Kapitel 31: An alliance

Aries remained silent as she listened to Conan's every word. She knew everything he said was truth and nothing but the truth. Not trying to alarm her? How ironic, but she couldn't disagree. Conan was doing her a favor by saying all this to her without a filter.

"My lady, aside from that, you're free." Conan cleared his throat, knowing he was contradicting his claims previously. "Just be yourself and not at the same time. What I mean by that is, His Majesty likes submissive people and not at the same time. He dislikes defiance, but sometimes he found it interesting. In short, if you are too submissive, he will get bored. But if you are too defiant, you will hasten your death."

Listening to his own words, Conan sported a complicated look. "My lady, do you now understand my struggles as well? Because I don't understand myself until now. It's a miracle how I survived this long without losing a limb."