It's so interesting to me that the Orb of Dominance has manipulated Archie in such deep ways that he truly can not tell how much of him is still himself. When the Orb is control, when he is in control, or when the Orb is just letting him think he's in control
It didn't just grant him power and is threatening to take it if he falls out of line, it is literally changing his THOUGHTS. Making him truly believe that he wants certain things, and he has no proof whether or not he doesn't. In a way, it can literally make Archie do whatever it wants, by making him think it's what he wants
But when YUMI comes up as a matter, the Orb has no power.
It keeps telling him how insignificant she is, how she will ruin his plan, and Archie Is Not Having It; he goes against anything it tells him
Like, I want to emphasize that Archie almost DIES in the first raid, because he went to find Yumi. If the undead hadn't been secretly led by The Nameless One, he'd be dead.
And yet when they raid the village a second time, he's just like "Okay, attempt number two, gotta save Yumi"
And he even TOLD the Illagers! Not the full extent of it, of course, but the first time, he at least tried to be sneaky about it. But when they raid again, he literally orders his army not to attack her, not to stand in her way, and not to follow her. He certainly has their respect, but it's still an unnecessary jeopardizing of his standing to show that he has obvious sympathy towards at least some of the Villagers
His feelings towards Yumi disadvantage him as the Arch Illager multiple times, and she has made it very clear that she hates him, and yet the one thing Archie can consistently stand his ground on despite the powers of the Orb, it's Yumi