Lucas never expected to be caught in a mousetrap. Moran, with great empathy, wants to protect and help his people. His cousin, without thinking, helped Hilda and ended up injured and a prisoner in the Sun Rice Fields Village.
The wound Moran received was from the same weapon Lucas had seen, the small arrow that killed Lady Carla, Toby, and Lord Andonia. Attacking from the blind spot, but not hitting vital organs.
Harman, the village chief, was quite clever, taking advantage of a critical situation and Moran being injured. Making Lucas and his friends prisoners. What Lucas saw in Harman was a man who was respected by the villagers, he could even calm the anger of the villagers who hated nobles and wizards.