On the contrary, he's precisely how he needs to be.

[ Of course, it had always been Levi's plan to be caught. Erwin smiles a little again. ]

In a manner of speaking.

A noble had tried to recruit him to assassinate me. Convenient, because as you said, pinning him down on our own would have been exceedingly difficult, if not outright impossible.

Fortunately, I was able to take care of the noble and convince Levi to lend me his strength.