a whole.

So while I do appreciate it as good writing, it's still bullshit.

Rudy, Eris, and Ghislaine were at the very center of the teleportation spell. The ball hovered over Eris' city for weeks. They were quickly sent off to an area that was utterly desolate, that the pair knew nothing at all about. They were lucky enough that the Human-God likes Rudy enough to perhaps have some sway in landing them close to Ruiierd. It took them weeks and weeks to get to Roxy's hometown, which is months and months into the demon lands. But Rudy is an asshole because he didn't write a letter?

Is there even mail service back to the other continents from that deep into the demon continent (the opposite end from the port)? One that humans are supremely rare on and the only thing Rudy ever learned about the place prior to being sent there was the language?

Paul expected Rudy to do more?! Fuck that. With what he knew, where he was, and how few other humans he saw until the coastline, Rudy's only goal was to get Eris home. They were 12 and 14. Eris only became a Sword Saint along the way because she had Rujierd to train against.

I guess that means Paul was so proud of him that he didn't worry about him (which is not how the prior season ended, since he sent his old party with Roxy specifically to find Rudy), but at the same time he's such an asshole when they reunite. Which again, is realistic at least for someone so broken they'll blame anyone they can find for not doing more.

Writing this out, I feel better.

But yeah, that scene at the end with Eris was cute. She's doing her best.

And the Goblin Slayer jokes to lead into it were well used to catch me off guard with Paul's grief-fueled rage.