Chapter 9

"What?" Alexis, offended that Agathus would think she's suicidal, questioned.

'Wait... I did try to commit suicide a few hours ago... what was I thinking back then?' Alexis shook her head at her impulsive thinking earlier.

"Was it a hard question?" Agathus seemed surprised, but he realised some humans were naturally quite air-headed.

"No! I understood it, of course. But why would you think I'd do something like that?"

"My first impression of you was someone who was kind of stubborn and I'm good at gauging personality types for humans. So I would say, it astonishes me that you haven't escaped and are actually trying to help his majesty." His voice was full of praise, but Alexis didn't seem to take it as it was and looked at him with furrowed brows.

"Even a stubborn person will listen if it meant acting out would leave them in small bits..." she muttered, she intended it not to meet Agathus' ears, but his sharp dwarf ears heard the wo