Just bend it in place, take a rubber hammer if you must.
tbh that must be a pretty bad quality case, I can step on most of my cases without bending them and I'm like 80Kg

Personally, I'd search for some solid wood table. Pretty much any will qualify if it's real solid wood. But then, of course spruce and pine are in the lower-range of life expectancy (still pretty decent, even Ikea has some spruce or pine furniture which'll last a long time), and hardwoods can easily last for generations (usually far more expensive, spruce/pine desk is still disposable, but only idiots throw away good oak desks when refurbishing, even if you don't want it anymore, you can usually sell it used for a decent amount).

I have a ~0.5 cm thick sheet of tempered glass on most of my tables. My 20 year old dining room table is still like new. Very easy to clean, and the glass surface looks nice. Only downside is that it's not warm to the touch like wood is. But spill whatever on it, and you can just wipe it off.