Well, the Amazon switched sides to nobodies surprise. Well, nobody who is used to anime tropes. The characters themselves were a bit supernaturally intuitive. The princess stopping the bodyguard from attacking her was a pretty bold choice; betting your life on the character of a person you don't even know and who has given you absolutely no signs that she's willing to change sides.
Even if she recognized the neck thing, that's no guarantee the person is strong willed enough to disobey the command. Lucky for her it all worked out.
I was hoping when Noelle was freaking out and hitting him for carrying her that he'd just straight up drop her and be like "ok, next time I save your life, I'll just leave you passed out in the middle of the woods where any monster can just come along and enjoy the elf buffet"
