Well that was general idea from the start. The Seven Sword story is basically just a load of BS. Oh he's tangled with pirates once or twice, but not on that scale. You'll find he likes to exaggerate the crap out everything he does for the sake of an epic story. In that regard he's a lot like a bard, barely scraping his way out of trouble only to retell it later as if it were the most awesome thing ever.

As for his self-proclaimed fame? Yeah I'm not expecting him to be fawned over... except maybe by the kids since most of those stories are probably just used as campfire or bedtime stories for the kids. And that's being generous.